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InterviewActress Rose McIver talks ‘Petals’

Actress Rose McIver talks ‘Petals’

Rose McIver has been interviewed by Josh Belcher for The Daily Herald. Here’s the full exclusive interview.

Author V.C. Andrews and the Dollanganger series continues to prove to be a powerful force among television viewers. The Memorial Day premiere of Lifetime’s “Petals on the Wind” delivered 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen research. It proved so successful that Lifetime will encore “Petals on the Wind” on June 8, 9 and 29.

“Petals on The Wind” is the sequel to the “Flowers in the Attic,” which was this year’s number one movie telecast on ad-supported cable with 6.1 million viewers. Heather Graham and Dylan Bruce — along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Winner Ellen Burstyn — reprise their roles in the movie adaptation of the second book in V.C. Andrews’ iconic series. The movie also features Rose McIver, Wyatt Nash, and Bailey Buntain as the Dollanganger siblings.

According to the studio’s recent press release, the film begins 10 years after the siblings have escaped the attic where their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Ellen Burstyn) kept them locked up and imprisoned for more than two years. The film “continues to follow the twisted plight of the family as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them, but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.”

Lifetime is currently developing three additional books by V.C. Andrews, including “If There Be Thorns,” “Seeds of Yesterday” and “My Sweet Audrina.”

I spoke with actress Rose McIver about her role in the movie and her distinction of once being the Yellow Power Ranger in the “Power Rangers.” She spoke with me from New York City:

Q: Could you give us some insight on “Petals on the Wind?”

A: “Petals on the Wind” is the follow-up to “Flowers in the Attic,” which came out recently for Lifetime, and I am playing Cathy Dollanganger. In the original film, my character was played by Kiernan Shipka, and I take over the role 10 years later. She played it at 13, and I play Cathy at age 23, and we get to see (Cathy) trying to overcome her past and make her way as a woman with all the pitfalls that come her way.

Q: Did you have to train in ballet for this particular performance?

A: I did. I had danced when I was a child, but I had not been in ballet since I was 12, so it was very much a crash course in adult ballet — trying to get me back up to scratch before we started shooting. We worked with a really great choreographer named Kitty McNamee who managed to kind of create these pieces that (played off) my strengths and abilities.

Q: How was the cast of Petals on the Wind? Did you enjoy working with them?

A: Everybody was wonderful. We had an eerie likeness. We didn’t even realize how similar we all looked. I never thought I looked like Heather Graham, but even today I was outside a talk show and somebody held up a picture of Heather Graham and asked me for an autograph. So we look very similar in the photographs they took for the movie. We have a nice little family bond, and Wyatt Nash, who is playing Christopher — he does a great job. Then Jullian, who is Will Kemp — he plays my lover, and I try to move away with him in the movie.

Q: Do you have any musical talents? Are you a singer?

A: I do sing, and I play guitar and accompany myself. I would not call myself a guitarist, but yes, yes, I do sing.

Q: Which character was more difficult to play: Cathy in “Petals on the Win” or Tinker Bell in “Once Upon a Time?”

A: They had equal difficulties: Tinker Bell, because she was in a harness and flying, and Cathy because she goes through the most terrible emotional journey that a character that I have played has ever been through.

Q: You are from New Zealand. Have you ever been to Hobbiton where they filmed the village scenes in “The Lord of the Rings” movies?

A: I actually haven’t. I must be the only person in New Zealand that hasn’t been. It’s, like, not even that far from me. But I have been to the studios where they shoot the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies.

Q: What was it like to play the Yellow Power Ranger, and did you get to keep the costume?

A: I fought to try to keep that costume because it would look great with my carpets. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me. But I did have a lot of fun doing that. It was a great laugh and (a great) series to be a part of.

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Author V.C. Andrews and the Dollanganger series continues to prove to be a powerful force among television viewers. The Memorial Day premiere of Lifetime’s “Petals on the Wind” delivered 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen research. It proved so successful that Lifetime will encore “Petals on the Wind” on June 8, 9 and 29.

“Petals on The Wind” is the sequel to the “Flowers in the Attic,” which was this year’s number one movie telecast on ad-supported cable with 6.1 million viewers. Heather Graham and Dylan Bruce — along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Winner Ellen Burstyn — reprise their roles in the movie adaptation of the second book in V.C. Andrews’ iconic series. The movie also features Rose McIver, Wyatt Nash, and Bailey Buntain as the Dollanganger siblings.

