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23-May-2007, 12:45 PM
Day's Suvari Kicks Zombie Butt (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=41621)
Mena Suvari, who co-stars in the upcoming zombie film Day of the Dead, told SCI FI Wire that she takes on an uncharacteristic action role as an Army corporal in the remake of George A. Romero's 1985 movie. Suvari's character is a member of a small band of survivors battling the flesh-eating walking dead in an underground military bunker.
"Day of the Dead is like [Zack Snyder's 2004] Dawn of the Dead," the actress said in an interview while promoting her latest film, Brooklyn Rules. "It's a remake. Steve Miner directed it, and he, like, created Friday the 13th. So that was awesome. That was two and a half months in Bulgaria, six-day weeks, and I did all my own stunts. It was fun."
Suvari—best known for her dramatic role in American Beauty and comedic turns in the first two American Pie movies—said she signed on to Dead in part to impress a sibling. "One of my brothers is in the Army, and I just thought he'd get such a kick out finally seeing me in fatigues," she said. "Especially me, like, the wild one who wanted her hair lavender when she was 16," she added with a laugh.
Suvari gets to take part in a lot of action in Day of the Dead. "Yeah, I'm kind of saving the day in that film," she said. "And that was great. It was action, and I really challenged myself. Like I said, I did all my own stunts, and that was really fun." Day of the Dead, which also stars Dawn of the Dead's Ving Rhames and Nick Cannon, Christa Campbell and Ian McNeice, opens later this year. —Ian Spelling
Mena Suvari, who co-stars in the upcoming zombie film Day of the Dead, told SCI FI Wire that she takes on an uncharacteristic action role as an Army corporal in the remake of George A. Romero's 1985 movie. Suvari's character is a member of a small band of survivors battling the flesh-eating walking dead in an underground military bunker.
"Day of the Dead is like [Zack Snyder's 2004] Dawn of the Dead," the actress said in an interview while promoting her latest film, Brooklyn Rules. "It's a remake. Steve Miner directed it, and he, like, created Friday the 13th. So that was awesome. That was two and a half months in Bulgaria, six-day weeks, and I did all my own stunts. It was fun."
Suvari—best known for her dramatic role in American Beauty and comedic turns in the first two American Pie movies—said she signed on to Dead in part to impress a sibling. "One of my brothers is in the Army, and I just thought he'd get such a kick out finally seeing me in fatigues," she said. "Especially me, like, the wild one who wanted her hair lavender when she was 16," she added with a laugh.
Suvari gets to take part in a lot of action in Day of the Dead. "Yeah, I'm kind of saving the day in that film," she said. "And that was great. It was action, and I really challenged myself. Like I said, I did all my own stunts, and that was really fun." Day of the Dead, which also stars Dawn of the Dead's Ving Rhames and Nick Cannon, Christa Campbell and Ian McNeice, opens later this year. —Ian Spelling