Once cast, she took an active role in helping shape the character.

He rewrote it while we were working, because he also felt we needed to empower her more.

I prepared all day for it, she said.

Fran (Gaylen Ross) heads to the mall to escape zombies in Dawn of the Dead.

Fran (Gaylen Ross) heads to the mall to escape zombies in Dawn of the Dead.Screenshot: United Film Distribution Company

Whether or not anybody believes that we survived if I was driving a helicopter or not is another story.

No matter how horrible the story was, he did thatand thats why actors would return.

Read the full interview with Gaylen Ross over atVariety.

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