Rebecca Amzallag: It’s not even that there’s certain scenes that are emotional or not, they’re all emotional scenes, but sometimes the scenes have the output of crying or yelling.
An audition experience is very different from being on set. You have to self-direct in an audition and make assumptions. When it says, “she cried uncontrollably”, you don’t have to do that. You’ve developed this character, and it might be a very silent, internal experience for them.
In Transplant that we just did, the lead, Hamza Haq is heaven. So when you have another person who is so open, everything is easy. Everything is wonderful in the space, it all comes for free, if you’ve done the internal back work.