Emilie de Ravin - The Official EdR Interviews thread #1

Rachel Leigh · 07-11-2010, 04:53 AM

I think this is my favorite...

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Emilie de Ravin: how a string of bad-luck bombs-and one supernatural hit television series, Lost, which has become a cultural phenomenon-are paying off big-time

Interview, April, 2006 by Paul Rudd

On the hit show Lost, Emilie de Ravin plays Claire: a new mother, an intermittent amnesiac, and one of the show's most enigmatic denizens. And if de Ravin's alter ego has a fraction of the actress's own determination, she'll easily continue to negotiate the mysteries (and monsters) that lurk around every corner in the small screen's most captivating desert-island serial since Gilligan and the castaways set sail on the S.S. Minnow. Born and raised in Australia, de Ravin got her start as a ballerina and at 15 was accepted into the prestigious Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. She dropped out after a year to study acting and spent her early career wading through Hollywood's sea of failed pilots and stillborn independent films, ultimately appearing on short-lived, ghoulishly themed programs such as Beastmaster and Roswell, but having little to show for all the work that never made it to the air and movies that never saw the light of day. In a couple of new films, two more of de Ravin's characters have their hands full, one doing battle with a murderous family in the recently released remake of Wes Craven's 1977 cult horror classic The Hills Have Eyes, the other weaving her way through the dark, neo-noir landscape of the 2005 Sundance hit Brick. Here, Lost superfan Paul Rudd gets the scoop.

PAUL RUDD: I recently got one of those video iPods and downloaded an episode of Lost. I think I've seen every one so far.

EMILIE DE RAVIN: Really?

PR: I love Lost. It's an amazing show.

ER: Thanks. I'll take full credit for that comment.

PR: As you should. But I watched an episode of the show on a plane, and I had this sensation--I'm not really that nervous about flying, but it was kind of like, "Wow. Do I really want to be seeing this on a plane?" [de Ravin laughs] I think they should show the Lost pilot and then that movie Alive [1993], where they crash in the Andes and have to eat each other, as a kind of thrilling double bill for those long flights.

ER: Yeah, right. [laughs] God. I would never fly again. I have had some hellish trips in the past year. I was working in Morocco last summer, and getting there was really horrible. We had to go through Paris and then through Casablanca to this other little airport.

PR: So it took four flights to get there.

ER: Yeah, horrible.

PR: How long did you stay?

ER: About six weeks. We shot in Ouarzazate, which is quite a small desert town. Everyone was so nice, and it was really interesting to soak up the culture.

PR: Had you ever been there before?

ER: No. I'd like to see more parts of the country. I was working so much that I didn't really get a chance. But I did go to Marrakech for two days.

PR: What was that like?

ER: Complete 180 degrees from Ouarzazate. Just a huge city. Beautiful and different. I really liked the architecture. The food was better too. The food in Ouarzazate wasn't very good.

PR: Just a lot of couscous?

ER: And tons of tagine. Lots of lamb. You go there so skeptical after being told not to eat anything that you don't peel.

PR: I would think that you'd take a bunch of peanut butter or Powerbars with you.

ER: Well I'm allergic to peanuts, so I didn't do that. I will die if I eat peanuts. I have this shot that I'd have to stab into my thigh. It's all very dramatic.

PR: Wow. Obviously that was discovered when you were very young.

ER: It gets worse over time, too. When it first happens, you just sort of throw up and get a bit of a red rash all over your cheeks. Your lips get really itchy and swollen, and your mouth gets really dry.

PR: Is that your only food allergy?

ER: It is. But peanut oil is fine, which is very odd.

PR: That's just weird. I was probably about 12 years old or something, and all of a sudden I started becoming allergic to apples.

ER: That's interesting because apples, you'd think, are quite a plain, simple food.

PR: You don't meet that many people who have reactions to apples.

ER: You're very unique, Paul. [laughs]

PR: I take pride in my strange allergies. Yeah,

peanuts--whatever, Emilie. Bo-ring.

