Guillermo del Toro said you were the only actress he considered for Liz Sherman because you have “very sad eyes like Ingrid Bergman.”
God bless him. Yeah, I did not audition. He offered me the part. I think he had seen me in Storytelling, the Todd Solondz film.

Tell us about your fire-starting character.
She’s kind of a deer caught in the headlights. She doesn’t know how to make her next move because she doesn’t want to hurt anyone and she doesn’t want to hurt herself, which is a bit odd for me, because it’s an impossibility for me to sit still. Guillermo calls me “Monkey Brains” because I can’t talk and walk at the same time, apparently.

What was it like kissing Hellboy?
There were some awkward moments, like “Oh my God, am I kissing a stuffed animal?’” But I looked into his eyes and it was Ron Perlman. So it felt normal.