Interview with Meaghan McCready: Red Vampire

Q: How did you find the job?

A: My friend Allie has been working there for like 5 years and she was always going on about it. It sounded awesome, and I probably would’ve done it last year, but they didn’t have it.

Q: How did you apply?

A: Everyone auditioning had to meet there one day and fill out information about ourselves.. and then they told us what parts were available and we auditioned

Q: What kind of information did they want/need?

A: Our names and age and whatnot, and then how we found out about it and any special skills/experience we’ve had

Q: What kind of special skills do you have?

A: I told them I could moonwalk and dance

Q: I didn’t notice that much dancing

A: Vampires don’t dance

Q: Which characters did you want to play?

A: I really wanted to be a vampire actually, but if I didn’t get it, I wanted to be a zombie. I guess I thought it’d be more of a challenge to be a vampire than anything else. Well. Vampires are pretty sexy and whatnot and I’m very NOT sexy in real life… Q:What do you like most about your job?

A:It’s a tie between the bonding with my fellow slightly disturbed horror-loving actors and hearing people scream. Hearing people scream means I’m doing my job right and giving them exactly what they came for.

Q:What was it like the very first time you made someone scream like that?

A:The first time I felt TERRIBLE actually. Well, I’d never scared anyone like that before. Well, after I thought about it, I realized it’s like being in a comedy show and making people laugh.

Q:What do you like least about your job?

A: I get so hungry. I can’t really eat much with vampire fangs in.