Burn Up
Neve Campbell plays Holly Dernay
Who do you play in Burn Up and what attracted you to the project?
I play Holly Dernay; she's an environmentalist working for the renewables
division in an oil company. The script is incredibly well written, which is
unusual nowadays. The characters are very strong and the writer is very
passionate about this issue and the environment – as am I.
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How did you find shooting in your homeland?
I love shooting in Canada, I love coming home. I usually come back
once a year to visit my family, but if there's ever an opportunity to shoot
at home, I love to come back and film with Canadians.
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It's great to be
here in the cold weather – some of the Brits had trouble with the cold, but
as I grew up in Toronto, I'm used to it!
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Has shooting Burn Up changed your opinion on global issues? I don't think doing this has changed my opinion on global warming, as it's something that I've been
very concerned about for a number of years, as have many of my friends and family. It's has been
good to learn more about it from the writer's research though.
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What difference does a big budget make to a production, when you're used to productions like
Scream? Do you think the programme becomes more reliant on good story telling?
I think that every piece should be reliant on a strong script and good storyline, but unfortunately some
people think that with a big budget they can just get away with some great shoots.
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Although, I think
they don't realise that the audiences are disappointed, they think if people sit in the seats, then it's fine
and everyone's happy but that's not necessarily the case.
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I think either way, whether this production
had a huge or small budget, the great script was there, the committed actors and director were
there and if you have those things in place then you should have a good piece.
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Last year you presented the UK leg of Live Earth, are issues like this important to you?
Any time that I can help to raise awareness on the subject of global warming, I'm happy to jump on
board. Although I'm not going to deny the fact that the great music also attracted me to the
concert!
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One of the things that they asked me to talk to the audience about was what a difference
it would make if everybody just unplugged one light bulb in their house. You may not think so, but it
would make a massive difference to the environment.
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Neve first came to the attention of audiences in Golden Globe Award-winning series Party Of Five. Her
film credits include Scream (1,2 and 3), Wild Things, Relative Strangers, Partition, Three To Tango, and Drowning Mona.
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Neve recently completed filming the Oliver Parker film I Really Hate My Job. She is
currently filming a mini-series with Tim Roth based on Jack London's novel, The Sea Wolf.
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