Gabe Nevins Interview (Page 2)

Gabe Nevins Interview - page 2

20 December 2007

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How did you prepare for the role when you found out you got the main part - did you read the original novel at all?

Actually I didn't read the book or the script. Like I said I still didn't know what to do, it was my first movie so I didn't know how to go about it, you know preparing or whatever. But the first time we started filming we were at Gus' beach house and it was just me writing in my journal a bunch. Then I did some voice overs my first week. I'd have to say me just doing stuff, and not saying anything, like when I was writing in my journal, was much easier for me to warm up to the camera. Because the first week was a small crew and a small cast it made me warm up to Gus so it made all the other weeks of filming really easy.

You character goes through a lot in the film, as this was your first role did you find it difficult acting all those intense emotions?

I would have to say it wasn't really that hard. I didn't prepare for it, you know getting into the mind of this depressed kid. I don't know, we just sort of did it. We improved a lot, mucked around and we just did it. And it turned out to be good.

What was it like fitting in filming with all your school work?

I had an on-set tutor because I was taken out of school for five weeks. I'd have to get 15 hours of school in a week, which wasn't actually that much, but I was filming every day and I didn't have any time for school. They'd give me five minute breaks for school when they'd be changing the camera so by the time I got to the classroom it'd be over. Then they'd try to count it as time. So I eventually had to just go in with my teacher on the day I got off, which was a Tuesday, and get six straight hours at once of school.

What do your friends and family think about you being in Paranoid Park?

My friends and family are just like, blown away. They really want to see the film, those that haven't, because they're so curious about me being in a movie. They're really supportive. I'd have to say they need to see the film to know what's going on because right now they're just congratulating me and stuff like that.