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Tu<g$ddy I Kfay 1, 2001 2T T SIGNAL Duchovny and Scott evolve for new roles Speak and Spell: the streets and go 'why, why did you scene, Duchovny mooned another from EVOLUTION | page 17 do that, why did you make that?"' character in jest. Reitman thought it Though Scott had moved on to was hilarious, and kept it in. An interview with 'Scary "Dude, Where's My Car," "Road a role that was slightly different from Duchovny had no qualms against Trip," and "American Pie," in which his previous ones, pranksters having his bottom smeared across the he made his film debut (the sequel is Duchovny and Jones kept the fun of screen, though once it was on screen Movie 2 V Tori Spelling due later this summer). making films alive by always having he realized it was whiter than he "I think once you do a few things a thing or two up their sleeve for thought it was. that are similar then you need to do Scott. "But if my ass can be used to Mathew Tschirgi ally, I haven't gotten to work some other things. When 1 did "Everytime I'd get my coverage make an audience get up and go to a Staff Writer with Marlon Brando yet. Not in "Dude" 1 thought it had the potential David and Orlando would be behind movie, then so be it," he said. the scene he's in. But, uh. Tim to be a "Dumb and Dumber," a re­ the camera shooting birds and mak­ Though Duchovny's eight-year The first "Scary Movie" Curry is awesome... I've been ally bizarre cool movie, and it had to ing faces at me and yelling. Or I'd stint on "The X-Files" makes him run was a box office smash, gener­ such a huge fan of his and he's be rated R because of the language. the risk of being typecast in more se­ ating S157 million in the US great. I mean we're all a pretty But it ended up being PG-13, so it rious. alien-involving roles, he isn't alone. This also made "Scary close group at this point because was my first experience where 1 concerned with the image others have Movie" the highest grossing R- we've been filming for a month. thought, 'this isn't the movie we of him. He just hopes to be able to rated movie, until "Hannibal" Well. I have to say he's one of made.' The first week of filming it make films that he wants to make and beat it out in 2001, with a cur­ the main people I hang out with didn't feel like anything new at all, explore different genres and charac­ rent US box office gross of the most. He's really cool. He so after that I decided 1 wanted to do ters, which is one of the reasons he $160.84 million. Since the said it was hard for him at first something with people who had more did "Evolution" even though it in­ original made so much money, being with a bunch of young experience and were older. And that volves aliens. it's only natural that Miramax people, but he fits right in. He's was why it was tough to do "Ameri­ "My image in my mind is not wanted to release a sequel. Not so funny. can Pie II." But you're always trying what other people have. 1 know I did surprisingly, the title is "Scary Signal: You mentioned ear­ to make decisions to keep your ca­ "X-Files" for eight years but 1 don't Movie 2" and it's due out in the­ lier the differences between, Special | Signal reer going." conceive of myself being in that show aters this July! Orlando Jones suffers from an alien working, like, on TV and film Once getting the script for 'attack' in "Evolution." in a way. It's odd, the whole phenom­ I participated in a confer­ and a recent movie you did, "American Pie II" however, Scott enon of being pegged as one thing. ence call phone interview with "House of Yes," was a movie couldn't resist doing it once again. come to the set and go to my trailer I've found that exposing people to Tori Spelling and asked her based on a play. Was it differ­ "I was always against a sequel. and all my stuff would be gone. Once another aspect of what I want to do some questions about "Scary ent working with actors [in the 1 was like, dude, we got lucky with I put a sweater on and put my hands doesn't work. It's like you gotta do it Movie 2" and future aspirations movie] because it's based on a the first one, just let it be as it is. I in the pockets and they were filled 10, 20, 30 times before they finally for her career. From what I gath­ play and with theatre? think people are getting sick of gross- with meat and vegetables, and I was start to let go of it. But I don't really ered during the phone interview, Tori Spelling: It was defi­ out humor. But then I got the script just like 'Duchovny!' So it was cool. concern myself with that because it seems that the basic plot of nitely different because, actu­ and it was hilarious. I think it can be I felt like I was the younger brother there's nothing I can do, and it's not "Scary Movie 2" is pretty close ally, the writer of that who funnier than the last one. It's smarter always getting picked on. But that as prevalent in my mind as someone to the recent re­ adapted it than the first one. And we all wanted was better than being the old guy on else's. It's like a handle that someone make "The from the play to make this funnier than the first one. the set, trying to be 18, which I'd done can put on you, it's not really legiti­ Haunting," star­ was the direc­ We didn't want it to be "Speed 2." like four times." mate." ring Liam tor. Because it We were all about pride, we wanted Some of the guys horsing around "Evolution" will be taking over Neeson and was a play, he it to be good. We didn't want to walk humor made it onto the film. In one theatres June 8. Catherine Zeta- was pretty Jones. hard-core Signal: I was about sticking wondering, do to the dia­ College you think the logue, so we original "Scary couldn't ad- Movie" pushed lib. In fact, if the limit of I left, like, an ^ 1 what's consid­ "a" out, ered an R-rated (laughs) he v <• ML \Put Yourself movie? would say, J' Tori Spell­ "No, there's IN THE COMPANY OF EXPERTS ing: Um, well, an 'a' in there, uh, no. I mean, and you have You need to make extra cash — you just need the right opportunity they pushed it to add that or to make it happen. Enter OSI. We're a company of experts more and they Special | Signal a 'the'" and so that leads the nation in strategic receivables management. had to cut back to I didn't have We have exciting full-time and part-time opportunities with get that R rating. And, um, if liberty to kind of do my own flexible scheduling that works around your busy college schedule. you guess people think they thing. 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