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Jennifer Morrison shreds our senses as a skateboard-certified supervixen in Grind.
Stuff, 8/11/2003
By Jonathan Small
There are many reasons why Jennifer Morrison would be the ultimate girlfriend. For starters, she’s painfully gorgeous—perfect body and perfect face, with bright blue eyes that could melt an Abrams tank. She’s sporty—during her spare time, she likes to crash dirt bikes or go surfing (so we don’t have to). And she’s as sweet as pudding. “I always see the good in people,” she says.
After flying below the radar in such invisiflicks as Urban Legends: Final Cut and Stir of Echoes, Jennifer has moved on to larger projects. This month, she stars in the skateboarding flick Grind and later this year will play opposite Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini and Christina Applegate in Surviving Christmas.“I’m not in it to be famous,” she says. “I love acting. The bottom line for me is to be at a point where I can just be working all the time.” The bottom line for us? Watching her bottom line.
STUFF: OK, first things first. Are you related in any way to Jim Morrison?
Jennifer: Yeah, he was my uncle. It’s really sad that he died. But he totally influenced the family, because we’re all into music. My parents are both music teachers.
Wow.
I’m just kidding with you. People ask me that all the time.
We’ve been punk’d! You play a skateboard chick in Grind. Are you one in real life? No. I’d never been on a skateboard before [the movie]. We filmed in 30 days, so it was a crash course. They said, “Here’s a skateboard. You’ve got to be on it tomorrow.” So I went outside with all my protective gear and skated up and down my driveway all day. My poor landlord was like, “It’s two in the morning! What are you doing?”
Did you get good? Were you McTwisting it down stairs?
No way—it takes years to learn how to grind a rail or jump on stuff. I can ollie on my carpet, but that’s it.
You can what on your what, now?
It’s crazy—I’ve become an extreme-sports girl in the last few months. I was snowboarding in the winter, then I had to learn how to surf for a TV pilot. I also learned how to race dirt bikes. That was the most addictive of all.
You also dyed your hair brown. Aren’t you naturally blond?
I am. They wanted me to have dark hair for [Surviving Christmas]. I went from playing this blond skater chick to playing this high-society, rich, snobby brunette. But since I’ve colored my hair, the whole guy factor has exponentially changed. All of the sudden, I’ve had to deal with it a lot more. Guys are a lot more forward. Everybody is always like, “It’s all about blondes.” No way, dude. It’s all about being brunette.
Well, you know what they say about brunettes. Actually, what do they say about brunettes? Tell us about Surviving Christmas. Was Ben Affleck as annoying as he seems?
He’s a good guy.
But annoying, right?
He’s such a normal, like, everyday guy.
Did you get any J.Lo shots?
She was around a lot. We shot all the exteriors in Chicago, and she was there most of the time. They kind of did their own thing. We didn’t hang out socially. There was so much chaos that surrounded them publicly. Just the mention of his name was immediate scandal.
Did Jenny get jealous because you were kissing her man?
No. She’s a really clean-cut girl. I don’t think a lot of people know that. She doesn’t drink; she doesn’t party.
Yeah, but which of you is the true Jenny from the block?
I get that constantly. Whatever her current name or song is, I get the backlash. I’ve been Jenny from the block. I’ve been J.Mo. I was J to the Mizzo.
Did Ben set you up with any of his friends?
No, he didn’t. Gosh darn it! And he’s got good friends.
Did you just say “Gosh darn it”?
[Laughs] Um, yeah. This is going to be funny. You guys have all these shots of me in leather, all glistening in my badass outfits, and I say “Gosh darn it.”
You do glisten in the photos.
It was enough to make my mom cry. I had to tell my parents about it, because my dad’s a high school teacher, so inevitably someone would bring the magazine to school and show him. My mom was so sweet. She said, “This all started with you when you were onstage at five and I told you to project your voice, and now look what you’re doing.” I said, “Mom, it’s just a really edgy fashion shoot, and it’s done in a classy way.”
Do you find men as complex as that story?
They’re usually not as complicated as you think they are.
Do you get hit on, like, every two seconds?
Well, I’m very outgoing. I just love people. I love hanging out and talking to people. I love talking to strangers. But I think it’s gotten me into trouble sometimes.
Explain.
This poor guy the other night. He was trying way too hard. We were at this after-party for The In-Laws, and this guy comes bouncing over to me, and I don’t ever want to be mean, so I ask him how he’s doing and what he does for a living. He said, “Just so you know, I’m not in the industry, and there is nothing I can do to help you as an actress.” That was his big line. I said, “Thanks, but I don’t need help.” But he kept saying it over and over. He would call his friends over and say, “Have you met Jennifer? I told her I’m not in the industry and there’s absolutely nothing I can do to help her!”
