Auditioning for a horror film through video name comes with its pitfalls—attempt explaining all that screaming to your involved Airbnb neighbors—however Rachel Sennott takes all of it in stride. After her breakthrough function in Shiva Child, the actor concurrently irked and charmed audiences within the satirical slasher Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies, by which she performs Alice, a self-obsessed podcaster. Within the movie, Sennott showcased her knack for embodying essentially the most cringeworthy elements of Gen Z—lovingly, after all. In dialog with W, she talks about collaborating together with her greatest good friend, the director Emma Seligman, and their upcoming venture, Bottoms, which additionally stars Sennott’s pal Ayo Edebiri.

Have been you a theatrical youngster?

I used to be annoying as hell. I pressured my 5 siblings to do performs that I wrote, directed, and starred in. I used to be bossy. I might name “Rehearsal!” and knock on everybody’s door. Ultimately, they stopped desirous to be in my performs.

What was your audition course of for Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies like?

I used to be staying on this Airbnb in Burbank, and it had actually skinny partitions. I did my tape, after which I obtained a callback with Halina [Reijn], the director. I used to be like, I’ve obtained to nail it. So I’m operating the audition scene, which was me within the kitchen after they pull out the knife, so there’s plenty of screaming. After that, my neighbors had been like, “Have you ever been okay?”

You and your good friend Emma Seligman, the author and director of Shiva Child, have one other movie within the works. What are you able to inform us about it?

We wrote a film collectively known as Bottoms, which we shot final spring. It was actually enjoyable and wild and so totally different from Shiva Child. In Shiva Child, we’re principally in a home with plenty of older actors. This film, we’re on a soccer discipline. We’re in a home. We’re in a yard. We’re driving round. We’re doing stunts. Everyone seems to be, like, 20 years previous, and the vitality was like “Aah!” I star in it with my good friend Ayo Edebiri. We did issues collectively once we had been nonetheless in faculty. So to get to return into our little improv dynamic was so enjoyable.

What’s your secret ability?

I really like organizing rooms. I wish to tear aside a room, after which I really like folding my underwear into little bow balls. I’ll do that for different folks—some folks don’t prefer it, and so they’re form of like, “Get away.” However I say, “I’m serving to you. Let me in.”

Do you’ve gotten a go-to karaoke tune?

“Hopelessly Dedicated to You” by Olivia Newton-John. It’s a great crooning tune. The opposite tune I really like for karaoke is “Enchanted” by Taylor Swift—I really like a tune with a construct.

What’s your astrological signal?

I’m a Virgo. Virgos are delicate, and so they’re planners and organizers. We is usually a little uptight, but it surely’s as a result of we care.

Who was your cinematic crush?

Rising up, I appreciated each Taylor Lautner and Rob Pattinson in Twilight. Individuals had been like, “Group Edward? Group Jacob?” I used to be like, “I’m workforce horny love story!”

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