ER: [laughs] I know. I'll come up with something better next time.

PR: What's your favorite food? My questions, by the way, are the kind you'd get if a 10-year-old were interviewing somebody. [de Ravin laughs] Next, I'm going to ask you your favorite color.

ER: My favorite food has got to be sushi. I love it. In Hawaii, where we shoot Lost, the big thing is Spam sushi.

PR: Hawaii is the Spam-eating capital of the world.

ER: Seriously. I don't understand--it's disgusting.

PR: They have Spam at McDonald's in Hawaii.

ER: I know. But to make it into sushi with a little bit of seaweed wrapped around it ... that's just odd. Definitely a turnoff.

To be continued...

Rachel Leigh · 07-11-2010, 04:54 AM

Continued...

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PR: Well, I've given you time to think about it: What's your favorite color?

ER: Oh, I don't know. I like lots of colors. What's your favorite color?

PR: Um ...

ER: Tricky isn't it?

PR: Brown.

ER: Brown?

PR: Brown. Brown never gets props.

ER: Brown is every color mixed together, isn't it?

PR: It is. It matches my indecision. [de Ravin laughs] So, you were in Morocco filming The Hills Have Eyes? Didn't the movie get rejected for an R rating?

ER: They had to tone it down. It initially got an NC-17--it's very realistic, with all the killings and blood and gore and people eating other people.

PR: That might limit its airplane viewing. Had you ever seen the original?

ER: No. I knew we were doing a remake, but I was begged by the director not to watch the first one before we shot, because he had a different vision. Same story but completely different concept. Actually, I still haven't watched the original. I would like to, though. I saw a behind-the-scenes piece about it when I was in Morocco. It was so funny--I mean, it was made in the 1970s.

PR: The original is a cult classic. So, with Lost and then the new Hills Have Eyes and Brick, you're doing some really weird things.

ER: [laughs] I am. I got to kill somebody in The Hills Have Eyes.

PR: We've never met and don't know each other at all, but that seems like the opposite of who you are.

ER: It is fun to do something that's really different from yourself. Brick is film noir. It's a detective story with fantastic old-school dialogue. Really stylized. My character got on the wrong side of the tracks with drugs and whatnot, became pregnant, and is missing. That's where the story is: It's about finding her and finding out what's happened to her. It is not your everyday teen film.

PR: Right. Does anyone put their boner into an apple pie?

ER: [laughs] No, unfortunately they don't.

PR: Isn't it strange how much this is like a Charlie Rose interview?

ER: Slightly disturbing, yes.

PR: So, what's your favorite film that I've done?

ER: [laughs] It would have been great if you'd started off the interview like that and I had no idea that you were kidding.

PR: Oh, man. I blew it. I should have interviewed you and made all the questions about me.

ER: Very professional. I did love Anchorman [2004], though. It was awesome.

PR: What do you do when you're not working?

ER: I'm a big homebody. I just like hanging out, doing things at home. I like gardening.

PR: Do you have a garden?

ER: Yeah. My mum's a great gardener, so I've been inspired by her. I grew up with huge gardens as a kid. I always loved that.

PR: Sounds normal and nice.

ER: It is. You live in New York?

PR: I do. My garden is for ****. I don't have any outdoor space.

ER: Yeah, well, it's hard in New York.

PR: Is it weird to be a part of a show like Lost that so many people became obsessed with right out of the gate?

ER: It's really exciting that the public is so into it.

PR: It reminds me a bit of The Twilight Zone.

ER: And Lord of the Flies.

PR: Occasionally, something will be revealed and it's just so wild. Locke's wheelchair is burning, and you say to yourself, "Oh, my God. He was in a wheelchair?" It's crazy. So what's going to happen on Lost? This isn't for the magazine. This is just for me.

ER: This is off the record, right?

PR: This is totally off the record.

ER: We all drown in the next episode.

**LilMouse** · 07-11-2010, 09:19 AM

This is a great thread. It'll make everything easier to find.

