| Jordana Brewster Is A Real Cut Up In This Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel - Page 2 |
| Written by Brad Balfour | ||||
| Monday, 09 October 2006 08:14 | ||||
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Brewster in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"
   JB: No just the script, and creating backstory yourself by talking to Matthew who played my boyfriend and talking to the director beforehand about where we wanted to go and we watched "Silence of the Lambs" and "Alien"--movies with strong female performances. Q: So you've seen the first one, right? JB: Of course, yeah. Q: Was it important to make sure that she wasn't a cliché, where she was the leading girl who makes stupid decisions? JB: You can't act a character unless you believe what you're doing, I think, because if you don't believe it, you fix it, in the script. Because otherwise, if you don't buy it, you're not going to do it, hopefully. So whenever we didn't buy something we were all like, wait a second, we're not going to be able to sell this, so I do see it now--like the moment where I'm like, wait a second, would I really do that? But I think it's so immediate when someone's screaming and you think you're gonna help them, so I do buy it--I do understand why she made the choices she made. I think my biggest concern with a horror film is not over-acting. Because it's so easy to be like [unconvincing scream] you know, to over do it and over-scream, and then I was afraid--oh my God, what if I can't cry by the 20th take. What if they screw this up and I can't cry anymore, they're going to be pissed at me. That's what you start worrying about. But then once you do it, you're not worried anymore. So it's like breaking it in. Q: With the ending--you know what's going to happen, or you didn't know. Some directors like to set it up so you don't know your own endings. So you really are surprised. JB: Yeah, nobody knew. Q: So you didn't know, the producers and director just made a decision to do two different ends? JB: I think they were always trying to figure it out. We also ran out of time so the ending was--the last day of shooting was a night shoot and we were shooting at like five o'clock in the morning and we knew that we were going so quickly that it was going to suck. [laughter] Because we were shooting and I remember that light was coming up, and we knew that we weren't going to be able to sell it. So we knew we'd be back in Texas in a couple of months. Q: Did you get bruised at all during the filming--you broke your ankle? JB: Oh, I've gotten the question that I broke my ankle on set and I didn't. So I'm thinking where that could have come from. I would always wrap my ankles before I ran because I was running in these cowboy boots and you can twist your ankle when you're running because of all the rocky terrain in Texas. But that's the only place I think that it could have come from. That's really weird. Q: How much physical preparation did you have to do for all the running? JB: I run anyway so, I got made fun of, because I usually run on a treadmill so I use my arms and so I was using my arms and they were like “you look like a marathon runner,” so they were like “you have to flail,” and they're like “no, it still looks stupid.” So I got critiqued for my running all the time, which was really embarrassing. So that required a little preparation. But that was like, gait, I guess, you could call it. Q: You did it all yourself with no stuntwoman? JB: No there was a stuntwoman. There was an awesome stuntwoman for the window stuff and for the getting-pulled-out-of-the-bag, whipped by Leatherface with the hair. I couldn't do that. Q: Did you get bruised at all though? JB: Oh yeah, because you're always on the ground and I was always sneaking around and I was always on my elbows and knees too. Q: Most likely, this film will make you some more money. JB: I guess I turn down more than I [should]--I'm not totally random in terms of what I do. I guess because I took off so much time for school, I don't want to do the wrong thing. Because I was so choosy then, why not be choosy now? But Now I really miss working, I really do, so I don't know. But I don't love one specific genre. Q: After you had the big hit with "The Fast and the Furious," that's when you pulled back and went to school? JB: Well it's weird. I went to school and then I actually shot "The Fast and the Furious" over summer at school, and then it came out. So I was kind of lucky. Q: And then you went back to school after you were done with promotions and all that, and then after that, you did mostly smaller films? JB: Yeah, well, "Annapolis" didn't make money. So I guess it was a smaller film. Q: It wasn't meant to be? JB: It was not meant to be a small film. But "Nearing Grace" and "D.E.B.S." were smaller films, but again, "Nearing Grace" was just a good script, so that's why I chose to do that one. Q: What have you done since "Nearing Grace?" JB: I haven't done much, I'm just waiting for this to hopefully make money so that I can have my pick. Yeah, just waiting. Q: You have talked about have your own production company. Is that something you want to do, where you can not only pick your own credits but generate them? JB: Yeah, I'd love to be able to have that power. That'd be awesome. Q: How have you applied your school knowledge? JB: Well, with scripts I think. I mean, it just makes you choosier in terms of characters and character development. Q: What have you been doing since the film wrapped in your down time? JB: Well I take an acting class at a place called the Lost Studio that I really really love. And that's in L.A. and I got a dog--a little lab. Q: Well that's only two hours out of the day though. JB: Um, well no. The acting class is really intense. And the name of my dog is Ella. Q: Does it like the cat? Did it see your cat? JB: No, the cat's in New york. Q: You have to split your time between the cat and the dog. JB: Yes, I do.
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