Q: What was your yêu thích part about playing Daryl?
A: He's such a mixed guy. Growing up with a brother like Michael Rooker's character, you'd imagine he'd have tons of chicks on his shoulder. I think trying to find a way to be the little brother, but still be a badass in his own way and still hiển thị that he cares about his brother. Trying to hiển thị that he has feelings and trying to find a likable guy in a racist, bạn know?
Q: How do bạn make a racist likable?
A: I was looking for that fine line to get to where I actually tham gia the group and become somebody that they can trust. I'm sort of like this pet snake: somebody that is around all the time and works with all these people, but he might snap at any second. It's like, bạn have to pick and choose your Những người bạn carefully, and sometimes bạn get stuck with whoever is not bitten. And the best part is that Daryl could go so many different ways since he's such a wild card. He could hook up with someone, he could become a total crazy person hoặc maybe just become a really nice guy.
Q: Between starring in The Boondock Saints and this, you've handled your fair share of weapons on-screen. How did the crossbow compare?
A: Dude, I got to say I tình yêu the crossbow. I mean it's just fun. súng are fun, I can't deny that shooting súng in phim chiếu rạp isn't fun. But I had never used a crossbow before, and it's pretty rad.
Q: It's nice and silent.
A: Yeah totally! The only thing is that bạn have to reload real quickly. What I need is one of those automatic crossbows... if they even make those.
Q: Daryl seems well-suited to the apocalypse. Do bạn think you'd fare as well?
A: Oh no way dude, I would run and hide. I don't know what I would do. I'd probably just end up stealing a purple Lamborghini and go joy-riding until a walker caught me. I mean, I am pretty tough, but I'm not Daryl tough.
Q: Having starred in Blade II, where do bạn land on the ma cà rồng vs. Zombies debate?
A: Dude I am so about this hiển thị right now, so I say zombies all the way. I have got to say this is one of the most fun jobs I have ever had. ma cà rồng are fun too, and that was a blast, but I am all about the zombies right now.
Q: Having become known for your Irish accent, was it difficult to pull off a Southern one?
A: Actually Irish is harder to pull off. I know southern people and I really like the midwest, so I can tap into that a little bit. It's easier to sound angry with southern than it is Irish. Yelling Irish bạn can sound like an angry Leprechaun. I think me screaming like I am going to kill bạn in Irish doesn't work. Plus, it just goes so well with Daryl. It's just something about having a crossbow and having squirrels around your neck and being sweaty down in Atlanta.
Q: Have bạn ever cooked con sóc, sóc stew?
A: Nah man, I live in New York. We just got rats here, no squirrels.
Q: What's the weirdest thing bạn ever ate?
A: I did this film in China where we shot on hàng đầu, đầu trang of the Geat Wall. I remember for bữa tối, bữa ăn tối during the weekend they made this huge feast: We had one plate of frogs that were standing upright, three of them, making a tripod and they were like bloated white blue frogs. The tiếp theo dish was slugs, just moving with all these sauces. Then the tiếp theo dish was a giant snake that was coiled and the head was chopped off, and they took a cantaloupe and carved out a little dragon head and stuck it on there. And then another dish came bởi and it was a súp in a turtle, but the rùa, con rùa was just freshly killed and sort floating there. I did just eat a taco -- I guess that was pretty weird, too. [Laughs]
