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| ![]() | | | What film should you like, but don’t?
All horror films? I’ve always felt like it’s my job to like horror films — people expect me not only to like them, but to be an expert on them. It’s the old “I’m not a doctor but I play one on TV” syndrome.
What’s your favorite line of film dialogue?
I’m guessing I’m not the only one with this answer, but: “I’ll have what she’s having,” spoken (adlibbed, I think) by the late Estelle Reiner in “When Harry Met Sally.”
What’s the biggest mistake you ever made that worked out in your favor?
Doing the “tree rape” scene in “The Evil Dead.” I was and am still mortified by it, but it gave me the infamy of having participated in one of the most tasteless, over-the-top moments in B-horror-movie history. Gotta love that!
Who do you know that would make a great subject for a film?
My good friend Josh Becker, whom you already interviewed.
What untapped talent of yours would you like to use in a film?
Basically everything is untapped except high drama, screaming, running, growling and dying. Oh yeah, and being a bitch. I’d like to tap into my comedic abilities and maybe also sing in a movie. How about a nice light musical comedy?
What’s something you’ve always wanted to do, but don’t have the courage to do?
Skydive. And walk into a bar by myself.
Actress/producer Ellen Sandweiss taps into high drama and screaming one more time.
Photo: Elizabeth Carnegie
Where’s the best place you ever filmed on location? The worst?
Best: a film set built on Bruce Campbell’s beautiful property in Oregon for the movie “My Name is Bruce.” Worst: You guessed it — the unheated, filthy, sticky, fake-blood-covered cabin with no plumbing or electricity, in the coldest winter in Tennessee’s history, for “The Evil Dead.”
How would you spend your last 20 dollars?
A large gourmet pizza to share with my two daughters.
What film have you watched the most times?
It’s a tie between “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein.”
If you could have the answer to any of life’s great mysteries, what mystery would you choose?
Why do people send text messages saying “Wassup?”
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