{"id":86072,"date":"2012-02-23T04:56:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T11:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=86072"},"modified":"2012-02-22T21:59:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T04:59:37","slug":"interview-sam-upton-movies-still-excite-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2012\/02\/23\/interview-sam-upton-movies-still-excite-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Sam Upton &#34;Movies Still Excite Me&#34;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the time I&#8217;d interviewed Sam Upton&#8211;Tuesday, a few hours before the premiere of his film &#8220;Gone&#8221;&#8211;he hadn&#8217;t seen the final cut of the film. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what happens, that&#8217;s the honest truth,&#8221; he said, laughing. &#8220;I&#8217;m watching with as much bated breath as you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Upton is a far cry from his character in &#8220;Gone,&#8221; Officer McKay, a &#8220;quintessential pig,&#8221; in Upton&#8217;s words. &#8220;He&#8217;s like this arrogant, fast-talking, macho cop,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>In order to get in the groove to play McKay, Upton said it all came down to the costume. &#8220;Once you put on a cop uniform, you&#8217;re changed instantaneously. It&#8217;s crazy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To put on an entire Portland Police officer uniform, with the handcuffs and the walkie-talkie&#8230;I just felt like, &#8216;I&#8217;ll say what I see and I&#8217;ll see what I say.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For Upton, working with Amanda Seyfried was great. &#8220;She&#8217;s such a pearl,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She came in and just rocked it. She just crushed it&#8230;and I would say, &#8216;That was really good<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gone&#8221; is just one experience in a myriad of experiences Upton has had with his love affair with film. &#8220;Everyone can take something away from a film, everyone has their own interpretation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what makes filmmaking an incredible experience. I absolutely love film. I get excited and jealous when I see a trailer going into Hollywood, I&#8217;m saying, &#8216;What movie are they doing? 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