Amber Coney Q&A

Amber Coney is an uprising star which brought our attention to her with her role in Dead of Summer. She can do drama and comedy. She’s funny, sweet and has had so many good times with her co-stars.

Here are the questions we made to her:

1.-What is something about yourself that nobody would know? 

I have about 10 volumes of personal journals from over the past five years… So yeah, I still keep a diary.

2.-What is your favorite thing to do off-set with your co-stars on ‘Dead of Summer’? 

Exploring Vancouver! It’s an amazing city that many of us have really taken to with over the last couple of months. We loving going to new restaurants and cool new spots to dance and hangout together. 

3.-What has been one of the funniest moments you remember with your co-stars on ‘Dead of Summer’? 

On one of our shoot days during a break, my cast-mates were hanging out in the ‘cast cabin’, and we started using the face swap filter on snapchat to take photos of ourselves and each other. We must have been delirious after shooting so long, because it was beyond hilarious to us, we were all hysterically laughing over how odd and deranged we looked with our faces switched. 

4.-What lessons have you learned working on the show ‘Dead of Summer’? 

Be ready! Television moves super fast, so a lot of the time actors will only get 1-2 takes for their coverage, which means you always have to be on and ready to go.

5.-What is the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do? 

Getting started on my own in LA. It’s a tough city, and even tougher if you’re pursing a creative path in a competitive industry like I was doing.

6.-Tell us an embarrassing story you are ready to share with the world. 

When I went to Disneyland with my high school choir group, I decided to show off and do the splits in front of one of the staff photographers there so he could take a photo of it. I thought it would be super quirky and cool. Well, I ran up to the camera-man, said “Take my photo!”, started to go down into the splits, and completely ripped my pants. My underwear were completely exposed, so I got up and bolted to the nearest store, and had to buy Minnie Mouse sweatpants which I wore for the rest of the day.

7.-What has it been like working with Once Upon a Time writers Eddy Kitsis, Ian B. Goldberg, and Adam Horowitz?

Eddy, Adam and Ian are amazing. At this point, they are masters of their craft, and are inspiringly intelligent and creative. They created the Dead of Summer story arc to be so multi-dimensional and compelling, it’s beyond impressive. Working with them while shooting the pilot was a dream- they were so generous and attentive to us actors while shooting, and gave us information about the progression of our characters’ s stories, which really helped me to get a strong sense of I am as Cricket from the very start.

8.-Anything you can tell us about the season premiere of ‘Dead of Summer’? 

It will be an awesome, creepy, and very interesting ride! There’s a lot of clues in the first episode that hint at what might happen or unfold later on, both in terms of each character’s past and regarding the ominous mystery of Camp Stillwater… so pay attention!

9.-What has it been like being a part of the Freeform family? 

Amazing! Everyone is so in sync in woking together to make the best show possible, and I feel incredibly supported as an actor by the entire Freeform fam. It’s a dream!

10.-Which Freeform TV show would you love to guest-star in and why? 

I would actually love to be on PLL because I’ve met a couple of the actors from that show and they’re super awesome! It’s also one of the Freeform staples that has been around for quite some time now, so it would cool to experience that. 

11.-Show us your favorite photo you have taken in the past week that we haven’t yet seen with your co-stars: 

I just got my disposable camera developed! So here are some from that, that no one has seen:  

12.-What is the best advice you’ve been given and from whom? 

My first acting teacher at USC, Zane, always gave me the advice to be mindful and focused on the creative process rather than the end goal, to pay more attention to the work than the outcome. Not only has this served me in my artistic journey, but it also applies to my life as a whole, in that it reminds me to always immerse myself in the present, and to engage in the now to the fullest possible degree. 

13.-What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of? 

I’m proud of every external goal I’ve reached, but more than that, I feel most accomplished by the fact that I’ve never for a second considered relinquishing my dreams. All the successes that have come to fruition in my life would not have occurred if I didn’t remain true to who I am and what I want from my life experience.

14.-What makes ‘Dead of Summer’ different from any other Drama/Horror TV show? 

First of all, it’s a premise unlike anything on TV right now in terms of where and when it takes place, and also, the horror elements are never put out there just for the sake of the thrill- everything is rooted in the story and is purposely concocted for the grand scheme of things and the dramatic progression of events. As you get deeper into the series, you realize that there is much more going on than at first meets the eye, so it will keep audiences on their toes, trying to figure out what’s really going on, to unravel the mystery that is Camp Stillwater.

The Gossip Hot List Question: What would you like to leave behind to younger generations? 

I would like to leave behind pieces of cinema and television that explore who we essentially are as humans in new and interesting ways. I want to do work and tell stories that aren’t afraid to question or provoke, and I want those who experience my work to be inspired to examine and explore themselves and the world deeply and fearlessly.