Baker Ready For More Dead
Source:Sci Fi Wire
Date:19-JUNE-06
By Patrick Lee
Simon Baker, who starred in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, told SCI FI Wire that he's eager to do another one of the legendary director's zombie movies, though none is currently in the works. "Yeah, I love George," Baker said in an interview on the set of his new film, Sex and Death 101, at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on June 15. "I love that movie."
The 2005 Land of the Dead, the latest installment in Romero's zombie series, ended with the hint that more stories were to come. "I know the idea of it was always—and I think that most of George's films do this—the whole idea is the main curse is never solved," Baker said. "It's about the different periods of time in history with the plague, with this plague that doesn't go away."
In Land of the Dead, the Australian-born Baker (TV's The Guardian) played Riley, the reluctant leader of a band of human survivors of a worldwide plague that has turned the dead into walking, flesh-eating corpses. But Baker said that the movie worked also as an allegory of the current political situation. "I just love the socio-political sort of [ideas]," he said. "You know, the allegory of his films. It's funny, because so many people—all my highbrow friends—[said], 'God you did a zombie movie? And now you're doing like a sex comedy? Aren't you scared to do these movies?' And I sort of feel that ... I've got plenty of time to settle into the rocking chair and safe, comfy parts. Drink the same beer every day [laughs]. I like the thrill of it. and George was like a trip to me. He's such a cool cat."
In Sex and Death 101, written and directed by Daniel Waters (Heathers), Baker plays a man on the eve of his wedding who receives an e-mail with a list of all the women he's slept with—and all the women he will sleep with in the future. It's currently in production.
From Sci Fi Wire .
Date:19-JUNE-06
By Patrick Lee
Simon Baker, who starred in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, told SCI FI Wire that he's eager to do another one of the legendary director's zombie movies, though none is currently in the works. "Yeah, I love George," Baker said in an interview on the set of his new film, Sex and Death 101, at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on June 15. "I love that movie."
The 2005 Land of the Dead, the latest installment in Romero's zombie series, ended with the hint that more stories were to come. "I know the idea of it was always—and I think that most of George's films do this—the whole idea is the main curse is never solved," Baker said. "It's about the different periods of time in history with the plague, with this plague that doesn't go away."
In Land of the Dead, the Australian-born Baker (TV's The Guardian) played Riley, the reluctant leader of a band of human survivors of a worldwide plague that has turned the dead into walking, flesh-eating corpses. But Baker said that the movie worked also as an allegory of the current political situation. "I just love the socio-political sort of [ideas]," he said. "You know, the allegory of his films. It's funny, because so many people—all my highbrow friends—[said], 'God you did a zombie movie? And now you're doing like a sex comedy? Aren't you scared to do these movies?' And I sort of feel that ... I've got plenty of time to settle into the rocking chair and safe, comfy parts. Drink the same beer every day [laughs]. I like the thrill of it. and George was like a trip to me. He's such a cool cat."
In Sex and Death 101, written and directed by Daniel Waters (Heathers), Baker plays a man on the eve of his wedding who receives an e-mail with a list of all the women he's slept with—and all the women he will sleep with in the future. It's currently in production.
From Sci Fi Wire .
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