If you thought ’90210′ pushed the envelope, just wait till you read all about Matt Lantner's racy new role! What attracted you to Liars All in the first place?
It’s a good script, number one. It’s a pyscho-sexual thriller, but it’s very character driven. There are a bunch of young adults who basically carry out this truth or dare game on New Year’s Eve in London — and it takes some bad turns. The way the characters interact, there are a lot of desires and a lot of denial happening so you kind of see how that affects the characters and the lengths they’ll go to get what they want.
What’s your character, Mike, all about?
Mike’s an intelligent guy. He’s the kind of guy that doesn’t always get the girl, and he doesnt know why. He doesn’t have that ‘it’ factor, that confidence. And one of the other characters in the movie does. So my Mike is envious and wants the girl he can’t have. It’s interesting, because it’s a new character I haven’t really gotten to play yet. It’s a very detailed and complex script, driven by the characters and their emotion. So it’s fun.
And which girl gets to play your love interest?There’s two. I’m pining after one girl [Gillian Zinser's Missy] and this other girl is pining after me [Sara Paxton's Katie.] It’s like this whole web of desire. It always creates tension and drama.
Any hot scenes we should be particularly excited about?
We definitely have some steamy scenes for sure.
With both women at once?
Let me just tell you, it is at once. I was the sandwich there. The way it fits in is really interesting and intelligent. It’s not really done just for the ‘wow’ factor. … It got a little steamy there with me, Sara and Gillian. It was fun. Sarah Paxton is so fun. We’re making out, doing our thing — kissing, rubbing — and the next second, we’re cracking up after a take.
Was it awkward being in the middle of two girls?
Not really... how does that make me sound? I was like, ‘I’m going to work today and having a threesome.’ Those two girls are so much fun and just kind easy to laugh with. I know Gillian well, and I’ve actually known Sara through some friends. So we all kind of knew each other. We’re all professional, we’ve all done it before. So we’re kind of used to the making out thing.
Speaking of Gillian, were you happy you got to work together outside of 90210?It was weird at first. I was talking to the producers and was like, ‘You know Gillian and I are on the same show, right? Is that going to be off?’ They were like, ‘No, we’re cool.’ We went with it. It’s great. Again, I play a completely different character from the character I play on 90210. And so does Gillian.
And should we be worried about you surviving the movie? The last time we saw you on the big screen, you were getting stabbed by Leighton Meester.
I shouldn’t say if I survive or not — but, yeah, whats up with that? I keep getting all these Twitter messages asking why I keep dying in movies! People are really upset about it for some reason. It’s nice to feel that love from Twitter, but I’m getting a LOT of complaints, like ‘You need to be in a movie where you dont die!’ It is what it is.
No comments:
Post a Comment