According to the studio’s recent press release, the film begins 10 years after the siblings have escaped the attic where their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Ellen Burstyn) kept them locked up and imprisoned for more than two years. The film “continues to follow the twisted plight of the family as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them, but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.”

Lifetime is currently developing three additional books by V.C. Andrews, including “If There Be Thorns,” “Seeds of Yesterday” and “My Sweet Audrina.”

I spoke with actress Rose McIver about her role in the movie and her distinction of once being the Yellow Power Ranger in the “Power Rangers.” She spoke with me from New York City:

Q: Could you give us some insight on “Petals on the Wind?”

A: “Petals on the Wind” is the follow-up to “Flowers in the Attic,” which came out recently for Lifetime, and I am playing Cathy Dollanganger. In the original film, my character was played by Kiernan Shipka, and I take over the role 10 years later. She played it at 13, and I play Cathy at age 23, and we get to see (Cathy) trying to overcome her past and make her way as a woman with all the pitfalls that come her way.

Q: Did you have to train in ballet for this particular performance?

A: I did. I had danced when I was a child, but I had not been in ballet since I was 12, so it was very much a crash course in adult ballet — trying to get me back up to scratch before we started shooting. We worked with a really great choreographer named Kitty McNamee who managed to kind of create these pieces that (played off) my strengths and abilities.

Q: How was the cast of Petals on the Wind? Did you enjoy working with them?

A: Everybody was wonderful. We had an eerie likeness. We didn’t even realize how similar we all looked. I never thought I looked like Heather Graham, but even today I was outside a talk show and somebody held up a picture of Heather Graham and asked me for an autograph. So we look very similar in the photographs they took for the movie. We have a nice little family bond, and Wyatt Nash, who is playing Christopher — he does a great job. Then Jullian, who is Will Kemp — he plays my lover, and I try to move away with him in the movie.

Q: Do you have any musical talents? Are you a singer?

A: I do sing, and I play guitar and accompany myself. I would not call myself a guitarist, but yes, yes, I do sing.

Q: Which character was more difficult to play: Cathy in “Petals on the Win” or Tinker Bell in “Once Upon a Time?”

A: They had equal difficulties: Tinker Bell, because she was in a harness and flying, and Cathy because she goes through the most terrible emotional journey that a character that I have played has ever been through.

Q: You are from New Zealand. Have you ever been to Hobbiton where they filmed the village scenes in “The Lord of the Rings” movies?

A: I actually haven’t. I must be the only person in New Zealand that hasn’t been. It’s, like, not even that far from me. But I have been to the studios where they shoot the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies.

Q: What was it like to play the Yellow Power Ranger, and did you get to keep the costume?

A: I fought to try to keep that costume because it would look great with my carpets. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me. But I did have a lot of fun doing that. It was a great laugh and (a great) series to be a part of.

– See more at: http://columbiadailyherald.com/digest/entertainment/actress-rose-mciver-talks-petals#sthash.ibUhwA7L.dpuf

Author V.C. Andrews and the Dollanganger series continues to prove to be a powerful force among television viewers. The Memorial Day premiere of Lifetime’s “Petals on the Wind” delivered 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen research. It proved so successful that Lifetime will encore “Petals on the Wind” on June 8, 9 and 29.

“Petals on The Wind” is the sequel to the “Flowers in the Attic,” which was this year’s number one movie telecast on ad-supported cable with 6.1 million viewers. Heather Graham and Dylan Bruce — along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Winner Ellen Burstyn — reprise their roles in the movie adaptation of the second book in V.C. Andrews’ iconic series. The movie also features Rose McIver, Wyatt Nash, and Bailey Buntain as the Dollanganger siblings.

According to the studio’s recent press release, the film begins 10 years after the siblings have escaped the attic where their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Ellen Burstyn) kept them locked up and imprisoned for more than two years. The film “continues to follow the twisted plight of the family as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them, but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.”

Lifetime is currently developing three additional books by V.C. Andrews, including “If There Be Thorns,” “Seeds of Yesterday” and “My Sweet Audrina.”

I spoke with actress Rose McIver about her role in the movie and her distinction of once being the Yellow Power Ranger in the “Power Rangers.” She spoke with me from New York City:

Q: Could you give us some insight on “Petals on the Wind?”

