Interview - The Final Destination 3DInterview
with Haley Webb & Nick Zano
Slasher films are a dime a
dozen, however, what is
rare to find is a horror franchise that not only packs a punch - but
continues to pull an audience. It's a mix The Final Destination
team, it seems, has managed to crack.
Web
Wombat Movies caught up with two of the hottest new stars of the latest
Final
Destination flick (Devon Sawa was busy mopping Supermarket
aisles it seems) in Haley Webb and Nick Zano to talk all things
freaky... and in 3D.
Can you talk about the pool sequence in The Final Destination?
When you read the script, what went through your mind?
NICK ZANO: That worked out as one of those things where
[director] David Ellis was like, "It is going to look cool. [Laughs]
Don’t over think it. It’s going to look cool".
And I’m like, "All right, Dave, I’m with you. Submerge me".
Were you actually holding your breath?
NZ: I'm not bad; I can do it over a minute
easy. But if I flail, you are looking at like seventeen seconds. That
is legitimate, where you are thrashing and need air.
Was the car wash sequence frightening to film?
HALEY WEBB: Well, the thing is... Nick was
literally under the water... and I was really in this car that was
filling up with water to my chest at a really rapid pace.
For me, it was the same thing - you exert so much energy that you don’t
expect to be out of energy in four seconds. But that was about three
days' filming and it was very, very scary.
NZ: It is an interesting day at work when you
are passing each other in the lobby and saying:
"What are you doing?"
"Oh, I die tomorrow"
"Oh, you’re dying tomorrow? I am going to come watch you".
Did you guys know this franchise before you signed on? Were
you fans?
HW: I do really enjoy this idea. It is really
creative. I love the fact that it happens in an order. Because there is
always the question - "Can you beat death? What does that
mean? Let’s get to the bottom of it". And I think the story
carries the franchise.
Did any of the cast know each other very well before? Did you
bond?
NZ: Oh, we just worked and drank. [Laughs]
HW: All while the camera is rolling.
NZ: We thought we were on The Real World, and
then found out we were making a movie [Laughs].
HW: No, none of us really knew each other. I knew Nick in
the callback I had for the movie, because they did a chemistry test to
see how the characters worked off of each other...
NZ: We had spent 15 days in this opening. So we’d sit
there for 15 days. If it wasn't for this girl, I would have lost my
mind day six. It was just one of those things where we weren’t even
looking at each other. We would just talk and stare, things would blow
up.
HW: One of my favorite things was before every single
take, Nick would just be sitting there... and then all of a sudden
would lean over and just punch me in the knee. [Laughs]
Does the fact that the director was also a stunt man bring a different
kind of vibe to the set?
NZ: Do you know how many stunt men we had? We
didn’t even know. The funniest thing was when the crowd disperses in
the opening and everybody is running - we didn’t know who were stunt
people and who were extras, so we would run and then wait off camera,
and we’d look back at this chaos.
All of a sudden you see a woman crack her head and you’re like, "Oh, my
God, that woman just cracked her head"! And then she gets up and
everybody’s like, "Yeah, high five, I cracked my skull on that one".
If you knew you were on some death list, would you just party before
you die, or would you try everything you could to stop it?
NZ: I would have to go the sentimental route. The thing
is, I wish I liked partying that much, but I don’t. But I
would have to spend it with my family and my friends and the people I
love. I’ve got to get that last minute face time with them before it
goes.
HW: It is sort of a tough thing to imagine. You can imagine it, but
then when it is really
in your face - I mean you want
to say, "Oh, yeah, I’ll be totally fine and whatever, it’s
my time". But when [it' actually happening] you’re just like, "Oh,
grrreeaaat"!
After doing this film, do you go places and think it’s
dangerous? Do you think of things differently?
NZ: The plane ride in New Orleans. The cast, we all flew
over together. As soon as we got on the plane, I’m like, "You’ve got to
be kidding me. All of you are on this plane?" [Laughs].
HW: It does make you more aware, which isn’t necessarily
the best thing. But the fact of the matter is, there are a number of
things that could go wrong right now. I can’t go around thinking, "What
if this..?" - I would just drive myself and everyone around me insane.
We were told that the director told you the expectations that the
audience has for The
Final Destination, and you are carrying some of that
responsibility through the sex scene.
NZ: It is one of those things where it is a very weird
day on set. We ad-libbed a lot... It went on and on to the point where
I was like, "Dave, I don’t know what to say anymore".
HW: There’s nothing else to say.
NZ: This is getting obscene. [Laughs]. This is
almost inappropriate. Let’s wrap it up. [Laughs]
THE FINAL DESTINATION
3D slashes into Australian Cinemas October 15th 2009
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