Club Dread
An Interview With Brittany Daniel
Brittany
Daniel has had a very nice career in film. Most people think she
debuted in the David Spade vehicle, Joe Dirt. Brittany actually
made a splash early on in her young, yet blossoming career. After
a few television appearances she made her big screen debut in
the Basketball Diaries playing Blinkie along side Leonardo DiCaprio,
Lorraine Bracco & Mark Wahlberg. After returning to television
and appearing on Dawson’s Creek, she then graced us with
her portrayal of every guy’s farmer’s daughter fantasy,
as Brandy, in Joe Dirt. She appeared once more on TV on That 70’s
show, before landing the role of Jenny, in the new Broken Lizard’s
film, Club Dread.
We sat down with her
recently on the 20th Century Fox studios lot to talk about Club
dread and her future projects. It was lunch time and in a moment
of hunger, she pulled herself up to the table and grabbed a box
lunch that was prepared for each of us, and began to dig into
lunch, as we did our interview!
 So
which sandwich did you get? Roast beef, turkey, or Veggie?
Brittany Daniel: Turkey!
For sure. I’ve been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how
much I missed meat. You know you don’t realize how important
meat is to you until you don’t have it for long time.
Did you see Super
troopers? And how were you approached to do Club Dread?
Brittany Daniel: I met
with the guys because I had heard about Super Troopers but never
saw it. So I auditioned for the part and they were real happy
with my audition, and after I read the script I just had to have
the part. A few weeks after I got the part and we were filming
Club, I finally got a copy and saw Super Troopers in between scenes,
and oh my god, it was so funny. It’s just amazing at how
different all the guys [The Broken Lizard Troop] looked in Super
Troopers, compared to how they look in Club Dread.
What did you think
about the character you played in Club Dread? Were you aware at
exactly how big your role was?
Brittany Daniel: No, I
didn’t know how big my role was, so it was really cool.
I love comedy, and I was so happy to be playing this very level
headed girl, that had, like the answers to all the different problems
in the film, the cool part was that I had to play everything so
serious, I think comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool
to do dead pan humor.
This movie sort of
uses the old formula of a “Scream Queen”. Were you
aware of the 80’s scream queen and did you use that as a
reference for your Club Dread role?
Brittany Daniel: I had
never seen the scream queens of the 80’s, but I was aware
of what they wanted going into the film, so instead of seeing
any of the 80’s films, I pretty much stayed away from looking
at any of them and added my own flavor to the character.
 What’s
your favorite horror movie?
Brittany Daniel: My favorite
horror movie? Wow, that’s a hard one. The one that truly
terrified me to this day is "Mother’s Day." It
was so scary with the mom and raising her kids to be all evil,
it was just a horrible film about murder and rape.
Are you usually very health
conscious or physically active because in the film your very ripped!
Did you have to get into shape because your character is an aerobic
instructor? Or were you already in fighting shape?
Brittany Daniel: Yea.
I love working out, especially running. So when I found out we
were going to be shooting in Mexico, I thought “it’s
going to be cool cause it will be warm weather, beaches, sun,
you know, perfect work out weather”. Then I got on location
and realized there was no gym, nothing. So the only thing I could
do was run on the beach the whole time.
I bet you had to stay
away from Kraft services?
Brittany Daniel: Yea,
everyone was making fun of me cause I was asking for all these
special things to snack on, and when I got to Mexico I wanted
so desperately to have a Mai Tai or Pina Colada because everyone
else was having them, and all I could order was Vodka shots because
it’s the cleanest alcohol I could have instead of the sugary
drinks.
So what do you have
coming up next for you?
Brittany Daniel: I will
be in a film called Hillside Strangler, where I play a criminal
Psychologist that’s involved in the case, and she is still
very 60’s minded, and kind of like a hippie. The movie is
really good, and is a psychological thriller, but with a 60’s
feel to it. It’s kind of like Silence of the lambs meets
Boogey Nights.
 Anything
else?
Brittany Daniel: Yes,
I am also in the new Wayan Brothers film, White Chicks. The Wayans
play limo drivers to these two high society sisters, kind of like
the Hilton sisters, but they’re not (winks), and they are
driving these girls to a party for the weekend. Well, along the
way they lose these girls, and have to make sure they make the
party or else they will get in a lot of trouble. So they [Wayans
brother] get all made up to look like white girls! Full white
make-up, and dressed to the hilt in drag. They show up to this
party where there are these other sisters (the Vander belts) that
are constantly competing with the sisters the Wayans are pretending
to be. Obviously, every challenge the competing sisters throw
at them, the Wayans successful do, and of course there is more
to the story. I play one of the sisters the Wayans lose, so obviously
I’m one of the white chicks! (Laughs)
Well, good luck with
Club Dread, and your other films, and enjoy your sandwich.
Brittany Daniel: Thanks.
I will.
Broken Lizard’s Club
Dread Opens February 27th
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