INT: Michelle Rodriguez

Last Updated on July 28, 2021

Arrow
had a chance to toss feisty Michelle Rodriguez a couple of
questions about her upcoming Zombie-on-the-loose flick
“Resident Evil” (opens March 15, 2002) and here’s what she spat back.

ARROW: Did you try the videogame
once you got cast or were you already a fan?

MR: I was already a fan, man. I just thought the videogame just
like, when it first came out, has this kind of like Hitchcock-y
style to it. It’s- – just the fact of how quiet it is and how
realistic it looked and, um, just the fact of how vulnerable,
you know what I mean, Claire Redfield is when you play the game.
It’s just, she starts off, like with a knife… like
go look for a gun! Meanwhile these like zombies with the power
of ten men are running after you, or walking. They still catch
up though and the Licker and the dogs and, yeah man. It’s just
sick, and when I heard that there was a movie being made
out of it, I just had to be a part of it somehow. I’m glad that,
uh, Paul Anderson, you know, had the brains and the wits to
kinda pull it off. You know, and, uh, have me be a part of it.



ARROW: Without giving too much away, what scene do you think people
will remember the most about the film?

MR: [SIGH] I’d have to say, man, that Licker is just
luscious. That Licker. The brain, pizza face, half like god
knows what with dog and god knows what. You know, when he morphs
into something bigger and bigger claws and bigger fangs and more
gook. I mean, the Licker, I’d have to say, yeah. People will
always remember the Licker.


ARROW: What’s your favorite line from the film?

MR: Blow me. [LAUGHTER] That was my favorite line.

ARROW: What is the coolest effect in the film in your
opinion?



MR: The Licker.

ARROW: It’s all about The Licker



MR: It’s all about a Lick- – it’s all about the Licker. What
can I say. That six foot long tongue, the brain, just has an
effect on you, you know. Some flying’ at you just ripping you
apart and ya know what a bite of that thing can do? You know what I mean.
It’s just like- – like cancer. It’s exactly like cancer, what a
bite from that Licker can do to you, and just the thought of
that, you know. It’s all about cells reproducing over and over
and over again and just the thought of you surviving a bite is
pretty sick. Yeah, uh, this is all about the Licker, man
[LAUGHTER].

ARROW: What was the ambience on the set like? Was
it tense, was it serious, what- – did you have fun?

MR: It was fun. I mean, [STUTTER] see, where- – we were working
with people who had the stomach for it, you know what I mean.
It’s not like, you know, we were working with a bunch of prissy
asses who were like, oh god, you know, get that away from me,
you know, all serious and shit. I hate people like that. It’s
kind of annoying, you know. We were working with, like people
who were totally like, you know willing to like bite a fake
liver and goof off with blood and put K-Y Jelly on the Licker’s
brain and actually just be able to like eat with other zombies
during lunchtime, with pus hanging out of their, you know, faces
and black teeth and, yeah. It was a good set. I liked it. It’s
one of those never boring moments, you know what I mean.


ARROW:
What was the funniest thing that
happened on the set, off camera?

MR: [LAUGHTER] I’d have to say
Pasquale. Um, the guy who played J.D. He’s a goof and when he
turned into a zombie, um, when he did his shit, oh god, well
actually am I allowed to say that at all? Um, it’s just Pasquale liked to goof off a lot with the zombies and, um, the
process of doing that was like a Thriller video, whenever they
said cut. I’d have to say that was pretty hilarious and Milla
goofing off is pretty funny too. I mean, she’s, pretty
feisty with what she says sometimes.

Thanks for your time Michelle.
If you want to see
more of tough chick Michelle Rodriguez hit Resident Evil with all
you’ve got (or rent Girlfight).