By BetteAndTinaForever

These interviews were conducted at the 2007 Power Up Premiere in November. We have fabulous photos of the women of Desert Hearts in our Power Up Photo Gallery.

What role was more interesting for you to play?
Well, look at me and answer the question yourself (laughing). Of course, Vivian Bell. I did that little role on The L Word to support the series, because I think it’s very groundbreaking and a good thing to have out there. That’s why I did that but clearly, it was more fun was to be Vivian Bell and be a star of the movie than to do that kind of little role on the series (laughing), especially the one who was such a bitch.

Do you think Faye might come back?
I don’t know; I have no idea.

Would you like to come back if invited?
If it was an interesting role to do, I would do that. I certainly don’t have an attachment to that character in the same way I have an ownership of Vivian Bell, you know. It’s an entirely different thing for me.

Let’s talk a little more about the next Desert Hearts film.
Donna Deitch is going to be directing and, if it happens, she’s the one who will come up with the script. To my knowledge as of today there’s no script. But we’ve talked about it off and on over the years, so if and when it happens, for sure I’ll be there.

Do you think that your character ended up with Kay (Patricia Charbonneau’s character)? You know, the story ended with them on the train and it could go either way, so do you think they ended up together?
I think as with every love story, it’s gone through many incarnations but I believe that love is an energy that once created cannot be destroyed; it just changes its form; so in all these years their love has changed many times. Whether they are partners living in New York City, I don’t know but Patricia is there. We still make a good looking pair.

Oh, yeah, you look good together.
Yes, we still look good together (laughing). I just directed her last week in “Law and Order: SVU” and I asked her to come and do a role for me; so we’ve been in touch.

Any spoilers you can give us about the direction that the sequel will take? What happened after twenty years?
Let me just tell you this. It takes place in New York City. That’s all I can say.

I might not be able to see the presentations tonight, so can you tell me in short what will you talk about later?
Well, I’m actually going to read the opening of the sequel.

Great. I saw the movie a few times and it was really great. There’s a new version of the movie coming out with more extras, right?
There’s a brand new DVD coming. It has all these extras that are not on the original DVD. We have a Trip Down Memory Lane where I interviewed both of the actresses twenty years later talking about the process of making the film. I also have a Behind the Scenes to look at the entire making of the film. And then I have extras from the love scene that have never been seen before. It’s called Anatomy of the Love Scene. It’s a special feature and that was the real reason to get the new DVD out.

That’s great. I love to watch movies but I also buy them for the extras and sometimes there’s nothing on it, you’ve seen the movie and then you think, “What’s next?” Extras are something that we can enjoy and that enhance the experience of the film.
Yes, it’s all new and it’s all different.

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