WGTC: So Brad, was it hard cursing at your daughter and trying to kill her?
Brad Dourif: You know – no, it wasn’t hard! [Whole cast starts laughing] She certainly cursed at me, so I don’t feel any kind of – no, Fiona and I, [turns to Fiona] and you can pipe in any time you want…
Fiona Dourif: Oh I will, don’t you worry…
Brad Dourif: Fiona was determined not to be an actress, and then David Milch was hiring her and having lunch, saying how it was great how she liked Kafka and how she’d do great, and then asked why she wasn’t an actress. She said, ” Well, I watched my dad his whole life.” Then, he wrote something for her, and my girlfriend told Fiona she had to do it, and she was going to not do it…
Fiona Dourif: He wrote something not for me, and I didn’t get it. I auditioned for it…
Brad Dourif: He wrote that for you!
Don Mancini: And you didn’t get it?!
Fiona Dourif: I didn’t get the part, that’s true, right? They gave me an opportunity on the third season to audition for another part, and I got it, and then was fired my first day because I was totally unprepared to play it, then ended up being Whore #3. That’s the real story of how it happened.
What David Milch did do was say, and he does this for hundreds of people, he said, “I feel like you can be an actress and if you want you can go to this acting class.” I did a improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean when you’re doing it, you forget yourself. I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It’s the freest and most alive you can be.
Brad Dourif: Yes. Now what was the question?
Don Mancini: Is it weird cursing at your daughter?
Fiona Dourif: [Laughing] Let’s just talk more about my life!
Brad Dourif: No, it’s not, but she was not cast when I did my voice work. I needed someone to work with, and my girlfriend’s daughter happened to be there, who is also an actress. I said, “Hey Cleo, can you come in here with me and since a lot of this is with a girl, can you come in an read with me so that I have someone to read with?” Otherwise I had to read with Don, and he’s judging me as I’m working with him and it’s weird. So, I cursed at my step-daughter instead.
Fiona Dourif: No one was spared your hostility!
Brad Dourif: Also, since that time, when I do auditions, I do a lot of taped stuff in my house, Fiona comes in and reads with me, and I read with her. We’re constantly giving each other notes. We work! We constantly work together at all times!
WGTC: Alright, I need to end this interview with a question about the universe Chucky lives in. When Bride Of Chucky opens, we see a police evidence locker room, and as the camera pans across, we then see a slew of nods to other iconic horror killers, such as Freddy’s glove, Jason’s mask, Michael’s mask, and so on. Does that mean Chucky lives in a world where those killers and others exist? Does that open up the possibility of future crossovers? Have you thought about doing a crossover?
Don Mancini: That’s something that’s been talked about. I get asked this a lot. When Fiona and I were in London last month doing the Q&A after the movie, somebody asked, “Can we see Chucky versus Leprechaun?” The thing is, I think that’s too obvious. The chemistry wouldn’t be right having these two – I think Chucky and Freddy together would be very cool. Freddy Vs. Jason was fun, but there wasn’t a lot of chemistry between them because Jason doesn’t talk and have a personality, where I think Freddy and Chucky together – Chucky’s little, Freddy’s tall, and it’d be called Child’s Play On Elm Street. Chucky ends up on Elm Street in some kid’s bedroom, then you do an Inception riff and go into Chucky’s dream and that’s where me meets Freddy. It’d be like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but in the horror genre.
They meet and Chucky would say something like, “Freddy, I’m a big admirer of your work,” and Freddy would be like, “Yeah, Chucky, I like your technique.” You know? They’re like fans of each other, but then they realize Elm Street isn’t big enough for the two of them, so they have to have a contest, this is where Dirty Rotten Scoundrels comes in, to see who can kill the most teenagers before the sun comes up. I think it’s cool. Disseminate that. [Laughs] The thing is Freddy is New Line, now Warner Bros. Whenever there are different studios involved, it’s hard to work it out.
I’d like to thank Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, Danielle Bisutti, and Alex Vincent for this exclusive interview, and be sure to check out Curse Of Chucky!
