![]() We didn’t even prep as much, because everyone was just kind of badass and somehow really good at doing these scenes. It’s like muscle memory you can remember how to throw that punch, how to sell it and then you learn the camera angles and all of that. I’ve always been pretty athletic and with the past couple of films I’ve done, there were stunts involved. What kind of prep did you do for the action scenes? That’s my ultimate goal: you can think she’s a badass, you can think she’s a cold-blooded killer and she’s aggressive and all these things, but I want you to also walk away being like, I kind of understand and I get it. ![]() That was kind of fun for me, to be able to tap into something that I don’t necessarily feel anymore, and play that reserved human, but also bring you to a point where you’re still going to feel for Jessica Hyde. But then obviously, I hit a point of it’s good to love and to hold things that are soft. I was cold hearted, because I didn’t want to and I didn’t know how to express what I was feeling. I didn’t really connect with a lot of people and I always kind of felt like a loner. Mentally, I was constantly in survival mode. It was just this ideology of don’t put your emotions out there and keep everything in and just make it through. I grew up in a non-emotional kind of household. I refused to audition until everyone was in the room – it was like, I am not missing my chance to make you think that I am absolutely justified and there is no other option available. I met up with Gillian beforehand and the producer and we had a great talk. I just put everything I had into that audition. But I felt confident that this was something that I would really love to continue if I got it. I’ve always been terrified to do TV, because that is a major contract – you could potentially be playing a character that you don’t really like anymore. I loved the idea of bringing her to life. ![]() I love the entanglement and everyone’s purpose and why they were doing what they were doing. I was sent the script, I think it was for the first episode, and immediately fell in love with Jessica Hyde. We reached Lane in Atlanta over Zoom to discuss the character, how she prepared for fight scenes and where she wants to take her career next. Lane stars alongside John Cusack and Rainn Wilson as Jessica Hyde, the tough-as-nails heroine who comes to life from the Utopia universe to save the world (and help the nerds, of course). (Filming, somewhat eerily, was completed before COVID-19 ravaged the world.) The conspiracy thriller, based on the original British version, tells the tale of a group of comic-book nerds who become infatuated with a rare, ostensibly fictional comic called Utopia. Lane’s latest project is Utopia, a pandemic-centric series helmed by Gillian Flynn, streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Lane, an untrained actor, was cast in Arnold’s film American Honey opposite Shia LaBeouf – and the rest, as they say, was history. Four years ago, the then-college student was spotted by director Andrea Arnold while spending spring break at a Florida beach. Sasha Lane had an unconventional start to her acting career.
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