DAM': Q&A with SAFTA-winner Natasha Loring

DAM': Q&A with SAFTA-winner Natasha LoringNatasha Loring plays the role of Sienna in Showmax Original series DAM', here's what to expect from her in season two.

by Alicia Naidoo

17-01-2023 07:42

in Entertainment

Natasha Loring plays Sienna on DAM'. Image: supplied.

Actress Natasha Loring plays the role of Sienna in Showmax Original series DAM - which releases on the streaming platform on 16 February.

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Q&A WITH NATASHA LORING How would you describe your character, Sienna?

She's the oldest sister who decided to stay, to be responsible, and to look after her family to do all the things that she knew her mother could not do, and her younger sister would not do.

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At the start of Season one, she deeply loves her sister, but is also very jealous of her for leaving and living the life that she doesn't feel she can do herself. And then of course Yola returns from Chile for their father's funeral and promptly inherits the family farm, which doesn't help Sienna's jealousy either.

Sienna's also desperate for love, even if she looks for love in the wrong places.

Natasha Loring plays Sienna on DAM'. Image: supplied. What can we expect from the second season?

We are picking up from where we left off in Season one, with a lot of questions. Yola is missing. In Season one, I was responsible for putting my sister into a psychiatric hospital, so I am dealing with that guilt. Sienna's journey this season is not only about finding out where her sister is and what has happened to her, although that is the driving force. It's also about trying to take responsibility for a lot of the hard truths I found out about my family and the town that I'm living in. I'm trying to take ownership of who I am and find my voice and freedom.

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What makes DAM different?

For me, I think what made it different is we were shooting Season 1 right in the middle of COVID, in a really life-altering year, and I was playing a character who was also dealing with a lot. I think all of us came with the experience of what the year had meant to us and made us feel, so I think there's a rawness to a lot of the performances.

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SIENNA'S STORY IS A DRAMA' DAM's been described as a psychological thriller but it also has horror, fantasy and romance elements. How would you describe the show?

Sienna's story is a drama: a love story between these sisters, which explores the complexity of family bonds and jealousy and the lengths you would go to protect the people you love, and also to protect yourself.

But what I love about the show is that it doesn't really define itself in any way. It's got a little bit of drama, it's got a little bit of horror, it's got some mythical and thriller elements. There's quite a bit of comedy in it, too. There's a mesh of all the genres together; that's what makes it interesting and different.

What was the highlight for you this season?

Oh, man, shooting in the Eastern Cape. The landscape out there is so beautiful. And the people really make it. We're living together in this tiny town for six weeks while we're filming, so we're a really close group. Not just actors, but the crew too.

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