PART 1 February, 16th, 2000
Vin Diesel of Pitch Black
Moderator: Vin?
Moderator: You there?
Moderator: Can you type?
VinDiesel: YES
Moderator: Hi everyone ? thanks for joining us here tonight. We?re
talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Films? PITCH BLACK, the science
fiction/action movie opening February 18 -- and the star of INTO PITCH
BLACK, an exclusive look at the making of the movie which coincidently
enough airs on SCI FI tonight directly after the chat at 11pET. You can
also catch INTO PITCH BLACK on SCI FI this Sunday, 2/20, at 8pET and
11pET as well as various times throughout the month (check your local
listings
Moderator: In PITCH BLACK, Vin plays a psychopathic, escaped convict
named Riddick who survives a spaceship crash only to find himself on a
planet in the middle of a spectacular sunset. This is a problem because
on this planet, the two suns only set at the same time every 60 years.
And there are a whole lot of alien critters around who think: feeding
time!
Moderator: This is a big week for Vin. His other movie ? BOILER ROOM --
is also opening on Thursday. Vin?s other movies include IRON GIANT (he
was the Giant?s voice), SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and STRAYS, a 1997 Sundance
Film Festival entry which Vin wrote, directed and starred in.
Moderator: Brief word about the drill -- this is a moderated chat and
that means you will be sending your questions for Vin Diesel to me,
Moderator, as private messages. (Just double-click on my name to go
into private-messaging mode -- or type "/msg Moderator" on the command
line.)
Moderator: How would you personally describe PITCH BLACK?
VinDiesel: I've been trying to descibe
it for the last four weeks and I'm still not sure
VinDiesel: It's about survivors on a
seemingly lifeless planet
VinDiesel: only to discover that when
it gets dark they aren't alone
VinDiesel: Horrible creatures
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <InLineFirst> : Pitch Black clearly isn't a kiddy
flick...it looks to be quite a thriller. I wonder, were you (or any of
your co-stars) scared during the filming of the movie?
VinDiesel: There were moments that
were kind of scary
VinDiesel: If nothing else where we
were shooting in Australia was a place where everything was built
underfround
VinDiesel: Walls excated in the rock
with scratch marks painted red
VinDiesel: Very weird place
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <AonScail>: From what I've seen in the ads, a lot of
scenes were shot in near- or total-darkness? How difficult was that for
you as an actor?
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
INTO PITCH BLACK, a SCI FI exclusive companion special, airing on SCI
FI at 11pET after the chat and throughout this month.
VinDiesel: I thought that probably
aided us
VinDiesel: We mustered up a real fear
of the dark
VinDiesel: We played off our own fears
without having to use CGI in every scene
VinDiesel: We could use or imagination
VinDiesel: It was better than a blue
screen or green screeen shot.
VinDiesel: This had more integrity
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <xytani> : do you like playing the bad-guy more than
the hero?
Moderator: (By the way -- GA means "go ahead." Vin is not shilling for
the Georgia State tourism bureau.)
VinDiesel: I like playing the bad hero.
VinDiesel: I like characters that
discover their humanity on some level as they grow
VinDiesel: Riddick starts out a
villian and learns how to becomerr human through the course of the
journey through the film
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Lopaka>: Is vin afraid of the dark
VinDiesel: I was afraid of the dark
when I would visit the country when I was a kid
VinDiesel: When we'd go camping
VinDiesel: Shadows came to life
VinDiesel: I had an acting teacher
once tell me that two kinds of people can walk through the forest at
night. The rational one and the one who images the worst but walks
through anyway. He's the actor
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <direwolf>: How did you get your start?
Moderator:
Moderator: <Snoopy2>: Where are you from?? When did the acting
bug bite you??
VinDiesel: When I was 3 years old my
mother took me to the Ringling Bros circus
VinDiesel: When the lion act was over
my mother found me gone
VinDiesel: I was all thew way down the
stairs trying to get into the ring
VinDiesel: I told her, "I'm going to
do my show."
