Tonight at 9p
Sharknado is storming down on Syfy and you don’t want to miss this brilliant movie.
A massive amount of Super Tornadoes are twisting their way over the Pacific Ocean and they are causing the sharks to rise up to the surface. But the twisters don’t stop there because they are actually picking them up and dropping them down on Los Angeles. Obviously the sharks are not happy about being displaced, so they are eating everyone in their path and it is up to Tara Reid and Ian Ziering to stop them before they cause more ugliness in Hollywood than a Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon. Will they do it? You will have to tune to find out in this movie that is more comedy than horror!
But before you do, here are some insights I got from Tara Reid during a conference about the making of the movie that’s directed by Anthony Ferrante.
Were there actual sharks raining down on the actors during the filming of the movie?:
Tara Reid: Yes, special effects, it was a lot more CGI; there weren’t thousands sharks in the sky. The shark stuff, like, in the ocean, I didn’t really have any scenes in, so I wasn’t involved in that kind of area. But, I mean, it was just mostly CGI and you just had to have like a really good imagination.
On faking that there were sharks all around her:
TR: Yes, I was going to say that there was so much green screen. You just had to just use your imagination and pretend that there were sharks everywhere. You know what I mean and sometimes it felt ridiculous because you didn’t know what was going on. But yes, I think we did the best job we can and I think we had a lot of fun doing it.
On committing to the role:
TR: So I think by committing to it, is what makes it so funny. Like, we did go there. Yes, you knew it was absolutely ridiculous. There’s no one going in the shark’s stomach and cut them out with a chainsaw. But because he does play it seriously, it comes off funnier. So, I mean, I think it’s a story that people are really going to enjoy and laugh with it.
Did she learn anything about sharks while making Sharknado?:
TR: It wasn’t really that kind of thing. It wasn’t like we were with actually sharks. I mean, it was all Sci-Fi, so I didn’t really learn anything about sharks. It wasn’t like, “Be careful with this shark because you’re going to get bitten,†because it was all complete sci-fi and digital. So, no, I didn’t learn anything about sharks. I just knew that, you know, run from sharks if you see them. You don’t want to get eaten.
Did she have a crush on Ian Ziering (who plays her ex-husband in the movie) when she younger?:
TR: Not really. I just thought he was a nice guy, but no, not really.
Her honesty to these stupid questions was just perfect. I won’t tell you which one I asked because looking back at it now, I should be embarrassed for asking it. And I am!
