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Spoilers for 2018\u2019s Sharp Objects follow.<\/p>\n
For many actors, getting into character isn\u2019t as big of a problem as getting out of one. Amy Adams<\/a> still gets triggered by that last big twist<\/a> at the end Sharp Objects. Speaking to Julia Cunningham on her eponymous podcast, Adams says the moment when Cecile realizes her half-sister is the serial killer<\/a> (while her mom was a plain ol\u2019 one-off manslaughterer) still gives her the shivers. \u201cThat character was one of the hardest ones to sort of get out of my system,\u201d she said, \u201cso if you bring up any moments, I can sort of feel it in my body where it lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Adams said shooting the scene was painful, but thankfully the late Jean-Marc Vall\u00e9e knew what he wanted and got in in minimal takes. \u201cEliza who played Amma, she was just so wonderful and so scary,\u201d she said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do it too many times, but that was I don\u2019t know why that specific moment just, it lives in my body in a devastating way. A lot of Sharp Objects does, strangely. I mean, I think it\u2019s because that character speaks to this darkness that I had to tap into as like a shadow self that I don\u2019t like to visit very often, you know?\u201d No one ever gets stuck inhabiting any of their fun characters, and that\u2019s a real shame. Austin Butler\u2019s Elvis voice<\/a> notwithstanding, mamma.<\/p>\n Manage cookie preferences<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n