Q: Congratulations, 당신 had a pretty big weekend last weekend. [He got married]
A wonderful weekend, thank you. It was phenomenal, the best 일 of my life.
Q: How did 당신 get involved with this – did 당신 audition 또는 did they come to 당신 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 사랑 to have 당신 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 당신 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 사랑 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, 당신 can go in and sit down and get a few scares and then go home.
Q: What’s it like when 당신 get that call from Joel Silver? That’s a pretty big phone call to get.
It was an honor, how else do 당신 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, 당신 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 당신 out a bit.
Q: What did 당신 draw from to play the evil twin, do 당신 have any sibling stories?
No. I have a very, very large family, I’ve three 또는 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 당신 and Elisha find that 당신 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 옮기기 around in the crap as it looks. We had to shoot this one scene in a 땅콩 버터 bed, it looks like a 땅콩 버터 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 침대 fell apart, and we were sprawling out, and in order to get out it took two 또는 three guys to actually pull 당신 out of the bed. 당신 could not get out on your own. So it was definitely physical.
Q: Was that something that 당신 anticipated from the moment 당신 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 당신 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 당신 socialized with her before?
No, we just met in rehearsal.
Q: With the grisly side of the movie, did 당신 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 프렌즈 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 또는 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 또는 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 일 is it easy to walk away from something that’s so gruesome?
Yeah, I didn’t go 집 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 당신 definitely take your work 집 with you. 당신 never really get to go 집 and forget about it, because 당신 go 집 and 당신 start working for the 다음 day. 당신 want to make sure that everything’s prepared, and 당신 go 집 and take your phone calls, and everything else for business to come, and I think it’s the one thing that 당신 can’t go 집 and just forget about it.
Q: Have 당신 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 당신 just enjoy it as a movie?
I think the first time 당신 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 당신 watch every little thing, and 당신 walk away and 당신 go, ‘You know, I’m happy with what I accomplished for the picture,’ And then the 초 time 당신 can watch it 더 많이 as a viewer, 더 많이 as an outsider. But, dude, I’ll be the first to admit, I jumped a couple of times.
Q: What bits did 당신 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 당신 went 집 every 일 and all 당신 wanted was a shower, because 당신 had wax everywhere. I’m not trying to be gruesome here 또는 anything like that, but my God it sticks to your hair, and you’re pulling crap out, it’s horrible. But I think 당신 just look 앞으로 to getting 집 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 당신 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: 당신 had your hair short, so 당신 got off easy.
I loved it. To go to work, I was ready in five 분 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 당신 see doing something like this as a career move?
I do, and the reason that I can say that is because 당신 can sit back and watch One 나무, 트리 언덕, 힐 and this, and 당신 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 또는 Taxi Driver, but it’s an opportunity that I had to create another character with mystique and show that to the world, and age up a little bit and show another audience what I have to offer.
Q: Are Good Will Hunting and Taxi Driver the kind of 영화 당신 want to do?
Those are the kind of films I really appreciate when I go to watch. I really 사랑 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 의해 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 당신 bring 집 anything from the set, did 당신 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 다음 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 나무, 트리 Hill. I’m shooting One 나무, 트리 언덕, 힐 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 당신 like to see happen with the character 다음 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 당신 think about your audience, 당신 did 신데렐라 Story for a much younger audience and now this R rated horror movie. Are the 신데렐라 Story 팬 going to come to this?
I hope so, with their parents. Here’s the thing, I think especially with the 엠티비 show 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, 당신 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 더 많이 attached to it.
Q: How did 당신 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 더 많이 time to travel, loved their 크랜베리, 적갈색 주스 and their food, but I think to be honest, 당신 just miss American television, and 당신 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 당신 do not get an opportunity to leave.
Q: Did people come to see 당신 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 당신 ever gone on a camping trip and did anything memorable happen to you?
Oh, god. I 사랑 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 사랑 sitting 의해 the campfire and leaving 음식 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 음식 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 당신 want to go back to there’s a big 곰 right behind 당신 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 더 많이 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 곰 walked away and took the garbage can with it.
