Why wouldn’t I want us to be friends and hang out? And I thought if we got the part, it would be nice if we got along because it was going to be intense.”įilming took place in 2006 at Peli’s San Diego home over a span of seven days - a problem for Sloat, who was enrolled in music school at the time (he even wrote original music that’s included in the film). “I was new in town and we had so much fun together. “I was not trying to hit on him,” Featherston interjects. But despite the good-natured flirtations, they insist they’re not a couple, although Sloat is quick to point out that Featherston asked him for his number back when they auditioned together. In person, they often finish each other’s sentences. If you’re looking at the footage of their audition and see the way they interact - if you didn’t know any better - you’d think you were looking at real documentary footage of a couple.” I wanted the audience to think they were watching real life. I wanted it to feel real, so I didn’t want there to be a script. “I didn’t want actors who looked like they were acting. “The whole point is for it to feel natural,” Peli said in a recent phone interview. Boom! So I just threw myself into the character.”Īnd that’s exactly what Peli was searching for in casting the characters who would later be called Katie and Micah (yes, he used their actual names). “I walked into the room and said, ‘Why do you think your house is haunted?’ Just like that.

“I remember being in the waiting room and these girls would just kind of walk out shaking their head,” Featherston said.

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