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The star of the new horror movieClockon survivingGleemania, setting boundaries, and loving your 30s.
Dianna Agron is running late shes stuck on the subway.
And its one we continue when we finally make it to The Odeon, the iconic Tribeca bistro.
We get two dirty martinis and a plate of fries before gleefully cheering to being in our 30s.
I love this time, though, she adds.
But the films messages about making your own choices also resonate within the arc of her career.
WithClock, Agron pushed herself again.
Collected experience really does add up, she says.
Agron never thought shed try her hand at horror, but theClockscript hit too close to home to resist.
I said, with all of the kindness, You have no idea what my personal journey is.
The message didnt land.
She had no remorse.
She just bopped along to the next question.
Clockonly took on more meaning throughout production.
It did not feel good, that’s for sure, she says.
She dips a fry into one of the many condiments weve ordered.
And she knew right away after meeting her that Agron could deliver.
There was absolutely nothing she wouldnt do, Jacknow says.
She pushed me, and there was just no hesitation on her part.
She showed up every single day, 110%, and gave us everything.
That is not an exaggeration.
(There are reasons those are safer than raw eggs, but just go with it.)
Agron agreed or at least pretended to.
I go to pick up the egg, I swallow it and go to take another bite.
And I just hear, Dianna, what the f*ck?!
Agron hasnt always felt such autonomyin her career.
It was like, We dont like her hair like that, we need her to be more girly.
We dont like those clothes, she recalls.
I kept getting moved off set, changed, put back on stage, taken off again.
I didnt feel that I had any say in the matter, even if I had suggested something nicely.
I was just a product at that point.
Gleedid not exactly help things.
Look, I moved to Los Angeles and I set out to find a musical.
They were my absolute bread and butter.
I told anybody that would listen to me, I really want to do a musical, she says.
And [agents] were like, No, make a run at be on Broadway.
And then it happened.
But while she credits the show with changing her life, the shows explosive popularity tested her boundaries.
That feels specific to that time and that intensity of the feelings that people were feeling watching the show.
In New York, shes able to follow her muse more freely.
She served as a producer onAcidmanand would like to do more behind-the-scenes work.
It is weird to have somebody deny you your own personal experience.
Theyve even watchedGleeand marveled to Agron about how young she looks and seems.
she says, laughing.
By this point, our martini glasses have long been empty.