A wonderful weekend, thank you. It was phenomenal, the best 일 of my life.
Q: How did 당신 get involved with this – did 당신 audition 또는 did they come to 당신 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 사랑 to have 당신 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 당신 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 사랑 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, 당신 can go in and sit down and get a few scares and then go home.
Q: What’s it like when 당신 get that call from Joel Silver? That’s a pretty big phone call to get.
It was an honor, how else do 당신 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, 당신 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 당신 out a bit.
Q: What did 당신 draw from to play the evil twin, do 당신 have any sibling stories?
No. I have a very, very large family, I’ve three 또는 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 당신 and Elisha find that 당신 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 옮기기 around in the crap as it looks. We had to shoot this one scene in a 땅콩 버터 bed, it looks like a 땅콩 버터 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 침대 fell apart, and we were sprawling out, and in order to get out it took two 또는 three guys to actually pull 당신 out of the bed. 당신 could not get out on your own. So it was definitely physical.
Q: Was that something that 당신 anticipated from the moment 당신 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 당신 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 당신 socialized with her before?
No, we just met in rehearsal.
Q: With the grisly side of the movie, did 당신 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 프렌즈 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 또는 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 또는 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 일 is it easy to walk away from something that’s so gruesome?
Yeah, I didn’t go 집 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 당신 definitely take your work 집 with you. 당신 never really get to go 집 and forget about it, because 당신 go 집 and 당신 start working for the 다음 day. 당신 want to make sure that everything’s prepared, and 당신 go 집 and take your phone calls, and everything else for business to come, and I think it’s the one thing that 당신 can’t go 집 and just forget about it.
Q: Have 당신 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 당신 just enjoy it as a movie?
I think the first time 당신 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 당신 watch every little thing, and 당신 walk away and 당신 go, ‘You know, I’m happy with what I accomplished for the picture,’ And then the 초 time 당신 can watch it 더 많이 as a viewer, 더 많이 as an outsider. But, dude, I’ll be the first to admit, I jumped a couple of times.
Q: What bits did 당신 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 당신 went 집 every 일 and all 당신 wanted was a shower, because 당신 had wax everywhere. I’m not trying to be gruesome here 또는 anything like that, but my God it sticks to your hair, and you’re pulling crap out, it’s horrible. But I think 당신 just look 앞으로 to getting 집 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 당신 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: 당신 had your hair short, so 당신 got off easy.
I loved it. To go to work, I was ready in five 분 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 당신 see doing something like this as a career move?
I do, and the reason that I can say that is because 당신 can sit back and watch One 나무, 트리 언덕, 힐 and this, and 당신 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 또는 Taxi Driver, but it’s an opportunity that I had to create another character with mystique and show that to the world, and age up a little bit and show another audience what I have to offer.
Q: Are Good Will Hunting and Taxi Driver the kind of 영화 당신 want to do?
Those are the kind of films I really appreciate when I go to watch. I really 사랑 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 의해 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 당신 bring 집 anything from the set, did 당신 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 다음 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 나무, 트리 Hill. I’m shooting One 나무, 트리 언덕, 힐 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 당신 like to see happen with the character 다음 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 당신 think about your audience, 당신 did 신데렐라 Story for a much younger audience and now this R rated horror movie. Are the 신데렐라 Story 팬 going to come to this?
I hope so, with their parents. Here’s the thing, I think especially with the 엠티비 show 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, 당신 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 더 많이 attached to it.
Q: How did 당신 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 더 많이 time to travel, loved their 크랜베리, 적갈색 주스 and their food, but I think to be honest, 당신 just miss American television, and 당신 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 당신 do not get an opportunity to leave.
Q: Did people come to see 당신 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 당신 ever gone on a camping trip and did anything memorable happen to you?
Oh, god. I 사랑 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 사랑 sitting 의해 the campfire and leaving 음식 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 음식 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 당신 want to go back to there’s a big 곰 right behind 당신 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 더 많이 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 곰 walked away and took the garbage can with it.