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <MSUGirl>: Can you tell us anything about your last
name? Its great!
VinDiesel: Thanks!
VinDiesel: I weas born in a gas station
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: It IS a great name...
Moderator: <Hyperspace> : how many people are marrooned with vin
in PITCH BLACK? And what are their relationships?
VinDiesel: Ten people survive the crash
VinDiesel: Nine make it through the
early stages
VinDiesel: There are only two
traveling groups outside the prisoner-law enforcer relationship between
John and Riddick
VinDiesel: A good way to find out is
to visit the web site
VinDiesel: Or watch the SCIFI special
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: TOnight!
Moderator: Right after the chat!
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
INTO PITCH BLACK, a SCI FI exclusive companion special, airing on SCI
FI at 11pET after the chat and throughout this month.
Moderator: <riddley>: Had you seen any of David Twohy's movies
before working with him on this? What did you think, and what was he
like as a director?
VinDiesel: I hadn't seen anything
before I got there. I was a huge fan of the script
VinDiesel: As a director I didn't know
what to expect
VinDiesel: He was great
VinDiesel: He listened to ideas
VinDiesel: He was a director with a
wonderful eye and no ego
VinDiesel: He has a great
understanding of how to make a sf movie
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <AonScail> : After directing your own movie, how hard
is it to take direction from somone else?
VinDiesel: Good question!
VinDiesel: I think after you direct a
film you become very selective about who you work with or what you work
on
VinDiesel: You approach a film with an
overview
VinDiesel: You want to contribute and
talk about ideas
VinDiesel: As a director you knwo the
process is never finished
VinDiesel: Actors don't al;ways ee that
VinDiesel: I'm completely invested in
the whole process now
VinDiesel: And I like to work with
other actors who feel the same way
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
INTO PITCH BLACK, a SCI FI exclusive companion special, airing on SCI
FI at 11pET after the chat and throughout this month.
Moderator: <Hyperspace>: After directing ,writing, and of course
acting which is your favorite
VinDiesel: When I'm a director I want
actots who CARE about thje film, not just their role
VinDiesel: within reason
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Genma>: Do you prefer action adventure to dramatic
scripts
VinDiesel: I like both of them
VinDiesel: I've been a dramatic actor
for a long time
VinDiesel: But I always like Blade
Runner, Mad Max, and Conan
VinDiesel: \I had gtreat fun doing
Pitch Black
VinDiesel: Not that Private Ryan
wasn't equally rewarding, but in a different way
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Tarna-K>: Did he have any poblems with the contacts
he had to wear for the film?
VinDiesel: Yes. Lots of problems
VinDiesel: They were torture
VinDiesel: Like hubcaps from a 1960
Plymouth
Moderator: Ouch!
VinDiesel: We had problems from the
first day
VinDiesel: No one ever used this type
before
VinDiesel: We had to call a doctor who
flew three hours just to take them out the first day
VinDiesel: All for art, they say
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Princess15> : Is it true that you worked as a bouncer
before acting, and used it as an idea for a movie you wrote and
directed?
VinDiesel: I started in theater when I
was 7
VinDiesel: I started bouncing at 18 so
I could work days
VinDiesel: I'm writing a film about a
bouncer now
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Dabee> : Hey, Vin...thanks for being here....love
your work...Iron Giant surprised a lot of us who expected a kiddie
movie..it ended with in a way that left it open for a sequel..heard
anything about that?
VinDiesel: I haven't heard anything
yet, but I agree that the door was open. Adults seemed to really love
the film
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <riddley>: in a chat with Claudia Black (also in Pitch
Black), she said that hardest part about making the movie was trying
not to look cold. was the weather really that chilly?
VinDiesel: It was TERRIBLE
VinDiesel: When you compound that with
them spraying us with water -- it was demonic
VinDiesel: A flavor thjat played well
for this film
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Tarna-K>: Did he suffer any injuries on Pitch Black?
Moderator: Besides frost bite and occular disturbances, we mean...
