The X-Men and Westworld stars face the end of the world in this indie drama.
Into the Forestis not your typical apocalyptic sci-fi movie.
Den of Geek: Ellen, you were kind of the catalyst for this, right?
You just kind of stumbled upon the book, right?
Ellen Page: Yeah.
But they had a great book section.
So I went in there all the time.
I think it would make a good movie.
I remember reading the back of it and I was like, Huh.
So thats how it all started.
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Was this your first foray into producing?
What did you learn about producing that you didnt know before?
Page: I mean lots of things.
And I am continuing to do it, and I hope I continue to learn more.
Its a lot to learn.
So I have more knowledge in that.
I wasnt there as a part of the location scouting.
But you know what Im saying.
All of these just different…everything.
Is it as much as what Patricia does?
I was just really lucky to work with people who helped me learn.
Evan, what came first for you, the book or the script?
And what appealed to about what you read?
Evan Rachel Wood: Well, Ellen kinda came first.
[laughs] I mentioned her on Twitter in a tweet.
It was like, I met Ellen Page last night and shes so beautiful and lovely!
So then we started talking.
And then she sent me the script.
I read it immediately and said yes immediately.
And it exceeded my expectations and really blew me away.
I just feel so passionate about it.
So I just felt so lucky that she felt the same way.
Theres a real chemistry on the screen and you do seem like sisters.
Did your personal relationship sort of form at the same time as you developed the characters?
Wood: 100%.
Page: I think we became so close.
We started hanging out, like, Hell, we have to hang out because were playing sisters.
And then we just started hanging out all the time because we got along and became friends.
So when it came time to shoot this, it was really something special.
There are tiny little moments in the film, tiny little looks.
Wood: By the end we really loved each other.
I love Ellen like family.
you’ve got the option to become very reclusive in Hollywood.
So it was really cool to get to know her as a person and artist.
And getting to act with her after a year of knowing her and be like, Oh my god!
Theres a whole nother thing here!
It was really cool to be her friend and then see Ellen Page on the set.
I was like, Ooh!
Its so strong and awesome!
[laughs]
Page: Same with her.
It was really awesome to get to sort of go into this different dimension with each other.
You dont see a lot of apocalyptic thrillers with two women in the leads.
EvenMad Max, its Charlize and Tom Hardy.
But I think you need a balance of both.
And were starting to see the repercussions of that in a pretty intense way.
And I think people are really starting to rebel against that.
And I think theres going to be more and more gray areas.
Hopefully that means well see more stories with characters that could be interchangeable with men.
Page: I think a lot of people are thinking that way.
So yeah, I would say those are all things that I think about.
Into the Forestis out in limited release Friday (July 29).
