Q: This film seems to be a departure for you having recently done more indie fare like The Romantics. What was your attraction to it?
KH: I was really excited to work with Guillermo. I loved the script, even though I was scared reading it, and I love these characters.
[I loved] Kim’s journey from resisting a relationship with Sally and then getting to the point where she could identify with Sally, and I loved that emotional tension and turning into a great emotional arch.
It’s nice to do something about something that scares you rather than just run from it and hope that someone saves you. It’s great to see on film, and it was really fun to portray.
Q: Kim seems to be frustrated with her relationship at first, and then she becomes the fierce protector.
KH: That’s what I really loved about her. One of my favorite scenes is at the end of the movie, when Kim is hurt and she wakes up and realizes that Sally’s in danger. Then you see her use all of her strength to do what she has to do.
I think that’s very real. I like seeing strong female characters and somebody who doesn’t run away screaming when she’s scared, but confronts the monsters. So I really enjoyed it.
Q: She begins the movie fearful that’s she’s going to be the unloved stepmother, but she becomes more of a parent to Sally than her actual parents.
KH: Right. It’s really about two human beings that recognize something of themselves in each other, and that shared a relationship that turns into something very special and powerful.
Kim has to learn not only to listen, but how to bring this little girl into her life and make her feel safe and then do the ultimate act of generosity. I love the relationship between Kim and Sally, and I love the bonding that occurs.
Katie Holmes didn’t feel like she had much of a choice when it came to taking on the starring role in Guillermo del Toro’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. As she told Charlie Rose last night, “When it comes to Guillermo, you say yes because it’s Guillermo — he’s incredible.”
We have added in our gallery 2 new stills from the upcoming movie Don’t be Afraid of the Dark. We can’t wait for this movie!
Producers Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “The Orphanage”) and Mark Johnson (“Chronicles of Narnia”) join forces to deliver “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” a tale of hair-raising, spine-chilling horror. Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion’s builder a century ago. When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house’s bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it’s not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all. When a little girl (Bailee Madison) is sent to live with her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) in the old mansion they are renovating, she unwittingly unleashes malevolent creatures bent on destroying all of them. ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ is hitting UK cinemas August 12th, and US cinemas August 26th.
What attracted you to ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’?
Katie Holmes: There were many things appealing to me about doing this movie, ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.’ It has been very exciting to get to work with Guillermo del Toro, it has been very exciting to work with Troy Nixey (Director), on his first project. This character I play, Kim, is important to me because she goes on this journey where she really becomes a Mother. I feel she really comes into her own, and she finds her strength. I think she’s quite powerful, I was really attracted to that kind of a challenge.
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Katie Holmes was all smiles during the “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” Press Conference at The Waldorf-Astoria on August 9, 2011 in New York City.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise stepped out last night at the premiere of her new movie, ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’. The dress Katie is wearing is from Katie’s clothing line Holmes & Yang.
‘Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark’ NY Premiere | 08.08.11
Katie Holmes & Guillermo del Toro are coming to the Film Society at Lincoln Center monday night for the Film Comment Selects debut of “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.” Tickets still on sale.
According to this site Katie Holmes will be at Comic Con in San diego, tomorrow.
Katie Holmes will join director Guillermo Del Toro to promote horror remake “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” at the Sony panel on Friday.
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