Sara Canning Opens Up About The Challenges Of Filming Superhost

When you're trying to disconnect between scenes so you're not living in that sort of physical tension for that amount of time, do you joke around between takes to keep things lighthearted? What was the atmosphere like on the set of "Superhost" while you were in between these sort of very chaotic tense moments?

It depends on the scene, because it's ["Superhost"] such a lighthearted set, but if it was a scene like Claire in the basement right before Rebecca finds her at the very end, and terrible things ensue, if it's a scene like that. I typically stay to myself and focused, and I'll allow myself to come out of the tension, but I'll keep to myself just because I can more quickly drop right back into it. But any other scene, I think, than that one, I definitely don't skew towards the method side of things. I like to interact with people in between takes, and it was a really fun set. We laughed a lot. I think that was the only scene where I stood in a corner and faced the wall, like "Blair Witch" style.

Were you like, "No one look at me, I just need a second?"

No, no, I'm definitely not that precious about it. I need to keep to myself, and I will sometimes say to makeup artists, if I know I have a really specific and intense scene that day, I'll just say to them, "Do your thing. If I seem a little strange or that I'm not as interactive as usual, it's just because I'm staying in the zone for that reason." I'm super easy going about it, too. I'll come out of that in a second if someone needs to talk to me. If a crew member needs to talk to me, I'm not like, "Please don't. Not now." No, no, that's my job. My job is to ... I do that more to myself. I won't run around and start eating snacks and joking around. I'll keep it as focused as I can.