Maddie Hasson on the 'crazy weird' things she did for the psychological thriller 'Fixation.' TIFF22
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Every role can be demanding in one way, shape or form, but playing Dora seems like an especially taxing challenge, and without a lead actor who can go to an 11 and stay there throughout an entire production, Fixation just plain old doesn’t work. But fortunately, Morgan didn’t have to worry about that because she had Hasson in that lead role.
Hasson also discussed some things she opted to do to get into character, things she had never done before: “We built our own hospital and it was just this gutted building. There was a morgue in the basement that we had to walk through every single day to get to set … And at the beginning, actually, some of our crew members thought it was haunted. So we had to have a Native American chieftain come before we started shooting to do a four-hour cleansing ritual to make everyone feel okay.
Yet another unforgettable component of Fixation? A certain song featured throughout the film that is the ultimate earworm — a welcomed earworm. It’s a cover of Cults’ single, “Always Forever.” Morgan noted:
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