Q: Congratulations, آپ had a pretty big weekend last weekend. [He got married]
A wonderful weekend, thank you. It was phenomenal, the best دن of my life.
Q: How did آپ get involved with this – did آپ audition یا did they come to آپ and say, ‘You’re our hero?’
Joel came to me and said, ‘You’ve been doing such a great job with everything else, I’d really love to have آپ as a part of this film.’ I always thought in the back of my head, can I do a horror, and I thought, ‘Hell, man, I can’t wait to give it a shot.’ And it was fun; it was a great time.
Q: Do آپ like horror films?
I do, particular horror films, I like Night of the Living Dead, the original, the ’50s version of Vincent Price’s House of Wax, I love those types of films.
Q: This is very different from Vincent Price’s House of Wax.
Oh, completely different. We took liberties. We contemporized it just a bit, but it’s fun, آپ can go in and sit down and get a few scares and then go home.
Q: What’s it like when آپ get that call from Joel Silver? That’s a pretty big phone call to get.
It was an honor, how else do آپ say it, it was such an honor. Joel has just done so much for this business: Matrix, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, that to have the opportunity to sit back and learn from him was a gift that I couldn’t turn down, آپ know what I mean? It was such a blessing. So I was obviously a little nervous, which I don’t really get nervous, but when you’re sitting down and you’re like, ‘Dude, that’s Joel Silver,’ it stresses آپ out a bit.
Q: What did آپ draw from to play the evil twin, do آپ have any sibling stories?
No. I have a very, very large family, I’ve three یا four brothers and a sister – well, I have a half brother and I have a sister, so I really understood the relationships that I have, and I bonded with my siblings. Elisha and I didn’t really have much time to bond, but the time that we could find we made it work, and it was exciting. I think everyone has kind of wanted a twin at some point.
Q: So what did آپ and Elisha find that آپ had in common?
Well, we look very similar. She could easily be my sister. But I think just our dedication to film, and working on professionalism and growth as an actor, is really where we ended up finding our bond. We really take our craft seriously.
Q: Was it as physical a shoot as it looked?
Yeah, it was definitely physically enduring. Just with the wax, it’s not as easy to اقدام around in the crap as it looks. We had to shoot this one scene in a مونگفلی, مونگ پھلی مکھن bed, it looks like a مونگفلی, مونگ پھلی مکھن bed, when I’m wrestling around with one of the villains, and the first time we shot it, I guess the consistency was not as stable as it should have been, we sunk right down to the bottom, and the بستر fell apart, and we were sprawling out, and in order to get out it took two یا three guys to actually pull آپ out of the bed. آپ could not get out on your own. So it was definitely physical.
Q: Was that something that آپ anticipated from the moment آپ signed on?
When I read the script I thought to myself, ‘How the hell are we going to pull this off?’ And then I went, ‘Well, Joel will do it, Joel’s the man.’ And we did it.
Q: What did آپ think of your other female co-star, Paris Hilton?
She impressed us all, she really did. She’s a sweetheart. Her and my wife, I can say now, get along well, and I think she just made everybody in the cast comfortable with her.
Q: Had آپ socialized with her before?
No, we just met in rehearsal.
Q: With the grisly side of the movie, did آپ guys screw around on the set?
Jared and I have known each other for a few years, we did the first season of Gilmore Girls together, so we’ve been best دوستوں for quite awhile, so we actually roomed together in Australia and that was a riot. We’d sit up to all hours at night playing videogames and having a drink یا two, and just beating the shit out of each other. That’s what I did in my off-time, but when I go to work, especially on a film, I try to really separate myself from all that, unless it’s really not an emotional scene یا really physical, I tend to want to just stay to myself, put my i-pod in and just do my work.
Q: And when you’re finished for the دن is it easy to walk away from something that’s so gruesome?
Yeah, I didn’t go ہوم and have nightmares, because I’m there, and I go, ‘Hey, it’s not real.’ Elisha’s still got her finger. But I think that especially in this business آپ definitely take your work ہوم with you. آپ never really get to go ہوم and forget about it, because آپ go ہوم and آپ start working for the اگلے day. آپ want to make sure that everything’s prepared, and آپ go ہوم and take your phone calls, and everything else for business to come, and I think it’s the one thing that آپ can’t go ہوم and just forget about it.
