{"id":1360,"date":"2018-05-25T16:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2018-05-25T01:34:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T00:34:24","slug":"meet-the-cast-lauren-ashley-carter-martha-swales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2018\/05\/25\/meet-the-cast-lauren-ashley-carter-martha-swales\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Cast: Lauren Ashley Carter – Martha Swales"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the latest part of our series of Q&As with the cast and crew of Once Bitten\u2026 meet our Martha Swales, the fabulous Lauren Ashley Carter.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your favourite colour?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Red.<\/p>\n

What was the first acting role you ever had and how old were you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I was 7 years old, and I was the messenger in a Christmas play. I made a big show of finding a stool in the room to stand on. My first line was, “Hear ye! Hear ye! I am the messenger of the most high king!”<\/p>\n

Who is your role model or inspiration?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It’s constantly changing! But my friend, director Natasha Kermani, inspires me all the time. She takes no shit and never gives up.<\/p>\n

When did you know you wanted to be an actor?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When I realized that I didn’t share the rest of my family’s math skills. That also convinced me that I was adopted.<\/p>\n

\"Make-up
Make-up artist Charlotte Maclaine getting Lauren Ashley Carter ready for her first day on set as Martha Swales<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What one essential thing do you always have with you on set?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A quiet space.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite biscuit?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

American.<\/p>\n

Name a film which always makes you happy?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Death Becomes Her.<\/p>\n

Name a film which always makes you cry?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Beaches.<\/p>\n

Tea or coffee?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Depends what time of day.<\/p>\n

\"Martha
Martha Swales makes a call<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>What was the best part of working on Once Bitten\u2026?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The set was so incredible. I wish we had more days to play in it! It felt so authentic and gave me so many options to play.<\/p>\n

What sucked the most about working on Once Bitten\u2026?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The actor that didn’t show up. Fuck that guy.<\/p>\n

What are you working on now \/ next?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A sci fi feature I starred in, Imitation Girl, is out on VOD now.\u00a0 Another feature, horror- comedy GAGS, is beginning its festival run, and I’ve written two features and working on getting those made!<\/p>\n

Thank you to Lauren for sharing her answers with us. Look out for another revealing cast & crew Q&A next week!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the latest part of our series of Q&As with the cast [read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lac-biog-01-750-70.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":996,"url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2017\/06\/17\/lauren-ashley-carter-to-play-martha-swales\/","url_meta":{"origin":1360,"position":0},"title":"Lauren Ashley Carter to play Martha Swales!","date":"17th June 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Duck66 Films are delighted to announce that the lead role in their next horror short Once Bitten... will be played by Lauren Ashley Carter. Once Bitten... tells the story of a book publisher, Martha Swales, who has problems with the plumbing in her hotel bathroom one stormy night. Unfortunately the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Production Diary"","img":{"alt_text":"We are extremely proud and excited to announce that the role of Martha in Once Bitten... will be played by the fabulous Lauren Ashley Carter!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2017-06-17.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1551,"url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2018\/06\/15\/meet-the-crew-qa-charlotte-maclaine-make-up-artist\/","url_meta":{"origin":1360,"position":1},"title":"Meet The Crew Q&A: Charlotte Maclaine – Make-up Artist","date":"15th June 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In the latest part of our series of Q&As with the cast and crew of Once Bitten... we would like to introduce you to our fabulous make-up artist Charlotte Maclaine What is your favourite colour? I don\u2019t have a favourite colour, I like too many!\ud83d\ude02 What was the first film\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Production Diary"","img":{"alt_text":"Make-up artist Charlotte Maclaine getting Lauren Ashley Carter ready for her first day on set as Martha Swales","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cma-biog-01-70.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1134,"url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2017\/07\/28\/day-2-of-filming-is-a-wrap\/","url_meta":{"origin":1360,"position":2},"title":"Day 2 of filming is a wrap!","date":"28th July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We have wrapped day 2 of Once Bitten... which was the first day of filming on our purpose built hotel room set at A4 Studios in Altrincham. Today's scenes were all about Lauren Ashley Carter as Martha Swales. Director Pete Tomkies said: \"We had a great first day on set.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Production Diary"","img":{"alt_text":"[L to R] Cinematographer Mat Johns, sound recordist Thurston Thomson, Lauren Ashley Carter as Martha Swales and director Pete Tomkies filming Once Bitten... at A4 Studios in Altrincham","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2017-07-28-03.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1136,"url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2017\/07\/31\/day-3-of-filming-is-a-wrap\/","url_meta":{"origin":1360,"position":3},"title":"Day 3 of filming is a wrap!","date":"31st July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"And that's that! Day 3 of filming - and principal photography - on Once Bitten... is a wrap. For the last day on set at A4 Studios in Altrincham, Lauren Ashley Carter's Martha Swales was joined on set by Garth Maunders as Dredvoka for the final scenes of Once Bitten...\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Production Diary"","img":{"alt_text":"[L to R] Producer Lauren Prendergast, Garth Maunders as Dredvoka, director Pete Tomkies, cinematographer Mat Johns and Lauren Ashley Carter as Martha Swales","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mat-biog-01-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1038,"url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2018\/02\/14\/from-concept-to-camera-martha-swales-investigates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1360,"position":4},"title":"From concept to camera: Martha Swales investigates","date":"14th February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Lauren Ashley Carter as Martha Swales investigates strange happenings in her hotel room. Once Bitten... director Pete Tomkies drew his storyboards before the set was built but thanks to our dedicated construction crew it all came together in time to be expertly lit & photographed by our cinematographer Mat Johns\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Production Diary"","img":{"alt_text":"Lauren Ashley Carter as Martha Swales investigates strange happenings in her hotel room","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-14-02-02.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1592,"url":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/2018\/08\/18\/film-festival-fee-fundraiser-perks-are-ready-to-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":1360,"position":5},"title":"Film Festival Fee Fundraiser Perks Are Ready To Post!","date":"18th August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Our Once Bitten film posters signed by Lauren Ashley Carter and Garth Maunders are ready for rolling into tubes and posting out to our Film Festival Fee Fundraiser sponsors! Thank you #TeamOnceBitten We are delighted to announce that as a free bonus our Martha Swales prop business cards signed by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Production Diary"","img":{"alt_text":"Once Bitten... posters signed by Lauren Ashley Carter and Garth Maunders","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/posters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p97LGQ-lW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1360\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck66.com\/OnceBitten\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}