Full Transcript for Ep 331: Interview w/Adam Arkin from “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later”

00:04:25.160 it went by very quickly. It was a mad rush, 74 00:04:25.660 --> 00:04:27.870 but it was a lot of fun. And I got to, 75 00:04:27.930 --> 00:04:31.670 you know, I got to work with, you know, Ed McMahon, 76 00:04:31.730 --> 00:04:33.949 for God's sake. How can you complain about that? 77 00:04:35.149 --> 00:04:37.680 And also your dad plays Dr. Brand in the film. 78 00:04:37.699 --> 00:04:39.360 What was it like working with him? 79 00:04:40.910 --> 00:04:44.930 I've worked with, I worked with my father, uh, many, 80 00:04:44.990 --> 00:04:48.310 many times in many iterations. I was directed by him. 81 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.560 I acted with him many times. Um, and I even 82 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:54.800 got to direct him, um, in the latter part of 83 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:56.879 his life. I got to direct him one time when 84 00:04:56.939 --> 00:05:00.620 he was nice enough to do a cameo on get shorty. Um, 85 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:04.889 it was always great working with him. And, um, I 86 00:05:05.250 --> 00:05:07.600 loved it. And I also got great joy out of 87 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:09.500 the fact that he seemed to really love it. He 88 00:05:09.540 --> 00:05:11.920 was very generous with his time when it came to 89 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:15.660 showing up. And he he made guest appearances on, I think, 90 00:05:16.100 --> 00:05:19.000 easily a half a dozen projects of mine because he 91 00:05:19.060 --> 00:05:21.980 just was that kind of a supportive father, you know. 92 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:23.180 That's great. 93 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:26.120 And when you did, because, you know, obviously in this movie, 94 00:05:26.170 --> 00:05:28.370 you are the werewolf and you did have to have 95 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:30.870 all that makeup and stuff. Was that like an entire process? 96 00:05:30.889 --> 00:05:32.850 Was that tough every time that you had to film 97 00:05:32.949 --> 00:05:33.730 as the werewolf? 98 00:05:35.290 --> 00:05:37.939 Uh, not as tough as, as it would have been, 99 00:05:37.949 --> 00:05:42.120 I think on a, on a bigger, you know, more 100 00:05:42.220 --> 00:05:48.939 well-budgeted film, the, the, um, the makeup process was pretty rudimentary. 101 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:51.660 It was sort of like a, you know, a gluing 102 00:05:51.899 --> 00:05:55.500 on of, of hair and some simple appliances. And I 103 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:57.879 don't think it ever took me more than about, you know, 104 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.730 an hour in the makeup chair when I was, when 105 00:06:00.750 --> 00:06:04.149 I was having to make the transformation. You know, as 106 00:06:04.209 --> 00:06:07.459 opposed to some of these circumstances where, you know, you 107 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:09.779 see people have to come in at 430 in the 108 00:06:09.819 --> 00:06:12.459 morning and sit there for three or four hours while 109 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:18.029 more elaborate, more highly priced prosthetics are put on. 110 00:06:18.569 --> 00:06:21.550 It's so funny because also the thing about Full Moon High, 111 00:06:21.569 --> 00:06:25.009 it also has some really crazy cameos. Like Bob Saget 112 00:06:25.069 --> 00:06:26.589 is in a scene at the beginning with you in 113 00:06:26.610 --> 00:06:28.379 the shower when everyone's showering. 114 00:06:28.629 --> 00:06:32.279 And then Pat Morita, a.k.a. Mr. Miyagi, has like a scene. 115 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:33.519 Kenneth Mars. 116 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:41.860 Kenneth Mars. Ed McMahon. Yeah. I'm blanking on her name. 117 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:48.360 Pinky Tuscadero-Roz. It's terrible. I don't know. but, uh, yeah, 118 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:52.839 it was, it was chock full. Another comedian, Bill Kirkenbauer, who, who, uh, 119 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:55.430 I actually have stayed in touch with over the years 120 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:59.290 and moved with his wife to Thailand not long ago, 121 00:06:59.350 --> 00:07:02.370 but he, he was also in a, uh, lovely guy. 122 00:07:03.029 --> 00:07:06.149 It was, it was, it was fun. Larry was, like 123 00:07:06.189 --> 00:07:07.850 I said, Larry was a wild man. He, he, um, 124 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:11.660 he used whenever i was in the wolfman makeup he 125 00:07:11.699 --> 00:07:14.300 would be like wolfman where's my wolfman where's my wolfman 126 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:15.980 there was one day where i was like larry don't 127 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:18.839 call me the wolf don't call me wolfman anymore okay 128 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:20.899 just please use my name will you. 129 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:24.879 Um wolfman we need you on set it was so 130 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.310 interesting i've never seen ed mcmahon in a movie before 131 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:28.610 like i only knew him from. 132 00:07:28.689 --> 00:07:31.250 The sweet thing yeah so it was so bizarre i 133 00:07:31.250 --> 00:07:32.529 was like oh this is so. 134 00:07:32.350 --> 00:07:37.529 Interesting there he um One of my favorite exchanges in 135 00:07:37.550 --> 00:07:40.089 the movie with him is the night that I first 136 00:07:40.129 --> 00:07:42.949 get bit by the wolf, I go wandering out. He's 137 00:07:42.990 --> 00:07:45.589 like a CIA operative and he brings me along on 138 00:07:45.629 --> 00:07:49.379 a trip to Romania. And while I'm wandering around in 139 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:52.259 this village, I get attacked by the werewolf and I 140 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:56.079 come back at the break of dawn and he's there 141 00:07:56.420 --> 00:07:59.350 and I look all messed up and torn up and 142 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:02.810 He goes, where were you? And I say, like, I 143 00:08:02.870 --> 00:08:06.129 was all over. He says, what happened to you? Did 144 00:08:06.149 --> 00:08:10.750 you get laid? And I remember the line being like, God, 145 00:08:11.769 --> 00:08:12.430 I hope not. 146 00:08:15.329 --> 00:08:16.050 No, it's great. 147 00:08:16.069 --> 00:08:18.920 It has that type of humor that like

that airplane 148 00:08:19.009 --> 00:08:22.990 kind of humor from the time that is this. It's fun. 149 00:08:23.029 --> 00:08:25.529 It's a fun horror comedy to watch. But, you know, 150 00:08:25.889 --> 00:08:28.750 even though we are a horror show, you were such 151 00:08:28.829 --> 00:08:32.250 a major part of Chicago Hope throughout its entire six 152 00:08:32.289 --> 00:08:35.200 season run. So I do have to ask you, looking back, 153 00:08:35.539 --> 00:08:38.320 what stands out to you most about playing Dr. Aaron 154 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.240 Shutt and what did that show ultimately mean to you? Um. 155 00:08:45.190 --> 00:08:50.220 It was, it, it, it, it was a wonderful experience overall. 156 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.460 And I, I, I wish that I had been, um, 157 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:56.759 even a little more mature, not that I was a 158 00:08:57.179 --> 00:09:01.159 youngster when it started, but I don't think, I don't 159 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:04.789 think I knew how good we had it. Um, it was, 160 00:09:05.549 --> 00:09:09.549 you know, six years of uninterrupted work on a show that, that, 161 00:09:09.710 --> 00:09:14.029 that worked. And, and, um, we, we were always a 162 00:09:14.090 --> 00:09:18.539 little bit, unfortunately in the shadow of ER, which was this, 163 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:23.840 you know, juggernaut, you know, kind of once in a 164 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:28.570 generation smash hit. Um, we had to settle for, you know, 165 00:09:28.909 --> 00:09:30.929 it was a phenomenon and we had to settle for 166 00:09:30.970 --> 00:09:32.970 being a hit, you know, a six year run on, 167 00:09:33.190 --> 00:09:39.129 on network television was, was a very healthy, very healthy run. And, um, 168 00:09:40.730 --> 00:09:45.179 I feel very indebted to it. It kind of helped 169 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:50.659 establish me in a different echelon on television. It gave 170 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:55.139 me opportunities to work with some incredible people, both our 171 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.399 regular cast and the amazing guest stars that came in 172 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:02.230 over those six years. I got to work with everybody 173 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:12.679 from Lauren Bacall to Rip Torn to Isabella Rossellini. Just 174 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:17.509 amazing experiences. And it also was instrumental in helping me 175 00:10:17.629 --> 00:10:23.110 start to build my directorial career because they eventually started 176 00:10:23.129 --> 00:10:27.710 letting me direct episodes, which was a great growing and 177 00:10:27.750 --> 00:10:31.690 learning experience for me. So overall, I'm just incredibly grateful 178 00:10:31.750 --> 00:10:35.549 to that whole experience. I still stay in touch with 179 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:37.399 some of the cast and crew. 180 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.740 That's nice to hear. 181 00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:42.279 You know, I'm moving on to Halloween H2O. Now, I 182 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:46.480 happen to read that Steve Miner directed an episode of 183 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:49.379 Chicago Hope a few years before he made H2O. So 184 00:10:49.419 --> 00:10:51.259 is that how you got involved with the film, or 185 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:54.019 was there any official audition process for the role of 186 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:54.620 Will Brennan? 