- The Observer, Sunday September 2 2001
Canadians have a reputation for being conventional. But not in the film world, where they are known for work that is strange, fearless, even creepy. Take Molly Parker, and Kissed, the scandal of the 1997 London Film Festival, an attempt to make a considered film about necrophilia. Or the two she has coming up: Suspicious River, reteamed with Kissed director Lynne Stopkewich, and The Centre of the World, Wayne Wang's film about strangers having sex in Vegas hotels.
The 29-year-old from Maple Ridge, Vancouver, remains suspicious of Hollywood. 'There are better parts for women in the indie field.'
Five things you need to know about Molly Parker
1. On why she acts: 'I'm interested in why people are as crazy as they are, and why I'm crazy.'
2. She went to the Kissed audition not knowing the film had a necrophiliac element.
3. She spent 10 years studying ballet.
4. On why she remains suspicious of the press: 'I don't want people to know about me. It's dangerous to my work.'
5. She accidentally licked a dead rat in the first scene she shot for Kissed.
• Suspicious River opened last Friday; Centre of the World on 21 September