A: “Petals on the Wind” is the follow-up to “Flowers in the Attic,” which came out recently for Lifetime, and I am playing Cathy Dollanganger. In the original film, my character was played by Kiernan Shipka, and I take over the role 10 years later. She played it at 13, and I play Cathy at age 23, and we get to see (Cathy) trying to overcome her past and make her way as a woman with all the pitfalls that come her way.

Q: Did you have to train in ballet for this particular performance?

A: I did. I had danced when I was a child, but I had not been in ballet since I was 12, so it was very much a crash course in adult ballet — trying to get me back up to scratch before we started shooting. We worked with a really great choreographer named Kitty McNamee who managed to kind of create these pieces that (played off) my strengths and abilities.

Q: How was the cast of Petals on the Wind? Did you enjoy working with them?

A: Everybody was wonderful. We had an eerie likeness. We didn’t even realize how similar we all looked. I never thought I looked like Heather Graham, but even today I was outside a talk show and somebody held up a picture of Heather Graham and asked me for an autograph. So we look very similar in the photographs they took for the movie. We have a nice little family bond, and Wyatt Nash, who is playing Christopher — he does a great job. Then Jullian, who is Will Kemp — he plays my lover, and I try to move away with him in the movie.

Q: Do you have any musical talents? Are you a singer?

A: I do sing, and I play guitar and accompany myself. I would not call myself a guitarist, but yes, yes, I do sing.

Q: Which character was more difficult to play: Cathy in “Petals on the Win” or Tinker Bell in “Once Upon a Time?”

A: They had equal difficulties: Tinker Bell, because she was in a harness and flying, and Cathy because she goes through the most terrible emotional journey that a character that I have played has ever been through.

Q: You are from New Zealand. Have you ever been to Hobbiton where they filmed the village scenes in “The Lord of the Rings” movies?

A: I actually haven’t. I must be the only person in New Zealand that hasn’t been. It’s, like, not even that far from me. But I have been to the studios where they shoot the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies.

Q: What was it like to play the Yellow Power Ranger, and did you get to keep the costume?

A: I fought to try to keep that costume because it would look great with my carpets. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me. But I did have a lot of fun doing that. It was a great laugh and (a great) series to be a part of.

– See more at: http://columbiadailyherald.com/digest/entertainment/actress-rose-mciver-talks-petals#sthash.ibUhwA7L.dpuf

Author V.C. Andrews and the Dollanganger series continues to prove to be a powerful force among television viewers. The Memorial Day premiere of Lifetime’s “Petals on the Wind” delivered 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen research. It proved so successful that Lifetime will encore “Petals on the Wind” on June 8, 9 and 29.

“Petals on The Wind” is the sequel to the “Flowers in the Attic,” which was this year’s number one movie telecast on ad-supported cable with 6.1 million viewers. Heather Graham and Dylan Bruce — along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Winner Ellen Burstyn — reprise their roles in the movie adaptation of the second book in V.C. Andrews’ iconic series. The movie also features Rose McIver, Wyatt Nash, and Bailey Buntain as the Dollanganger siblings.

According to the studio’s recent press release, the film begins 10 years after the siblings have escaped the attic where their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Ellen Burstyn) kept them locked up and imprisoned for more than two years. The film “continues to follow the twisted plight of the family as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them, but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.”

Lifetime is currently developing three additional books by V.C. Andrews, including “If There Be Thorns,” “Seeds of Yesterday” and “My Sweet Audrina.”

I spoke with actress Rose McIver about her role in the movie and her distinction of once being the Yellow Power Ranger in the “Power Rangers.” She spoke with me from New York City:

Q: Could you give us some insight on “Petals on the Wind?”

A: “Petals on the Wind” is the follow-up to “Flowers in the Attic,” which came out recently for Lifetime, and I am playing Cathy Dollanganger. In the original film, my character was played by Kiernan Shipka, and I take over the role 10 years later. She played it at 13, and I play Cathy at age 23, and we get to see (Cathy) trying to overcome her past and make her way as a woman with all the pitfalls that come her way.

Q: Did you have to train in ballet for this particular performance?

A: I did. I had danced when I was a child, but I had not been in ballet since I was 12, so it was very much a crash course in adult ballet — trying to get me back up to scratch before we started shooting. We worked with a really great choreographer named Kitty McNamee who managed to kind of create these pieces that (played off) my strengths and abilities.

Q: How was the cast of Petals on the Wind? Did you enjoy working with them?

