Ron Livingston (Office Space) is set to square off against some paranormal activity in James Wan's upcoming horror film, The Conjuring. The story centers on Carolyn and Roger Perron (Lili Taylor and Livingston), who call in accomplished paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) when their home becomes plagued by unexplained phenomena. During our set visit, Livingston talked about why he got involved with the film, forging chemistry with his on-screen family, meeting his real-life counterpart and working on the immersive set. Hit the jump for the full interview with Livingston and be sure to check out our set visit recap, plus interviews with James Wan, Patrick Wilson and Lili Taylor. The Conjuring opens July 19th. Question: What about the material appealed to you? Ron Livingston: I hadn't done a haunted house movie yet. Because you hadn't been offered a good one? Livingston: Yeah, I did "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" which was a Stephen King miniseries for TNT. But it was kind of an anthology where it was a bunch of strange tales. I was a big fan of 'The Shining' as a kid and 'Poltergeist' was another great one. It's just a really cool framework for a story. The first 3rd of it you're allowed to go kind of slow and discover what's happening. I kind of compare it to a detective movie except the people aren't detectives so they're the dumbest detectives ever. All the doors are slamming by themselves and crazy things and it's like, "what is it? I don't ...
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