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Troian Bellisario Made BITE to Give 'Mental Health Heroes' Their Due
Troian Bellisario opened up to Us Weekly exclusively about depicting director Jorey Worb’s own personal story of trauma ‘victim to hero’ in ‘BITE’
In the 15-minute short – which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month – Bellisario’s character Alexa, loses and attempts to gain back her identity after being sexually assaulted by a dentist. “She explained that the major symptoms of Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) — living in fight, flight, freeze, and fawn — are effectively depicted through these stylistic elements,” Bellisario said, A tense courtroom scene, in which Alexa gets verbally accosted during a Victorian-era faux trial, was her “favorite” to play. As for why Bellisario chose to take on the complex role of Alexa, she told Us that she’s interested in championing “stories that matter.” That includes holding up a magnifying glass to the country’s ongoing “mental health epidemic,” which has led “suicide rates” to reach an “all-time high.”
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