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12. The 'Lust' Victim Went Method To Play His Character
Leland Orser, the poor schmoe who played the poor schmoe who was forced at gunpoint to murder a prostitute with a giant bladed strap-on, really went 100% to get all his stuff in for his single scene in the film.
Interrogated by the police after the fact, Orser wanted to make sure that he accurately portrayed someone suffering the after effects of significant trauma, and prepared by breathing in and out rapidly so that his body would be overly saturated with oxygen, giving him the ability to hyperventilate.
He also barely slept for several days, in order to achieve his character's disoriented look. It's a linchpin scene in the film, the first time that Somerset and Mills begin to understand the task ahead of them, so his commitment is definitely appreciated - it's his performance that makes the scene work so well.