From The Hollywood Reporter · Etan Vlessing · · 1m 30s
Kaelen Ohm skis her way into acting
The Canadian actor treats a film role the way she once treated a cliff drop: commit, or don't bother.
In brief
The Canadian actor treats a film role the way she once treated a cliff drop: commit, or don't bother. The nerve you build doing one risky thing transfers. Ohm's childhood skiing taught her to trust herself and stay present, and that is the same muscle a hard role asks for. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
From powder to call sheets
Kaelen Ohm grew up chasing speed down mountains in small-town Canada. That same appetite now drives her work as an actor, filmmaker and musician.
Fernie made her fearless
She was a powder hound in Fernie, British Columbia, learning young how to get better and faster down a hill without flinching.
She left everything familiar
Ohm walked away from the life she knew as a kid and followed a path with no map, betting on herself to figure it out on the way.
“For some reason, I have branched out from everything I've known from my childhood, in following this path completely into the unknown.”
A cliff drop teaches presence
Skiing off a steep cliff leaves no room for hesitation. You commit, you stay in your body, and you trust what you know.
“you have to trust and be really present”
Leora at Toronto
Her latest film, The Betrayers, world premieres at the Toronto Film Festival. She plays Leora, mistress to a powerful Israeli politician.
Looking for the steeper hill
Leora breaks away to make her own mark however she can. Ohm reads the role the way she reads a mountain: find the harder line and take it.
“to go off on her own and make a mark in any way she knows”
The bottom line
The nerve you build doing one risky thing transfers. Ohm's childhood skiing taught her to trust herself and stay present, and that is the same muscle a hard role asks for.
