Sarah Michelle Gellar - "Southland Tales" - S.W.S. Comingsoon.net Interview

CS ! : You’re going to be starring in "Southland Tales", the new movie from Richard (Donnie Darko) Kelly. Can you tell us a little about that ?

Scott : It’s really hard to describe. The script is kinda similar to "Strangelove" or "Clockwork Orange." It’s got a very Kubrick vibe to it, and I think he’s the kind of guy that could really pull off something really interesting. I play a guy who—he’s not really a racist cop but he’s an edgy cop—and I play his twin brother, so in the movie I play two guys. And the Rock plays this kind of action star who’s really messed up, and kind of an amnesiac. I mean, I’ve read the script six times and I still can’t figure out what’s going on. There’s lots of great little parts. I’m one of the leads. It’s pretty much me and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays a porn star, and the Rock. It was a great experience for me to get this part, ’cause I was like "I wanna meet this guy." I sat down with him and was like, "These are the things I anticipated doing when I moved out here. I’ve gone down this other path that I appreciate, but I wanna work with you." He was like "Well, read the script," and I was like, "I don’t know what’s going on in this movie, but I wanna do it."

CS ! : There were some rumors going around that it was going to be a musical. Is that true ?

Scott : It’s not. I think at one point that was a part of it and maybe he still might. He’s the kind of director who might throw that at us. "Hey — I want you to sing the lines this time." I know that Moby and Trent Reznor are doing the music for it.