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“Greg Lansky ‘really knows how to make
a girl feel like a princess. And a strong,
confident one.’”
After Dark was a different challenge. The movie was
shot entirely at night, Black recalls. “The night thing has
always been a struggle for me. I’ve always been an early-
bed, early-rise kind of girl. So it was interesting trying to shift
focus. But in that shifting I definitely found a more sinister,
more jaded side of me.” Those emotions worked perfectly
to bring Black’s character to life: a powerful woman who
demands nonstop action. “It was interesting to find the more
reckless, dissatisfied side of me. … It worked perfectly.”
The movie, directed by Kayden Kross, “wrapped two
days before my 30th birthday. It was the end of August,”
Black says. “I really found that Kayden stayed very true and
dedicated to the vision that she had. … She knows what
she wants; she sees it in her mind and she will continue to
push until she gets there. … It’s really difficult, especially
as a female director, to be ballsy and be tough and stay
dedicated—‘No, this is what I want and we’re going to get
this right.’ And at the end of the day you have to stand up
and recognize that if weren’t for her dedication, the product
would not be what the product is.”
Asked about whether much has changed since 2007,
when she started in the business, Black says she sees
many positive changes, with much more on the way. “I
can definitely see ten steps down the line where things are
really going to shift in a big way toward a female-oriented
industry,” she predicts. “I think it’s going to change the
shape of a lot of companies in this industry.
“There might be some growing pains. … But it’s a shift
that needs to be made. Women need to have the reins to
show the world we’re doing what we want to do.”
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