187 00:10:56.299 --> 00:11:00.610 I never auditioned for the role. That was, at least 188 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:03.649 to the best of my recollection, I believe that was 189 00:11:03.730 --> 00:11:07.200 just an offer that And I think it came about, 190 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:10.379 I mean, first of all, because I had had the 191 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:18.470 recent exposure on Chicago Hope, I think I was an 192 00:11:18.590 --> 00:11:25.389 easier sell, you know. I also knew Jamie Lee personally. 193 00:11:25.409 --> 00:11:32.820 My father had... one of Chris Guest's first acting jobs was, 194 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:36.340 was work that, that my father hired him for in, 195 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:40.120 in New York on stage. And as a result of that, 196 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:42.779 there was some, a little bit of overlap with Chris. 197 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:49.070 I knew him and, and knew, knew Jamie Lee through 198 00:11:49.129 --> 00:11:54.789 him and independently of him. And it was, it was, 199 00:11:55.049 --> 00:11:57.110 it was just an offer. And I've had a great 200 00:11:57.149 --> 00:12:00.710 experience working with Steve. I think Steve, you know, sort 201 00:12:00.730 --> 00:12:04.350 of championed the idea of my doing it. It was 202 00:12:04.549 --> 00:12:06.779 one of three things I got to do with Steve. 203 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:09.299 I think at least three things. I did that and 204 00:12:09.340 --> 00:12:14.090 did another film that kind of nudges into the horror territory, 205 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:19.889 which was Lake Placid. I had numerous times overlapping with 206 00:12:19.929 --> 00:12:21.570 Steve and enjoyed it every time. 207 00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:25.970 So was Jamie Lee Curtis's return part of what drew 208 00:12:26.009 --> 00:12:28.490 you to this project, or was there something about Will 209 00:12:28.570 --> 00:12:31.309 or maybe the Halloween series that really appealed to you? 210 00:12:31.669 --> 00:12:33.389 Just thinking about how they sold it to you. 211 00:12:34.610 --> 00:12:37.259 They didn't have to sell it. It sold itself, to 212 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:47.450 quote Heat. I knew that being the 20-year anniversary of 213 00:12:47.490 --> 00:12:50.350 the film, that it was going to automatically have a 214 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:53.929 platform in which it was going to get attention. I 215 00:12:54.210 --> 00:12:57.889 had a great experience working with Steve. I liked the 216 00:12:57.950 --> 00:13:00.149 role very much. I thought Jamie Lee and I could 217 00:13:00.190 --> 00:13:03.450 have fun. And because I knew it was Steve, I 218 00:13:03.509

--> 00:13:07.110 knew it was going to be a kind of fun 219 00:13:07.309 --> 00:13:12.529 and looser set than it might be otherwise. He was 220 00:13:12.590 --> 00:13:19.090 very encouraging of play and improv and And that line 221 00:13:19.129 --> 00:13:22.980 you actually quoted was one that I improvised, and they 222 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:24.519 encouraged that and allowed it, yeah. 223 00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:27.299 Oh, that is so cool. We quote it all the time. 224 00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:28.480 We quote it all the time. 225 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:31.220 It's like it's the best response when anyone's being really 226 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.360 serious about something and you just. 227 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.559 Say, well, that's sucky. 228 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:38.659 Did you go back and watch the original Halloween or 229 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:40.679 any of its sequels in preparation? 230 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.539 I did. I watched the original when we were gearing 231 00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:46.110 up to do it. Yeah, I didn't. I didn't. I 232 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.600 didn't do a deep dive into all the iterations of it, 233 00:13:49.029 --> 00:13:50.529 but I did watch the original. Yeah. 234 00:13:50.850 --> 00:13:51.610 No, that makes sense. 235 00:13:51.629 --> 00:13:54.190 You know, it's funny, we saw an old interview, we 236 00:13:54.210 --> 00:13:56.909 were kind of researching you related to this interview before. 237 00:13:56.950 --> 00:13:59.009 And we saw like an old vintage interview from the 238 00:13:59.070 --> 00:14:02.750 set of H2O, where you said that after watching Halloween, 239 00:14:02.809 --> 00:14:06.370 you would always wanted to play Jamie Lee Curtis's boyfriend. Now, 240 00:14:07.110 --> 00:14:09.409 what do you think it is about Laurie Strode, that 241 00:14:09.450 --> 00:14:11.590 character that people connect with so much? 242 00:14:13.250 --> 00:14:24.419 Oh, she's indomitable. Just as Michael never stops, Laurie never 243 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:29.100 stops fighting the good fight. No matter what she endures, 244 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:33.820 she keeps coming back. And I think people, she's a 245 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:37.960 very easy character to root for. And Jamie Lee's Jamie 246 00:14:38.059 --> 00:14:40.500 Lee has that kind of fire in her. So it's, 247 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:43.159 it's not a big stretch to think that she's one 248 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:45.679 that could navigate all of that. Yeah. 249 00:14:45.700 --> 00:14:48.179 And you know, she at the time had said that 250 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:50.779 part of the reason she was returning for this 20th 251 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:52.830 anniversary sequel is because she wanted to give something back 252 00:14:52.870 --> 00:14:55.649 to the fans that had, you know, helped propel her career. 253 00:14:56.230 --> 00:14:59.149 What was Jamie Lee like to work with on H2? Like, 254 00:14:59.169 --> 00:15:01.169 did you get a sense of how meaningful it was 255 00:15:01.210 --> 00:15:03.809 for her to revisit this character two decades later? 256 00:15:03.830 --> 00:15:10.539 Um, If I did, it was primarily by her showing 257 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:17.840 up and her commitment to the project. Along with Steve, 258 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.019 she seemed to be going out of her way to 259 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:25.330 not take the whole thing too seriously and to make 260 00:15:25.350 --> 00:15:34.500 it fun. And there was no diva energy from her ever. 261 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:39.399 She was fun and loose to work with, fun to 262 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:46.379 improvise with, loved the crew, the crew loved her. It was, 263 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:51.259 I mean, if it had importance to her, it was 264 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:57.429 reflected in her just, commitment to being fully present and 265 00:15:59.190 --> 00:16:02.360 welcoming to everybody involved in the process. 266 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:05.019 It's so cool to hear because as like fans of 267 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:07.139 this franchise, first off, when they announced that she was 268 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:10.179 coming back, I remember how excited the fan base was, 269 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:13.649 but knowing that she took it so seriously and was 270 00:16:13.710 --> 00:16:17.470 so invested is great, you know, that it wasn't, you know, just, 271 00:16:17.690 --> 00:16:19.470 I don't know, just another job kind of thing that 272 00:16:19.509 --> 00:16:22.029 she really cared about making sure that this was good. 273 00:16:22.049 --> 00:16:25.669 Yeah. No, she knew there was a legacy involved in 274 00:16:25.730 --> 00:16:29.629 all of it. And I think she wanted it to 275 00:16:29.889 --> 00:16:34.429 be good. But she's been around long enough and is 276 00:16:34.549 --> 00:16:41.240 savvy enough to know that the less self-important you are 277 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:44.100 in that process, the better the results are going to be. 278 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:49.919 And she just kept it very grounded and real. 279 00:16:50.889 --> 00:16:54.460 And you also shared a scene with Jamie Lee's mom, 280 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.120 Janet Lee. 281 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:55.899 Yes. 282 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:58.460 From Psycho. What was it like working with her? And 283 00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.600 are you a Psycho fan? 284 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:05.460 I am a Psycho fan. I find it still, you know, 285 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:13.220 one of the more nerve-wracking film experiences. Tony Perkins is 286 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:17.069 amazing in it. Yeah, I am a Psycho fan. It 287 00:17:17.109 --> 00:17:20.789 was great getting to meet her. And it was... It 288 00:17:20.849 --> 00:17:25.109 was a lot of fun, especially the little nod to 289 00:17:25.130 --> 00:17:29.519 Psycho that's in there when she drives off in that car. 290 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:32.579 It was like they found the original car from Psycho 291 00:17:32.859 -->

