{"id":17816,"date":"2021-10-09T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T17:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=17816"},"modified":"2021-10-09T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T18:05:45","slug":"dohertyonwukarose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/09\/dohertyonwukarose\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Shannen Doherty, Favour Onwuka, and Jenika Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17819\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying1.png\" alt=\"Shannen Doherty and Favour Onwuka star in &quot;Dying to Belong&quot; on Lifetime\" width=\"393\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying1.png 539w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying1-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong> Interview with Shannen Doherty, Favour Onwuka, and Jenika Rose of &#8220;Dying to Belong&#8221; on Lifetime by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 9\/14\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This movie is a remake of a 1997 film. It&#8217;s very sad that sororities and fraternities still have hazing, even all of these years later. I enjoyed the movie, which airs Saturday, 10\/9. I hope you do, too.<\/p>\n<p>LIfetime had a press day, which included this movie and part of its cast.\u00a0 Shannen Doherty plays the mom of a girl, Riley, that is hazed at her university&#8217;s sorority. Favour Onwuka plays the girl&#8217;s friend, Olivia, who is also hazed and tries to get information about the sorority for a newspaper article. It was great to speak with them all, and the executive producer, Danielle Von Zerneck. Shannen has been battling cancer for a while, but she looked great!<\/p>\n<p>My question has my name on it. All of the other questions are from other journalists.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Our next panel is \u201cDying to Belong.\u201d\u00a0 Please welcome back Shannen Doherty alongside executive producer Danielle von Zerneck and our stars Favour Onwuka and Jenika Rose.\u00a0 Thank you guys for being here.\u00a0 We really appreciate your time.\u00a0 Our first question is from Jamie Ruby.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Hi, guys.\u00a0 Thanks for talking to us.\u00a0 This is for the actors.\u00a0 I\u2019m just curious did you know how many people die from hazing at sororities, because I definitely learned about that after watching this, and how did that affect how you played your characters?<\/p>\n<p>JENIKA ROSE:\u00a0 You go first.<\/p>\n<p>FAVOUR ONWUKA:\u00a0 Yeah, that was something I found out about while researching on this project, because being in Canada you don\u2019t really have sororities here, so it was a new thing for me to learn about, and it\u2019s so sad to find out that people are still dying.\u00a0 It\u2019s still happening.\u00a0 It\u2019s terrible because it\u2019s so senseless.\u00a0 It\u2019s such a senseless way to die.<\/p>\n<p>JENIKA ROSE:\u00a0 And in the ways that they die, how they\u2019re provoked by their so-called \u201csisters,\u201d it was just it was really chilling to read and learn about.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 Our next question is going to be from Suzanne.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suzanne<\/strong>:\u00a0 Hi.\u00a0 I was wondering, Shannen, you\u2019ve been acting since you were a little kid.\u00a0 There are a lot of young women in this movie.\u00a0 Did you have any particular advice for them?<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17817 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying3.png\" alt=\"The girls in an initiation on &quot;Dying to Belong&quot; on Lifetime\" width=\"424\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying3.png 517w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying3-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SHANNEN DOHERTY:\u00a0 I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0 You would have to ask these two, beautiful girls.\u00a0 Yeah, I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0 I got very, very, very lucky this year in the people that I got to work with.\u00a0 Danielle and I have done a movie before together, and as a producer she\u2019s phenomenal and she\u2019s caring.\u00a0 She understands you.\u00a0 She hears you.\u00a0 She never gets flustered.\u00a0 You don\u2019t.\u00a0 I mean, she\u2019s really, really, really special and wonderful.\u00a0 Our director, Gail Harvey, who I\u2019ve also worked with before, it\u2019s just I love her madly.