A: Everybody was wonderful. We had an eerie likeness. We didn’t even realize how similar we all looked. I never thought I looked like Heather Graham, but even today I was outside a talk show and somebody held up a picture of Heather Graham and asked me for an autograph. So we look very similar in the photographs they took for the movie. We have a nice little family bond, and Wyatt Nash, who is playing Christopher — he does a great job. Then Jullian, who is Will Kemp — he plays my lover, and I try to move away with him in the movie.

Q: Do you have any musical talents? Are you a singer?

A: I do sing, and I play guitar and accompany myself. I would not call myself a guitarist, but yes, yes, I do sing.

Q: Which character was more difficult to play: Cathy in “Petals on the Win” or Tinker Bell in “Once Upon a Time?”

A: They had equal difficulties: Tinker Bell, because she was in a harness and flying, and Cathy because she goes through the most terrible emotional journey that a character that I have played has ever been through.

Q: You are from New Zealand. Have you ever been to Hobbiton where they filmed the village scenes in “The Lord of the Rings” movies?

A: I actually haven’t. I must be the only person in New Zealand that hasn’t been. It’s, like, not even that far from me. But I have been to the studios where they shoot the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies.

Q: What was it like to play the Yellow Power Ranger, and did you get to keep the costume?

A: I fought to try to keep that costume because it would look great with my carpets. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me. But I did have a lot of fun doing that. It was a great laugh and (a great) series to be a part of.

– See more at: http://columbiadailyherald.com/digest/entertainment/actress-rose-mciver-talks-petals#sthash.ibUhwA7L.dpuf

Author V.C. Andrews and the Dollanganger series continues to prove to be a powerful force among television viewers. The Memorial Day premiere of Lifetime’s “Petals on the Wind” delivered 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen research. It proved so successful that Lifetime will encore “Petals on the Wind” on June 8, 9 and 29.

“Petals on The Wind” is the sequel to the “Flowers in the Attic,” which was this year’s number one movie telecast on ad-supported cable with 6.1 million viewers. Heather Graham and Dylan Bruce — along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Winner Ellen Burstyn — reprise their roles in the movie adaptation of the second book in V.C. Andrews’ iconic series. The movie also features Rose McIver, Wyatt Nash, and Bailey Buntain as the Dollanganger siblings.

According to the studio’s recent press release, the film begins 10 years after the siblings have escaped the attic where their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Ellen Burstyn) kept them locked up and imprisoned for more than two years. The film “continues to follow the twisted plight of the family as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them, but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.”

Lifetime is currently developing three additional books by V.C. Andrews, including “If There Be Thorns,” “Seeds of Yesterday” and “My Sweet Audrina.”

I spoke with actress Rose McIver about her role in the movie and her distinction of once being the Yellow Power Ranger in the “Power Rangers.” She spoke with me from New York City:

Q: Could you give us some insight on “Petals on the Wind?”

A: “Petals on the Wind” is the follow-up to “Flowers in the Attic,” which came out recently for Lifetime, and I am playing Cathy Dollanganger. In the original film, my character was played by Kiernan Shipka, and I take over the role 10 years later. She played it at 13, and I play Cathy at age 23, and we get to see (Cathy) trying to overcome her past and make her way as a woman with all the pitfalls that come her way.

Q: Did you have to train in ballet for this particular performance?

A: I did. I had danced when I was a child, but I had not been in ballet since I was 12, so it was very much a crash course in adult ballet — trying to get me back up to scratch before we started shooting. We worked with a really great choreographer named Kitty McNamee who managed to kind of create these pieces that (played off) my strengths and abilities.

Q: How was the cast of Petals on the Wind? Did you enjoy working with them?

A: Everybody was wonderful. We had an eerie likeness. We didn’t even realize how similar we all looked. I never thought I looked like Heather Graham, but even today I was outside a talk show and somebody held up a picture of Heather Graham and asked me for an autograph. So we look very similar in the photographs they took for the movie. We have a nice little family bond, and Wyatt Nash, who is playing Christopher — he does a great job. Then Jullian, who is Will Kemp — he plays my lover, and I try to move away with him in the movie.

Q: Do you have any musical talents? Are you a singer?

A: I do sing, and I play guitar and accompany myself. I would not call myself a guitarist, but yes, yes, I do sing.

Q: Which character was more difficult to play: Cathy in “Petals on the Win” or Tinker Bell in “Once Upon a Time?”

A: They had equal difficulties: Tinker Bell, because she was in a harness and flying, and Cathy because she goes through the most terrible emotional journey that a character that I have played has ever been through.

