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 "Recently I did a scene on 'Bates' where I just cried, and
the director was able to tap into something where my emotions
just came flooding out," the British actress said in her native
Manchester accent.
"My emotions are very readily available, which is weird. I've
never had that, but that means I can cry at anything now. I'll
cry at toilet paper."
Cooke, 20, may be best known for her role as Emma, a teen cystic
fibrosis sufferer in A&E television's hit horror drama "Bates
Motel," but she's capping off 2014 with her third horror movie,
"Ouija," in theaters on Friday, just ahead of Halloween
festivities on Oct. 31.
Cooke plays teenager Laine, who decides to seek answers from the
spirit world with the help of an Ouija board after her best
friend dies mysteriously, but Laine summons up something far
more sinister in the process.
"Ouija," co-produced and distributed by Comcast Corp's Universal
Pictures, was made for $5 million, according to IMDB.com. It is
also produced by Hasbro Inc, the makers of the Ouija board game.
The film is expected to top the U.S. box office this weekend
with $28 million, according to Boxoffice.com.
The film follows Cooke's roles in "The Quiet Ones," where she
played a disturbed young woman haunted by a demon, and sci-fi
horror "The Signal," where a group of friends are abducted on a
road trip.
"It's just really strong female characters that I'm drawn to, it
doesn't really matter what the genre is," Cooke said.
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"I don't think I have taken horror to rise up the ranks of
Hollywood, but I know people do - when I think of girls trying to
rise up the ranks with horror, I always think of the hot naked girl
that gets slashed first."
As Emma on "Bates Motel," Cooke said she has managed to showcase her
acting range in the gritty drama that serves as a prequel inspired
by Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."
"It's quite psychological," she said. "I just get to challenge
myself and stretch my emotions. Emma, she's not necessarily a
psychotic or evil character, she's very light."
For her next role, Cooke found herself moving away from horror to
explore a more intimate story, playing a cancer patient in the
coming-of-age film "Me & Earl & the Dying Girl."
The actress said she found herself facing an unexpected challenge
after shaving off her long auburn locks for the role.
"Ever since I've cut my hair, it's harder going into auditions. It's
really bizarre, and I didn't realize how much it relied on the way I
looked," she said.
"But I realized that it's more about looks, and that's quite a hard
thing to deal with."
(Editing by Eric Kelsey and G Crosse)
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