Q: Have آپ had a chance to see the movie?
Yeah.
Q: When you’re watching it, and they put in the all the special effects and the sound, can آپ just enjoy it as a movie?
I think the first time آپ see it it’s going to be one of those where you’re like so critical of yourself. You’re your own worst critic, so آپ watch every little thing, and آپ walk away and آپ go, ‘You know, I’m happy with what I accomplished for the picture,’ And then the سیکنڈ time آپ can watch it مزید as a viewer, مزید as an outsider. But, dude, I’ll be the first to admit, I jumped a couple of times.
Q: What bits did آپ jump at?
I jumped at the campsite when Elisha leaves the tent, I don’t want to give too much away. And I jumped when Paris was in her tent, after the little striptease, which everyone’s going to want to hear about anyway. And I jumped there, at the climax of that point. I was like, ‘God, it got me.’
Q: Speaking of climax, the end was pretty spectacular – how hard was that to shoot?
Oh, god. Without giving it away – it was incredibly grueling, and آپ went ہوم every دن and all آپ wanted was a shower, because آپ had wax everywhere. I’m not trying to be gruesome here یا anything like that, but my God it sticks to your hair, and you’re pulling crap out, it’s horrible. But I think آپ just look آگے to getting ہوم and getting in the bathtub.
Q: So they really used wax?
They used a lot of real wax, they used a lot of compounds that they put together for the slippery wax, because آپ really don’t want to be sliding around in hot, melting wax, that’s really not a great idea. But the floors, the entire set was made of wax, because they did use a lot of wax.
Q: آپ had your hair short, so آپ got off easy.
I loved it. To go to work, I was ready in five منٹ and I was ready to go. It tends to be a summer tradition for me, to shave it off, but I’m not doing it this summer because I’ve got projects upcoming.
Q: What projects?
I’m doing Stealing Cars with Warner’s again, my home. So that’s going to be one hell of a piece for myself.
Q: Do آپ see doing something like this as a career move?
I do, and the reason that I can say that is because آپ can sit back and watch One درخت ہل, لندن and this, and آپ won’t see an ounce of Lucas in this project. There’s not an ounce of Lucas in Nick, and I think that’s just a little bit of what I wanted to show, it’s not necessarily Good Will Hunting یا Taxi Driver, but it’s an opportunity that I had to create another character with mystique and دکھائیں that to the world, and age up a little bit and دکھائیں another audience what I have to offer.
Q: Are Good Will Hunting and Taxi Driver the kind of فلمیں آپ want to do?
Those are the kind of films I really appreciate when I go to watch. I really love films that I sit back and for two weeks after I’m still thinking about it.
Q: What was your experience with the director?
Jaume is awesome. Jaume was such a badass, he had a Mohawk the whole shoot, and سے طرف کی the end of the project his beard was down to like here, he just didn’t have time to shave. He was such a great guy, I really enjoyed him. He’s just got such a great personality. We created a real bond.
Q: Did آپ bring ہوم anything from the set, did آپ steal any wax props?
I wish I could have. No, I have nothing. [looking around at the wax figures on the soundstage] They have to be here for the اگلے three days, but if one goes missing, they’ll never know, right?
Q: Is there anything else in the can at this point?
Just this and the rest of درخت Hill. I’m shooting One درخت ہل, لندن like ten months out the year, and so I have a very, very small window – we’re supposed to go back July 13th and I’m shooting a film right in the middle and then promoting this and getting out there so people will check it out, and I think that’s a pretty busy summer.
Q: What would آپ like to see happen with the character اگلے season?
I don’t really get involved in that, that’s not my place, I let the writers take care of that, they’ve done a pretty good job so far obviously, and I just go and do it. They give it to me, and some things really spark my interest, and others I’m just kind of like, ‘Dude, I’m going to go knock it out.’
Q: How much do آپ think about your audience, آپ did Cinderella Story for a much younger audience and now this R rated horror movie. Are the Cinderella Story شائقین going to come to this?
I hope so, with their parents. Here’s the thing, I think especially with the MTV دکھائیں we’ve got, I think it definitely portrays to those young adults who might not be able to distinguish the difference between a movie and real life, آپ get to see the whole process, behind the scenes of making this film, so I think they can differentiate between the film and what’s really going on with us, and so I think it’s a great opportunity for the young adults to be able to get an opportunity to go see a rated R movie with their parents, because they’ve seen the creation, they are a little bit مزید attached to it.