00:17:35.119 that was her character's car, I think, in the movie. 292 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:40.099 And she was absolutely delightful. And it was also just 293 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.549 really fun seeing her and Jamie getting to work together. Yeah. 294 00:17:44.670 --> 00:17:46.470 I mean, that was such talk about a, like an 295 00:17:46.569 --> 00:17:48.369 Easter egg or a nod to the past. 296 00:17:48.430 --> 00:17:50.009 Even music changes a little bit. 297 00:17:50.049 --> 00:17:50.170 Yeah. 298 00:17:50.190 --> 00:17:52.049 They even have like a little music cue that kind 299 00:17:52.089 --> 00:17:54.250 of feels like psych. I mean, it's so, it's so 300 00:17:54.369 --> 00:17:57.019 perfect for that. I mean, her line, she says like, 301 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.160 if I could be maternal for, I mean, it's like, 302 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:01.900 it was all just so well done. And I think it's, 303 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:03.900 you know, it's the, Sure, it's like. 304 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:08.200 What do they call it? Fan fodder or something. Fan service? 305 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:09.519 Fan service, yeah. But you know what? 306 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:14.210 As a fan, please service me. So, you know, okay, 307 00:18:14.230 --> 00:18:17.029 we're going to get real deep on your character here now, Adam. 308 00:18:17.049 --> 00:18:20.450 Something I've always found interesting about your character, Will, is 309 00:18:20.470 --> 00:18:23.069 that almost every time in the movie that Laurie, now 310 00:18:23.150 --> 00:18:26.170 known as Carrie Tate, think she sees Michael Myers, it 311 00:18:26.210 --> 00:18:28.900 ends up being you who startles her. I was just wondering, 312 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.759 was that just simply meant to be a misdirect or 313 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:34.009 was there something more intentional about always connecting Will with 314 00:18:34.089 --> 00:18:35.690 her sense of fear in this movie? 315 00:18:37.470 --> 00:18:39.970 Uh, if there was, I was, I was not in 316 00:18:40.309 --> 00:18:44.509 those conversations. Um, I don't think it hurt, you know, 317 00:18:44.529 --> 00:18:47.950 given the fact that Michael is his real identity is 318 00:18:48.009 --> 00:18:51.410 always a little bit of a mystery. I think, you know, maybe, 319 00:18:51.549 --> 00:18:54.599 maybe there was some desire to weave the seeds of 320 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:59.980 doubt as to, you know, are, are, are these hints at, uh, 321 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:03.119 that actually have something to do with his real identity. 322 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:07.279 Maybe that was in their, their thinking. But I was 323 00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:12.059 never made aware of that. And I think it almost 324 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:14.500 seems like everybody gets their turn in terms of like, 325 00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:19.859 could it be him even going to LL Cool J, 326 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:23.630 who I have the unfortunate run in with. 327 00:19:24.410 --> 00:19:26.230 Yes. Yeah. 328 00:19:26.390 --> 00:19:28.930 You know, not all your moments are scary, though. In fact, 329 00:19:28.950 --> 00:19:32.470 you have some passionate kissing scenes with Jamie Lee, including 330 00:19:32.650 --> 00:19:37.160 one where she passes candy corn from her mouth to yours. Now, 331 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:39.519 I've got to know, was that scripted, or did the 332 00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:41.099 two of you just add that in for a little 333 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:42.339 extra Halloween treat? 334 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:44.289 It was not scripted. 335 00:19:44.369 --> 00:19:48.920 It was improvised, It's just so funny because it's perfect 336 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.119 for Halloween. And I'm just like, it's just something you 337 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:57.420 remember with the candy corn. And you also have, you 338 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:00.640 mentioned some of my favorite one-liners of the film from 339 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:03.980 telling Molly and Sarah that you're getting your nipples pierced. 340 00:20:04.349 --> 00:20:07.000 to what you said that, well, that sucky line. And 341 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:09.460 you just said that that was, um, improv because that's 342 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.700 what I was going to ask you. Like how much 343 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:13.599 freedom did you have to play with Will's humor? Um, 344 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:16.240 did you get to improvise a lot in addition to 345 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.759 that line? 346 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:21.210 Um, yeah, I, I feel like the whole, the whole 347 00:20:21.269 --> 00:20:25.490 thing had a, a feel of, of improvisation and play 348 00:20:25.549 --> 00:20:27.450 to it, which isn't to take away from the fact 349 00:20:27.490 --> 00:20:31.619 that the script, uh, was excellent and, and provided a 350 00:20:31.650 --> 00:20:37.150 great framework for that kind of you know, experimentation and play. But, but, um, 351 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:41.960 like I said, you know, Steve, Steve was very encouraging of, of, 352 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:47.609 of play and, and, uh, and spontaneity. And, um, I, 353 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:52.039 I feel like, you know, every scene that, that, or 354 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:54.619 certainly every scene of substance that I had in the, 355 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:58.740 in the film had an element of, of, of playing 356 00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:00.460 and discovery and improv to it. Yeah. Yeah. 357 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:03.660 You know, I was just going to say, because, you know, 358 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.720 it's on record that Kevin Williams had done a lot 359 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:08.539 of rewrites and things on the script. Was he ever 360 00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:11.960 around during filming? Do you remember meeting or seeing Kevin 361 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.259 Williamson while filming? 362 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.380 I'm ashamed to say I do not remember that. No. 363 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:20.019 I

mean, I think he's kind of an uncredited writer, 364 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:22.440 but a lot of his dialogue, I know it was 365 00:21:22.509 --> 00:21:26.549 very like late 90s, kind of the scream kind of self-awareness. 366 00:21:26.569 --> 00:21:28.890 So I was just wondering if he was ever there 367 00:21:28.970 --> 00:21:29.410 with things. 368 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:36.579 He may have been, but I was too knee-deep in 369 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.680 my own work to have made note of it. 370 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:42.680 And what was the vibe like working with the young 371 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.380 cast members? 372 00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:48.769 Great. They were totally gung-ho. I mean, first of all, 373 00:21:48.789 --> 00:21:53.500 I mean... what talent, you know, that they, they managed 374 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:58.410 to find both, both in, in Josh and Michelle, Josh Hardnett, 375 00:21:58.430 --> 00:22:02.130 Michelle Williams, who, who were at the very beginnings of 376 00:22:02.170 --> 00:22:04.609 their career at that point. And, and both have gone 377 00:22:04.690 --> 00:22:09.680 on to have, you know, incredibly impressive careers since then. 378 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:15.319 But you, it was easy to understand why, like in 379 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:18.589 the years that followed that watching the trajectory of their, 380 00:22:19.430 --> 00:22:22.410 their careers and the opportunities that they got, um, it 381 00:22:22.450 --> 00:22:25.609 made total sense because they were, they were really committed, 382 00:22:25.710 --> 00:22:32.460 really professional, um, really, um, and, and also really able 383 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:37.059 to roll with the spirit of the, the work as 384 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:40.230 I was describing it in terms of, uh, a willingness 385 00:22:40.269 --> 00:22:44.839 to play also. And, uh, especially, you know, there's a, 386 00:22:44.930 --> 00:22:47.769 there's a tremendous amount of running around through the night, 387 00:22:47.869 --> 00:22:51.430 you know, not trying not to get caught. And the 388 00:22:51.470 --> 00:22:54.369 sequences all make a certain kind of linear sense, but 389 00:22:54.410 --> 00:22:57.529 the process of shooting sequences like that, sometimes you can 390 00:22:57.569 --> 00:23:00.309 really be like, what, where the hell are we now 391 00:23:00.390 --> 00:23:02.650 in this chase? And what has happened? Where, where, where 392 00:23:02.670 --> 00:23:06.910 did we just come from? And geographically, excuse me, geographically, 393 00:23:06.930 --> 00:23:12.420 you're running all over the place. And, um, shooting in disparate, 394 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:17.980 you know, different parts of the location. And just the 395 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:20.259 humor of trying to remember where the hell we were 396 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:24.259 in the trajectory of all of that was sometimes would 397 00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.299 get us through the night. 398 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:28.259 I always find it so fascinating that there are so 399 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:32.349 many award-winning actors that came from this movie, you know. 400 00:23:32.970 --> 00:23:35.630 Jamie Lee Curtis has now won an Oscar. You've won Emmys. 401 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:39.000 Michelle Williams had been nominated for Oscars. I think Janet 402 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:41.259 Leigh was nominated for Oscar. I mean, this is a horror. 403 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:44.799 Movie with Jamie Lee is. Yeah. Yeah. 404 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:47.099 Like it's crazy, though. 