VinDiesel: When I was running from the
hatchlings and jump into the pit by the crash ship I missed the mat and
injured my shoulder
VinDiesel: There were plenty of
scrapes and scratches, but nothing too bad
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: (For latecomers -- no, Vin is not working for the Georgia
Travel Bureau. GA means "go ahead!")
Moderator: <AonScail>: Was working with special effects monsters
harder or easier than you thought it would be?
VinDiesel: I expected it to be hard
VinDiesel: So I'm not sure if it was
either
VinDiesel: It was pretty much what I
expected
VinDiesel: A challange
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <riddley>: has Hollywood "found" Vin Diesel yet? are
you being offered the kind of roles you really want to do?
VinDiesel: I don't know
VinDiesel: That's a very good question
VinDiesel: I have beenm really lucky
VinDiesel: I've been offered choice
roles
VinDiesel: But I don't think it's
being "found" as much as going through the grind in this town
VinDiesel: Who isn't always looking
for a great role?
VinDiesel: Who doesn't worry abouyt
the next one?
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Odd coincidence that PITCH BLACK and BOILER ROOM open so
close in time. Do you see any connection between the characters of
Chris is BOILER ROOM and Riddick in PITCH BLACK? If Chris hadn?t had
this incredible talent for sales, wouldn?t he have ended up a gangster?
VinDiesel: I think that if Chris
hadn't ended up in sales -- for sure. One of the draws to doing Boler
after Pitch was that the characters were so differenmt at least in
description
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <girrrl6>: i loved saving private ryan, how did you
react when you heard stephen spielberg wrote a role esp. for you?
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
INTO PITCH BLACK, a SCI FI exclusive companion special, airing on SCI
FI at 11pET after the chat and throughout this month.
VinDiesel: I didn't believe it.
VinDiesel: I mean why would he?
VinDiesel: After that I started
believing in all those old Hollywood fairy tales about how icons were
discovered at lunch counters
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <riddley> : what kind of theater have you done in the
past? would you consider a stint on or off-Broadway?
Moderator:
VinDiesel: I hustled to get
off-off-off-off-off Broadway in the late 70's and early 80's. I'd love
to go back
VinDiesel: It would be a treat
Moderator: <Crass> : Is the absolute darkness in PITCH BLACK
possible, considering there's some form of electro-magnetic energy
everywhere?
Moderator: <Starkast> : Did you have any noted scientists
checking out the film for accuracy and realism ?
VinDiesel: I do think that the stage
demands a big break from the film business
Moderator: Two questions kind of along the same line...
VinDiesel: and I'm very busy right now
VinDiesel: Maybe in a few years
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Lemme repeat those two questions:
Moderator: <Crass> : Is the absolute darkness in PITCH BLACK
possible, considering there's some form of electro-magnetic energy
everywhere?
Moderator: <Starkast> : Did you have any noted scientists
checking out the film for accuracy and realism ?
VinDiesel: That's David's job! Good
question, but you'll have to ask him!
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <MSUGirl> : I saw your short film "Multi-Facial" and I
thought it was fantastic! How much of that is based on real experience?
Moderator: Ditto with Strays...
Moderator: which I believe I caught on the IFC
VinDiesel: As a writer we draw from
real experiences
VinDiesel: Those are the most
important to us
VinDiesel: We're an authority on our
experiences
VinDiesel: Anything that I've written
at this point draws from my life or people that I know
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <AonScail> : Are there any "already done" roles that
you would love to play at some point (a remake of an old movie, a
Shakespeare character, etc.)?
VinDiesel: Yeah, sure
VinDiesel: Rem arks are tricky
VinDiesel: Unless you can improve on
the original, why remake something
VinDiesel: Lots of risk there
VinDiesel: Now Shakespeare is always
attractive
VinDiesel: Especially reset in
comtemporay worlds
VinDiesel: I'd love to try that
VinDiesel: A secondary character in
one of the plays and writing a film for him
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Last question for tonight -- you all need time to program
your VCR's for INTO PITCH BLACK (at 11pET on SCI FI...)
