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Lauren Ashley Carter: Duality, Identity, and the Alien Within
Manage episode 517642996 series 9997
In this hauntingly intimate conversation, we revisit a standout moment with actor and producer Lauren Ashley Carter as she unpacks the eerie elegance of her film Imitation Girl. A sci-fi parable wrapped in quiet surrealism, the film follows a woman who comes face to face with an exact replica of herself—an alien imitation that forces both versions to confront what it means to be human.
🧬 In This Episode:
Embodied Duality – Carter shares how she approached playing two versions of the same woman: one grounded in the chaos of fame and identity, the other a newly-formed being discovering the world with childlike wonder.
Genre as Mirror – We explore how Imitation Girl uses science fiction not for spectacle, but for introspection—asking what parts of ourselves are performative, and which are truly ours.
Crafting the Alien – Carter reflects on the physical and emotional choices she made to differentiate the imitation from the original, and how silence, stillness, and vulnerability became her tools.
935 episodes
Manage episode 517642996 series 9997
In this hauntingly intimate conversation, we revisit a standout moment with actor and producer Lauren Ashley Carter as she unpacks the eerie elegance of her film Imitation Girl. A sci-fi parable wrapped in quiet surrealism, the film follows a woman who comes face to face with an exact replica of herself—an alien imitation that forces both versions to confront what it means to be human.
🧬 In This Episode:
Embodied Duality – Carter shares how she approached playing two versions of the same woman: one grounded in the chaos of fame and identity, the other a newly-formed being discovering the world with childlike wonder.
Genre as Mirror – We explore how Imitation Girl uses science fiction not for spectacle, but for introspection—asking what parts of ourselves are performative, and which are truly ours.
Crafting the Alien – Carter reflects on the physical and emotional choices she made to differentiate the imitation from the original, and how silence, stillness, and vulnerability became her tools.
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