405 00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:49.099 It's just because, you know, a lot of people don't 406 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:52.779 give horror a ton of credit when it comes to performances, 407 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:56.069 even though obviously I think we're now seeing, especially with 408 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:59.990 more people in horror being nominated nowadays, it's becoming more 409 00:24:00.089 --> 00:24:03.109 embraced as like a real genre that can be award winning. 410 00:24:03.130 --> 00:24:03.910 Yeah. 411 00:24:04.250 --> 00:24:05.170 Yeah. Very much so. 412 00:24:05.710 --> 00:24:08.829 So there's an additional scene in H2O. Not sure if 413 00:24:08.869 --> 00:24:12.750 you remember this, but it was aired only on FX 414 00:24:12.809 --> 00:24:16.369 where your character, Will, is carving a pumpkin and telling 415 00:24:16.450 --> 00:24:19.230 Carrie about his dysfunctional family. And I feel like it 416 00:24:19.269 --> 00:24:21.990 was a really nice setup before Carrie opens up about 417 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:24.579 her own past, but it ended up being cut. Do 418 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:26.559 you remember shooting that scene or why it may have 419 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.680 been cut from the film? 420 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:32.480 I do remember shooting it. Um, I, and I, I 421 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:35.519 have no idea why it was cut from the film. Um, 422 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:39.220 I think, you know, obviously because I was involved in 423 00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:41.279 the scene, I think it was a grave mistake to 424 00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:44.839 have lost it. Um, but, but, uh, but I'm, but 425 00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:47.119 I'm glad that there were, there were some venues in 426 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:48.180 which people got to see it. 427 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.630 You can see it. 428 00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.720 You can now see it on YouTube and it was 429 00:24:51.849 --> 00:24:54.930 on this TV broadcast, but it's great because, you know, 430 00:24:54.950 --> 00:24:57.890 you're carving a pumpkin and talking about how I think you're, 431 00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.359 mom was cheating on your dad and your dad found 432 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:03.759 out and blamed you for not telling. It's basically, you're 433 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:06.740 like telling her like, yeah, there's always stuff with your family. 434 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:10.890 And she's like, well, yeah, my,

basically my brother's killer. So, 435 00:25:11.170 --> 00:25:12.529 but it was just, it was a good setup. And 436 00:25:12.549 --> 00:25:15.029 I always wonder, that's a weird character setup that they 437 00:25:15.089 --> 00:25:17.150 didn't keep in the film. 438 00:25:17.829 --> 00:25:20.970 Yeah. Yeah. It's always, it's always a nice way to 439 00:25:21.029 --> 00:25:24.829 trump a conversation. It's like, yeah, my, my folks never 440 00:25:24.869 --> 00:25:26.829 got along. It's like, oh yeah, well, my brother's a 441 00:25:26.869 --> 00:25:27.970 serial killer. Yeah. 442 00:25:31.390 --> 00:25:32.119 Exactly. 443 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:37.180 Maybe that's why, you know, after Carrie comes face to 444 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:40.160 face with Michael, she tells your character, Will, to leave 445 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:42.279 and get to safety, which was big for the time 446 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:44.349 because it really kind of flipped the whole trope of 447 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:46.630 the boyfriend usually being the one that's trying to protect 448 00:25:46.670 --> 00:25:49.589 the girl in horror movies. How significant do you think 449 00:25:49.609 --> 00:25:52.150 that reversal was to this film and just the overall 450 00:25:52.210 --> 00:25:53.549 statement it was kind of making? 451 00:25:53.569 --> 00:25:59.890 I think people loved these movies because it does have 452 00:25:59.950 --> 00:26:04.450 that strong you know female protagonist you know not this 453 00:26:04.490 --> 00:26:07.470 similar to to uh linda hamilton you know in in 454 00:26:07.569 --> 00:26:12.089 terminator people like seeing women take control and and and 455 00:26:12.490 --> 00:26:15.049 not only take care of themselves but the people around 456 00:26:15.089 --> 00:26:18.730 them and uh i i think it was important um 457 00:26:19.049 --> 00:26:21.440 i i I'm a little saddened to think that one 458 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:23.410 of the reasons I was cast in the role was 459 00:26:23.450 --> 00:26:26.789 because everyone could really believe that she'd be the one 460 00:26:26.849 --> 00:26:30.359 taking care of me. But I'll put my ego to 461 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.720 one side and just accept that. 462 00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:35.240 I think no matter who would have been in that role, 463 00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:38.460 she'd have to be the protector because it's Laurie Strode. 464 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:41.230 So I wouldn't take it personally. 465 00:26:41.250 --> 00:26:42.369 That history. 466 00:26:42.670 --> 00:26:44.150 Exactly. Yeah. 467 00:26:44.509 --> 00:26:47.049 OK, so let's talk about your death scene, because I 468 00:26:47.089 --> 00:26:49.190 think it's one of the best kills in the film. 469 00:26:49.230 --> 00:26:51.890 So first you accidentally shoot poor LL Cool J. 470 00:26:52.470 --> 00:26:54.130 Which means I have to die. 471 00:26:54.369 --> 00:26:56.380 Of course, of course. The poor security guard. 472 00:26:56.900 --> 00:27:00.559 Then Michael comes up from behind, stabs you and literally 473 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:03.220 lifts you off the ground with the knife while you're 474 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:05.109 like shaking and groaning. 475 00:27:05.549 --> 00:27:07.089 How did they pull off that whole sequence? 476 00:27:07.109 --> 00:27:08.670 Can you tell us how they filmed it and what 477 00:27:08.690 --> 00:27:10.650 it was like doing such a physical death scene? 478 00:27:11.309 --> 00:27:17.329 Yeah, it basically was a rig that I wore under my, 479 00:27:17.990 --> 00:27:21.549 I think I had a jacket on. Um, it was 480 00:27:21.650 --> 00:27:23.990 under my jacket with a, you know, with a cable 481 00:27:24.029 --> 00:27:28.690 that went up, um, behind my, behind my neck to 482 00:27:28.869 --> 00:27:32.589 a contraption and, uh, rigged to the ceiling, the grips rigged, uh, 483 00:27:32.650 --> 00:27:37.319 you know, like a pulley system essentially. And so, um, it, 484 00:27:37.450 --> 00:27:41.019 it was, it was just a question of, um, it 485 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:43.500 was just a question of being hauled up and, and, 486 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:46.619 and acting as if I was impaled with a, uh, 487 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:49.500 with a, with a blood capsule in my mouth. So. 488 00:27:50.289 --> 00:27:54.670 At the key moment, I could have blood streaming from 489 00:27:55.109 --> 00:28:00.539 my mouth. And I just had to shake and writhe 490 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:03.960 for a few moments at a time, and we got 491 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.299 it done. 492 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:07.440 Have you ever had to do anything like that before 493 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:09.079 or again in your career? 494 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:12.190 I mean, have you ever died that violently? 495 00:28:12.210 --> 00:28:15.250 Not in my career, just in my personal life. No. 496 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:20.440 I have died a few times, for sure. I got 497 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:23.559 my head blown off in How to Get Away with Murder. 498 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:32.750 But I've never done anything that was quite that fraught, 499 00:28:33.150 --> 00:28:39.279 let's say. That was a pretty drawn out agonizing death. 500 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.400 I died on that one. 501 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:42.650 It was. I mean, and you sold it. 502 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:45.940 I mean, I think all of us were feeling that 503 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:47.700 knife coming through their back with you. 504 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.549 It was brutal. 505 00:28:49.609 --> 00:28:53.009 And it's funny because yours and Jody Lynn O'Keefe's deaths 506 00:28:53.150 --> 00:28:54.710 are really brutal. 507 00:28:54.730 --> 00:28:55.910 Yeah, Michael's mean. 508 00:28:55.930 --> 00:29:00.309 He's not a good guy. He's one of the more 509 00:29:00.430 --> 00:29:02.170 unpleasant serial killers we'll meet. 510 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.839 As opposed to those pleasant ones. That's what I get 511 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.460 a beer

