Rosario Dawson is a fan of hypnotherapy after Trance research
Rosario Dawson has become a fan of hypnotherapy after researching the mind bending art for her new film Trance.
The Sin City star plays a hypnotherapist in the film and wanted to get a feel for her role by spending time with professionals so when one of them offered to put her under, she let down her guard and agreed.
She says, "I think it works actually, but I didn't have anything
like cigarettes to quit or anything like that.
"I remember I went in and gave her (hypnotherapist) an idea of what
I wanted to work on in the session and I laid down and she put a
blanket over me because, when you go into a trance state, it's sort
of like being in between sleep and awake, so your body thinks it's
falling asleep.
"I relaxed and I went along with her voice and it was really
comforting. My body did those little spasms that it does when
you're falling asleep. Then, I woke up and she said, 'I know you
said you wanted to work on this, but you reacted to this, this and
this'. And I was like, 'How can you know all that?' And she said my
foot was kicking when she asked me about a certain thing.
"It's actually quite interesting that your conscience will reveal
itself, and if you're trained to read that, people give a lot of
tells. It's almost like poker. We think we're hiding things, but
we're not. It was really great for me to experience that, because
the premise of the film is that hypnotherapy works on such a strong
level. It was really necessary for me to believe that, and having
been through that I gained a lot of respect for the profession, I
have to say."
Rosario Dawson joined castmates James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel and
director and ex-boyfriend Danny Boyle on the red carpet for the
London premiere of Trance on Tuesday (19Mar13).