Just so you know, there’s nothing we can do for you, either. Did this guy make a move on you?
No. He knew better. It’s funny—the most violated I have ever been was by a woman. We were in this bar, and it was packed. I was just standing there, and all of the sudden, this woman grabs my boob. These guys I was with saw what happened and pulled her off, and she just ran out.
With your boob?
No!
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intervista a jen e collega mike vogel nel 2003:
dopo aver girato il film, jen è stata richiamata perchè le Donnas hanno deciso di girare il videoclip di Too Bad About Your Girl (QUI il video) presente nella colonna sonora di Grind... jen era già moretta ed è per questo che ci sono foto di lei sul set sia mora che bionda
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2003 - Mike Vogel & Jennifer Morrison
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exclusive interview by Thomas Chau, contributing editor of Cinema Confidential
Despite having just completed a nationwide tour through skate parks and events to promote their skateboarding comedy, "Grind," Mike Vogel and Jennifer Morrison both have an enthusiasm about the film that's both authentic and humble.
"Grind" is the hilarious road trip comedy about four out-of-high-school skateboarders from Chicago with the dreams of becoming professional skaters. They hijack their friend's van and embark on a cross-country journey through the States with the mission of capturing the attention of pro skater Jimmy Wilson, who they hope to show their demo tapes to. Along the way, however, they run into a series of mishaps and run-ins, from clowns, to obnoxious kids, to dance parties, to even a zoned out Tom Green in Colorado. Mike plays Eric Rivers, the self-proclaimed leader of the group who convinces his friends to embark on the cross-country journey. Along the way, Eric begins to fall in love with Jamie (Jennifer Morrison), a skating chick on the Jimmy Wilson pro tour.
On the roof of the 42nd Street AMC theater, with street kids skating in the backdrop as a promotional push for the movie, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Mike and Jennifer one-on-one, as they were absolutely hilarious together, and was willing to chat as much as possible about the film.
So exactly how much fun did you guys have when making this movie?
Mike: You have no clue.
Jennifer: It was ridiculous. We've been describing it as a party. I would drive home from the set everyday and just be in awe. I'd be like, "I don't feel like going to work," because we'd get up at 4 in the morning to get to locations on time. But then, I would fly out of bed! I'd be like, "Good morning! Blahblahblahblah." It was just crazy, we'd have so much fun. The chemistry of all the guys together and I had such a good time with all of them. Director Casey La Scala was so laid back, he was always on a skateboard…
Mike (interrupts): The crew was so laid back. Grips would be riding by with sandbags on skateboards. It was just a good time. How often do you do a movie where you shoot your scene, you go back, you relax, you do another one, but when you weren't shooting, you were skating? So it was a great time to hang out.
In my mind, the funniest scene in the whole movie is the dance scene. How much of the dance sequence was choreographed and how much of it was improvised?
Mike: Oh God…
Jennifer: It was actually all choreographed and let me tell you, what should have been taped was them trying to learn the dance. Seriously, I was crying because I was laughing so hard.
Mike: We're the whitest human beings on the face of the Earth.
Jennifer: It was SO funny. The poor choreographer was trying to keep some sort of order to things and Vince was all over the place.
It looked to me like you guys were freestyling and it was hilarious…
Mike: That's the thing. If we tried to make it too perfect - the more we made fun of ourselves in it, and the worst we looked, the better it was going to come out. None of us have any rhythm whatsoever, so we all tried to learn some kind of fancy move when we came out and did one of our solo, fancy dances. I was like, "Well, I kinda can do the robot," and Adam [Brody]'s like, "I can kind of do the funky chicken." Joey [Kern] can do the worm and Vince [Vieluf] can do really homoerotic scissor kicks. So it all worked out.
Did either of you have any skateboarding experience before the movie?
Mike: I did. I grew up skating in high school. I was totally immersed in that world and after reading the script, [I saw that] they totally hit on so many details of what goes into that whole "pursuing that dream" of skateboarding. So it was great to relive those memories.
Did you have any skateboarding wipeouts while filming?
Jennifer: It was O.K. Luckily all the pros were doing all the huge stunts, which as they should be, because they're amazing. But beyond on that, they were all over us about not getting hurt for insurance policies. It was funny because Vince Vieluf is crazy. He was all over the place. Boards were flying whenever he was around. We were always waiting for some huge accident. As soon as he'd get a little bit crazy on a skateboard, someone was hired, literally, to take boards from us and say, "No no no, you got to get down!"
