Jennifer Tilly wanted to lose weight to play herself in the movie, but she and Don Mancini inserted "fat jokes" into the script in case she didn't make it.
Filmed on the largest soundstage in Romania and the second largest soundstange in Europe, where Cold Mountain (2003) was also shot.
Because Focus Features has a reputation for yielding eloquent, "artsy" independent films, Rogue Pictures was created as an offshoot to release this movie.
"After the SCREAM movies, people began to understand the possibilities
of self-referential humor in horror movies," Tilly notes. "But the thing
is, Don loves horror movies. He really understands the genre, and what
horror aficionados want, but he’s also got a wicked, wicked sense of humor."
"When Tiffany died, I looked at Brad and he had tears in his eyes, and I had tears
in my eyes. It’s interesting—you identify with the little creatures,"
Tilly says gently, and perhaps not without some wonder. "Chucky has gone
from being this horrible little scary thing that jumps out of a closet to being someone
people can relate to. People put up with so much—the guy on the freeway
cuts you off, the guy in the 7-Eleven is rude to you. We take so much
shit every day, and Chucky doesn’t take it, except from Tiffany. People
can relate to that, too. He’s kind of pussywhipped. They’re like the
Bickersons. They have a real squabbly relationship, but they’re bound
together. And in this one, they have a family."
"Originally, when Don Mancini wrote BRIDE OF CHUCKY with me in mind,
the studios wanted someone from BAYWATCH, who was cheaper, if you can
imagine such a thing!" says Jennifer Tilly indignantly.
Then, an explosion of her signature laughter. "I fought tooth and nail not
to be in it, because I had the idea that [horror movies] were what you
did at the beginning of your career, or at the end of it—like
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE or WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE."
"Yeah, then it takes off from there. I get artificially impregnated with Chucky’s seed. Billy Boyd plays the voice of the son and John Waters plays a pervy paparazzi and somebody named Redman plays a director. He plays a director of this biblical epic. Redman the rapper, yeah. He says it just came to him. God told him to make a movie about the bible. So I’m auditioning to be the virgin Mary in the biblical epic."
"It’s funny because Don [Mancini]’s been trying to get this script off the ground for years and years and years, and finally Universal created - - it’s called Rogue films. You know they have different banners? Well, they had Focus film and we were going to be a Focus film but then I guess they thought it would be bad for Focus Films because that’s for classy indie fare. So they created an offshoot of Focus Films called Rogue films which was for movies they’re too embarrassed to release under the Focus banner. So we’re the very first Rogue film. I’m so happy. This is actually the original script that he wrote, because they were trying to make him change a lot of things. It’s going to be really funny. And he’s got a really great cinematographer and editor. Pino Donaggio is doing the soundtrack."
Well, one of the things I was trying to do is lose some weight, because I’m really lazy, you guys might know. Most of the times when I get a part, I play character parts so I go well, this character has a sedentary lifestyle. She’s a little bit over the hill, her better days are behind. I always do things like that. But when you’re playing yourself, you can’t say hey, there’s Jennifer Tilly, she’s fat. So I was trying to lose some weight but the problem is when I go on a diet, I get really hungry. I’m not hungry until I say okay, from now on, only lean meat and steamed vegetables. All of a sudden I’m craving fattening food. So just in case, when I was recording the Tiffany doll, just in case I didn’t lose any weight, I put in some references to that. So Don took one look at me and he started putting in jokes about how I’m trying to diet and I won’t let my assistant eat because I have no will power."
What was the process like? Did you just go into a studio, watch the scenes, and then provide the voice work?
Have you done voice work before?
Do you have an accent for this role?
How much is your voice actually in the movie?
So the Seed is able to speak throughout the film?
Were you familiar with the “Child’s Play” franchise before doing this?
Was the process like an animated movie where you’re isolated from the other actors or were the other actors around?
Did you go back a few times to do different lines, like you would for a regular animated movie?
Do you have any publicity stills of you and the puppet?
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When you put your resume together, what’s it going to say – ‘Seed’?
(Laughing) No, it’ll say ‘Glen’.
Yeah, pretty much.
I’d done a lot of radio.
We shall wait and see (laughing). It was a lot of fun, actually.
Well, you know, it’s a full movie…
Yes.
I missed them until “Bride of Chucky,” which I thought was really funny. It wasn't what I expected. I thought it was a real sort of horror-horror, but it's fairly tongue-in-cheek, so I kind of enjoyed it. This one is probably more in that route.
No, it was just me and then with the director, Don [Mancini].
No, we did it right through. And then I had to go back and change some stuff for one day, just for like a couple of hours.
No! I’ve never even seen the puppet. I’ve seen it on the screen, I just haven't seen the actual real thing. I haven't held it. I wonder if I get to keep it?
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