Exclusive Jessica Mila Reveals The Challenge Of Acting With Animatronic Dolls

JAKARTA - Jessica Mila returns to acting through her latest film titled The Doll 3. She plays Tara, a marketing manager at a toy store who experiences a sad event until a doll appears in her life.

The Doll 3 is Jessica Mila's latest horror project. This is not the first time Jessica has acted in a horror film, but she admits that there are new challenges in her role this time.

Jessica Mila is challenged to compete with animatronic dolls in the movie The Doll 3. Animatronic dolls are dolls that can be controlled by remote control so they don't require CGI.

“What's interesting about The Doll 3 is that the dolls are really interesting. If it's The Doll 3 that works, it's the doll itself," answered Jessica Mila to VOI some time ago.

"So this is the first time in The Doll universe there is a doll character like this and the rest is interesting because the drama is strong," he added.

“What is certain is that it is difficult to compete acting with dolls. It's much more difficult than having to compete with humans," said Jessica Mila.

"Because when he's with a doll, he doesn't have any emotions. So we can't exchange emotions with each other. Usually when the opponent plays can look around, continue to exchange emotions. Give each other action," he continued.

Furthermore, Jessica also explained that the doll was operated by a special team. So, he must work with the team to balance the emotions between himself and the doll.

“Because these are animatronics dolls, which are operated by several people, so when we are shooting scenes with the dolls, we also have to cooperate with the people who operate the dolls. And it's much more difficult," said Jessica.

Jessica Mila plays Tara, a woman who feels sad after her sister dies. Tara lives her life so depressed that she thinks about communicating with her sister. Then he meets the doll Bobby who actually brings disaster in Tara and Aryan's lives (Winky Wiriawan).

“This doll has become a conflict in Tara and Aryan's relationship. The doll is also a conflict in the relationship between Tara and her sister," said Jessica Mila.

Jessica Mila has her own challenges when acting with dolls. Not to mention that he had also heard horror stories while filming The Doll 3. Filming this film was a new experience that made him tired.

“It's really hard when you're on set, you have to interact with dolls. The doll also uses a machine, sometimes there is a problem, I have to stop, even though I have emotions, but I don't want to have to wait for the doll," recalled Jessica Mila.

"When shooting The Doll 3, there was no joking on set, I had to concentrate to maintain the mood so that the emotions didn't go away," he said.

Curious about Psycho's Role

Adapting is Jessica Mila's key to bringing her character to life. In the film The Doll 3, the woman who was born on August 3 is told to experience depression because she feels sad after losing her family.

"I'm not an extreme coward.

"I happened to have experienced the loss of my cousin, so that emotion is what I recalled again. How does it feel to lose my cousin? I decided to become Tara because throughout the film she was stressed and depressed," said Jessica Mila.

Besides The Doll, Jessica Mila also starred in many films with different characters. This makes him want to continue to explore his role, especially in the big screen compared to soap operas.

“I've been playing soap operas since I was 10 years old, so it's been a long time and when I got into movies, I wanted to explore more. I enjoy that the process is faster and more certain,” explained Jessica Mila.

“In the film, everything is more organized so I can have a plan for my life. Then in the film, I was given time to be able to explore the characters before reading there was a workshop process, from costumes, from make-up to be more comfortable," he continued.

Regarding roles, the 29-year-old woman has never limited herself to characters or films. But he is very picky both from stories and other things. He even had a dream character that he had never had.

"I've always wanted to get (the role of) someone who is a bit psycho or weird because so far, the protagonist is more often given," said Jessica Mila.

Apart from that, Jessica Mila wants to continue working in the world of acting with various roles that she will present. He also did not refuse if later he could return through a horror film again.

"Hopefully I can continue to work and produce works that entertain many people and inspire too," explained Jessica Mila.