Mike: "You just fell again, now you have to take a two hour break."
Jennifer: Joey had a little bit of a wipeout but he went to the extreme.
Jennifer, who's a dreamier co-star: Ben Affleck or Joey Lawrence?
Mike: (erupts in laughter)
Jennifer: (embarrassed) Ben Affleck. (rolling in laughter)
Mike: WHOA (in Joey Lawrence voice)
Have you seen "Gigli"?
Jennifer: (cautiously) No, I haven't seen "Gigli."
Mike, scarier co-star: Bam Margera or Leatherface?
Jennifer: (laughs hysterically)
Mike: I'd have to say Leatherface. Bam's a good guy. Bam and I grew up in Philly and we crossed paths throughout our younger days…
Jennifer: (to Mike) But who's scarier though?
Mike: (to Jennifer) Leatherface. Bam's definitely not scary.
Jennifer: (to Mike) I was helping you answer the question.
Mike: (to Jennifer) Well, thank you.
Jennifer: (to Me) We're so tired that we're trying to keep each other…
Mike: Accountable.
So did either of you ever have a crazy road trip experience?
Jennifer: Yeah, someone asked me this before and I forgot about this. I went on a road trip with my girlfriends from college about a year ago. I flew in from L.A. to Chicago, and we all piled into a car we rented to drive to Wisconsin. It was a nine-hour drive to this lake where we were going to go wakeboarding. We had this crazy journey where we piled all our food, and we were in the car for about seven hours to a point where we were completely delirious. I had my camcorder with me and we're totally rocking to the Beastie Boys and totally being idiots because we were all together for seven hours up to this point. And I had just turned on the camcorder and all of a sudden, Monica, my friend driving, starts going "DEER! DEER!" And we were on a major highway! We weren't even on a side road. And a deer starts dashing towards us, and we were going 80 miles an hour on the highway. She slams on the brakes but then she begins to swerve because it was raining. The car behind us was really close, and there's literally smoke coming behind us from slamming on the brakes and trying to swerve. And Monica goes, "I'm going to have to hit him! I'm going to have to hit him!" And we're all screaming in the car. We ended up hitting this deer, and it went flying the other way.
Mike: (to Jennifer) You're a terrible person.
Jennifer: We didn't know what to do! It was awful.
Mike, did you have a road trip experience?
Mike: I do, but I didn't hit a deer or anything like that.
Yeah that poor thing…
Mike: Oh, so my story isn't worth hearing now?
Jennifer: He seemed like he lived though!
Mike: If he didn't, then you probably put him out of his misery.
Did you take him to the vet like in "Tommy Boy"?
Mike: (Laughs hysterically)
Jennifer: We were on a major highway so I don't know what we could've done.
Mike: (to Jennifer) Are we still on your story? No, I think we've moved on to mine, thank you. Enough about the deer.
Jennifer: Sorry, life's all about Mike Vogel.
Mike: That's right. Every year, me and my friends would take a snowboarding trip. One year, we were on our trip and the five of us were heading up there in my parents' conversion van. And I'm driving and one of my buddies brought back a tear gas gun from Austria. It's 3 o'clock in the morning and we're in the middle of some national park somewhere in New York. My friend thought it would be a great idea to stick it out the car door and shoot it. Why? I have absolutely no clue.
Jennifer: (interrupting) I don't even know why they had it in the first place, but that's just me. I'm a little confused.
Mike: Well he points it outside the door and shoots it, and pulls it back in. What he doesn't understand is that it takes about 5 - 10 seconds for the tear gas to actually come out of the gun. So now we're in the car, clam-baked with tear gas. We've pulled over in the middle of the street in some national park, crying, laughing, passed out on the street until our eyes cleared.
And so with all the superhero movies that have opened this year, if each of you could have one superhero power, what would you choose and why?
Jennifer: I think the superhero power I would choose would be to be able to fly. I think that's what I choose.
Mike: X-ray vision, and I'll leave it at that.
X-Games: Corporate bastardization of extreme sports, or good publicity?
Mike: Good publicity. People are always dogging the "selling out" thing. The sport is starting to come out and appeal to wide range of audiences and it's being run by the very people in the sport.
Jennifer: It's facilitating the ability for people to make a living at what they love to do. That's such a huge thing. Instead of skaters having to find some way of supporting themselves and skate in their free time, they can really do what they love to do for a living.
Mike: (to Jennifer) That's a great point.
And are there any outtakes or anything that you'd like to see on the "Grind" DVD?
Mike: The whole movie was an outtake.
Jennifer: It really was!
