| Jordana Brewster Is A Real Cut Up In This Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel |
Page 1 of 2 Who knows what brunette bombshell, Jordana Brewster, will pop up in next. She made her mark in "The Fast and The Furious" and than again as a lesbian secret agent in "D.E.B.S." Now she takes a leap into the horror genre as Chrissie, the almost-heroine, of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"--a prequel to the longstanding series. This original spawned a series and a variety of docs, but none could hold an audience like the original. Consequentially, Michael Bay formed a production company and decided that as one of his first productions he would reinvent the original Chainsaw Massacre--starring Jessica Biel under the direction of Marcus Nispel. The prequel takes a stab at uncovering the origins of the murderous slasher family. The film incorporates bits and pieces of the true story that inspired the first film as well as some send-ups of the characters that have been established in cinematic canon--to the like and greater dislike of the hardcore fans.  Jordana Brewster Jordana Brewster  Brewster seeks cover in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"  Jordana Brewster gets comfortable  Andrew Byrniarski as Leatherface JB: I obviously don't plot anything out [career-wise]. It depends on the script and what phase in my life I'm at, at that point. I was a fan of the 2003 movie and loved the look of it; I loved Jessica Biel's performance in it. I really like the production company, Platinum Dunes, and I met with producers Andrew [Form] and Brad [Fuller] like two years before the prequel came up so I really wanted to be a part of it so it just kind of happened. Q: After "The Faculty," did you ever think you would go back to doing another horror film? JB: "The Faculty" was kind of science fictiony and to me it was more of a Robert Rodriguez film so I never thought of it as a genre film. So I was totally open to do a horror film. I was excited to do one. Q: Were you disappointed that you didn't have the body count that Jessica Biel had--she had a bit more of a body count in terms of killings. JB: Yeah but we had more torture scenes. I think we get a little more gorey. We get really violent. Have you seen it? Q: Yeah. JB: Well it's really violent. So I think we do okay. Q: What do you watch when you go to the movies? JB: The last thing I saw was "Hollywoodland"--I really loved that. Then I saw "Little Miss Sunshine" and I loved that, so I see a bunch of different things. Q: Have there been any horror films that have been in your list of favorite films? JB: I loved "The Others," "The Ring," "The Shining," and I loved "Twin Peaks." That was a series though, and it was the first one that really traumatized me. It was so freaky. So those are some of my favorites. Q: Were there any that really scared you? JB: "Twin Peaks." Q: Why did it scare you? JB: The blue nails, I just remember the blue nails when they found her body. Stuff like that. And then the rapist. I lived in New York when I was little and I slept in a bunk bed. My sister slept on the bottom and I slept on the top and I kept seeing, for some reason, the guy--I can't remember his name but he had a specific name--and he was the rapist and he had these muddy boots and I kept thinking that he was coming out of my closet and I would see the top of his head at the top of my bunk bed and that kept freaking me out. So humans freak me out more than monsters and ghosts. Q: Humans freak you out more than monsters, so, is there a range of humans that scare you? JB: Serial killers, sociopaths, those are at the top of my list, oddly enough. Q: Have you run into a few in your recent history? JB: No, luckily, no. Q: Just in your bad dates. JB: I've been lucky, yeah. [laughter] Q: Do you psych yourself up for an intense scene like when you're under the cutting table? JB: Yeah, but I didn't have to make anything up, I just took what was in front of me. I just drew from what was in the script, and I was working with a really good actor. [Matthew] Bomer [he plays older brother Eric] went to Carnegie Mellon and was really generous---it was great working with him. Q: How generous was Andrew Bryniarski--who plays the chainsaw killer, Leatherface? JB: Andrew. Yeah, he's an odd one. He plays heavy metal on set, and I wanted to stay away from him. Because I didn't want to befriend him and then have to act as if I was scared of him. So I was glad he was an oddball. Q: There would have been no befriending him. JB: I don't think so. He's a weird guy and he takes his role seriously and definitely inhabits his character on and off screen. So it was easy to act like I was scared of him. |