Shauna Macdonald - Descent Was Dirty Job

From Sci-Fi Wire:
Shauna Macdonald, the Scottish actress who stars in the upcoming SF horror movie The Descent, told SCI FI Wire that making the film was a grueling physical experience, compounded by the fact that she was called upon to, among other indignities, roll through dirt and sand, get soaked in blood spatter and then be immersed in a red, goopy liquid that looks like a mix of blood and water. The film, directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers), follows six friends and adventurers who become trapped in a cave inhabited by blind humanoid creatures that pick them off one by one.

"The film was shot chronologically, so we got dirtier and dirtier throughout the seven weeks of shooting," Macdonald (The Mutant Chronicles) said in an interview. "So it was layer upon layer, and you couldn't even get all the dirt off at night. And it didn't matter because you knew that at 6 o'clock the next morning you were just going to be sprayed with more dirt. It was makeup dirt, and they sprayed baby oil to make the sweat."

Macdonald added: "But then we were rolling around in this sand that you didn't see, so we had sand sticking to us. Then they had dust they blew on us and makeup blood, but the makeup blood made your skin stuck together. So, in your tiny crevices, which were sticking together, you had sand and dirt and oil. When we went to the pub or to dinner after shooting, we still had some stuff on us. One of the girls, Natalie [Mendoza], said she went to the gym and still had these huge makeup bruises on her, and people thought she'd been battered. We got to the point where we didn't even see it anymore, the blood and the dirt." The Descent descends into theaters on August 4.

- The Monster