Mike: Seriously, 50% of the movie was not scripted. I mean, we did follow a storyline but a lot of it was them just throwing us together and us just rifting around. There's a lot of stuff that will be on the DVD about Vince Vieluf, who is one giant outtake himself. Something that was cool, that we filmed, were the "Sponsor Me" videos, which were in the script but because of time, didn't make it into the movie.
Jennifer: That would've been really fun because every skater, when they first get started, they have to make these tapes of their tricks and it's like (in a low voice) "Hey, I'm really good and you should sponsor me and I want to get free stuff." It's this horrible, awkward, self-conscious thing to do and it's really fun to watch the guys shoot their sponsor videos. So those will all be on the DVD.
After skateboarding, are there any other extreme sports that you'd like to conquer next?
Mike: I love wakeboarding.
Jennifer: (to Mike) You love wakeboarding? I'll teach you how to wakeboard.
Mike: No, I have wakeboarded. But you can teach me if you want. I had a great time when I did it and seeing what these guys are doing, being pulled by a boat, is amazing. I'd love to get into that.
What's the coolest skateboarding trick you guys can do?
Jennifer: I can drop in on a ramp. And I can ally on a carpet. (Laughs) It probably doesn't mean much but to me it's a big deal, after just within a few weeks of ever being on a skateboard…
Mike: Yeah, I mean, she learned so fast. For me, the whole movie was just a giant refresher course to everything I could do back in high school when I was skating. But it's so funny, when you get back on a board, and with anything that you've been out of for a while, you try something you used to be able to do, and you say to yourself, "Dude, I suck!" So it was like getting back on a horse again.
Filming the movie, and meeting all the kids that were hardcore on skating, what was the one thing that stuck in your mind about them?
Mike: How humble they are.
Jennifer: Yeah, it's really true. That's what we've been talking about skateboarding. It's such a community sport. There aren't rules, there's no rulebook, there's no guidelines. It's not like, "I'm against you and I hope you fall." There's such a support there. I think we really enjoyed being in the middle of that community because it was just being immersed in that world and seeing how somebody would land something, and they would all be totally psyched and then take it to another level, and then to another level. We've even seen that with the kids at skate parks, as we travel around the country. They all try to land the same trick over and over again, and then they give mad props to someone who finally lands it. Then they add something to the trick, so it's a cool environment to be in and it's really creative and inspiring to watch people push each other like that.
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Late Late Show Craig Kilborn - 6x25
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2003 - About "Grind" and "Surviving Christmas"
interview at the Premiere of "Alex and Emma"
Do you skate in "Grind?"
I do actually skate in "Grind."
Did you already know how to?
I did not. I learned on set. It was definitely a crash course.
No pun intended?
(Laughing) Right.
What were the lessons like?
It wasn't real lessons basically because they had all these amazing pro skaters hired to either stunt double us or actually skate themselves in the film. We had the best of the best around us at all times. It was like from day one, we had Morgan Stone, who was one of the producers who also grew up skating, working with all of us, and then all the pros who came on set, they just had to set us up with them and [have] them help us feel comfortable.
What's your character?
I play a pro skateboarder. She's basically someone who's had to stick up for herself a lot because a girl in that sport is really - in the last few years - had to prove herself and prove that she's just as good as the guys and keep up with the guys. She's had some struggles with that but then [she] also ends up having a romantic tryst with the lead guy character.
Like "Blue Crush" but on land?
A little bit, but the story's really about the journey that the guys are taking. It's four boys who decide that they're going to try to become pro skaters, so they start chasing a pro tour across the country trying to get noticed. And in their journey, they keep running into me and keep seeing me and it becomes that. So, that's where I fit into the story. I wouldn't say "Blue Crush" because it really isn't girls.
And you've also got "Surviving Christmas" coming up?
It's a Dreamworks film with Ben Affleck and James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara and Christina Applegate.
Who do you play?
I play Ben's girlfriend actually, which was quite an adventure. I basically play his girlfriend who's sort of this high society upper class girl who's with him because he's made a lot of money and he's very charming. And we just go through some struggles because our ideals don't match up. He goes into this whirlwind spiral where he hires this family to pretend to be a family for Christmas in order to try to get me back. And so, it becomes this fiasco.
Was it hard to keep a straight face?
There were times with Catherine O'Hara with James Gandolfini, it's hard, but eventually you hold up. I guess you just kind of get used to it and you get into the swing of it and it all works out.
