No one can accuseChrishell Stauseof being lazy.
In an exclusive interview, she shared what the role meant to her.
I was excited to work with Lifetime on this.
It’s also based off of a real-life crime multiple crimes.
That’s shocking that this happened …
I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn’t read the book.
I really wanted to do it, but sometimes, logistically, I can’t.
Of course, I want to see some justice, and it’s crazy that this happened.
I love watching things like this anything based on a true story.
I’m excited that we were able to make that happen.
Can you tell me a bit about Lori Baker, your character?
What attracted you to her?
Lori is very different than me, so I liked that I’m going to be acting.
Lori is the opposite.
There’s no glam in this movie.
It’s all very understated.
She’s great with cars and sports and all the things that I’m not.
Lori did not do that, and I was inspired by that.
I looked into this.
How did I not hear about this?"
I read the book on the case as well.
That was actually the very first stage in the whole process.
Could you share how closely the production actually mirrors the real-life events?
The script is actually quite different than the real-life case.
But some of that is also having to work around [the fact that] these are real people.
It’s a mix.
Do you have any thoughts about why that might be?
Well, I think we’re all very interested in these things.
This is one of those.
How is that possible?"
That’s a plot hole …"
But that’s why it works, because no this actually happened.
It’s very interesting, and we’re interested in those types of situations that seem so bizarre.
Hopefully, nobody’s living this in their real life.
Hopefully, it’s very far from what your real life is.
You’re both an actor and a working realtor, and those are both stressful jobs.
How do you manage to balance both of them?
It is a balancing act.
I had to, at one point, fly back to LA.
I couldn’t miss something that we were working on with the show “Selling Sunset.”
Then it was a really quick turnaround and right back on set it was both tight schedules.
But I love doing this, so that makes it fun.
It’s my first love.
Now, I’ve gone on to do real estate.
Have you found that your acting has boosted your real estate career or vice versa?
It is helpful in memorizing stats on a house.
You have to memorize lines so much with sets and scripts and things like that.
I do memorize the little things like that pretty easily.
But as far as acting helping my real estate career, I’m not sure.
I have no idea.
They wanted realtors that … Maybe it did, because I came from soaps.
“Selling Sunset,” a lot of times, feels like a soap.
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This interview has been edited for clarity.