Moderator: <InLineFirst> : What can we expect to see from you in
the future? more acting? directing? writing? all of the above?
VinDiesel: All of the above
VinDiesel: And soon
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Specifics?
* Moderator smiles *
Moderator: Or would thqat be a jinx?
VinDiesel: The film I'm developing
about a NAvy Seal who goes through a trauma after a failed black ops
mission
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Vin, thank you so much for joining us here this evening...
PITCH BLACK opens 2/18!
Moderator: And we'll all be on line, and Vin you are VERY cool?
Moderator: Don't you all think so everyone?
Moderator: They say: YES! Resoundingly.
Moderator: Also they say you're hot...
Moderator: and they want to know what advice you have for aspiring
actors!
Moderator: ..and aspiring film makers...
VinDiesel: I'vce enjoyed this. I'd
love to hear everybody's thoughts after this weekend. As for aspiring
actors. Always be proaactive
Moderator: ...and --well -- aspiring screenwriters.
VinDiesel: Stay
VinDiesel: Work
VinDiesel: Even if yolu rent a theater
and put on your own shows
VinDiesel: Don't wait. Work
VinDiesel: Good night everybody!
Moderator: Just so you all know, Vin WILL be returning to chat with us
next week after you (and your friends) have seen the movie! 2/24 is the
day -- 9pET
Moderator: He's really interested in finding out what you think about
it!
Moderator: So come back then and bring yr friends.
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PART 2 February 24th 2000
Vin Diesel, star of Pitch Black
Moderator: We're going moderated....
pwitypixi: yippee
Moderator: Hold on.
Christina: can i ask now?
Moderator: Vin -- can you type?
VinDiesel: Yes
Moderator: Great!
VinDiesel: Can you see me?
Moderator: Hi everyone ? thanks for joining us here tonight. We?re
talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Films? PITCH BLACK, the science
fiction/action movie that opened last week -- and the star of INTO
PITCH BLACK, an exclusive look at the making of the movie, airing on
SCI FI at various times throughout the month (check your local
listings.)
Moderator: Vin?s other movies include BOILER ROOM, IRON GIANT (he was
the Giant?s voice), SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and STRAYS, a 1997 Sundance
Film Festival entry which Vin wrote, directed and starred in.
Moderator: Brief word about the drill -- this is a moderated chat and
that means you will be sending your questions for Vin Diesel to me,
Moderator, as private messages. (Just double-click on my name to go
into private-messaging mode -- or type "/msg Moderator" on the command
line.)
Moderator: And
Moderator: Vin has a request for you!!!!
Moderator: Please start out by telling Vin WHY you loved Pitch Black,
what caught yr imagination about it and THEN ask yr question, 'kay?
Moderator: Oh -- and tell us where you're logging in from!
Moderator: First question:
Moderator: <silver-kitten> to <Moderator>: Hi Vin! I know
it's probably a bit soon to ask, but is there a possibility of a sequal
or maybe a prequal to Pitch Black?
VinDiesel: Absolutely. We're talking
about that now...
VinDiesel: If I have anything to do
with it you better believe we'll see something
VinDiesel: But it's because of the
fantastic response that this is a possibility. You've made this a hit.
It's your movie.
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <qdb>: I loved Pitch Black! Hi, what movie did you
enjoy acting in the most? Richmond,VA
VinDiesel: Pitch Black, for sure
VinDiesel: Because that was a film
that made me feel like
VinDiesel: I was empowered by the
quality of Mad Max-like character
VinDiesel: How many cool characters
like that come along
VinDiesel: I got to be a hero and at
the same time approach the character with some dramatic truth
VinDiesel: The script had so many
possibilities
VinDiesel: And I think we succeeded in
pulling it off
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Lauren> : I AM LOGGING IN FROM NY AND I LOVED PITCH
BLACK BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS TERRIFIED OF THE DARKA DN SINCE I OVERCAME
MY FEAR I NOW AM OBSESSED WITH HORROR MOVIES I LOVED THE EFFECTS AND
THE ENDING AND ARE U MARRIED
VinDiesel: I am single
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator:
Moderator: <AonScail>: I liked the way that Riddick was *not*
your stereotypical hero-character. What was it that made you say to
yourself "I *have* to play this part"?
