The San Andreas star dishes on The Rock, True Detective and her love of crime shows.
Den Of Geek: Have you been in an earthquake?
Alexandra Daddario: Ive been in little earthquakes since I moved to Los Angeles.
Nothing fell off the walls.
There was no repairs needed.
The worst thing that happened was my dog jumped into my arms.
Ad content continues below
Did people warn you about them when you moved to Los Angeles?
People said, Oh, yeah.
Theres earthquakes out in California.
But California hasnt had a big earthquake in a long time.
I think the last one was in 94.
So I dont think people think about it as much.
I think now people are thinking about it more just because its been so long since one.
Theyre like, Well, its going to happen inevitably.
Sort of preparing for the apocalypse kind of thing.
But I think people are more aware to keep extra water and food around and that kind of thing.
You use your imagination and its interesting.
So for this it was less sort of talking to a tennis ball since there arent creatures.
But theres a tsunami wave that comes and you have to imagine it as huge and terrifying and possible.
Its a lot of fun.
Did you do a lot of your own stunts?
You know, there are certain things that they wont let you do.
But I love doing stunts.
The teams that Ive worked with are so amazing and they verify youre safe.
I love doing that kind of stuff.
So I did do a lot of the stunts.
How is it working with The Rock?
Tell us something that we dont know about him.
I dont know if theres something that we dont know about him.
I mean his reputation precedes him.
I think that hes an open book.
Hes very genuine and has a great sense of humor about himself.
It was wonderful to see that and work with him in person.
He really is an extraordinary person.
Does he ever come to other actors for advice?
Because he came out of such a different world, does he ever turn to you guys?
I mean not to me.
The thing with this, its actually two interesting stories.
So were actually separated and then trying to find each other throughout the movie.
So I didnt work with him every day.
But hes an incredibly generous actor.
And hes incredibly there for you and that kind of thing.
But I dont remember a specific situation where he asked me for any advice.
If anything, I dont think that I could offer him much.
He has a lot much better advice, I think, for me if I would ask him advice.
I watchedThe Day After Tomorrowand2012.
I did some research on earthquakes and what would happen and that kind of thing.
She becomes sort of a leader.
I like playing characters like that, very strong women.
Are you disappointed that thePercy Jacksonmovies stopped after two?
I love thePercy Jacksonmovies.
That was my big break.
I love the people I worked with.
It was a really magical experience for me.
So I think its a little bittersweet.
Its a little bit like camp ending, in a way.
But theres so many other things to do.
You never know whats going to happen.
You cant be too attached to one thing because its never going to last.
True Detectiveprobably opened a lot of doors for you.
It did, yeah.
It was huge; unexpectedly huge for me.
So I feel incredibly lucky to have had that opportunity.
And it was a total shock.
I didnt have any work coming up.
And it was January that it came out.
And all of a sudden it was my entire career changed.
So it was…its incredible.
This business is so strange.
You never know whats going to happen.
Did people start to see you as capable of more adult roles?
I think more so than that, I had more opportunities behind the scenes.
It wasnt like all of a sudden I was famous or something.
Ive been taken more seriously for roles that I maybe wouldnt have been considered for before.
So thats a huge thing.
And that was really astounding to me.
I was very surprised and very grateful.
Did you have a mole on the set telling you whats going on in the new season?
Are you going to watch?
But I havent spoken to her in a while.
Im incredibly excited to see what they do.
I think that Nic (Pizzolatto) is such an incredible writer.
I cant wait to see the story that unfolds.
I overheard you telling someone youre a big fan of crime shows.
Its sort of weird.
Huge fan of mystery.
For whatever reason, I am just very attracted to mystery stories, solving mysteries.
I was a huge fan ofThe Jinx.
So yeah, for whatever reason I love stories like that.
Do you think you would have wanted to pursue being a detective?
Im not a great student, so I dont know that I would have been a great detective.
Whats next for you?
Auditioning and figuring out whats next.
But Im excited to be promoting this film.
It will keep me busy until I fall into out of work actors depression (laughs).
Hopefully you wont be in that very long.
San Andreasis in theaters now.
