ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Silent Hour star Sandra Mae Frank about her role in the action film. Frank discussed stunts and how deaf actors can get cues, working with Joel Kinnaman, and more. The film is set to be released in Thaters and digitally on October 11, 2024.
The Silent Hour Interview: Sandra Mae Frank on Doing Stunts as a Deaf Actress
"Boston Detective Frank Shaw (Joel Kinnaman) returns to work after a career-changing injury leaves him permanently hearing-impaired. Tasked with interpreting for Ava Fremont (Sandra Mae Frank), a deaf witness to a brutal gangland murder, they find themselves cornered in a soon-to-be condemned apartment building when the killers return to eliminate her. Cut off from the outside world, these two strangers must lean on each other to outsmart killers they can't hear approaching, for their only hope of escaping with their lives," the synopsis reads.
Tyler Treese: Sandra, congratulations on your performance in The Silent Hour. Your character is very interesting. She is a recovering addict. What did you find most intriguing about this role?
Sandra Mae Frank: I loved that Ava has layers. She’s deaf. Yeah. But she has so many more layers on top of that. She’s a recovering addict. She’s finding herself again. She’s finding a way to live like every other person in this world. I really appreciated having those layers. A lot of times we see deaf people as so heroic, so cool. Yeah, of course Ava is still cool, but she has a dark side. It’s like, yeah, come on. I want to know more about her.