with. 512 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.039 Nice one. 513 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:09.319 Yeah. Did you, speaking of LL Cool J, did you 514 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:11.519 get to spend any time with, with him while filming? 515 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.029 A little bit, a little bit. Um, I, I got 516 00:29:15.069 --> 00:29:19.970 to share a story with him. Um, because prior to 517 00:29:20.029 --> 00:29:24.789 doing the movie, um, I, I appeared on mad TV, um, 518 00:29:26.950 --> 00:29:29.930 And my daughter, who was probably no more than about 519 00:29:30.309 --> 00:29:34.009 seven or eight at the time, was visiting. And LL 520 00:29:34.089 --> 00:29:37.769 Cool J was recording on another stage doing something. And 521 00:29:37.809 --> 00:29:41.380 he was sitting out um, in the common area with 522 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:44.920 some of his, uh, some of his entourage. And, um, 523 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:48.930 my daughter saw that he was there and she flipped out, um, 524 00:29:49.890 --> 00:29:52.109 And she said, is there any way that I could 525 00:29:52.150 --> 00:29:54.230 meet him? And I said, well, I can ask, you know, 526 00:29:54.470 --> 00:29:58.170 and sure enough, it was OK to introduce her. So 527 00:29:58.210 --> 00:30:01.089 we walked up and she had decided that if she 528 00:30:01.130 --> 00:30:03.230 was going to meet LL Cool J, she really wanted 529 00:30:03.250 --> 00:30:07.710 to give him something. But she had to choose something 530 00:30:07.769 --> 00:30:10.750 from what she had on her. And she happened to 531 00:30:10.789 --> 00:30:15.619 have this little eraser that had a smiley face on it. 532 00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:19.210 And so she gets introduced to LL Cool J, and 533 00:30:19.250 --> 00:30:22.670 she says, you know, I wanted to give you this. 534 00:30:22.789 --> 00:30:24.829 And he takes it, and he looks at it, and 535 00:30:24.849 --> 00:30:30.180 he goes, well, thank you, Molly. I really like smiley faces. 536 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:35.920 And it made her month. She was very excited. So 537 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:39.819 I got to remind him of that. And he was 538 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.849 true to his name. He was very cool. Good guy. 539 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:45.490 Oh, so the Mad TV thing was before you filmed H2O. 540 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.710 Yeah. 541 00:30:47.190 --> 00:30:48.720 Oh, and you're like, Hey, I'm the dad of the 542 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:52.579 smiley face eraser girl. That's awesome. 543 00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:55.339 And after the film wrapped, was there any cast and 544 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:57.880 crew screening? And what did you think of seeing the 545 00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:59.460 movie on the big screen for the first time? 546 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:03.500 There, there was a, there was a screening, as I recall, 547 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:06.849 there was a screening and, and I, I flipped out 548 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:11.630 for it. I was really, really, I was really excited and, 549 00:31:11.750 --> 00:31:16.119 and felt like, you know, I, it, it's just that 550 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:19.079 feeling that you have when you're watching something and say like, okay, I'm, 551 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.359 I'm a part of something that really works here. This is, 552 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:25.299 this is fun. And, and the, the audience response was fantastic. 553 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:27.920 Was this different from, was there also like a red 554 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.589 carpet premiere? Did you attend that? 555 00:31:31.450 --> 00:31:35.089 I honestly don't remember. Uh, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm sorry 556 00:31:35.130 --> 00:31:39.470 to say, I don't remember. There's been so many red carpets, gentlemen. Uh, 557 00:31:42.210 --> 00:31:44.890 I don't remember. I don't remember if the screening had, uh, 558 00:31:46.089 --> 00:31:48.970 if it was a press oriented kind of premiere or not. 559 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:52.099 I think it was, I think it was, I feel 560 00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:56.440 like my, my recollection is that they really, um, they 561 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.000 wanted to make an event out of it, you know, and, uh, 562 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:01.619 it was, it was not just the release of a movie, 563 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:04.500 but it was the, the, you know, the kind of 564 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:10.670 revisiting of, of a, um, of a, um, anniversary of a, 565 00:32:10.829 --> 00:32:12.829 of a, of a classic, you know? 566 00:32:13.269 --> 00:32:15.609 And I feel like Tim, you probably would know this 567 00:32:15.630 --> 00:32:17.390 better than me, but I feel like I remember seeing 568 00:32:17.490 --> 00:32:20.390 pictures of Jamie Lee Curtis in a red dress at this. 569 00:32:20.490 --> 00:32:21.230 Right. 570 00:32:21.430 --> 00:32:21.630 Yes. 571 00:32:21.789 --> 00:32:22.049 Okay. 572 00:32:22.069 --> 00:32:23.829 So maybe there was, there was something, I don't know. 573 00:32:23.849 --> 00:32:25.789 I just feel like, or there was like someone dressed 574 00:32:25.849 --> 00:32:28.150 as Michael Myers with her or something, but yeah, I 575 00:32:28.190 --> 00:32:28.710 think you're right. 576 00:32:28.769 --> 00:32:30.099 I remember they made a big deal. 577 00:32:30.710 --> 00:32:33.299 Yeah. I, I, I feel like that was one where 578 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:36.430 they really kind of pulled out all the stops. Yeah. Oh, totally. 579 00:32:36.910 --> 00:32:40.670 So overall, why do you think Halloween H2O is so 580 00:32:40.750 --> 00:32:44.029 beloved among not only Halloween fans, but just horror fans 581 00:32:44.170 --> 00:32:44.789 in general? 582 00:32:48.910 --> 00:32:56.240 Two reasons. I think it's incredibly well-conceived. The material is great. 583 00:32:56.279 --> 00:33:01.400 The story is great. And I think you have to 584 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:04.400 put a huge amount of Jamie Lee's feet. I think, 585 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:09.230 you know, she, she, She created a heroine that people 586

00:33:09.950 --> 00:33:12.410 fell in love with and rooted for, and they were 587 00:33:12.450 --> 00:33:15.470 willing to come back time and again to see how 588 00:33:15.529 --> 00:33:19.170 she navigated this. But I think without Jamie Lee, you 589 00:33:19.230 --> 00:33:25.319 don't have that franchise for sure. And the franchise, I think, 590 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:29.859 did by and large a wonderful job of supporting and 591 00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:33.680 showcasing her talents, along with a lot of the really 592 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.480 talented people that were around her. 593 00:33:36.349 --> 00:33:37.069 Including you. 594 00:33:39.549 --> 00:33:41.609 It was already well up and running before I had 595 00:33:41.670 --> 00:33:42.410 anything to do with it. 596 00:33:42.950 --> 00:33:45.690 And did you see any of the sequels to H2O 597 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:48.380 or did you see the more recent Jamie Lee trilogy? 598 00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:52.079 I'm ashamed to say I have not seen it. Yeah. 599 00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.359 We know what you're doing today. 600 00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:57.559 You are going back. No, we can tell you which 601 00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.880 ones to skip if you'd like. 602 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:02.160 Sure. Off camera. 603 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.619 Yeah. 604 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.220 No, it was. 605 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.759 I mean, the thing about this franchise, which is so cool, 606 00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.539 like you mentioned with Jamie Lee, is that she has 607 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:12.000 been so devoted to it, you know, constantly continuing. And 608 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:15.380 obviously she came back then for the 40 year anniversary 609 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:18.070 and like a different timeline. So poor Will Brennan never 610 00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.429 existed in this timeline. Right. 611 00:34:19.969 --> 00:34:23.389 And did three more movies where it was just, yeah. 612 00:34:23.550 --> 00:34:27.469 Just because the character's dead doesn't mean I can't contribute something. 613 00:34:27.550 --> 00:34:28.030 Exactly. 614 00:34:28.889 --> 00:34:31.300 So I wanted to know, just like looking back on this, 615 00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:34.900 how does it feel to not only be a part 616 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.099 of this iconic franchise, which has endured for 48 years now, 617 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:41.280 but to have played one of the only true love 618 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.760 interests of Laurie Strode? 619 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:50.710 It's a huge honor. I don't walk around thinking of 620 00:34:50.789 --> 00:34:59.570 myself as being involved in legendary projects, but anytime that 621 00:34:59.590 --> 00:35:01.869 I'm reminded of the fact that I had the honor 622 00:35:01.889 --> 00:35:05.719 of being a part of this one, it definitely feels 623 00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:08.940 like a major feather in my cap. I was very 624 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:13.679 privileged to get

