W Magazine has picked their 33 best performances of 2012 (released in their February 2013 issue) and they chose Dreama’s performance in Compliance as one of the 33. A beautiful new photoshoot was released along with the article.
Dreama Walker in Compliance
“I was terrified when I read the script for Compliance. For one thing, I had sworn off nudity and didn’t know if I wanted to be objectified in that way. But the subject—how far people will bend to an authority figure—was so powerful that I signed on. You can get angry with the film and say, ‘I would never behave like these characters,’ but the truth is you don’t know what you would do. Every single day of our lives, we acquiesce to things we don’t believe in. When you’re a kid on the playground and someone you think is cool makes fun of another kid, you go along with it. Whether we like it or not, that kind of evil is a part of us as humans.”
The Grim Sleeper (2014)
Chlorine (2013)
"Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" (2011)
The Kitchen (2012)
Posted on January 21, 2013
Just saw Compliance, and I just had to write and say what a great job Deana did in her portrayal. What a brave performance. I hope she’s at least up for an Independant Spirit award, because that performance took more than great acting skill: it took real guts. I can see Deana has a very long and distinguished career in front of her, and look forward to seeing her future projects. By the way, I am boycotting McDonald’s-and I think there should be a national movement to do so–because of the awful way that poor girl was treated in the aftermath of the incident, and also in the fact that they made no attempt to warn the other franchises. The way young girls are treated on their first experiences in the job market is a scandal that has never been exposed to he full extent it should be.