ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with Hold Your Breath star Annaleigh Ashford about the psychological thriller. Ashford discussed the film's location, her love of period pieces, and more. The film is streaming now on Hulu.
Hold Your Breath Star Annaleigh Ashford on Her Hulu Horror Film and Ryan Murphy's Monsters | Interview
“In 1930s Oklahoma, amid the region’s terrifying sandstorms, a woman (Sarah Paulson) is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family,” the synopsis reads.
Tyler Treese: I think Hold Your Breath looks great, and it speaks to the directors, especially how they shot it, but the location seems like a character. What was it like filming in New Mexico and dealing with all that dust going around?
Annaleigh Ashford: What a great question. Um, like you said, the location is absolutely a character in the film and it was absolutely a force. During filming, we had to clear the land where the house in the film is and, uh, as a result, the land spoke back. You know, one of the threads in the story in the film is the effects of climate change. This was a man-made climate disaster, the sticker, a lot of people don't know about it, and it happened a hundred years ago, and we're, as we're navigating man-made climate disasters now, uh, we cleared that land and then we had a mini dust storm. 'cause the land was like, uh, don't touch me. I don't like that. Isn't that fascinating? It is, yeah. It was a character in the film.
