What I found interesting is how Biel explained what she means by 'moved.' Not 'emotionally moved,' really--just moved to believe that this character is a real person. That's a lower bar, in some ways. But this doesn't sound to me like a plea for emotion, necessarily, for a moment when your breath catches, just for a fully fleshed-out character. Maybe this is just because so many roles for young, beautiful women are barely even -two- dimensional?

Honestly, her response seems super generic to me (as does the question--any genre or non-genre script... Uh, so any script? lol In short, "How do you pick your next role?" I really hope this THR reporter went to journalism school to ask such cutting edge questions). Biel doesn't address anything that specifically attracted her to the character she's playing. You can interchange her answer for any movie role she's ever played. In fact, you could put the words in the mouth of any actress for any role as well, and it would aptly apply. It's one of those "sounds like they're saying something, without really saying something" answers. The only specific thing she says, is about trusting Len Wiseman's judgment with female characters--which I have a hunch has more to do with how hot he makes Kate Beckinsale look while kicking ass in most of his movies. (Oh, and the paycheck. Let's not forget that. I doubt she'd be clawing for the role if they offered Biel SAG minimum). Compare that to Len Wiseman who talks about what attracted him to the script 1) No Mars. 2) That he really always liked the idea behind the original Total Recall movie, how do you know yourself? I'd argue--with no Mars, you could probably write an identical script to this new version sans the title Total Recall, and be free and clear of copyright. But oh, how we love brand recognition (even if it isn't the brand we love (coughDIEHARDcough--Hey Len Wiseman again!). You know, like this guy who discovers one day that he is actually a secret agent, but he never knew about it... Wait a minute. Isn't that... No way. The Bourne movie franchise? (Notice more brand recognition, despite having nothing to do with the books). "Maybe this is just because so many roles for [people] are barely even -two- dimensional?" Fixed it for you. It's not like Arnold in the original Total Recall had any great depth. The only thing he had going for him, was that he got to pick from one of two one dimensional stock characters--crappy Joe Normal in a shit job, or James Bond in outerspace. Hell, his cab driver had more depth of character, and that bastard was lying about it. There's nothing wrong with Biel's responses. There's nothing really specific about them either.