Madelaine Petsch 'earned EP credit for The Strangers – Chapter 2'
Madelaine Petsch has explained how she secured an EP credit for The Strangers – Chapter 2.
Madelaine Petsch felt she had to earn her executive producer credit for The Strangers – Chapter 2.
The 31-year-old actress stars alongside Gabriel Basso and Ema Horvath in the new horror movie, and Madelaine has revealed how she came to earn an executive producer credit for the project.
The actress told The Hollywood Reporter: "I actually did not have the credit at first.
"I was asked to be an actor in the film, and I wholeheartedly said yes. I then came on set and said, 'Hey guys, I have some script thoughts. Would you be willing to listen to them?' And that ultimately became [producer] Courtney Solomon and I editing the script every day after set, going through shot lists with Renny [Harlin] and being more sewn into the fabric of the story in a producorial way. So they offered me the EP credit; it was not a vanity credit that I got.
"Usually, they’ll do that to pay actors less money because they don’t have a lot of money. They’ll be like, 'We’ll give you an EP credit, which will help you, but it’s a vanity credit.' So I got offered this credit because I was actually doing the work."
Madelaine also revealed that The Strangers – Chapter 3 is "basically done" already.
Asked if the third movie will follow the same release pattern as the two previous films, the actress replied: "If it [goes] our way, then hopefully it’ll be sooner. That would be the goal.
"It is basically done. But it’s about whatever Lionsgate feels and what fits into their release schedule the best. It’s also about what other movies are already releasing during those weekends, so that’s up to the Lionsgate Gods.
"All I know is that we are done, and we are ready to show it as soon as possible."
Madelaine also stars in the upcoming romcom Maintenance Required, and the actress confessed that she enjoyed doing "something completely different" for that movie.
She shared: "I like variety. Variety is the spice of life.
"I think actors want to do everything, at least I do. So I love the idea of being in an Amazon romcom where I get to play a mechanic and do something completely different. As an artist, it was just fun, and I think it’ll be fun for audiences.
"I never knew they were going to come out this close together, to be honest. But I think it’ll be fun for audiences to be able to go see me in this horror film — and go through the PTSD of it — before coming home to cuddle up and watch something that’s sweet and cosy."