\u00a0 But working with these two girls was sort of a, you know, I\u2019m going to be brutally honest, you never really know what you\u2019re getting with people this age, you just don\u2019t, and what I encountered was not only two hard working girls who constantly were putting their best foot forward, but they\u2019re also kind and considerate and intelligent.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if this is answering your question, but I just felt like I had to say that about everybody in this room right now, because I was really taken aback by how wonderful &#8212; and I think I said something to Danielle like maybe first or second day &#8212; I was like, God, like they\u2019re really talented &#8212; really, really talented.\u00a0 So I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 Did I give you any advice?\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have to.\u00a0 Like they\u2019re pros.<\/p>\n<p>BOTH:<\/p>\n<p>You did.<\/p>\n<p>JENIKA ROSE:\u00a0 You did a lot without like specifically being like, \u201cHey, here\u2019s a hot tip.\u201d\u00a0 It was more just like observing you, and then you\u2019d just like come over to us and just say something and then walk away, and it was wisdom, but I don\u2019t know if you knew that it was, but it was very helpful, and there are lots of like little things that just pushed us forward.<\/p>\n<p>FAVOUR ONWUKA:\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 And to add to that, it was a lot of modeling, at least for me, because this was my first lead, so I was taking notes from you.\u00a0 I was like, \u201cOh, okay, that\u2019s what Shannen\u2019s doing, and she looks relaxed.\u00a0 I should be relaxed.\u201d\u00a0 You know, I was just watching you and learning, and there were times where I\u2019d come up in between &#8212; There was one particular time where I came up in between and I was like, \u201cHow do you do it,\u201d and you were just like, \u201cWell, this is what I\u2019ve learned,\u201d and you told me that, honestly, it takes time.\u00a0 It\u2019s something you build up over the years and, yeah, I really &#8212; I wrote, I took down notes.\u00a0 Everything you said I was like, \u201cMust do this.\u201d\u00a0 So, yes, thank you for all your advice.\u00a0 It was amazing to have you.<\/p>\n<p>JENIKA ROSE:\u00a0 Thank you so much.<\/p>\n<p>SHANNEN DOHERTY:\u00a0 Thank you for being, like, the absolute, you know, beautiful, dedicated actors that you both are.\u00a0 You honestly blew me away, and I have seen the movie.\u00a0 I understand that neither one of you have yet.<\/p>\n<p>DANIELLE von ZERNECK:\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n<p>JENIKA ROSE:\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n<p>SHANNEN DOHERTY:\u00a0 But I have seen it and you guys are phenomenal in it.\u00a0 Everybody did a great job and, Danielle, obviously, you should be proud, which I know you are.<\/p>\n<p>DANIELLE von ZERNECK:\u00a0 Very proud.\u00a0 And I just, sorry &#8212; not to make this a love fest &#8212; but, at the same time, Shannen, like, the generosity of spirit that you bring, obviously, to every frickin\u2019 thing you do was so &#8212; It was a beautiful thing to see all of these really newer to the form actors &#8212; (phone rings.) Oh, shit.\u00a0 Sorry, guys.\u00a0 And &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>(Laughter.)<\/p>\n<p>DANIELLE von ZERNECK:\u00a0 Oh, my God.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry, guys.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Newer to the form, but watching you, they were so in awe and you just, as they said, watching that kind of generational thing, it was gorgeous.\u00a0 Okay.<\/p>\n<p>SHANNEN DOHERTY:\u00a0 Did I start this by saying that she never gets flustered, because we just saw her get all flustered.<\/p>\n<p>(Laughter.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suzanne<\/strong>:\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you, guys.\u00a0 Our next question is from Jay Bobbin.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Hi.\u00a0 My question, actually, is for Danielle, and if your phone goes off again feel free to say anything you want; I\u2019m fine.\u00a0 Your dad is one of the prolific greats in this field, and when you tackle a project, and I know you\u2019ve been on this side of the camera for a while, do you consult with him about the projects you want to do?\u00a0 And then I\u2019ve got a follow up for you.<\/p>\n<p>DANIELLE von ZERNECK:\u00a0 Okay, yeah, yeah.\u00a0 I mean, how many people can get mentored by their father and it be meaningful?\u00a0 I mean I feel very, very grateful to have that human in my life, and I love that Shannen\u2019s been a part of both of those as well; like, that\u2019s crazy, you know.