Multi-tie-binding Lucy Liu enters his horror role in ‘Presence’

Lucy Liu, who has starred in titles from action films to crime dramas to musicals, is now taking on a horror lead role in the new film “Presence”.

The ever -expansive actor, producer, director and artist play the role of Rebekah, the family’s matriarch. Liu, 56, said that the film, from director Steven Soderbergh and in cinemas on Friday, uses horror in an unexpected way to tell the story of unspoken family dynamics.

The film shows a young family who bought a 100 -year -old suburban house by a real estate agent played by Julia Fox. Family questions begin to unfold in claustrophobic surroundings, portrayed from the view of a mysterious spiritual presence. The film uses horror to touch less discussed family issues such as child favorite or communication breakdown in marriages.

“The background is a reality of a family dynamic and how this unit interacts or sees this family,” Liu told NBC News. “When people are in their own worlds, they don’t know how bad it sounds and how dysfunctional it can be before you see it from another perspective.”

The film does not bind loose ends and lets the audience hang, which she said horror is unique ready to do.

“Horror is a very specific genre that doesn’t necessarily have to be a tangible person or entity like Jason (from ‘Friday the 13th’), just as things people imagined earlier,” Liu said. “This movie has a lot of excitement and when I saw it, it seemed like a thriller because things unfold and resolve the audience while they see it. It becomes a mystery that keeps people on the edge of their seat.”

The first-person point of view of the ghostly presence was caught by Soderbergh as he crawled around on the set in his martial arts foams, metabolic shoes, and followed the actors with a handheld camera.

As an instructor even at the TV section of “Elementary”, “Luke Cage” and “American Born Chinese,” Liu said she was inspired by her experience working with Soderbergh when he brought his ideas to life on new and Innovative ways.

“Steven is willing to try different genres and ways of filming,” she said. “It takes courage, because when you are someone who is well -established and has a large supporters of people, you will not disappoint them, but to grow as an artist, you have to take great chances, whether it works. or not. “

After three decades in the film industry, Liu continues to break new road and is still pointing to as a prominent figure for Asian-American representation in Hollywood.

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Liu said she always knew she wanted to be an actor, but she didn’t see herself represented. She took the plunge anyway.

When she started her acting career in the early 90s, Liu had a number of minor roles in TV shows and movies before getting her breakthrough role in the comedy drama “Ally McBeal”. In the following years, Liu hit the superstar with major roles in “Charlie’s Angels” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill”.

The actor became the second Asian-American woman who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, after Anna May Wong in the 1960s, and the first Asian-American woman hosting “Saturday Night Live” in 2000.

Liu said that her continued success as an actor can be attributed to her willingness to take risks and reinvent herself through the decades.

“Going into the acting industry is a huge risk, that’s what it is,” Liu said. “It doesn’t stop; It’s not like you take one risk and you get to the other side of the bridge. “