The Quad has a conversation with the cast of 'The Ruins'
By Chris Pierdominco
Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: Entertainment
Woman: Have any of you read the book and if so do you think the movie stays true to it?
Ashmore: I have read the book. I think the movie stays very true to the movie. Scott Smith, the author of the book wrote the screenplay as well and I mean there are certainly changes, characters, different things that happen in the book happens to different characters in the screenplay like in the script. But I think at the end of the day it has the exact same tone pretty much all the events, all the major events and character points and stuff that happened in the book are translated really well into the film. […]
Q: What was the first thing that drew you to the script of "The Ruins?"
Ashmore: When I first, I got the script and then you know, I was told that it was a DreamWorks film and I was kind of interested but what I did first is my agents sent me along Carter Smith, our director's short film called Bugcrush. So I watched that first and that's what really made me interested in even really taking a real self-look at the script. I loved the short film, it was creepy, it was not too stylized by it had like a really, a real sense of direct throughout the whole short so I read the script having that in mind, like seeing like his eye and his tone and stuff like that, so that's what really drew me in and then I also knew, I'd seen "A Simple Plan" which was Scott Smith's last film and that's you know, and I really love that film so I just, you know, I looked at the script knowing that that was sort of the pedigree is coming from and Carter's direction, so that's when I really got into it.
Ramsey: I agree, I really looked at Bugcrush and that made me want to look into it further but also I think the role of Stacy for me was really interesting because it's such a challenge to go from this young happy-go-lucky girl and energized and into this whole mess of a person and being completely obsessed with something that's inside of her and lashing out at her best friends and I just found it so interesting and a challenge to be able to, you know, kind of go there, that's what interests me is basically the role itself was a good challenge and I wanted to be able to see if I could do it.
Ashmore: I have read the book. I think the movie stays very true to the movie. Scott Smith, the author of the book wrote the screenplay as well and I mean there are certainly changes, characters, different things that happen in the book happens to different characters in the screenplay like in the script. But I think at the end of the day it has the exact same tone pretty much all the events, all the major events and character points and stuff that happened in the book are translated really well into the film. […]
Q: What was the first thing that drew you to the script of "The Ruins?"
Ashmore: When I first, I got the script and then you know, I was told that it was a DreamWorks film and I was kind of interested but what I did first is my agents sent me along Carter Smith, our director's short film called Bugcrush. So I watched that first and that's what really made me interested in even really taking a real self-look at the script. I loved the short film, it was creepy, it was not too stylized by it had like a really, a real sense of direct throughout the whole short so I read the script having that in mind, like seeing like his eye and his tone and stuff like that, so that's what really drew me in and then I also knew, I'd seen "A Simple Plan" which was Scott Smith's last film and that's you know, and I really love that film so I just, you know, I looked at the script knowing that that was sort of the pedigree is coming from and Carter's direction, so that's when I really got into it.
Ramsey: I agree, I really looked at Bugcrush and that made me want to look into it further but also I think the role of Stacy for me was really interesting because it's such a challenge to go from this young happy-go-lucky girl and energized and into this whole mess of a person and being completely obsessed with something that's inside of her and lashing out at her best friends and I just found it so interesting and a challenge to be able to, you know, kind of go there, that's what interests me is basically the role itself was a good challenge and I wanted to be able to see if I could do it.
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