to join that project. 625 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:18.099 And now I know you've been nominated for Emmys and Tonys, 626 00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.820 but do you also have a soft spot for the 627 00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:25.710 Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination you received for favorite actor horror 628 00:35:25.829 --> 00:35:26.929 for Halloween H2O? 629 00:35:26.949 --> 00:35:30.909 Hell yes, I do. Yeah. Very proud of it indeed. 630 00:35:31.510 --> 00:35:34.059 It was so funny because I was looking up and you've, again, 631 00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:36.860 been nominated, won many awards. And I was like, Wait, 632 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:39.980 he was nominated for an award for Halloween H2O, you know? 633 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.679 So congratulations. 634 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.570 Thank you very much. Thank you. 635 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.900 So, you know, you've been acting for decades, but you've 636 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:49.199 also built a really impressive resume as a director. 637 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.179 What drew you to directing? 638 00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:53.489 Like, was that something you always wanted to explore or 639 00:35:53.510 --> 00:35:54.869 did you develop that interest later? 640 00:35:54.889 --> 00:36:00.869 Yeah. I, it was always, I, well, always, I think 641 00:36:00.889 --> 00:36:02.449 it was, there was a part of it that was 642 00:36:02.489 --> 00:36:05.190 always in the back of my mind. Um, the more 643 00:36:05.389 --> 00:36:10.360 acting that I did, um, I, I, I realized that 644 00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:14.480 I think partially because I grew up around film sets 645 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:17.619 and watched my father working with, you know, some of 646 00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:23.210 the truly great filmmakers, uh, of the, the 60s, 70s, 80s. Um, 647 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:32.159 I had a certain idea of what directors did or 648 00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:38.659 were expected to do. And my experience working in television 649 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:42.440 was such that there were a lot of directors that 650 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:46.880 I worked with as an actor who knew a huge 651 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:49.590 amount more than I did about the technical aspects of 652 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:54.889 filmmaking and production and production schedules and keeping things moving 653 00:36:54.949 --> 00:37:00.619 and and how they wanted to shoot something. But as 654 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:06.230 an actor, I was amazed at how rarely directors would 655 00:37:06.289 --> 00:37:10.170 be offering up anything to me as an actor that 656 00:37:11.230 --> 00:37:16.010 fundamentally changed my impression of the nature of a scene 657 00:37:16.170 --> 00:37:20.039 or the nature of my character. And And that surprised me. 658 00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.860 I felt like there was such an important part of 659 00:37:22.909 --> 00:37:25.630 what I at least thought of directing as being that 660 00:37:25.690 --> 00:37:29.170 was

missing in the process a lot of the time. 661 00:37:30.190 --> 00:37:34.070 And that coincided with the time where a lot of 662 00:37:34.110 --> 00:37:37.909 the acting work I was getting felt like the roles 663 00:37:37.969 --> 00:37:41.309 were kind of variations of roles that I had played before. 664 00:37:42.130 --> 00:37:45.929 And so there was a feeling that I wasn't... that 665 00:37:45.969 --> 00:37:49.630 I wasn't being pushed or forced to grow or learn, um, 666 00:37:51.650 --> 00:37:59.039 and directing offered a chance to really challenge myself and, and, um, and, um, and, 667 00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:04.289 and keep learning. Um, so I, I just started cultivating 668 00:38:05.050 --> 00:38:08.650 opportunities to do that early on. Um, I worked with 669 00:38:08.670 --> 00:38:11.849 the wonderful producers, Josh Brand and John Falsey on a 670 00:38:11.909 --> 00:38:14.969 show called a year in the life that was short lived, but, 671 00:38:15.070 --> 00:38:18.929 but very well respected. Um, and I had planted the 672 00:38:18.969 --> 00:38:22.090 seeds then of, of getting to direct some of the episodes, 673 00:38:22.130 --> 00:38:25.530 which they were receptive to, but the show was so 674 00:38:25.650 --> 00:38:29.699 short lived that, um, that I never got the opportunity 675 00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:35.889 on that. Um, they created Northern Exposure and it was 676 00:38:36.010 --> 00:38:40.599 as if they wrote a character for me on that 677 00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:46.079 and a recurring character and it was as if the 678 00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:49.199 credits carried over from one project to the next so 679 00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:53.849 I think in season two it was either season two 680 00:38:53.889 --> 00:38:57.610 or three I got my opportunity to direct the first 681 00:38:57.690 --> 00:39:02.599 episode of anything I ever did Um, and, and then 682 00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:05.599 I started kind of building it into my deals as 683 00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:08.099 an actor when, when I was hired to, to be 684 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:12.380 a cast member on things, um, that, you know, in success, 685 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:16.320 if the show was going to be doing, you know, 686 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:18.360 more than one season that, that I would get an 687 00:39:18.389 --> 00:39:21.929 opportunity to start directing. And that, that just mushroomed out 688 00:39:21.989 --> 00:39:25.630 into something where eventually I started getting hired purely as 689 00:39:25.670 --> 00:39:27.230 a director. Oh, wow. 690 00:39:27.449 --> 00:39:31.280 And did you pick up anything from H2O director? Stephen Miner? 691 00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.840 That you brought to your own experiences. 692 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:39.119 Yeah. I definitely, Steve is one of the exceptions to 693 00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:41.480 what I was talking about before. One of the reasons 694 00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:45.920 I really loved working with Steve is because he, while 695 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:51.510 he was very facile and smart technically, he was an 696 00:39:51.630 --> 00:39:56.110 actor's director too and trusted actors to play and keep 697 00:39:56.170 --> 00:40:00.420 a loose environment, did not take himself overly seriously, had 698 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:03.400 a great sense of humor and And those were qualities 699 00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:07.019 I definitely felt like I wanted to, you know, incorporate 700 00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:08.920 into any approach I had as a director. 701 00:40:09.949 --> 00:40:11.949 You know, and you mentioned something, an actor's director, and 702 00:40:11.969 --> 00:40:14.550 that makes sense. I mean, obviously I'm not in this industry, 703 00:40:14.590 --> 00:40:17.489 but it makes sense, especially being an actor, start getting 704 00:40:17.530 --> 00:40:20.010 your start in acting. You're going to know what an 705 00:40:20.190 --> 00:40:24.210 actor wants and needs from a director. And so that 706 00:40:24.369 --> 00:40:27.389 seems very, very valuable. And then on the Steve Miner 707 00:40:27.449 --> 00:40:30.639 side of us horror nerds love that he came from 708 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:33.579 having directed two of the Friday the 13th movies. So 709 00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:38.030 him having directing H2O just seemed logical, you know? So 710 00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:40.710 it was, when people can bring those kinds of experience 711 00:40:40.730 --> 00:40:42.929 to them, it just, it all connects, I think. 712 00:40:44.269 --> 00:40:47.389 And you got to dabble. 713 00:40:47.090 --> 00:40:49.949 In horror again, because we saw that you directed two 714 00:40:50.070 --> 00:40:54.949 episodes of the Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, zombie dark comedy, 715 00:40:55.010 --> 00:40:59.559 Santa Clarita Diet. How different was your experience approaching horror 716 00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:02.619 as a director versus an actor? Did you gain a 717 00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:04.699 different or new appreciation for the genre? 718 00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:12.030 If I'm going to be honest, I would say not really, 719 00:41:12.769 --> 00:41:19.250 only because I know there are components of Santa Clarita 720 00:41:19.349 --> 00:41:23.730 Diet that nudge into horror because of the zombie element 721 00:41:23.750 --> 00:41:28.039 and the gore element of it. But it always really 722 00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:30.059 felt like we were working on a comedy. I mean, 723 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:32.900 the comedy kind of ruled the day. So I think, 724 00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:37.440 I think the vocabulary of real horror is something that 725 00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:42.019 as a director I've yet to experience, you know, oddly enough, I've, 726 00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:46.420 I've done things, um, as a director that, that are 727 00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:50.400 not technically in the genre, but, but have elements of 728 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:55.300 that kind of suspense and, and, and violence and, and potential, um,

