This was my first day on the "Samhain" set. After snooping around and talking with a few people, I managed to snag Richard Grieco (yes, Booker in the flesh) for a couple of questions before he went to shoot his first scene of the day. The man invited me into his trailer, we had a couple of smokes and this is how it turned out.

A: You have a large body of work but I don’t remember you ever doing a horror movie. Is this your first one?

R: Yes, it is. I always wanted to do one and this seemed like the type that I’d want to do. You know the ones that have been sequalized like Halloween?

A: Yeah...

R: I would never do that.

A: You wouldn’t do a Halloween sequel?

R: No, no…

A: Even for a lot of money?

R: No, cause it's just been done so many times. Now unless it was something totally different...like this one, it's totally different...then I’d do it.

A: Are you yourself a big horror fan?

R: I’ve got over 3000 DVDs, just horror movies. They go from really bad to…well…I really like B-horror movies…

A: Name me some of your favs…

R: The Item, Re-Animator, Evil Dead, Bobby Has An Axe to Grind...to name a few.

A: I actually watched "Night At The Roxbury" recently and thought you were hilarious in it? Are you going to do more comedies?

R: I’ve got one coming out called "Fish Don’t Blink".

A: Who’s in that? Anybody I would know?

R: Lea Thompson…

A: She’s kool…

R: Actually, I gained thirty pounds for my role in "Night At The Roxbury"…

A: 30 pounds! That's a lot of weight dude!

R: I was playing Richard Grieco 7 years down the road after Booker and Jump Street and I figured that I’d gain 30 pounds cause I was just enjoying the partying. I wanted to look  bloated for the film.

A: Now I have to ask this question, when I hear the name Richard Grieco, I think "party man". Is the animal still kicking?

R: I definitely still have good times.

A: Are you shacked up yet?

R: Well…you have in country, you have out country, you have zip codes, you know what I mean…

A: You bet I do. Well, I know you gotta bail, so thanks for your time Richard.

R: No problem, take it easy.

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The impression that I had while talking to Richard is that his kool attitude isn't an act, he's actually THAT kool.  Sure, the interview wasn't too long (one smoke each and that was that) but I still had fun talking to the dude. Thanks again Richard!

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