EXLCUSIVE: Danielle Panabaker On Working With Two (Severed) Left Feet In 'Girls Against Boys'

Danielle Panabaker’s work on Girls Against Boys, a revenge fantasy film about two young women who lash out at abusive men, required some creative thinking when it came to the movie’s gruesome scenes.

“One of the difficulties in shooting with such a low budget is that you don't have money to throw around on props, so they ordered the two fake feet that I chopped off, and unfortunately, instead of sending a left foot and a right foot, they sent two left feet,” Panabaker told Uinterview exclusively. “Not only were two left feet sent, but they just didn't look very authentic, so that was a challenge of shooting that scene specifically. Michael [Stahl-David]'s character is tied to this bed and Nicole [LaLiberte] went to cut the ropes, and the props department came running and said, ‘No, no no! Don't cut it! We don't have anymore!’ There would be no more rope for us to work with it.

“So, there were certainly physical challenges, but I think that actually worked to our benefit because a lot of the gore and gruesomeness happened off camera, you hear it and you know it's there, but you are not assaulted with it visually.”

Panabaker, 25, was originally known for starring in Disney Channel movies like Stuck in the Suburbs, as well as her role on the CBS legal drama Shark, opposite James Woods. Panabaker also appeared in feature films such as Sky High, Mr. Brooks, and a handful of horror movies including Friday the 13th, The Crazies, The Ward and Piranha 3DD.

Girls Against Boys, directed by Austin Chick and also starring Nicole LaLiberte, Liam Aiken, Michael Stahl-David and Andrew Howard, hits theaters today.– Hal Sundt

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