Q: How did آپ deal with being so far away from home?
Oh, it sucked. It sucked, I’ll be honest. I like Australia, I really did, but I wish I had a little bit مزید time to travel, loved their کرینبیری رس, جوس and their food, but I think to be honest, آپ just miss American television, and آپ miss your things, I missed my dog, I got Aussie [another dog] over there, which was awesome, but my first born child, Joe, my first born son, he’s my dog Joe, I was away from him and I was away from Soph and I was away from everything back home, so I think that’s hard, especially for three and a half months when آپ do not get an opportunity to leave.
Q: Did people come to see آپ at least?
Yeah, I had a few visitors that came out, but my family didn’t get to make the voyage, they were too busy, they were working their asses off as they should, Soph came on a few times, so it was nice.
Q: Was it shot in Australia just because of the money?
Not my territory. They said, ‘Hey, you’re going to Australia,’ I said, ‘Dude, rock and roll,’ I always wanted to go.
Q: Have آپ ever gone on a camping trip and did anything memorable happen to you?
Oh, god. I love camping trips, I go on camping trips all the time. Me and my boys go up to Sequoia, I believe that’s in northern California, I never drive, I fall asleep. I just love sitting سے طرف کی the campfire and leaving food out for the bears to come and attack. But one time me and my boy went up to go get some hotdogs from the stand that they had, there’s like a Christian camp that runs up there, but they serve food and I was sick of eating our fish, and I went up there to grab a hotdog and I’m standing there and I’m talking to my boy, and he’s looking right here, and he’s in the middle of a conversation, like, ‘Hey, so آپ want to go back to there’s a big برداشت, ریچھ right behind آپ do not move.’ And his eyes are open wide, and I’m like, ‘Dude,’ and I turned around and there’s a big brown bear, not مزید that 10 feet behind me, knocks over a trash can, so that was memorable. But I survived, some asshole decided to throw a board at it, and I’m thinking, ‘That’s brilliant. Piss it off.’ And the برداشت, ریچھ walked away and took the garbage can with it.
A wonderful weekend, thank you. It was phenomenal, the best دن of my life.
Q: How did آپ get involved with this – did آپ audition یا did they come to آپ and say, ‘You’re our hero?’
Joel came to me and said, ‘You’ve been doing such a great job with everything else, I’d really love to have آپ as a part of this film.’ I always thought in the back of my head, can I do a horror, and I thought, ‘Hell, man, I can’t wait to give it a shot.’ And it was fun; it was a great time.
Q: Do آپ like horror films?
I do, particular horror films, I like Night of the Living Dead, the original, the ’50s version of Vincent Price’s House of Wax, I love those types of films.
Q: This is very different from Vincent Price’s House of Wax.
Oh, completely different. We took liberties. We contemporized it just a bit, but it’s fun, آپ can go in and sit down and get a few scares and then go home.
Q: What’s it like when آپ get that call from Joel Silver? That’s a pretty big phone call to get.
It was an honor, how else do آپ say it, it was such an honor. Joel has just done so much for this business: Matrix, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, that to have the opportunity to sit back and learn from him was a gift that I couldn’t turn down, آپ know what I mean? It was such a blessing. So I was obviously a little nervous, which I don’t really get nervous, but when you’re sitting down and you’re like, ‘Dude, that’s Joel Silver,’ it stresses آپ out a bit.
Q: What did آپ draw from to play the evil twin, do آپ have any sibling stories?
No. I have a very, very large family, I’ve three یا four brothers and a sister – well, I have a half brother and I have a sister, so I really understood the relationships that I have, and I bonded with my siblings. Elisha and I didn’t really have much time to bond, but the time that we could find we made it work, and it was exciting. I think everyone has kind of wanted a twin at some point.
Q: So what did آپ and Elisha find that آپ had in common?
Well, we look very similar. She could easily be my sister. But I think just our dedication to film, and working on professionalism and growth as an actor, is really where we ended up finding our bond. We really take our craft seriously.
Q: Was it as physical a shoot as it looked?
