The Orphanage

I don't know how many of you guys have seen the Orphanage yet, but I wanted to post something I found interesting about it. The mother in the movie is played by Belen Rueda, who is a pretty well known Spanish actress. She's really well known for dramatic roles, though; she even won a Goya prize for Mar Adentro, which was most definitely a very different kind of movie than the Orphanage. She'd never been in any kind of horror or thriller type flick before.
I just wanted to see what people think about the director choosing a non-horror actress to play the lead in the movie. I can't decide whether I think that makes her reactions more genuine, as somebody who hadn't encountered that kind of tense situation before, or less genuine, since she doesn't have the experience from other thrillers.

Also, fun fact, the actress that plays Aurora is Geraldine Chaplin, who is American. She was in Cría Cuervos, arguably one of the more interesting films to come out of Spain in the 1970s. I completely recommend it for anybody that liked the Orphanage.