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The Daily "Grind": Thrashing with Mike Vogel and Jennifer Morrison
A feature story by Sean O'Connell - Copyright © 2003 Filmcritic.com
Casey La Scala fills his laid back road-trip-by-way-of-the-skate-park teen comedy Grind with so many celebrity cameos, there’s hardly room for his cast. But one look at the lovely Jennifer Morrison, who plays love interest for head skate rat Mike Vogel, and you’ll understand why La Scala made room. The two stars have bigger and better things on the horizon. He dies a truly horrible death in the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. “I will just say that it’s unwatchable,” said Vogel. “People get up to leave before my scene. Rest assured that I go down in style.” She stars in Surviving Christmas, a holiday comedy headlined by Ben Affleck. Before they take over your local Cineplex, Vogel and Morrison put down their Atticus T-shirts and Simple Plan CDs and answer a few questions for filmcritic.com.
filmcritic.com: It’s been said that Grind director Casey La Scala was a skater in his youth. Be honest, does he have skills?
Jennifer Morrison: Oh yeah, absolutely. He was always on his skateboard.
Mike Vogel: With his dog.
Did he make it to the half-pipes at all?
MV: He did. He would push around the verve and the street course. He wasn’t doing anything crazy, but it’s not every day that you see your director whizzing by you, going down a quarter-pipe.
Tom Green’s another accomplished skater. Did he ever take over the set with his board tricks?
MV: Actually, he didn’t. Tom was only there for one day, and his scene was filmed inside of a skate shop. He came in just to do that part, which we were very grateful for. But I know that he’s tied in with the whole Birdhouse team, and all of Tony Hawk’s boys. He goes on tour with them quite often.
Who got more respect on the set, the legendary comedians making cameos or the legions of skate pros you guys had in the backgrounds of scenes?
JM: It was a combination of mutual respect going around. Everybody was bringing something different to the table, and everyone was in awe of each other’s talents. Guys like Randy Quaid and Tom Green made these huge appearances, and the cast and skaters were honored and excited to meet them. But at the same time, they all were impressed, amazed, and awed by what the pro skaters were doing. They’d be behind the monitors whenever we were doing scenes and would scream, “Oh my gosh, how do you guys do that?”
Okay, fess up. Who suffered the worst skate-related injury between takes?
MV: Actually, nobody got hurt. Everybody seems to want us to get hurt. (Laughs) Why is that?
JM: We came out of it unscathed. Vince Vieluf (who plays Matt in the film) screwed around a lot. His skateboard was flying in every direction at all times. He was a constant potential hazard. The only thing I can think of is when Joey (Kern) kind of fell.
MV: Joey scraped his hands up, and the stunt coordinator made it seem like he had lost both of his arms.
JM: The stunt coordinator came to my door and was all serious, saying, “I just want you to know, I just met with Joey. We’ve wrapped up his hands. We don’t want this to get out. Don’t tell anyone.” He made this whole big deal out of it. And when we finally saw Joey, he had like one cut on his hand. It was like this big trauma, which was very funny. We were told not to make a big deal out of it. They didn’t want the executives to know that someone had gotten hurt.
But that stood out in the movie. There were no horrific wipeouts, and only a few guys fall.
MV: There are a couple of spots … where we fall a few times. A lot of people love watching skate videos just to see the “Falls” section. Personally, they’re my favorite part of the videos, too.
JM: But when you’re in the world of the pros, it’s not that they don’t ever fall, but it’s not like watching amateurs who are trying to learn to skate, where they’re falling constantly.
Is pro skating still a boy’s club?
JM: Absolutely not. There’s a whole crew of girls right now with such talent, including my stunt double Lauren Perkins…
MV: Who’s 13 years old.
JM: Yeah. And every person you bring her name up to, they’re like, “Dude, she’s sick.” There are a pack of girls who are between the age of 13 and 15 that are completely redefining the sport for women right now.
Mike, was it more difficult to master the half-pipe tricks, or the film’s four-man dance routine?
MV: Oh, definitely the dance routine. We are the whitest kids the world has ever known. We practiced that several weekend in a row, and Vince was conveniently absent during a couple of practices. So Vince shows up with his two left feet, and it took forever to get him in sync with the rest of us. But yeah, it’s hokey and we make complete fools of ourselves, but that’s the point.
Along those lines, what was more embarrassing, wearing the Sheriff Bean costume or singing a Poison tune out loud?
MV: Dude, the Sheriff Bean suit, for sure. Poison rocks!
JM: He was mortified in the Bean suit. It was so funny. And he was sweating. It was so hot with all of the light blaring on him.
MV: And once again, Poison rocks!
You know, if they become popular again, the blame will be placed on your shoulders. Who picked that song to sing?
MV: That was Casey. It was either going to be Poison’s “Nothing But a Good Time” or Foreigner’s “Hot Blooded.” Two solid choices.
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