Why Memento almost stopped Carrie-Anne Moss from making her new film

The timeless Carrie Anne Moss leads one of this weekend’s new releases, Die alonean apocalyptic thriller about an epidemic that is rampant and turning people into cannibalistic monsters. If it sounds familiar, there have certainly been numerous zombie horror films over the decades, but Die alone features some unique storylines – like Moss, who portrays someone suffering from ever-increasing amnesia during difficult times. If this also sounds familiar, Christopher Nolan fans may remember Moss from his early Amnesia hit Memorywhich will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary. In fact it was Memory That almost stopped Moss from playing Die alone.

“I have to be honest when I read it for the first time [the Die Alone script], That was the only thing that made me hesitate“Those were just the few moments where I was like, ‘Oh, this feels like I’ve done this before,” Moss told MovieWeb as he reflected on certain parallels between the two Memory And Die alone. “But overall it was so different that I decided to give that up and I didn’t think it would affect my experience… The character is so different, but in the beginning it was definitely like, “Oh, I don’t know, I don’t want to do something.” [like that] again.’”

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Don’t watch “zombie movies to relax”?

And while Moss has tried his hand at similarly dark and violent projects as Die aloneShe confirmed to us that she’s not exactly a hardcore fan of similar horror films in real life. “I like an apocalyptic story. I think we all have an interest in this, right? A lot of us have that too, but it’s not really my favorite story,” Moss told us. “I don’t watch apocalyptic zombie movies to relax, which is what I usually do when I watch something on TV… I don’t like going to bed and having nightmares. And I’m really sensitive. My kids think it’s kind of funny. I’m very sensitive and I’m like, ‘Oh, I can’t look at that.’ There’s a lot of shooting in a show!’ My body will feel all the bullets, you know?“

But that doesn’t mean Moss doesn’t own the screen as a tough, business-savvy heroine who protects herself and her companion (Douglas Smith) from the monstrous beings around them Die alone. Just because she doesn’t wear those futuristic outfits The Matrix But that doesn’t mean she’s someone to mess with in the dystopian universe that writer-director Lowell Dean imagined in Moss’ new thriller. Moss says:

“I liked how handy she was with the gun… And the wooden spoon that she uses to stir the soup, you know, that’s one of the things I loved about her. It wasn’t like she was a cool action star.” . She’s just this practical, down-to-earth woman who just pulls out a gun to say something, you know?

From Quiver Distribution, Die alone is now available in theaters, on demand and digitally.