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Elisha Cuthbert said you shot the sex scene in the limo separately. What was that like to do? How does it feel to have sex by myself? You know, very much at home. How selective are you in choosing roles? I'm pretty selective. I'm not like a prima donna or anything like that, but if I don't like something I'm not going to do it. It's hard to say. I don't want to be like, "Oh, I have good taste," because then I sound like an idiot. It's a little bit arrogant. Like, "Oh I have such good taste" - I wouldn't want to say that, you know? I trust my instincts. Had you shot "The Mudge Boy" before this? Yeah, I shot it before, during the summer and then we shot this in January. Being even younger during "The Mudge Boy," it must have been much harder to do those scenes? Yes. Me and Tom Guiry got along really well, we were like total buddies and stuff. We just kept a light feel on the set the whole time, we were making jokes the whole time. We had a blast on that movie [even] though it was a dark subject matter. Some of the harder scenes we only did [a few takes]. You could count the takes on three of my fingers, you know? So it was all acting at the end of the day. Does the indie film scene attract you? Absolutely. I mean, to me it's more about the script and the director than if it's a studio film or not. Because if it's a great script, you've got to go for it. Are they hard to find? They are, they're hard to find and I read a lot of scripts that I don't really like. But even the scripts I don't really like, sometimes they're still entertaining to read, you know? You've got "Imaginary Heroes" coming up. What's that about? It's about a guy who loses his brother and how his family deals with that. He was always kind of an outcast within the family and you're trying to figure out why he reacts so passively to his brother's death. And what ultimately unravels is this whole story between him and his brother - kind of a mystery. How was it working with Sigourney Weaver? Oh I love Sigourney, she's amazing. And Jeff Daniels rocks. They're both wonderful people who are truly fun to be around. With all these young actors coming out, how difficult is it to differentiate yourself from this throng of Hollywood hopefuls? Well, other than "The Girl Next Door," everything else I've done is pretty serious so I think that right there, I haven't done only this type of thing. I did this to kind of explore a little bit and do something different, and I thought it would be fun. I think it's about doing good work and hopefully the work will speak for itself. Who's your ideal director? I want to work with Catherine Hardwicke on "Lords of Dogtown." That's who I'm really looking forward to working with. When do you start shooting "Lords?" End of March. Who do you play? Jay Adams. He's a famous, famous skateboarder. One of the originals. Is it based on the documentary? It's based off of "Dogtown and Z-Boys," yeah. Do you skate? I do. I've skated for years. But the skating in this movie will be a lot more challenging than you're used to, right? Yeah, I mean it will be challenging in a different way because it's a whole different style. Like now I can kick flip stairs and do ollies and grinds and boardslides and flip tricks, but now I'm going to have to learn how to do cutbacks and all kinds of ground-related tricks because back in the days of Dogtown, the ollie wasn't even invented. That's the most basic skateboard trick these days -- they hadn't even invented it yet. It's an invention, it's like a discovery. So you're not going to have a double just do your tricks for you? Oh, you definitely have a double for me. I mean, Jay Adams is one of the greatest skateboards ever. But the fact that I skate, I'm probably 99% better than most actors. Is Jay Adams an advisor? I'm probably going to hang out him, yeah. He's an intense guy, I can't wait. <---PREVIOUS |
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