\u00a0 And, yeah, no, I love &#8212; Yes, I did always talk to him and not just about sort of &#8212; I think for me it was a little like, \u201cOh, I really think that there is a new way for this story to be told,\u201d so that was like always my impulse with both movies and, especially this one, I was like (makes noise.)\u00a0 I was talking to Favour and Jenica about this.\u00a0 Like it\u2019s like sorority movies are like female-ish &#8212; male gaze, normally and really thought like, \u201cOh, let\u2019s put a female gaze on this all around.\u201d\u00a0 And my dad has always been incredibly supportive.\u00a0 He loves it.\u00a0 He loves that TV movies are still have something to say, and I think are really having an interesting renaissance, and I love that the definition of a TV movie is changing, and it\u2019s nice to be part of that and to sort of still have my dad be here to see it.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 My follow up for you is \u2013 you did so much work in front of the cameras, what do you feel your arc was as a producer, because you knew what it was like to have the camera on you, how was it for you to be behind the camera?\u00a0 When I say calling the shots I mean that loosely, not like a director, but how was that transition for you?<\/p>\n<p>DANIELLE von ZERNECK:\u00a0 It was long and arduous and the only thing I can say is that being an actress for a small amount of time the best thing about it is that every time you do an audition you\u2019re basically selling yourself.\u00a0 You\u2019re selling, right?\u00a0 And so when you move into producing and you\u2019re selling a project it was so much easier to sell something that wasn\u2019t me.\u00a0 And, so, that, in a weird way, the acting stuff was really, really helpful, all the skills I learned.\u00a0 And what\u2019s crazy now, like I really don\u2019t remember being an actress, it feels very foreign to me, so I\u2019m always like so in awe of actors, because they have to &#8212; I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 I just feel like the work that they have to do is sometimes not noticed as much because they have to keep it different.\u00a0 It\u2019s like I get to go and I sign things and I run around, but actors sort of have to keep their emotional sanity about them, and these skills that now I just feel like I don\u2019t know how you do it.\u00a0 I really don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>MODERATOR:\u00a0 Thank you.\u00a0 We have time for one more question and that\u2019s going to be Jamie.\u00a0 Jamie.<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION:\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0 I\u2019m just going to say did you guys research anything like into mental health?\u00a0 I was just curious kind of how you prepared for that part of it.<\/p>\n<p>JENIKA ROSE:\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 My character has severe general anxiety disorder, and I didn\u2019t know too much about that.\u00a0 I just sort of knew about people have anxiety, but this was a specific heightened part of anxiety, and I actually have a severe learning disability, so a lot of my character\u2019s experiences were things that I\u2019ve experienced myself in the past when I was younger and being around girls, especially.\u00a0 So a lot of the situations that my character was in like really rang true, and I did have a best friend that I\u2019ve had for a really long time, that was sort of Favour\u2019s character, that helps one through those times and those people are really special.\u00a0 So I really connected with that part of the anxiety and just I really wanted to show it in its true light and represent it properly, because I\u2019m sure some people that have it, I didn\u2019t want them to watch it and be like, \u201cMm, I wouldn\u2019t be like that in that situation.\u201d\u00a0 So I just really wanted to do my best to make it as truthful as possible.<\/p>\n<p>MORE INFO:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.mylifetime.com\/movies\/dying-to-belong\/preview-dying-to-belong-2\">Preview<\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"m_-2166885055597015069col\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p><strong>SHANNEN DOHERTY, FAVOUR ONWUKA<br \/>\nAND JENIKA ROSE<br \/>\nHEADLINE REMAKE OF THE 90\u2019s CLASSIC FILM<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em><span class=\"il\">DYING<\/span> <span class=\"il\">TO<\/span> <span