Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: ARTS & LIFE

Britney Snow stars in the new horror flick "Prom Night," opening April 11. Snow discusses her own experiences in high school and how they impacted her character with the Daily.

Q What was it like jumping in and out of such a traumatized and vulnerable character in "Prom Night" as this was your first horror film?

A Actually, that's a really, really hard thing. It's funny, because I never really realized how hard a horror movie or thriller movie could be just in that way of wanting to be present and funny on set with your friends that are crew members and other members of the cast and then having to go directly from laughing to hysterically crying because you're getting chased by a madman or a crazy person.

I kind of just developed a system in some way of taking a little bit, maybe two minutes, to collect myself before I had to do something like that.… but it's really hard and I definitely respect anybody who does thriller or horror movies or anything like that.

Q Did you get to ever go to a prom?

A I didn't actually. It's funny, because I did this movie and one of the first things they asked me when I went out for the part was, "How was your prom? What was your prom like?" I told them, "I never went to prom. I was working on American Dreams at the time. I was actually working the day of my prom," but I went to prom on American Dreams and then shooting "Prom Night" for three months I pretty much fulfilled all of my prom wishes by being in a prom dress for three months straight. I think I had enough of that, so I'm pretty happy with my prom experience I guess, but no, not really.

Q Do you feel like you missed out by not having that sort of experience?

A No, not really. It's weird, because a lot of people ask me if I feel like I missed out on a lot of things by not getting to go to the normal parties in high school have the experience of normal high school and things like that.

I always look back and I think I didn't really miss out. I went through my freshman and sophomore year of high school and then by that time I was really focused on acting and wanting to do what I felt like I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

Q What is your favorite scary movie?

A I think probably it was "The Exorcist" or "The Children of the Corn" movies. I just have like a mental image of watching that when I was really, really young and I shouldn't have been watching them and seeing those kids that were kind of my age being so scary.

Q What else are you working on?

A Well, I have a movie coming out I think pretty soon. It's called "Finding Amanda." It's premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will be out in the summer with Matthew Broderick. It's kind of a dark comedy. I play a prostitute in it, so it's kind of darker.

Then I also have a movie called "Black Water Transit" that's coming out in the summer as well. That's from director Tony Kaye, who did "American History X," and so that's obviously not a very light movie. It's very art house, kind of crazy characters and crazy visuals. I play a prostitute in that as well.

I'm doing a movie right now called "The Vicious Kind." I don't play a prostitute in that, thank gosh. It's kind of about men being obsessed with their girlfriends, who cheated on them, and how that sort of mentality can completely mess you up for a really long time. I play a cool character in that as well. That will be out next year.

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