Q: You are from New Zealand. Have you ever been to Hobbiton where they filmed the village scenes in “The Lord of the Rings” movies?

A: I actually haven’t. I must be the only person in New Zealand that hasn’t been. It’s, like, not even that far from me. But I have been to the studios where they shoot the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies.

Q: What was it like to play the Yellow Power Ranger, and did you get to keep the costume?

A: I fought to try to keep that costume because it would look great with my carpets. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me. But I did have a lot of fun doing that. It was a great laugh and (a great) series to be a part of.

– See more at: http://columbiadailyherald.com/digest/entertainment/actress-rose-mciver-talks-petals#sthash.ibUhwA7L.dpuf

Author V.C. Andrews and the Dollanganger series continues to prove to be a powerful force among television viewers. The Memorial Day premiere of Lifetime’s “Petals on the Wind” delivered 3.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen research. It proved so successful that Lifetime will encore “Petals on the Wind” on June 8, 9 and 29.

“Petals on The Wind” is the sequel to the “Flowers in the Attic,” which was this year’s number one movie telecast on ad-supported cable with 6.1 million viewers. Heather Graham and Dylan Bruce — along with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Winner Ellen Burstyn — reprise their roles in the movie adaptation of the second book in V.C. Andrews’ iconic series. The movie also features Rose McIver, Wyatt Nash, and Bailey Buntain as the Dollanganger siblings.

According to the studio’s recent press release, the film begins 10 years after the siblings have escaped the attic where their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) and grandmother Olivia (Ellen Burstyn) kept them locked up and imprisoned for more than two years. The film “continues to follow the twisted plight of the family as they attempt to put their sordid past behind them, but soon discover certain secrets can’t be left behind.”

Lifetime is currently developing three additional books by V.C. Andrews, including “If There Be Thorns,” “Seeds of Yesterday” and “My Sweet Audrina.”

I spoke with actress Rose McIver about her role in the movie and her distinction of once being the Yellow Power Ranger in the “Power Rangers.” She spoke with me from New York City:

Q: Could you give us some insight on “Petals on the Wind?”

A: “Petals on the Wind” is the follow-up to “Flowers in the Attic,” which came out recently for Lifetime, and I am playing Cathy Dollanganger. In the original film, my character was played by Kiernan Shipka, and I take over the role 10 years later. She played it at 13, and I play Cathy at age 23, and we get to see (Cathy) trying to overcome her past and make her way as a woman with all the pitfalls that come her way.

Q: Did you have to train in ballet for this particular performance?

A: I did. I had danced when I was a child, but I had not been in ballet since I was 12, so it was very much a crash course in adult ballet — trying to get me back up to scratch before we started shooting. We worked with a really great choreographer named Kitty McNamee who managed to kind of create these pieces that (played off) my strengths and abilities.

Q: How was the cast of Petals on the Wind? Did you enjoy working with them?

A: Everybody was wonderful. We had an eerie likeness. We didn’t even realize how similar we all looked. I never thought I looked like Heather Graham, but even today I was outside a talk show and somebody held up a picture of Heather Graham and asked me for an autograph. So we look very similar in the photographs they took for the movie. We have a nice little family bond, and Wyatt Nash, who is playing Christopher — he does a great job. Then Jullian, who is Will Kemp — he plays my lover, and I try to move away with him in the movie.

Q: Do you have any musical talents? Are you a singer?

A: I do sing, and I play guitar and accompany myself. I would not call myself a guitarist, but yes, yes, I do sing.

Q: Which character was more difficult to play: Cathy in “Petals on the Win” or Tinker Bell in “Once Upon a Time?”

A: They had equal difficulties: Tinker Bell, because she was in a harness and flying, and Cathy because she goes through the most terrible emotional journey that a character that I have played has ever been through.

Q: You are from New Zealand. Have you ever been to Hobbiton where they filmed the village scenes in “The Lord of the Rings” movies?

A: I actually haven’t. I must be the only person in New Zealand that hasn’t been. It’s, like, not even that far from me. But I have been to the studios where they shoot the “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” movies.

Q: What was it like to play the Yellow Power Ranger, and did you get to keep the costume?

A: I fought to try to keep that costume because it would look great with my carpets. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let me. But I did have a lot of fun doing that. It was a great laugh and (a great) series to be a part of.

– See more at: http://columbiadailyherald.com/digest/entertainment/actress-rose-mciver-talks-petals#sthash.ibUhwA7L.dpuf

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