Yeah, it was definitely physically enduring. Just with the wax, it’s not as easy to اقدام around in the crap as it looks. We had to shoot this one scene in a مونگفلی, مونگ پھلی مکھن bed, it looks like a مونگفلی, مونگ پھلی مکھن bed, when I’m wrestling around with one of the villains, and the first time we shot it, I guess the consistency was not as stable as it should have been, we sunk right down to the bottom, and the بستر fell apart, and we were sprawling out, and in order to get out it took two یا three guys to actually pull آپ out of the bed. آپ could not get out on your own. So it was definitely physical.
Q: Was that something that آپ anticipated from the moment آپ signed on?
When I read the script I thought to myself, ‘How the hell are we going to pull this off?’ And then I went, ‘Well, Joel will do it, Joel’s the man.’ And we did it.
Q: What did آپ think of your other female co-star, Paris Hilton?
She impressed us all, she really did. She’s a sweetheart. Her and my wife, I can say now, get along well, and I think she just made everybody in the cast comfortable with her.
Q: Had آپ socialized with her before?
No, we just met in rehearsal.
Q: With the grisly side of the movie, did آپ guys screw around on the set?
Jared and I have known each other for a few years, we did the first season of Gilmore Girls together, so we’ve been best دوستوں for quite awhile, so we actually roomed together in Australia and that was a riot. We’d sit up to all hours at night playing videogames and having a drink یا two, and just beating the shit out of each other. That’s what I did in my off-time, but when I go to work, especially on a film, I try to really separate myself from all that, unless it’s really not an emotional scene یا really physical, I tend to want to just stay to myself, put my i-pod in and just do my work.
Q: And when you’re finished for the دن is it easy to walk away from something that’s so gruesome?
Yeah, I didn’t go ہوم and have nightmares, because I’m there, and I go, ‘Hey, it’s not real.’ Elisha’s still got her finger. But I think that especially in this business آپ definitely take your work ہوم with you. آپ never really get to go ہوم and forget about it, because آپ go ہوم and آپ start working for the اگلے day. آپ want to make sure that everything’s prepared, and آپ go ہوم and take your phone calls, and everything else for business to come, and I think it’s the one thing that آپ can’t go ہوم and just forget about it.
Q: Have آپ had a chance to see the movie?
Yeah.
Q: When you’re watching it, and they put in the all the special effects and the sound, can آپ just enjoy it as a movie?
I think the first time آپ see it it’s going to be one of those where you’re like so critical of yourself. You’re your own worst critic, so آپ watch every little thing, and آپ walk away and آپ go, ‘You know, I’m happy with what I accomplished for the picture,’ And then the سیکنڈ time آپ can watch it مزید as a viewer, مزید as an outsider. But, dude, I’ll be the first to admit, I jumped a couple of times.
Q: What bits did آپ jump at?
I jumped at the campsite when Elisha leaves the tent, I don’t want to give too much away. And I jumped when Paris was in her tent, after the little striptease, which everyone’s going to want to hear about anyway. And I jumped there, at the climax of that point. I was like, ‘God, it got me.’
Q: Speaking of climax, the end was pretty spectacular – how hard was that to shoot?
Oh, god. Without giving it away – it was incredibly grueling, and آپ went ہوم every دن and all آپ wanted was a shower, because آپ had wax everywhere. I’m not trying to be gruesome here یا anything like that, but my God it sticks to your hair, and you’re pulling crap out, it’s horrible. But I think آپ just look آگے to getting ہوم and getting in the bathtub.
Q: So they really used wax?
They used a lot of real wax, they used a lot of compounds that they put together for the slippery wax, because آپ really don’t want to be sliding around in hot, melting wax, that’s really not a great idea. But the floors, the entire set was made of wax, because they did use a lot of wax.
Q: آپ had your hair short, so آپ got off easy.
I loved it. To go to work, I was ready in five منٹ and I was ready to go. It tends to be a summer tradition for me, to shave it off, but I’m not doing it this summer because I’ve got projects upcoming.
Q: What projects?
I’m doing Stealing Cars with Warner’s again, my home. So that’s going to be one hell of a piece for myself.
Q: Do آپ see doing something like this as a career move?
