Collider: Did you know just how collaborative this entire process would be?
I was sent the [scriptment] and read it.
That was something I wanted to challenge myself with.
BEN ROSENFIELD: I had a similar Skype chat with them, and they laid it out.
It still felt like we were making something special.
You try not to get too excited on set.
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Something just felt right about it.
ROSENFIELD: I had an amazing time making this film.
What was it about this project and these characters that made you both so passionate about telling this story?
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FARMIGA: Being young and 20 and emotionally unstable, I understand because I just turned 21.
Usually you see much older people playing high school or young college.
With this, you get to see kids the actual age portraying these characters and what theyre feeling.
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It felt very real.
Hannah tapped into something thats hard to tap into.
Also, the fact that they were willing to go with younger actors was great.
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I was excited that they were casting people the age of the people that they were going to play.
FARMIGA: I thought it was such a great opportunity.
FARMIGA: Communication feels like it should be the simplest thing, but its not.
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Sometimes you dont even understand what youre feeling.
ROSENFIELD: Its a really interesting dynamic.
Its a fascinating aspect of the story.
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FARMIGA: There was no judgement on my part.
I disagreed with her.
We all get frustrated and we all get angry, especially being so young.
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Were happy so quickly, were mad so quickly, and everything is just flowing so fast.
ROSENFIELD: And I really appreciate the way Hannah handled those scenes.
Rather than making them incredibly violent, theyre in a grey area.
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FARMIGA: It felt so truthful because there are so many young couples like that.
It is a grey area because whats one push?
You say, Im sorry, I didnt mean that, but then you do it again.
Hannah just wanted to show it as it is.
Youre still a kid and you connect to that rough-housing stage of your life.
FARMIGA: Its great that we have a connection and that we like each other, as people.
ROSENFIELD: The whole thing was great.
FARMIGA: We left it on set.
Afterwards, we were buddy-buddy.
Do you think they were happy for most of that time?
I think it was an incredibly good relationship that they learned a lot from.
You want that stability, but youre not ready for that responsibility of being in a relationship.
Do you think that these two had been having trouble before it became more obvious?
ROSENFIELD: From Dans perspective, it probably started to end a little bit before we got there.
FARMIGA: When youre young, you have to be open to being a little selfish.
Theyre figuring out their own selves.
Who knows what happens in the future, but its okay to take that time for yourself.
What do you guys look for in a project, at this point in your careers?
ROSENFIELD: Its definitely hard.
I look for really great scripts.
And then, if its a film, the director is huge.
I could care less about who the other actors are.
That can be hard sometimes, if nothing feels exciting.
I have to do this movie with you.
I think you have to just be open to it and go with your gut.
I did Season 1 ofAmerican Horror Story.
The next year, I shot four movies.
I did Season 3 ofAmerican Horror Story.
I shot four movies last year.
Its another anthology series.
If it’s possible for you to find a way to do both, its great.
ROSENFIELD: And TV is where a lot of the best writing is, these days.
Thats really remarkable, and that blew my mind.
To be able to have the freedom to do that is nice.
Are you guys working on anything now?
FARMIGA: I just started shooting that TV show,Wicked City.
Its this L.A. noir detective story set in the early 80s.
ROSENFIELD: I just finished recording an album, so Im going into post-production on that.
What isHuman Peopleabout and who are you playing in it?
ROSENFIELD: I play this New York City street kid.
Its vignettes, and the stories connect but the characters dont necessarily that the stories are colliding.
Its one of the best scripts Ive read, ever.
Im really, really excited to make the film.
Why did you decide to record an album?
ROSENFIELD: Ive been writing music for a very long time.
I had a lot of songs built up that I had to get rid of to write new ones.
Being an actor these days is tough, but the music industry is a rough scene.
Im glad I dont have to live off of that.
I make my money off of acting, so I can just make the music for the music.
For me, at this point in my life, I dont particularly love live performance of my music.
I love writing and recording, but you cant make money off of that.
The expectation now is that you have to be able to do both.
Taissa, the trailer forThe Final Girlswas so awesome and original.
Did you immediately get what that movie was going for when you read the script?
I got what it was trying to do, but I sat down with the director, Todd Strauss-Schulson.
It ended up working out, and I love how it turned out.
Its a horror comedy.
I love that it still stems from a real place.
The movie is a good time.
Thats what I love about it.
You go in and have a great time, and you feel good coming out of it.
You also recently worked on a movie that Warren Beatty wrote and directed.
What was that like?
FARMIGA: That was an experience.
I only shot a couple of days on his movie.
Honestly, I havent even read the full script.
To me, its just as exciting and a mystery as it is to everyone else.
I got to shake Warren Beattys hand a couple of times.
What was he like, as a director, especially with his history and understanding of acting?
So, working with Warren Beatty was exceptional.
Ed Harris played my dad in a scene and the same thing happened.
It was great to just have the experience of being able to let go and try something new.
I grew so much on6 Years, as a person and as an actress.
You film a movie and you dont get to see it until about a year later.
Thats all you might do.
ROSENFIELD: Theres a spontaneity in an improvisational setting.
That definitely helped improve that side of me, as an actor.
6 Yearsis available now at iTunes, Amazon Video and VOD, and on Netflix on September 8th.