729 00:41:56.059 --> 00:42:00.360 you know, dire consequences where elements that would certainly be 730 00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:05.010 applicable in horror films, uh, are employed, you know, to build, 731 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:10.409 to build tension, build suspense. Um, but Santa Clarita Diet, my, 732 00:42:10.630 --> 00:42:15.289 my main memories and, and, you know, what I felt if, if, if, 733 00:42:15.630 --> 00:42:17.809 if that forced me to grow in any way, it 734 00:42:17.889 --> 00:42:22.880 was sort of, uh, expanding my, my comedic chops for 735 00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:26.320 the most part. Not to take away from the horror 736 00:42:26.510 --> 00:42:28.809 element of the show, because I think that's a real thing, 737 00:42:28.929 --> 00:42:39.389 but the work and the breaking down of what we 738 00:42:39.449 --> 00:42:43.739 were doing really felt more focused on how do we 739 00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:46.179 make this as funny as it can be, along with these, 740 00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:48.150 you know, gore elements to it. 741 00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.059 No, it makes sense. 742 00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:52.139 I mean, almost Full Moon High-ish, you know, like that 743 00:42:52.570 --> 00:42:56.250 very comedic with a little dash of horror. You know, 744 00:42:56.309 --> 00:42:58.969 speaking of one of your projects that I think, I 745 00:42:59.070 --> 00:43:01.760 think you may be referring to because so one of 746 00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:06.039 my favorite shows of the last few years is Netflix's 747 00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:09.320 The Night Agent. And I saw that you directed six 748 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:12.510 episodes from the first three seasons. And I wanted to ask, 749 00:43:12.849 --> 00:43:15.989 what was it like directing such a fast paced action thriller? 750 00:43:16.110 --> 00:43:18.329 And will you be back to direct any episodes of 751 00:43:18.369 --> 00:43:18.929 season four? 752 00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:24.619 I just completed two episodes of season four. Yeah. I, I, um, I, I, 753 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:29.530 I've turned in my director's cut on one of them and, um, I'm, uh, 754 00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:33.710 I finished the body of the other episode, but there 755 00:43:33.730 --> 00:43:37.809 are two days, uh, that are location dependent that, that 756 00:43:37.849 --> 00:43:42.369 had to be pushed off into, uh, later August. Um, 757 00:43:42.670 --> 00:43:44.650 so I'll be turning in, I'll be turning in a 758 00:43:44.710 --> 00:43:48.260 cut on that towards the end of the month. Um, but, um, 759 00:43:50.070 --> 00:43:54.230 This is, unfortunately, their final season. And it's been a 760 00:43:54.829 --> 00:44:01.670 great experience being on that show. I've worked for and 761 00:44:01.750 --> 00:44:05.789 with Sean Ryan on, I think, five of his shows now. 762 00:44:07.110 --> 00:44:14.380 Chicago Code, Lie to Me, Terriers, and what am I missing? 763 00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:23.019 Night Agent, obviously. There's another one, and

it's evading me 764 00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:30.579 right now. And it's been a thrill working on that show, 765 00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:33.679 and it really forced me to up my game in 766 00:44:33.739 --> 00:44:43.119 terms of taking on technical, stunt-oriented, action-oriented sequences. You know, 767 00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:47.869 I had not done as much, you know, everything from 768 00:44:47.929 --> 00:44:52.480 car chases to fight sequences. And it's a great opportunity for, 769 00:44:53.010 --> 00:44:56.360 for a director working on that show. If that's, if 770 00:44:56.389 --> 00:45:00.619 that's a, an area you want to be dabbling in 771 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:06.280 because they have in Gabriel Basso, a lead actor that 772 00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:10.000 is so skilled that those aspects of the job he's, 773 00:45:10.510 --> 00:45:14.000 He's a really solid actor, good at what he does 774 00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:18.880 in that regard. But he's also an unbelievable athlete. And 775 00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:21.840 every stunt coordinator that I've worked with on the show, 776 00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:25.320 and there have been a few because it's shot everywhere 777 00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:28.050 from Vancouver to New York, back in Los Angeles. So 778 00:45:28.070 --> 00:45:33.230 there have been different people fulfilling the stunt coordinator role. 779 00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:35.880 But to a person, every one of them has said, 780 00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:39.980 Gabe Basso could be one of my guys. He's just 781 00:45:40.059 --> 00:45:43.679 that skilled at everything. And the only time he sits 782 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:47.360 out a stunt is not because he's not capable of 783 00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:52.980 doing it, but because for production reasons, they just don't 784 00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:57.079 want to risk him spraining an ankle or doing something 785 00:45:57.099 --> 00:46:00.889 that would hang production up. So If it were up 786 00:46:00.929 --> 00:46:03.369 to him, he would do every single piece of action 787 00:46:03.389 --> 00:46:06.170 and every bit of driving in the show. He's really, 788 00:46:06.210 --> 00:46:08.869 really skilled at it. And he's a mixed martial artist 789 00:46:09.010 --> 00:46:15.500 and a true badass. So it's fun because having somebody 790 00:46:15.539 --> 00:46:19.119 with that skill set just opens up all sorts of 791 00:46:19.179 --> 00:46:22.679 ways that you can conceive of scenes and shoot them. 792 00:46:23.769 --> 00:46:26.590 And he also has horror ties because he was in 793 00:46:27.269 --> 00:46:30.829 the strangers movies, horror movies that came out last year. 794 00:46:31.570 --> 00:46:33.309 It's just, again, we always are going to know. 795 00:46:33.329 --> 00:46:36.340 Everybody's ties to horror, but it's just, it's funny you 796 00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:38.960 say it because yeah, he also has been in horror 797 00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:41.840 and that's what I had recognized him from before the 798 00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:43.940 night agent, even though the night agent came before, but 799 00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:46.400 happy to hear that you're back for season four. Very, 800 00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:50.429 very excited about that. So, you know, There have been 801 00:46:50.670 --> 00:46:53.610 relate back to the Halloween series. There have been several 802 00:46:53.750 --> 00:46:57.590 Halloween anniversary conventions since H2O, and I'm sure there's going 803 00:46:57.610 --> 00:47:00.519 to be a huge one in 2028 to celebrate the 804 00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:02.059 50th anniversary of the franchise. 805 00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:03.360 Would you ever. 806 00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:06.789 Consider attending this convention or any others? Because I'm sure 807 00:47:06.929 --> 00:47:08.670 H2O fans would love to see you there. 808 00:47:08.690 --> 00:47:11.829 I'd be there in a heartbeat if I got the invite. Yeah. Yeah. 809 00:47:12.130 --> 00:47:14.260 You know, it's so funny because we talked to Jodi 810 00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:16.940 Lynn O'Keefe and she said the same thing. We're like, 811 00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:18.639 have they not reached out to you? And she said 812 00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:21.159 they hadn't. And I'm shocked to hear that. 813 00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:22.900 I should get the entire cast. 814 00:47:24.909 --> 00:47:30.349 I agree. So use your influence to make sure that 815 00:47:30.369 --> 00:47:31.170 we get invites. 816 00:47:31.429 --> 00:47:34.329 This question is so random. But I was just thinking, 817 00:47:34.349 --> 00:47:36.110 you said the show A Year in the Life. Did 818 00:47:36.130 --> 00:47:38.869 that star Sarah Jessica Parker and Amanda Peterson? 819 00:47:39.409 --> 00:47:39.690 Yes. 820 00:47:40.190 --> 00:47:42.250 Oh, my gosh. Okay. I just had to clear that 821 00:47:42.289 --> 00:47:42.949 up in my brain. 822 00:47:42.969 --> 00:47:49.320 Yeah, along with Richard Kiley was the patriarch of the 823 00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:50.639 family in that show. 824 00:47:50.659 --> 00:47:51.820 I remember that. 825 00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:56.920 But yeah, yes. And Eva Marie Saint was in the, 826 00:47:57.860 --> 00:48:03.769 she was in the pilot episode. And she and Richard 827 00:48:03.809 --> 00:48:07.590 Kiley played the mother and father of this extended family. 828 00:48:08.210 --> 00:48:14.329 And Eva Marie's character passes away in the first installment. 829 00:48:14.489 --> 00:48:16.949 And then the show got picked up as a series 830 00:48:17.030 --> 00:48:20.510 and it basically charted the life of this family um, 831 00:48:21.070 --> 00:48:23.690 over the course of, of one year, uh, each, each 832 00:48:23.809 --> 00:48:26.179 season was going to be a year in the life. 833 00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:28.519 I was so into it. I mean, I, cause it's, 834 00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:31.300 it had like a soapy tone a little bit and I, 835 00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:32.260 I love soaps. 836 00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:37.000 Um, Richard,