VinDiesel: Good question
VinDiesel: The very fact that he was
so atypical
VinDiesel: Flawed heros are always so
interesting
VinDiesel: They have a
multidimensional aspect that makes them a treat
VinDiesel: We could all identify with
being prejudged
VinDiesel: This character proves that
even the least of us are capable of being heros
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <smushybutt> : Hi Vin, Pitch Black was great! The
scene where you pop you shoulder out to free yourself, how much was fx
and how much was really you? By the way, you have an incredibly sexy
voice.
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
INTO PITCH BLACK, a SCI FI exclusive companion special, airing on SCI
FI throughout this month.
VinDiesel: I'd say it was an 80/20
split in my favor
VinDiesel: The fact that my hands were
in 'cuffs made fx necessary for some of it
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Ooshati> : Loved ethnic mix in PB! From Tacoma, WA.
Was there a difference between doing a voice for Iron Giant and
live-acting Riddick?
VinDiesel: Well, yes. Sure.
VinDiesel: There's a big difference
VinDiesel: The character in Giant --
all that you have available to you is yuuour voice
VinDiesel: That's liberating and
restrictive at the same time
VinDiesel: pitching emotion is a real
test
VinDiesel: Giant was a fun process
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <silver-kitten> : I'm from New Orleans...I loved Pitch
Black because of the whole premise of the movie, and especially becuase
of the character of Riddick. You don't realise how complex he is for a
bit, but then near the end, you see that there's definitely more than
an animalistic killer there. And a question: Will you be appearing on
any talk shows, perhaps?
VinDiesel: Yeah
VinDiesel: I'll be on Leno
VinDiesel: Not sure of the dates yet.
Moderator: Checkj yr local listings everyone!
Moderator: <Blue2>: Hi Vin.I loved Pitch Black.Riddick seemed
very misunderstood but relegated to the "role" that was appointed to
him.I have a lengthy question. I Just recently read an interview you
had given for the movie"Strays" and you had mentioned you had many
strong female influences. My question or questions are,who were they
and do they influence you still? If I misquoted please feel free to
correct me.=-)
VinDiesel: And thanks for the kind
words. I like feedback. We work for you
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Dabee>: Hey, Vin...we have been batting this around
in chats...did Riddick really want the pilot to go with him because he
had come to care for her, or was it more because he wanted her to turn
her back on the others again? Kind of a power thing? He seemed very
intrigued when he first heard that she was going to jettison them to
save herself....Northern Calif.
Moderator: Vin --
Moderator: You're in private message mode.
Moderator: Can you swtich back?
VinDiesel: At that point he literally
hopes to rescue them
Moderator: Meanwhile:
Moderator: <VinDiesel> to <Moderator>: Riddick throughout
the film is struggling
VinDiesel: But when it starts raining
his survival instinct takes over
Moderator: <VinDiesel> to <Moderator>: It's hard to become
really human
VinDiesel: He's thinking -- there's no
point in going back
VinDiesel: The odds have turned
against them
Moderator: (Piece it together -- it's a puzzle!)
VinDiesel: It's her conviction that at
first fascinates him, then allows him to embrace the price of life and
sacrifice
VinDiesel: That's why he goes back
VinDiesel: His character changes then
and there.
VinDiesel: It has less to do with what
he wants her to do, and more to do with the facts
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
INTO PITCH BLACK, a SCI FI exclusive companion special, airing on SCI
FI throughout this month.
