Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 18:58:57 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] 'Black Lagoon': The First, Great Pretty-Girl-Attacked-By-Aquatic-Beast
 Film?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
Did you create some sort of a back story for your character while you
were playing her?

I had thought about her, of course, that she was a doctor. I had one
scene that I loved - where I was an ichthyologist pointing in a lecture
about ancient fish or something. I loved that crazy scene. [Laughs.]

One of the things I've noticed in a lot of the '50s sci-fi films is that
the women got to play scientists - you weren't always just love
interests. Your character has a very intelligent quality, and it's
explained in the film that you were crucial to Richard Dennings'
character - to his research. Did you like that?

I did like that. Because I was smart in school, I always made good
grades - so it was kind of nice to play somebody who seemed to be
bright, and knew what she was doing, knew what her job was and did it
very well.
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<http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/black-lagoon-the-first-great-pretty-girl-attacked-by-aquatic-beast-film/257849/>

         mark