Richard Kiley, uh, it was very well done. 837 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:39.440 I mean, these were the writers that created Northern Exposure. 838 00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:43.119 They also created, uh, I'll Fly Away. Um, and, um, 839 00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:47.400 and so it, it, it may have been soapy in its, 840 00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:52.110 you know, in its, um, overview but but but but 841 00:48:52.510 --> 00:48:56.929 it had some really beautiful substantive writing to it and 842 00:48:57.190 --> 00:49:00.780 uh and Richard Kiley actually won the Emmy for best 843 00:49:01.059 --> 00:49:05.599 actor in a dramatic series uh posthumously for the show 844 00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:10.719 the show had been canceled and um Richard Kiley won, 845 00:49:10.739 --> 00:49:15.010 and in his speech said, my only regret about this 846 00:49:15.010 --> 00:49:19.070 is for the myopia, the network myopia that killed a 847 00:49:19.110 --> 00:49:21.679 fine show, you know, when it was in its prime. 848 00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:25.119 I was shocked when it was canceled. But you kind 849 00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:27.099 of said earlier what you're up to today. You just 850 00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:29.719 finished and wrapped that show. But what else are you 851 00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:30.420 up to today? 852 00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:32.579 Any new projects you can tell us about? 853 00:49:33.110 --> 00:49:37.170 Yes, I certainly can. And I realized in talking about 854 00:49:37.309 --> 00:49:41.969 my collaborating with Sean Ryan, I left out what right 855 00:49:42.030 --> 00:49:46.400 now is the most important thing, which is I got 856 00:49:46.500 --> 00:49:50.840 to be a director, producer, and even act in a 857 00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:57.579 limited series that, well, actually, it's looking like it may 858 00:49:57.619 --> 00:50:02.820 now be an anthology series. starring Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi, 859 00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:11.480 American Hostage, which is an eight-part series about a real 860 00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:15.170 event that took place in 1977. The show was created 861 00:50:15.230 --> 00:50:21.570 by Sean and Eileen Myers, a brilliant writer who's worked 862 00:50:21.610 --> 00:50:27.630 with Sean and had her own illustrious career. And it's really, 863 00:50:27.840 --> 00:50:31.929 really cool. It was a It was a hostage situation 864 00:50:31.949 --> 00:50:35.730 that took place in 1977 in which a disgruntled customer 865 00:50:35.829 --> 00:50:44.619 took a mortgage executive hostage and had a shotgun wired 866 00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:49.219 around his neck for, I think it was 36 hours 867 00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:59.440 and insisted on having his negotiations in this hostage situation 868 00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:04.780 managed by the most, uh, respected voice in radio in 869 00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:10.110 Indianapolis at that time, Fred Heckman played by John Hamm. Um, 870 00:51:10.949 --> 00:51:16.130 and the, the complexities that arose out of a news 871 00:51:16.269 --> 00:51:21.690 story suddenly involving the news media, uh, in a way that, 872 00:51:21.909 --> 00:51:24.889 that made them a part of the story, uh, because 873 00:51:24.969 --> 00:51:29.469 now they were basically embedded in this, in this crisis. Um, 874 00:51:30.340 --> 00:51:35.039 And it's turned out really wonderfully. It's getting its world 875 00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:38.440 premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. 876 00:51:38.900 --> 00:51:42.199 Wow. I mean, real-life horrors, to be honest. 877 00:51:42.530 --> 00:51:47.349 Yeah. It's MGM Plus and Sony, and it's got a 878 00:51:47.389 --> 00:51:53.690 great cast. It's Jon Hamm, Giovanni Ribisi, Mireille Enos, Kat Cunning, 879 00:51:53.889 --> 00:51:57.739 William Jackson Harper, some really, really wonderful, wonderful actors. 880 00:51:58.159 --> 00:51:59.780 Yeah, that's a pretty stacked cast. 881 00:52:00.269 --> 00:52:05.090 And it was it was me and another director, Nina, 882 00:52:06.230 --> 00:52:10.119 Nina Lopez Corrado. We between the two of us, we 883 00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:11.179 directed all eight of them. 884 00:52:12.260 --> 00:52:12.619 Wow. 885 00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:14.360 Well, we'll definitely look out for that. 886 00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:16.679 And then, of course, we have to ask, would you 887 00:52:16.860 --> 00:52:21.630 ever act in or direct another horror film at some 888 00:52:21.670 --> 00:52:24.050 point if that presented to your career? 889 00:52:24.250 --> 00:52:26.349 Absolutely. Yeah. Would love to. 890 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:28.079 I mean, you never know. 891 00:52:28.179 --> 00:52:30.969 Jamie Lee has been returning to these Halloween films forever. 892 00:52:31.050 --> 00:52:33.889 Maybe we can bring you back. 893 00:52:34.510 --> 00:52:36.730 I'm, I'm dying to do more acting. I've really been 894 00:52:36.750 --> 00:52:39.849 missing it. I'm really grateful that I've gotten to stay 895 00:52:39.889 --> 00:52:43.179 as busy as I have, but, but acting is, you know, my, 896 00:52:43.500 --> 00:52:47.500 it was professionally my first love and I, I, I'd 897 00:52:47.539 --> 00:52:48.719 like to be doing more of it again. 898 00:52:49.559 --> 00:52:52.820 So we have one final question for you, um, Adam, 899 00:52:52.840 --> 00:52:55.090 and you've been amazing during this entire time. 900 00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:55.590 Thank you. 901 00:52:55.690 --> 00:52:59.070 Um, We ask this to everyone that we interview. It 902 00:52:59.090 --> 00:53:00.269 kind of puts you on the spot. 903 00:53:01.309 --> 00:53:02.150 I can't wait. 904 00:53:02.409 --> 00:53:03.969 I know. 905 00:53:04.489 --> 00:53:07.250 What is just one thing that you can tell us 906 00:53:07.289 --> 00:53:10.949 about your experience working on Halloween H2O that you've never 907 00:53:11.070 --> 00:53:16.409 told any other interviewer, podcaster, publication, anything? It doesn't have 908 00:53:16.429 --> 00:53:19.170 to be the most scandalous or detailed thing, but

just 909 00:53:19.429 --> 00:53:22.469 one thing about your experience working on that film that 910 00:53:22.489 --> 00:53:24.659 you've never told in any other interview. 911 00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:31.320 Hmm. That's a really good question. I'm trying to remember. I'm, I'm, 912 00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:34.880 I'm drawing a complete blank. I guess the fact that, 913 00:53:34.940 --> 00:53:38.599 you know, I was never wearing any underwear during the 914 00:53:38.619 --> 00:53:47.489 entire shoot. Uh, no, I, I, I, uh, I, uh, I, I, I, 915 00:53:47.750 --> 00:53:51.489 I can't remember any secret morsel that I, that I 916 00:53:51.530 --> 00:53:57.679 didn't share. Uh, Yeah, I'm sorry. Sorry to say that. 917 00:53:58.519 --> 00:54:00.579 I mean, you've told us a ton about your time 918 00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:02.900 working on the film, so we're very grateful. 919 00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:05.119 Oh, good question. On Lake Placid, did you get to 920 00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:06.340 meet Mariska Hargitay? 921 00:54:07.139 --> 00:54:10.900 I sure did, yes. That's cool. I got to meet 922 00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:12.590 her there, and I got to work with her again 923 00:54:12.699 --> 00:54:14.309 on SVU, yeah. 924 00:54:14.889 --> 00:54:16.869 You know, it's so funny, because your part in Lake Placid, 925 00:54:16.889 --> 00:54:17.670 you know, it's small. 926 00:54:17.750 --> 00:54:21.070 You actually never get to meet the crocodile, but it's 927 00:54:21.170 --> 00:54:22.309 very important at the beginning. 928 00:54:22.329 --> 00:54:27.429 Yeah. No, it's my character. You know, the nature of 929 00:54:27.469 --> 00:54:30.639 my character, I'm sure, created a desire and a lot 930 00:54:30.679 --> 00:54:33.539 of people to see me meet the crocodile. But it 931 00:54:33.780 --> 00:54:36.380 just never worked out that way. I've played a lot 932 00:54:36.420 --> 00:54:42.949 of really like terrible people that somehow, you know, escape unharmed. 933 00:54:44.119 --> 00:54:47.340 Rumor has it that on Sons of Anarchy, there are 934 00:54:47.420 --> 00:54:50.400 still a huge portion of the fan base that is 935 00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:53.239 furious that I didn't meet a horrible end on that 936 00:54:53.320 --> 00:54:56.019 show because they couldn't believe that I got away, you know, 937 00:54:56.960 --> 00:54:59.539 especially given the ethos of the show where, you know, 938 00:54:59.639 --> 00:55:03.550 any any bad person had to meet a horrible, horrible, violent, 939 00:55:03.659 --> 00:55:08.239 torturous end. And I got away unscathed. It still is 940 00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:09.900 infuriating to a lot of people. 941 00:55:10.139 --> 00:55:10.599 But you know what? 942 00:55:10.659 --> 00:55:13.710 On the flip side, you were so likable in H2O 943 00:55:13.869 --> 00:55:15.349 and then you met a horrible demise. 944 00:55:16.789 --> 00:55:17.389 And that's the thing. 945 00:55:17.449 --> 00:55:20.909 It was like it was tough because Laurie finally found 946 00:55:20.929 --> 00:55:24.360 a supportive boyfriend who also was a guidance counselor and 947 00:55:24.409 --> 00:55:25.860 loved to swap candy corn. 948 00:55:26.039 --> 00:55:27.400 And he had to die, of course. 949 00:55:28.050 --> 00:55:30.699 Well, on Sons, you know, the answer that Kurt Sutter 950 00:55:30.739 --> 00:55:32.179 has given to a lot of people that wanted to 951 00:55:32.239 --> 00:55:34.960 see me die was, look, you know, I like the 952 00:55:35.039 --> 00:55:38.440 idea that we're showing that sometimes there are terrible things 953 00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:41.380 done by terrible people who get away with it and 954 00:55:41.440 --> 00:55:46.369 don't face consequences. Conversely, you know, Halloween H20 shows that 955 00:55:46.949 --> 00:55:50.869 even nice people have some terrible things happen to them sometimes. 956 00:55:53.909 --> 00:55:56.570 Just want to be carving pumpkins on Halloween and get 957 00:55:56.630 --> 00:56:00.300 skewered anyway. Well, thank you so much for your time 958 00:56:00.320 --> 00:56:02.969 with us. We really, really appreciate it. Again, specifically that 959 00:56:02.989 --> 00:56:05.449 you took time out to talk about this specific movie 960 00:56:05.489 --> 00:56:06.210 in this genre. 961 00:56:06.230 --> 00:56:08.170 We're really, really so grateful. 962 00:56:08.190 --> 00:56:09.449 We will see you at a convention. 963 00:56:09.469 --> 00:56:11.469 Yeah, we would love to see you at one of those. 964 00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:14.380 Put in a word for me. I'll be there. I'd 965 00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:15.420 love to meet you in person. 966 00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:18.099 Yeah, we totally will. Well, thank you again. We hope 967 00:56:18.119 --> 00:56:19.760 you enjoy the rest of your day. 968 00:56:19.780 --> 00:56:20.920 You too. 969 00:56:21.179 --> 00:56:21.719 Thanks so much. 970 00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:22.320 Take care. 971 00:56:22.340 --> 00:56:22.739 Bye. Bye. 972 00:56:29.019 --> 00:56:31.860 Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Happy Horror Time. 973 00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:35.739 Happy Horror Time is co-hosted by myself, Matt Emmert, and 974 00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:39.320 Tim Murdock. 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