Moderator: <Screamer>: I love how the bad guy is actually the
hero, and how you never really know who will survive and who wont. If
you could change anything about the movie, what would it be, if anything
VinDiesel: Hmmm
VinDiesel: That's interesting
VinDiesel: If I could change one thing
I'd probably would have let Riddick execute all the creatures at the
end of the film using the skiff
VinDiesel: I wanted him to rotate the
skiff like a motorcycle will donut
VinDiesel: He could torch all the
creatrures in the arc that way
VinDiesel: But we were limited by money
VinDiesel: The film was done for 25
million, not 100 million
VinDiesel: The sequel will have lots
more money behind it
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <JUBILEE>: I thought Pitch Black was a really great
movie. It was really original and the special effects were really good.
I'm logging in form ny in the bronx . I as well as many other people
would like to know exactly what ethnic back ground are you?
VinDiesel: I used to ask my mother and
she'd say "everything"
VinDiesel: That's a poetic way for
saying there are no exacts in that department,
VinDiesel: Which works well with
playing so maqny different characters
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <RiDDiCk>: Hey Vin, I'm from Hawaii, and Pitch Black
is one of my favoirite all time, I was just wondering, Do You Work Out
A Lot?
VinDiesel: Well, I've worked out for
years.
VinDiesel: For a long time it was my
only sense of gratification
VinDiesel: For this film I actually
didn't work out
VinDiesel: I did yoga to center myself
and Riddick
VinDiesel: The reality is that the set
was so darned cold
VinDiesel: I was freezing and tense
through the whole movie
VinDiesel: I probably got a workout
everyday form that
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Corazon> : Hola Vin, logged in from Lincoln,
Nebraska, I was intrigued by the transformation Riddick made (from
animal instinct to the gradual show of his humanity...all the while
keeping the "carnal" flavor)... if there are going to be sequels, Where
would you like Riddick to go (story/personality wise)? How would you
like to see him evolve?
VinDiesel: Good question
VinDiesel: You should sit in on the
story meetings
VinDiesel: It'll probably be a surprise
VinDiesel: Riddick in a sense did
"die" on the planet
VinDiesel: But the character can grow
into anything
VinDiesel: The prequel comic book is
more descriptive of thje world you may see in a sequel
VinDiesel: There may be be more
"johns" that come after Riddick . It'll be exciting
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <patient-storm>: Hello Vin! Loved the move like I told
a friend it was candy for the eyes -especially you, can you tell us of
any up coming films to look for you in? panama city florid
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
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VinDiesel: I did a film taht is called
KnockAROUND GUY THAT WILL COME OUT THIS FALL
VinDiesel: It's an actors piece. Not
action
VinDiesel: That film comes out in that
Fall. It's directed by Brian Coppleman and David Levine
VinDiesel: That's a fun film
VinDiesel: It's produced by the Pulp
Fiction crew
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Two questions together...
Moderator: <muaddib>: Vin, I've heard that you have experience in
many areas of the movie industry. What role (i.e. director, actor.
etc.) do you feel is the most rewarding?
Moderator: <technochick>: I'm from Tulsa OK, & i want to know
what you like better, acting or directing?
VinDiesel: There are rewards to all of
it
VinDiesel: I don't know that I could
say one is better than another
VinDiesel: I've been an actor for a
long time. Since I was 7
VinDiesel: However, directing is
challanging, and rewarding, and you can make a statement and tell a
story from beginning to end
VinDiesel: It's something that I want
to do alot more of
VinDiesel: I'll probably act in more
projects in the near future, then direct in more in the future
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <VINisHOT>: YOU ARE THE HOTTEST MAN ALIVE! IS VIN
DIESEL YOUR REAL NAME?
VinDiesel: I was born in a gas
station... ha ha
VinDiesel: Thanks for the compliment!
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <aharding>: Tucson,AZ Vin, PB ruled! I like the
anti-hero idea, it is rarely done correctly, and you of course nailed
it, man. My Q; you've had a chance to work in Australia. And it sounded
like it was a bit of a pain to you with the weather and all. but an
amazing amt. of SF movies are being shot there. Do you see it as a
possible new SF film mecca and would you go through another shoot there
again?
VinDiesel: I would gladly work again
down under.