class=\"il\">BELONG<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"m_-2166885055597015069col\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"m_-2166885055597015069image\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/7883FsEDmzdJi3NFV5Nly9SaGWFkDvkzpQ3vDYqehunlX9GeMAchDWzzd7qjRsGcaqo8nnqadWtYMc2IJvd9LjlEu6AGTTM_eBJ9qGtMKoopfC62q6w42Z2MCc_0MYJvxzMRvojSYUgqhaxJbfDI6Vx1_a_YsBkBmQ2o5sAd-r6QFjUxzN2e8SZDTH0jRZBiXw0a6-YBl8F41Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/s3.prod.pressbox.techlab.aetvn.com\/template_images\/1628515155605_e066a741b694b920c76a\/DTB04242021DP0295TD.JPG\" alt=\"DTB_04242021_DP_0295_TD\" width=\"450\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"m_-2166885055597015069col\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"m_-2166885055597015069image\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"m_-2166885055597015069col\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles, CA (August 10, 2021)<\/strong> \u2013 Lifetime brings the classic film <strong><em><span class=\"il\">Dying<\/span> <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Belong<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> a whole new generation, with <strong>Shannen Doherty<\/strong><em>,<\/em> <strong>Favour Onwuka<\/strong> (<em>Supergirl<\/em>) and <strong>Jenika Rose<\/strong> (<em>iZombie<\/em>) starring.\u00a0 Revealing the harsh realities of toxic friendships and sorority hazing culture, <em><span class=\"il\">Dying<\/span> <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Belong<\/span><\/em> is a remake of the 1997 film of the same name, which starred Hilary Swank, Sarah Chalke, Jenna von O\u00ff and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.\u00a0<em><span class=\"il\">Dying<\/span> <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Belong<\/span><\/em> will debut this fall on Lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>When journalism major Olivia (Onwuka) meets Riley (Rose), a shy freshman who suffers from anxiety, they become fast friends. Riley, whose mother Katherine (Doherty) was a legacy Pi Gamma Beta, decides <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> rush in hopes of following Katherine\u2019s footsteps and is ecstatic when Olivia joins her. Sensing the opportunity <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> go undercover <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> write a story about hazing practices, Olivia soon discovers there are deadly secrets involved in being part of the \u201csisterhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From 1959 <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> 2019, there has been at least one hazing death reported each year, and thirty reported within the last decade1. 95% of students hazed do not report it <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> officials2. Due <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> the pandemic, 2020 was the first year no hazing deaths were reported. Within the first two weeks of students returning <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> campus in 2021, two hazing deaths have already been reported.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"il\">Dying<\/span> <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Belong<\/span><\/em> marks Doherty\u2019s second movie for Lifetime this year as she also stars in <em>List of a Lifetime<\/em>, the network\u2019s centerpiece of the <em>Stop Breast Cancer for Life<\/em> campaign, for which Doherty directed special content that will roll out in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>As part of Lifetime\u2019s commitment <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> hiring women in key production roles under the <em>Broader Focus<\/em> initiative, <em><span class=\"il\">Dying<\/span> <span class=\"il\">to<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Belong<\/span><\/em> is produced by Pink Buffalo Films and Wishing Floor Films with Danielle von Zerneck (<em>The Christmas Set Up<\/em>) executive producing, Gail Harvey (<em>Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos<\/em>) directs from a script from Caitlin D. Freyers (<em>Wynona Earp<\/em>). Shawn Angelski (<em>Story of a Girl<\/em>) also serves as executive producer. The original film\u2019s producers included Frank von Zerneck, Danielle von Zerneck\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17818\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying2.png\" alt=\"Shannen Doherty and Favour Onwuka star in &quot;Dying to Belong&quot; on Lifetime\" width=\"445\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying2.png 515w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dying2-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Interview! 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