Read the interview I did with the ‘Remember the Daze’ cast.
How did you prepare for the film and get yourself into a 1999 frame of mind? It’s not like 1999 was that long ago, but times —the economy, the government, the culture—have changed radically, so it sometimes seems like forever ago.
Leighton: As far as performance, I didn’t prepare. I think the funniest line in the movie is, “Is Y2K gonna blow up the world?” Is that how we were thinking back then? I wore a purple jumper in the film and that was a real 1999 moment for me. And the French braid with pieces coming down. That is what I did to my hair back then. To be honest, I wasn’t the age that my character is at that time, obviously, so I didn’t pay too much attention. It was like a modern period piece.
Read the rest of my interview with the ‘Remember the Daze’ cast over at Artist Direct.