Interview: The Cast of The Human Centipede
Before the Premiere of The Human Centipede at the LA Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Killer Film had a conversational interview with the three actors who make up the twisted concoction.
Jason Bene: Who is at the front of the line of the “Centipede”?
Akihiro Kitamura: I’m the lucky guy. I don’t really mind having my face attached to a female’s butt. I don’t mind.
Jason Bene: Why would you want to be in the front?
Akihiro Kitamura: [Laughs] Because you can talk I guess. You can use your hands and everything.
Jason Bene: You can actually breathe as well.
Ashley C. Williams: We can breathe too it’s just very uncomfortable. Our mouths are sewn together and we have staples in our cheeks.
Jason Bene: The film is called The Human Centipede (First Sequence), is this the first film in a potential series?
Ashley C. Williams: There should be a second film called [The Human Centipede II] Full Sequence. So, this is the first sequence of the full. The full means two I suppose.
Jason Bene: It sounds like the Director [Tom Six] is very confident there will be a sequel?
Ashley C. Williams: He’s confident and fearless.
Jason Bene: The Screamfest Horror Film Festival just started and this seems to be the movie that everyone is buzzing about?
Akihiro Kitamura: This film is hot man. What’s up Killer Film!
Jason Bene: Will we eventually see “The Human Millipede”?
Ashley C. Williams: I think it’s still Centipede. A centipede has something like one hundreds legs doesn’t it?
Jason Bene: How was it working with Tom Six?
Akihiro Kitamura: It’s awesome. He loves movies so much. He’s passionate and so excited.
Ashley C. Williams: He’s very passionate about it. It’s such a crazy story but he was so passionate about what he had created or what he wanted to create. I just had to be excited with him. I was so confident about the story that I was in.
Jason Bene: I did some some homework and is it true that you had a part in Ron Howard’s Willow?
Ashley C. Williams: I was 5 years old. I remember auditioning for Ron Howard and he wanted me to have some lines to say “Willow’s home, Willow’s home” but I was so young. His assistant came to my kindergarten class and auditioned me on the field and I was crying because I was so nervous.
Jason Bene: Are you the tail end of The Human Centipede?
Ashlynn Yennie: Yes, I am. I play Jenny in the film and she’s the more naive one who doesn’t know what to do and how to help herself. I was attached the Ashley’s ass for three weeks so it was awesome.
Jason Bene: Akihiro seems quite happy about being at the front of the line?
Ashlynn Yennie: He was at the front end and didn’t have to deal with any on the stuff we did. Ashley and I had to do 2 1/2 hours of make-up everyday which was destroying our faces, and he was like here’s my diaper and put it on. The only trouble we had was Akiro backing into us.
Jason Bene: Was it easy to detach yourself from the devices used to connect all the actors?
Ashlynn Yennie: It was just a piece of gauze strapped around our face. It was only 2 1/2 weeks of filming the actual Centipede and that was at 2-3 minutes at a time. The longest we did it was the staircase scene where we had to walk up it
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Killer Film would like to thanks Akihiro Kitamura, Ashley C. Williams, and Ashylynn Yennie for being so sweet and making this a memorable interview for me.
I watched it movie today, and congratulations to producers and actors by perfect work!!! thankx
I thought it was average at best, but I am glad you enjoyed it.
Still haven’t seen this one yet, very disturbing trailer.
Jon Reply:
September 15th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
October 5th on DVD and Blu-ray.
Horrorchic Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Blind bought the BR and watched it a while back.
It was alright, but hard to take seriously after a while.
With that creepy Surgeon appearing to be on the verge of blowing a massive load in his pants at any moment.
R0TFLMA0!
This was the stupidest film I’ve ever seen, the director clearly has some sort of a ‘poo’ fetish, the thought of a girl being strapped to his ass having to eat his shit all the time got him off, I can’t think of any other reason you’d make something like this, as well “100% medically accurate” ?? Bollox! Human waste is poison, you wouldn’t last long like this. 3/10 and that’s only because of the gross out scene in the garden.
Jon Reply:
October 20th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Read my Blu-ray review haha
Skyderpants Reply:
October 21st, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Ye, very good, and point well made about the 2 girls 1 cup thing, I’d read about the movie before I got hold of it and only did so because I had to see what had been done. Still, it was a bit of a let down, they could have done some sort of CGI thing into her mouth for extra effect.
I read something about WW2, he was trying to make a point with the germany, japan and america thing, and it’s like ‘get over yourself, ya dickhead’
Good write up though.
poor girls.
i think this was a terrible idea for a movie. It made me sick to my stomach, and the movie barely made any money. its a waste to make a second sequence. Personally after the first sequence, you couldn’t pay me to watch the second. i think it was directed well, and i am not bashing the director in any way, but he would be better off choosing something different and using his directing talents in a more efficient movie
i think this was horrible. the director is sick for even thinking of an idea like it. The poor girl had to eat shit… (highly unrealistic) Waste is deadly, everyone knows that. The acting was okay, but could have been better, but then again, they were probably picked up off the street, because no one in their right state of mind would perform in the movie. HORRIBLE! 0 stars
FEED HER!
I will say that I do LOVE the DVD sleeve for THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. lol