JEEPERS
CREEPERS 2 PANEL:
Participants:
Ray Wise
Jonathan Breck
Nicki Aycox
Al Santos
Garikayi
Mutambirwa
Marieh Delfino
Lena Cardwell
Eric Nenninger
This
film stars:
Ray Wise
Jonathan Breck
Release
date:
August
29, 2003
I got the chance to partake in a round
table with a whole lot of people from
JEEPERS
CREEPERS 2.
Although a little too busy (you try and interview nine people
at the same time), this swift Q&A session was quite the blast. The
highlight for me was finally meeting all around great man with a
great tan: Ray Wise. He was in a happy mood and being the Twin
Peaks fan that I am, it was awesome to see Leland Palmer in the
flesh. It did get a bit confusing when the kids all started
talking at the same time, but everybody’s easy-going nature (Jonathan Breck was such a nice
guy!) made the sit-down enjoyable.
The only bummer was that they were rushed in and out
before I can ask Mr. Wise for a picture, but at least I got to
fulfill a fanboy dream...I met Leland Palmer. Now, here’s the key
info I got from our talk.
-
Both Ray Wise and Jonathan Breck agreed that his sequel is a
non-stop action fest that takes the physical action found in
the original to an all-new level. I asked if it was something
like what ALIENS was to ALIEN and they both agreed with that
analogy. Where the first film had a first half that was
buildup and a second half that was mostly action...this one,
they say, is ALL action.
-
Actress Nicki Aycox stated that spending a lot of time
cramped up inside a school bus helped the teen cast grow
closer, and therefore upping their chemistry onscreen. The other
teens on the panel jumped in to agree (that’s when it got
confusing-- too many people talking at the same time) and
spoke about how they all felt like they were back in grade school. Lots of
shooting napkin bits through straws and lots of throwing of
fake broken glass took place.
-
The script changed considerably as they shot the film, right
down to who would live and who would die. The teen actors all
went on to state at which point in the film they each died,
but I'll keep that info hush-hush from this report.
One jokingly said that the fate of one's character depended
on how friendly you got with the director.
-
The hardest scene for Jonathan Breck (The Creeper) to shoot in
the film was the one in which he was hanging upside down from
the the bus. He
jokingly stated that although he likes doing that when drunk
on Tequila in Mexico...it was tough on him here.
-
Jonathan Breck dismissed an early Internet rumor where 3
Creepers would be present in this sequel. There’s only one
monster in this sequel.
-
Breck also revealed that in this sequel, The Creeper gets
to use the weapons that we saw in the back of his truck in the
original. Here, The Creeper has a wide variety of carved
weapons made of teeth and bones.
-
Ray Wise said that he had a good work out running after Breck
in a cornfield, take after take after take. He said that he
was okay with it though, especially since he had prepared
himself with physical training before the shoot.
-
Jonathan Breck said that he would do a JEEPERS CREEPERS 3
if the quality of the script kept getting stronger, as it
were. Ray
Wise said that he too would do another one but that the next
time around, he would run after Breck in the cornfield and
catch him. Jokingly, of course...
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