| Seventeen April 2000 |
| Seventeen Interview with Josh, Leelee and Chris Actress Leelee Sobieski is cozying up to The Faculty’s Josh Hartnett in the booth of a café. Fast-forward 24 hours and she’s sitting on the lap of American Pie’s Chris Klein. But Sobieski isn’t playing the field—she’s just bonding with her Here on Earth costars. In the film, Sobieski plays Samantha, a 17-year-old cancer survivor who is torn between her childhood sweetheart, Jasper (Hartnett), and the richer, preppier Kelley (Klein). While they were filming, seventeen visited the set in the blink-and- you’ll-miss-it town of Welch, Minnesota, and found out how the stars decorated their temporary digs, what music they listened to between takes and what snack foods they chose to munch on. What was your first impression of your costars? Sobieski: Josh is really nice, very intellectual, a little bit shy; he likes to observe people. When you meet Chris, you get the idea that he’s just this really nice guy and you wonder, What is he thinking about? Football? That’s your first stupid - boy impression, but he’s actually very intelligent. What do you like best about shooting in rural Minnesota? Klein: Welch has cornfields, bluffs, a river — it’s gorgeous. Sobieski: Yes, it’s really beautiful, but full of mosquitoes. What do you do for fun? Klein: I’ve been trying to learn how to slalom water ski, which involves using only one ski. When my brother came to visit, I rented a boat and we tried to do it, but we couldn’t. Drove me crazy. Also, Josh is from St. Paul, so he takes me to some of the hot spots. Hartnett: I took everyone to this place where I used to hang out, and still do. It’s this really cool bar/restaurant c attached to a bowling alley called Bryant Lake Bowl. Sobieski: I went swimming in the river. There were a lot of rocks and the current was pretty strong, so what I did was actually kind of stupid. But it was fun. Do you work out on location? Klein: There’s a great gym with weights at the Lake Calhoun apartments in Minneapolis, where we’re staying. I’ll run around the lake across the street, or swim in the pool. I try to do a little something every day. How do you make your temporary housing feel like home? Sobieski: I brought a candle and incense, my CDs and my new laptop. And I have a photo of Kris Kristofferson on my mirror, because he has a beautiful face and I loved working with him when he played my dad in A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries. Klein: I throw clothes around and keep dirty dishes on the counter. (Laughs.) No, I keep a picture of my family and a marble slate with this saying: some people succeed because they’re destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. What tunes are you listening to right now? Hartnett: I went CD shopping a couple of days ago and bought a bunch of Marvin Gaye, Leadbelly, Bob Marley and Beastie Boys. The Chieftains, too—I just got back from Ireland. I bought my parents a trip there for Christmas, and I joined them [for part of the trip]. I love Irish music. In some of the small towns, the locals go to the same bars every night and talk to the same people, but they all have new stories all the time because they use their imaginations. Klein: I’m a classic rock guy—Eddie Money, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones. And I’m kind of a country music guy; it’s a new development in my world. Sobieski: I just got Gomez’s CD, Bring it On. It’s so cool. And Moby’s Play, which is great. I choose a lot of the music that we play in the hair and makeup trailer. I probably drive everyone crazy. What’s the best thing about working on this film? Sobieski: Other people my age who are all really smart. I like that a lot— especially when they’re handsome! |