Occasionally, Hecklerspray’s plucky explorers set out into the wilderness to infiltrate the minds of the most intricate creatures of all: The Celebrity.
So, in typical style, we ask 15 of the most irrelevant questions we can think of. Our latest subject is Never Back Down‘s main legs, teeth and fists, Sean Faris, currently to be seen in Ghost Machine, on DVD from April 12.
Read the interview – where he tells us to fuck off – after the jump…
‘Spray: Describe yourself, Sean Faris.
Sean Faris: A city boy with country roots – I grew up in Houston, Texas. I try not to take too many things too seriously. I try and have a good time and live my life.
‘Spray: What’s your face been in?
SF: I guess they would know me from the film Never Back Down. I also did a little arc on The Vampire Diaries and I'm currently shooting a project called The Damn Thorpes which is absolutely awesome. It's a great project to work on.
‘Spray: When was the last time you swore at someone?
SF: About ten minutes ago. I believe it was the F-word. I don't know if I swore at them, I just kinda swore. Directly at somebody?… I think that was about ten minutes ago, ?fuck off? but it wasn?t like in anger.
‘Spray: Have you ever backed down?
SF: Never. I don't have that gene in me. Maybe once; there was like 15 people and I didn't really back down, I stood my ground, I didn't let things escalate but I stood my ground.
No, you know what? I've never fucking backed down. There, I swore again. Fuck off – how do you like them apples?
‘Spray: Wow, you don't even back down from an interview, and you've just knocked ten minutes off of your swear time.
SF: You know, I searched through my soul and I found it.
‘Spray: Did you prefer hitting ctrl-alt-delete in Ghost Machine rather than smashing people round the face in Never Back Down?
SF: I can't say I preferred one to the other, they were two completely different characters I got to play. I really, really enjoyed playing that character in Ghost Machine and he was a bit of a psychopath. There wasn?t a care in the world for anyone else or their feelings. He was a selfish, egotistical psychopath and that was fun. But so was Never Back Down; I got to fight, I got to be trained and I got to learn all of these things. And those fights were really a lot of fun to film.
‘Spray: Would you consider yourself a beefcake?
SF: Absolutely not, I weight 160. You have to be at least 185 pounds to be a beefcake. I'm 6ft tall and 160 pounds, I'm more like a stick in the wind. I just look big because I'm well defined.
‘Spray: How many times have you been asked if you are related to Anna Faris?
SF: Oh my god, constantly! The funny thing is, I ran into Anna at the MTV Movie Awards and said that people always ask me if I'm your brother or your cousin, and she said ?That's really funny, the last couple of years people have been asking me if I am related to you.? And I'm like ?what goes around, comes around?.
‘Spray: Are you related to Anna Faris?
SF: I am not related to Anna Faris.
‘Spray: Ghost Machine?
SF: Ghost Machine is a project we shot in Ireland, and it was like 30 days of night shoots we did on that project, so I became a bit of a vampire. I am a night owl.
This mad scientist (me) develops a way to train military combatants in a simulation machine that is very real. They feel like they're there. They feel it. If they get shot in the arm or the leg they will actually feel it when they are in the simulator. But when they bring them out, although they are fine, they feel, like, freaked out. And with the machine, my character has a theory that he may be able to trap a paranormal energy inside of it and use it to, basically, create a new form of modern warfare.
‘Spray: Is there a film from your CV that you would get rid of?
SF: [Laughs] I've always been told not to shit on past projects. They have all got me to where I'm at. And I'm sure one or two of them I might like to… but I'm not going to tell you.
‘Spray: Have you ever embarrassed yourself in front of a fellow celebrity?
SF: I'm sure I must?ve at one point or another; specifically, can I remember a time? No.
‘Spray: Has a film made you violently ill recently?
SF: 2012 was absolute garbage. Yeah, we?ll go with that; they Hollywooded it the fuck out. That whole scene where they are driving along the highway, things falling apart and then driving through the collapsing building, I mean come on! Come on, that's just crap! Everyone's doing it, that greenscreen bandwagon shit. Go make real movies, know what I'm saying?
‘Spray: I know what you’re saying. What are you doing after this interview?
SF: Back to work; I'm on my lunch break. we're working on The Damned Thorpes, aka: The Wyoming Project.
‘Spray: If you could pass on one piece of advice to our readers out there…
SF: Live your life, life is short, go for it; do what you want in your life. Don't let anyone tell you you can't do something that you want to do. Because usually that's a person who doesn't believe in themselves and they want to keep you down. As far as life goes; go for it.
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Tom J says
I have a question: who the hell is this guy?
slow17motion says
Sean Faris is one of the fucking hottest men on the planet you douchebag. That’s who he is.
Jenny says
I would probably have to second that. He is super hot! I can’t wait until The Wyoming Projects starts so I can see him on my t.v. weekly.:)
Dee says
He was also in the coffee table book called About Face.. Pretty hot!! And very shirtless!!
nick black says
i love Sean Faris, and the last answer was really nice.