VinDiesel: The crews there are so
talented
VinDiesel: I plan on going back and
shooting there again
VinDiesel: Thanks
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <gatsby>: From NY (Long Island) Haven't seen Pitch
Black yet. My question is where do you get your inspiration to write
scripts like Multi Facial and Strays. Also where can I get a copy of
them.
Moderator: <Bunny-Girl>: Hi Vin! :) I'm from New Orleans and I
went to see the movie because I wanted to see the X-Men trailer--- of
course, I'm glad I saw it now... I'm a HUGE fan of yours now!
Anyway...Where those of us that are starting "Vin Diesel movie"
collections get a copy of Multi-Facial.
VinDiesel: Well, I hope we're not
spoiling the movie here for you
VinDiesel: You can get copies of
Multi-Facial at Virgin Megastore of from Amazon
VinDiesel: If nothjing works
VinDiesel: ask for short series # 5
VinDiesel: They have footage of me
working on Iron Giant on the DVD
VinDiesel: Strays will be available
later this
VinDiesel: year
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <MssNay>: Vin...PB was quite remarkable....how did you
get the part of Riddick?
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
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VinDiesel: Well, my producing partner
George Zack actually read PB first
VinDiesel: I was in the middle of
writing a film about being a bouncer for Ted Fields because he liked
Strays
VinDiesel: So as I was writing doorman
PB came up
VinDiesel: I had to test many times
VinDiesel: The studio was looking for
a bankable actor, not me
VinDiesel: I scared them
VinDiesel: Thanks to all of you and
the success of our opening -- and those of you who keep going back --
you proved the studio wrong
VinDiesel: It was a rough campaign to
get the part
VinDiesel: Both David and Ted really
fought for me
Moderator: We?re talking to Vin Diesel, the star of USA Film? PITCH
BLACK. Gotta question for Vin? Please send it to me, Moderator, as a
private message and we?ll make sure it gets asked. To send a private
message, either double-click on my name or type "/msg Moderator"
(without the quotes) on the command line. And don?t forget to catch
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VinDiesel: I'm amazed by the
reception. And I'm very grateful
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <FemmeFatale> : is your website www.vin-diesel.com
going to be up next week?
VinDiesel: Good...Good...Good... I
mist have the most aware audience in the world
VinDiesel: You're all so invested
VinDiesel: Yes!
VinDiesel: I'm working as we speak to
have it up next week.
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <pwitypixi>: I loved how the character developed
throughout the movie and yet remained so badass. What are some of the
pressures of writing, producing and acting in your own films?
VinDiesel: The budget was the hands
down pressure
VinDiesel: It's hard to make a money
for NO MONey
VinDiesel: Multi-Facial cost me 3000
dollars. John Salle and I raised 47000 doing telemarketing to make
Strays
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <nikkyD> : how does your family and friends handle
your success? and does the female attention bother you or them? from
the ever great kansas city mo
VinDiesel: No love the attention.
VinDiesel: People are responding to
the work, not to me
VinDiesel: That's why I do it
VinDiesel: My family is thrilled
VinDiesel: As are my friends
VinDiesel: All the years have finally
added up top something
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <AonScail> : Like several others here, I'm a fan of
"Farscape", which features your "Pitch Black" co-star Claudia Black. Do
you have any interesting stories to tell us about her? ;-)
VinDiesel: About Claudia
VinDiesel: Well, she was wonderful to
work with
VinDiesel: She's so talented
VinDiesel: We played pool quite a bit
together
VinDiesel: She's a hustler
VinDiesel: The only thing there was to
do in Australia was play pool
VinDiesel: I played more than at any
point in my life!
VinDiesel: Claudia is and should bhe a
writer
VinDiesel: She's incredibly talented
VinDiesel: She wrote me a birthday
card that touched me so much I still have it on my desk
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <ladyluck> : Hey Vin, my galfriends and I here at
Davis, Cali love PB and voted you as one of most cutest guy in
Hollywood. After starting the new millennium with two hit movies, PB
and Boiler Room, what projects are you intrested in doing for the next
coming years? ;)
VinDiesel: Hmmm...I'd like to continue
doing projects that I'm passionate about
VinDiesel: That's more important than
the money
VinDiesel: I've been broke.
