After chasing around Shia LaBeouf in the $175 million-grossing techo-thriller Eagle Eye earlier this year, Rosario Dawson spends Seven Pounds with her pulse very much under control. Opposite Will Smith‘s tightly wound, curiously hermetic IRS agent, Ben Thomas, Dawson plays Emily Posa, a terminally ill young woman with a slew of past-due medical bills who sparks an unlikely connection with her auditor. In advance of the film’s release, I spoke with Dawson recently spoke about her own comic book series, her debut film Kids, and lying around post-coital with an awkward Will Smith. For the Q&A feature, from New York Magazine‘s Vulture, click here.