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RLJE Films will release SPREE<\/strong>, In Theaters, On Demand and Digital August 14th<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Meet<\/strong> Kurt (Joe Keery), a 23-year-old rideshare driver for Spree, who is so desperate for social media attention that he’ll stop at nothing to go viral. He comes up with a plan to livestream a rampage as a shortcut to infamy – coining his evil scheme “#thelesson”, he installs a set of cameras in his car and begins streaming his rides. Wildly miscalculating the popularity that would come from his lethal scheme, Kurt\u2019s desperation grows as he tries to find a way to overcome the plan’s flaws. In the middle of all this madness, a stand-up comedian (Sasheer Zamata) with her own viral agenda crosses Kurt’s path and becomes the only hope to put a stop to his misguided carnage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by <\/strong>Eugene Kotlyarenko, and written by Gene McHugh and Eugene Kotlyarenko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film features an all-star cast led by Joe Keery<\/strong> (\u201cStranger Things\u201d) in his first film feature leading-role, Sasheer Zamata<\/strong> (\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d), David Arquette<\/strong> (Scream<\/em> franchise), Kyle Mooney <\/strong>(Brigsby Bear<\/em>, \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d), Mischa Barton <\/strong>(\u201cThe O.C.\u201d),Frankie Grande<\/strong> (“Style Code Live”), and John DeLuca<\/strong> (Teen Beach Movie<\/em> franchise).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RLJE Films will release the thriller film SPREE<\/strong>, In Theaters, On Demand and Digital August 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blackfilm.com correspondent Ellen Wanjiru recently spoke with Sasheer Zamata about SPREE and the role of perception.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from the comedy aspect, what drew you to the role?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: This whole project was a new type of venture for me. I come from a comedy world so it was exciting to be part of something that is more of a thriller or horror and has comedy elements to it. So I was excited to try something new and excited for the audience to see me do something new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your character Jessie has a love\/hate relationship with social media; she gets the need for it but she also sees the dark and obsessive side. What was Jessie\u2019s anchor for staying behind that line for as long as she did?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: Honestly, these apps are set up to be addictive and a lot of people get admiration, adoration and love from their phone. And I think Jessie was really feeding into that culture of getting direct feedback from her audience, and eventually she realized this is not a healthy way to exist. I think for a lot of people it\u2019s hard to realize that because it feels good to have someone say they like the way you look, or they think that you\u2019re funny, or they want to be you, it\u2019s doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s healthy and these aren\u2019t even my friends or people that really love me. And I think that Jessie had to kind of learn that lesson the hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel as though Kurt (played by Joe Keery) and Jessie were destined to meet to disrupt each other\u2019s realities. What would you say their connection was?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: That\u2019s a good point. I do think they were destined to meet because you\u2019re really watching two different trajectories with social media at the same time. With Kurt, you can see the worst case scenario and how negative the relationship with social media can be and then you\u2019re seeing Jessie who built her career on social media and now she\u2019s realizing that this may not be what she wants anymore. So she\u2019s going away from it, whereas Kurt is diving head first into it and it\u2019s so interesting that they\u2019re crossing paths. Kurt says something in the movie about being inspired by what Jessie said on stage and he ends up misconstruing what he\u2019s perceiving\u2014 that\u2019s the dangers of social media because you can present something to the world but people can perceive it however they want. They can read what you\u2019re saying and totally get the wrong idea about who you are as a person or what you\u2019re trying to say. So I think people need to be careful about how they\u2019re consuming stuff and also what they\u2019re saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All the action took place inside of Kurt\u2019s car, and real cell phones and go-pros were used in the car during production. How unique was that shooting experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: It was so unique. I\u2019ve never done anything like that before and it was really cool. They made it feel so real because there were no actual film cameras around, there were just phones and go-pros and he\u2019s holding a phone and I\u2019m holding a phone. I think that made it feel more like we\u2019re actually talking in the moment vs. we\u2019re on set and we\u2019re performing for a movie. And a lot of thought went into the choreography of it because I had to perform and hold a camera and make sure that everything that\u2019s supposed to be in the shot, is in the shot and move and talk at the same time. It was interesting to think of multiple points of view while I\u2019m performing.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the many things I enjoyed about this film was how realistic it looked and felt. And that has a lot to do with how it was presented in almost real-time and with \u201clive\u201d viewer comments on screen. How did that impact what you as an actor brought to the screen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: It really helped me because it felt real, because we were really outside and really in a car or in someone\u2019s home and holding the phones, it felt scary. It was nice to be able to tap into this character because she was really living it while it was happening. I hope the audience can connect with that because I feel like Jessie is the audience\u2019s perspective; she\u2019s also new to everything that\u2019s happening so I\u2019m hoping that the audience can connect with her journey as she\u2019s discovering all this crazy shit, and ride with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a scene where you do something incredibly daring with a phone charger, which made me feel like I was watching that moment happen to you in real life. What was that experience like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: I\u2019ve never done anything with fight scenes or getting really physical, so it was really fun to do that. I want people to really react audibly to this. My first time seeing the whole movie in front of an audience was at Sundance, and people were gasping and laughing at parts that I didn\u2019t even know were funny when we were filming them. It was so fun and I want people to feel all of that while they\u2019re watching and have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My favorite line in the film is, \u201cIf you\u2019re not documenting yourself, you don\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/em> That\u2019s such a powerful statement. Do you think there can be a healthy balance with the human need and fixation of being seen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: I think if it is a fixation, it\u2019s not good. I know people who exist without social media and they seem so happy. I think there are ways to have a healthy relationship with social media, but people just maybe need to think about what they\u2019re getting out of it. We\u2019re very much on auto pilot\u2014all my friends have that app so I guess I\u2019ll get that app, I\u2019ll post things and comment but we don\u2019t even know why we\u2019re doing it. If you\u2019re doing it because you genuinely want to share your pics with your friends, or you\u2019re a food critic and your showing your work, that\u2019s great. But if you\u2019re doing it because you want to be famous or you think it\u2019s going to give you love, that\u2019s something you need to analyze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did you think about the ending of the movie and how your character made out?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>: There\u2019s kind of a big question mark at the end because yes, I did some bad ass stuff and it seems like evil has been defeated but I also take advantage of the audience and people\u2019s perceptions of things and I\u2019m also benefitting career-wise from this horrible thing that just happened. It\u2019s interesting and there\u2019s so much happening in the last few minutes and so I hope that it makes people excited to talk about it and the morality of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPREE premieres <\/strong>in Theaters, On Demand and Digital on August 14th. What can the audience expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasheer Zamata<\/strong>:<\/strong> You can expect to be scared and excited, you can expect to laugh, you can expect to really think about your relationship with social media and also other people\u2019s relationships. I hope you come away from it willing to grow in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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