Since her breakout role in the 2007 zombie sequel 28 Weeks Later, Imogen Poots has established herself as an omnivorous talent, appearing in festival gems like The Art of Self-Defense, quiet highbrow productions like The Father, a fleet of rom-coms, a pair of music biopics, and some more horror flicks. But of all the roles in her multifaceted body of work, it’s the sinister, eerie roles she prefers, a craving which the 32-year-old actor satisfies in the upcoming Amazon Prime miniseries Outer Range. The show, billed as a “supernatural neo-Western mystery thriller,” features heavyweights like Josh Brolin and Lili Taylor, and follows a Wyoming rancher (Brolin) who discovers an enormous black hole on his land after Autumn, a mysterious drifter played by Poots, darkens his door. The show, which premiered last week, has already generated buzz for its made-for-Reddit premise and chilling interrogation of the American frontier myth. One viewer who can’t get enough is the actor Alia Shawkat. The pair, who met on the set of the cult horror hit Green Room, often watch one another’s work as a way of keeping in touch, but this time, things are different. Shawkat is completely hooked on Outer Range. What’s at the bottom of the enormous black hole? She called up Poots for some answers. [Read more]