EmilieDeRavinManiac · 07-11-2010, 10:57 AM

Rachel thank you so much for this thread!!! I will look in my blog to see which interviews i have and i will post them here as well!!!

Rachel Leigh · 07-11-2010, 01:43 PM

Glad you like it!

I like this interview too...

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'Remember Me' Stars Robert Pattinson And Emilie De Ravin Recall Tales Of Their Own 'Troubled Youth'
Posted 3/8/10 2:18 pm ET by Terri Schwartz in Movies, Twilight Forever!, Videos
The two lead characters in this week's "Remember Me" could be loosely defined as "troubled youths," with Robert Pattinson's Tyler getting brought in by police at the beginning of the film and Emilie de Ravin's Ally running away from home for a bit. MTV News decided to try to find out if either Rob or Emilie felt they had anything in common with their characters, and surprisingly enough, they did (to a certain extent).

Emilie said she had actually run away from home, though not to the same level Ally did in the film.

"I didn't get very far and I think I was about 4," she said. "My bedroom was upstairs. We had these sort of grapevines growing down the side of the house, this lattice stuff. I climbed down and was going through the horse paddocks and got to a certain distance and got scared and came back."

The Australia native described a very rustic lifestyle, but MTV's Josh Horowitz and Rob called her out on the seemingly perfect setting Emilie described.

"We lived in this castle in the clouds!" Rob joked.

While MTV didn't want to probe into any of Rob's potential criminal background, we did ask if he ever had to deal with bringing any girls home to meet his parents the way Tyler brought Ally home to meet his father, played by Pierce Brosnan.

"Yes, and…" Rob started, before trailing off and stopping himself. "No I always say bad things about my family. It was always great. It was perfect every time."

We have a feeling Rob was hiding some potentially funny, bad experiences, but all he would give us was yes, he has in fact brought a girl home to meet his parents.

Have you already bought your tickets for Friday's "Remember Me"?

Clip here ‘Remember Me’ Stars Robert Pattinson And Emilie De Ravin Recall Tales Of Their Own ‘Troubled Youth’ Hollywood Crush

Lol we lived in a castle in the clouds.

**LilMouse** · 07-11-2010, 01:50 PM

Sounds like Emilie's family owned a lot of land for them to have a garden and horses.

Rachel Leigh · 07-11-2010, 02:25 PM

Emilie did say she had lots of gardens growing up and apparently if it's the same De Ravin's living in Mt Eliza, they have 15 acres of vineyards.

**LilMouse** · 07-11-2010, 02:29 PM

I guess now that they're retired doctors they moved to another business?

Rachel Leigh · 07-11-2010, 02:47 PM

Well if i've got my facts right, a French guy called Jean De Ravin started up the business in (checks google) 1856. They did mining too. One of Jean's son was a Doctor (maybe Emilie's grandfather) who died in the war but one of Jean's grandson's runs the business VisitVineyards.com - Chateau Dore

It explains why most Bio's on Emilie's websites say she has French great grandparents.

I really need to get out more lol

**LilMouse** · 07-11-2010, 03:26 PM

So it's a cousin then or uncle who owns the winery?

meretwins · 07-11-2010, 09:36 PM

thanks for the thread rachel!

Rachel Leigh · 07-12-2010, 11:58 AM

Your welcome meretwins

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Originally Posted by LilMouse (View Post)

So it's a cousin then or uncle who owns the winery?

It would be her Uncle I think. By the looks of things the De Ravin's are a huge family. They even have their own river - "the de ravin river"

Rachel Leigh · 07-12-2010, 02:22 PM

I have an interview request. Has anyone got the Instyle wedding addition interview with Emilie? i've only seen the pics.

**LilMouse** · 07-12-2010, 06:04 PM

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By the looks of things the De Ravin's are a huge family.

that is awesome

This is the biggest scan I can find

Rachel Leigh · 07-13-2010, 10:14 AM

Thanks LM

Aww that last line is so sweet! I really hope Josh and Emilie are still together. It's possible as we haven't heard word of the divorce been official just yet.


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