Oh no! But it’s such a pretty name.
I would love to go by Campbell, which I think is such a pretty name, but I cannot stomach people shortening it and calling me Cam. I’m not Cam, I’m not Cami. Honestly, the thing that makes Sarah Catherine okay for me is that I have a ton of nicknames. Most of the time people don’t really call me Sarah Catherine; they’ll call me SC or Scat or whatever they come up with. As long as it’s not Sarah. I’d honestly rather be called Catherine than Sarah. Because just Sarah is not my name. So, that’s the story with it. Every girl in my class was either Laura Catherine, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Catherine. It’s ridiculous. [Laughs]
I’ll never forget interviewing Sarah Jessica Parker years ago when I said to her, “Do you prefer Sarah or Sarah Jessica or SJ?” and she said, “No, it is Sarah Jessica.”
Wow, that’s cool for me to know because I know Sarah Michelle Gellar doesn’t mind being Sarah. And then same with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, I know she’s Mary. But I do think [having the three names] looks so strong on screen. If it was just Sarah Hook, that’s not very memorable. I like it as a whole, and I think it looks good. But it’s such a burden, oh my God. [Laughs]
Well, I’m glad we can finally set the record straight. By the way, I usually stay away from asking this question, but do people say you look like anyone in particular?
All the time. All the time. I get so many people. It depends on my hair color. For Cruel Intentions, everyone kept saying I look like Brie Larson. My whole life I’ve gotten Reese Witherspoon. I don’t feel like I look like her as much anymore, but in high school it was like, “Oh my God, you look like her.” I get Cailee Spaeny a lot these days. I’ve gotten Denise Richards before. Who do you think I look like?
A mix between Brie Larson and Ella Bleu Travolta, who’s John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s daughter.
Oh yeah, I totally see that. That’s the thing with my hair color; I look so different in White Lotus than I do in Cruel Intentions.
Have you met Brie or Reese?
No, I haven’t met any of them. Hopefully one day. The amount of times people have said that to me about Brie, and then playing either a young Reese or her daughter…I’m down. Someone call her and let them know their little doppelgänger’s running around.
Let’s talk about Parker Posey as your mother on The White Lotus. What is the best story you can share from your time working with her?
I mean, everything. It was mostly seeing her as [her character] Victoria that was so funny. In episode two, where we’re ordering food, I was shaking laughing so hard during that scene. I was like, “I don’t know how they’re going to get a clean cut of this. I am laughing too much. I’m so unprofessional right now.” But it was okay because Mike White was cackling. But when we were off-screen, Parker was still doing it. She was doing this needle pointing project while she was doing the scene, and I just loved every single time she said sex and the way she’s rolling over every time she says it. And then she looks at me, she’s like, “Ha ha ha.” She always just kind of looked to me for approval of it or something. It was so funny.
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