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One night last year, I was watching an indie flick at home with my dad that he had rented based on a New York Times review that called it “Lynchian.” I Can See You was a terrifyingly weird movie with a simple plot: Kids go in the woods, kids get lost, kids start to die (or something). But even weirder was that the movie was filmed in Delaware, not very far from where I grew up. Okay, that’s not that weird: The Blair Witch Project was filmed in Maryland, not too far from where I ended up going to high school, so maybe my parents just had an affinity for haunted trees. What was weird? A recognized one of the actresses in the film from backyard plays my friend’s mom used to put on with us when we were kids. And once I saw Heather Robb in I Can See You, she popped up in another indie horror film: Ti West‘s House of the Devil.
I got in touch with Heather via email and asked her how she got from Delaware productions of Beauty and the Beast to indie horror queen (and band member of The Spring Standards).
How did you get your start in indie movies?
Heather: I started doing film in delaware with Graham Reznick when we were both in high school. Ti West went to school with us too, so when the two of them moved to New York and started making films they reached out to me – it was really lucky. They introduced me to Larry Fessenden and the folks at Glasseye Pix and that’s where everything started. They’re all wonderful, creative, supportive people and now i feel like part of the family.
How did your band get together?
We all met when we were kids, we started playing music together in 10th grade and never really stopped. This is the fourth band we’ve been in together actually. I play keyboard, drums, melodica, glockenspiel and I sing. We’re all songwriters and we arrange all our material together. In the last two years we’ve toured all over the country and we’re hoping to get over to europe in the next year or so but we’re super proud to call New York home.
Is it hard to juggle to creative careers?
Yes it is, but it’s far from impossible. I’m definitely a person that needs balance and diversity in my life, so juggling two creative careers helps me stay sane through the trials and successes of them both.
If you could have been in one film in the past several years, what would it have been?
Kelly Reichardt‘s Wendy and Lucy.
Do you have any advice for girls that may be interested in acting or music?
Avoid mean people and even though it sucks, learn about the business side of things. It really helps you feel empowered and proud of the fact that you are building your own career and you’re in control of it.