I do, and the reason that I can say that is because آپ can sit back and watch One درخت ہل, لندن and this, and آپ won’t see an ounce of Lucas in this project. There’s not an ounce of Lucas in Nick, and I think that’s just a little bit of what I wanted to show, it’s not necessarily Good Will Hunting یا Taxi Driver, but it’s an opportunity that I had to create another character with mystique and دکھائیں that to the world, and age up a little bit and دکھائیں another audience what I have to offer.
Q: Are Good Will Hunting and Taxi Driver the kind of فلمیں آپ want to do?
Those are the kind of films I really appreciate when I go to watch. I really love films that I sit back and for two weeks after I’m still thinking about it.
Q: What was your experience with the director?
Jaume is awesome. Jaume was such a badass, he had a Mohawk the whole shoot, and سے طرف کی the end of the project his beard was down to like here, he just didn’t have time to shave. He was such a great guy, I really enjoyed him. He’s just got such a great personality. We created a real bond.
Q: Did آپ bring ہوم anything from the set, did آپ steal any wax props?
I wish I could have. No, I have nothing. [looking around at the wax figures on the soundstage] They have to be here for the اگلے three days, but if one goes missing, they’ll never know, right?
Q: Is there anything else in the can at this point?
Just this and the rest of درخت Hill. I’m shooting One درخت ہل, لندن like ten months out the year, and so I have a very, very small window – we’re supposed to go back July 13th and I’m shooting a film right in the middle and then promoting this and getting out there so people will check it out, and I think that’s a pretty busy summer.
Q: What would آپ like to see happen with the character اگلے season?
I don’t really get involved in that, that’s not my place, I let the writers take care of that, they’ve done a pretty good job so far obviously, and I just go and do it. They give it to me, and some things really spark my interest, and others I’m just kind of like, ‘Dude, I’m going to go knock it out.’
Q: How much do آپ think about your audience, آپ did Cinderella Story for a much younger audience and now this R rated horror movie. Are the Cinderella Story شائقین going to come to this?
I hope so, with their parents. Here’s the thing, I think especially with the MTV دکھائیں we’ve got, I think it definitely portrays to those young adults who might not be able to distinguish the difference between a movie and real life, آپ get to see the whole process, behind the scenes of making this film, so I think they can differentiate between the film and what’s really going on with us, and so I think it’s a great opportunity for the young adults to be able to get an opportunity to go see a rated R movie with their parents, because they’ve seen the creation, they are a little bit مزید attached to it.
Q: How did آپ deal with being so far away from home?
Oh, it sucked. It sucked, I’ll be honest. I like Australia, I really did, but I wish I had a little bit مزید time to travel, loved their کرینبیری رس, جوس and their food, but I think to be honest, آپ just miss American television, and آپ miss your things, I missed my dog, I got Aussie [another dog] over there, which was awesome, but my first born child, Joe, my first born son, he’s my dog Joe, I was away from him and I was away from Soph and I was away from everything back home, so I think that’s hard, especially for three and a half months when آپ do not get an opportunity to leave.
Q: Did people come to see آپ at least?
Yeah, I had a few visitors that came out, but my family didn’t get to make the voyage, they were too busy, they were working their asses off as they should, Soph came on a few times, so it was nice.
Q: Was it shot in Australia just because of the money?
Not my territory. They said, ‘Hey, you’re going to Australia,’ I said, ‘Dude, rock and roll,’ I always wanted to go.
Q: Have آپ ever gone on a camping trip and did anything memorable happen to you?
Oh, god. I love camping trips, I go on camping trips all the time. Me and my boys go up to Sequoia, I believe that’s in northern California, I never drive, I fall asleep. I just love sitting سے طرف کی the campfire and leaving food out for the bears to come and attack. But one time me and my boy went up to go get some hotdogs from the stand that they had, there’s like a Christian camp that runs up there, but they serve food and I was sick of eating our fish, and I went up there to grab a hotdog and I’m standing there and I’m talking to my boy, and he’s looking right here, and he’s in the middle of a conversation, like, ‘Hey, so آپ want to go back to there’s a big برداشت, ریچھ right behind آپ do not move.’ And his eyes are open wide, and I’m like, ‘Dude,’ and I turned around and there’s a big brown bear, not مزید that 10 feet behind me, knocks over a trash can, so that was memorable. But I survived, some asshole decided to throw a board at it, and I’m thinking, ‘That’s brilliant. Piss it off.’ And the برداشت, ریچھ walked away and took the garbage can with it.
