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“We legitimately shot this movie so it can be
released as an R-rated movie…”
Mills, who is able to coax believable theatrical performances from her players,
said that while the on-set atmosphere was collaborative and fun, she cautioned cast
members to stay in their cliques. “I went in and said, ‘Okay, we have to we have
to remember we’re all friends behind the scenes, but there are two cliques in this
movie—the campers and the counselors—and I want you all to kind of stick to your
own and build that a little bit into the energy that we bring onto the set.’” Shot in
several locations scouted by Calvert’s production crew, Mills said what may be the
movie’s most memorable sex scene was performed in a yurt. “We found a location
that had a big functional, authentic yurt and as soon as I saw that I thought, ‘That’s
something you don’t see every day, that’s gonna make a really bizarre space for a
ceremony room,’ and it was true. Some of the most intense lesbian sex I have ever
filmed has been filmed inside of a yurt. I won’t divulge what, but it was next level.”
With such a large cast of characters played by several rising newcomers as well
as seasoned stars, Mills had nothing but positive feedback for the actresses. Type-
casting sometimes plays into her selection process.
“I knew I needed a kind of a quiet, sexy, and beautiful, but also like kind of a
tough lead for Jenna and someone who had a quiet confidence about them and I’ve
always found that about Octavia. You know she’s a fast-rising star in the industry,”
Mills said, “but she’s very humble. She’s very kind low-key, got confidence to her,
and I know that she grew up bisexual, very much of a tomboy, very queer, and grew
up from a more conservative background—so, I’m like that’s Jenna right there.”
“Lulu Chu is someone we work with a ton and we love working with them. They’re
always just a great actor, always going to give 200 percent and just nail everything
from the look to the tone to the dialogue to the scenes, so they were an obvious kind
of counterpoint to the confidence of Octavia. I really wanted Lulu in that role and
then we need to surround them with kind of an eclectic fun group of campers so I
brought in a mix of people I knew really well and also people that I’ve been dying to
work with.”
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