You first appeared in “Bride of Chucky” 26 years in the past, and that movie principally launched a brand new period for the franchise, actually setting the tone for future installments. Why do you suppose Chucky has been so enduring?
Twenty-six years … time flies. I feel the important thing ingredient is Don Mancini, who created Chucky when he was in school, and he is been with the Chucky franchise for 30 years. He is written all of the scripts. He directed the final two films and government produced all three seasons of “Chucky.”
After I agreed to do “Bride of Chucky,” I by no means thought it could have legs as a result of my character is horrifically murdered on the finish. I used to be like, “OK, properly, that was enjoyable.” So, when Don known as me up a pair years later and mentioned he wished me to return again and do extra Chucky, I used to be astonished as a result of I used to be like, “Wait a minute, did not my character die?” I used to be unprepared for the truth that, within the Chucky universe, no one ever dies. Chucky will get killed each episode [of the series] and he all the time comes again to life. So, it has been a wild trip.
It is endured as a result of Don is rarely like, “OK, let’s crank one other certainly one of this stuff out for the paycheck.” He loves Chucky a lot. He is a brilliant fan. So he goes into it considering “What would I need to see as a fan?” When he got here up with the thought of bringing again Alex Vincent’s character, the little boy in [“Child’s Play” and “Child’s Play 2”], for the sequence, the studio gave him a giant checklist of individuals they thought may play the character. And he went, “No, Alex goes to play the character. He’s the character.” Don insisted, and he was proper as a result of the followers beloved it. They went loopy once they noticed that the little boy was again and out for vengeance.
When he introduced again Christine Elise, who performed the babysitter, they beloved that too. They love that he respects them and respects the trajectory of the character. He by no means does that factor they do in different franchises the place it is like, “We’ll simply neglect this individual ever existed” or “This individual has three children now as a substitute of two.” He actually looks like there must be construction and logic on this planet of Chucky.
After I got here into the franchise, I feel that ushered within the camp period of Chucky as a result of Tiffany, whereas she’s glamorous and humorous, can also be campy and like a feminine drag queen. Folks actually beloved my character. The franchise all the time had a number of humor, however maybe a special sort of humor. However Don and I’ve the best time developing with issues for Tiffany to do. When he got here up with the sequence, I used to be like, “How’s Tiffany going to slot in?” As a result of the sequence may be very a lot a small-town coming-of-age story about two younger lovers, but it surely all works. You’ve got bought loopy over-the-top characters after which you will have very refined, hyper-realistic characters, they usually all by some means come collectively and make this nice Chucky stew.