VinDiesel: I can live without money
VinDiesel: But a great project is so
fulfilling...That's what I',m shooting
VinDiesel: For
VinDiesel: You and your freinds are
too kind
VinDiesel: Comments like that make
anybody's day!
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Rhian>: I love movies that play on primal fear as
well as SF. Imagination and fear. Question: which classical role would
you like to play and what director would you love to work with?
VinDiesel: Which classical role...
VinDiesel: I'd love to do Julius Caesar
VinDiesel: There isn't a better role
than Marc Anthony
VinDiesel: That would be incredible
VinDiesel: And I'd love to work with
any great director
VinDiesel: There are so many good ones
VinDiesel: That's a very good question
VinDiesel: I'm really thinking about
the classics in the future
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <AonScail>: People are already quoting lines from
"Pitch Black" (especially *your* lines) on the Net. What was your
favorite line in the movie?
VinDiesel: Gosh...my own personal
favotite
VinDiesel: I've been asked that before
VinDiesel: My answer was lame
VinDiesel: Three days later I though
of the right answer
VinDiesel: I loved all Riccick's line
...But
Moderator: The suspense!
Moderator: Vin, we're DYING here -- tell us! Please!
VinDiesel: definitely the line that
Jack says "RIDDICK WAIT" was the best. It reminded me so much of Shane
and the boy calling out the name at the end. Only Riddick came back.
Also of course "Don't you cry for John. Don't you dare."
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: <Bobcat>: Hi Vin, logged in from Madison,
Wisconsin...I know you've been both director and star of several of
your own movies. Is it hard to look objectively at your performance, or
are you especially tough on youself?
VinDiesel: Yes, I'm very tough on
myself. It's hard for me to even watch myself unless I have an audience
around me so I can watch them
VinDiesel: This weekend I'll probably
sneak into a theater to watch an audience watch Pitch Black.
VinDiesel: That's fun
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: I'm being barraged with suggestions about just WHICH theater
you should sneak into, Vin!
Moderator: Last question:
Moderator: we want a preview of the DVD:
Moderator: <grf>: Hi, loved your performance in Pitch Black. Did
you film any scenes that didn't make it into the movie? What did we
miss?
VinDiesel: Good question
VinDiesel: There are a few scenes that
didn't make it in
VinDiesel: Right now you have me
stumped
VinDiesel: I can't remember which ones
VinDiesel: I'm so sorry
VinDiesel: When you do a film with cgi
so much changes
VinDiesel: so very seldom do directors
cut scenes that have FX
VinDiesel: So we didn't lose much
VinDiesel: Maybe some different edits
VinDiesel: Or budget didn't let us
overshoot
VinDiesel: GA
Moderator: Vin, thanks so much for coming back tonight. I wish I could
email you ALL the questions -- they were great and we didn't get close
to asking all 1000 of them!
Moderator: Thanks again!
VinDiesel: I really want to thank
everybody so much for supporting Pitch Black
VinDiesel: And if you do happen to see
me in a theater sitting behind you
VinDiesel: Try to forget that I'm
there and enjoy the film
Moderator: Thanks to all of you for logging on to SCI FI tonight. I'm
sorry that I wasn't able to submit all your questions to Vin!
VinDiesel: I dopn't want to ruin the
experience for you
VinDiesel: And vist me at
www.vin-diesel.com next week
Moderator: Vin, you just received -- 3, 4, 5 marriage proposals by the
way....
VinDiesel: Hopefully I'll have a link
for Multi-Facial
Moderator: And another ten coming in...
VinDiesel: Thanks so much
Moderator: They want a love scene in the next Vin Diesel movie, they
say!
VinDiesel: Good night!
Moderator: Thanks everyone.
Moderator: Again, I know a lot of you submitted questions that did not
get asked --
Moderator: We're sorry we weren't able to submit all your questions but
then Viun would never have time to film another movie.
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