Video:Matt Craven, Jenny O'Hara, Brian Nelson Devil Interviews

Transcript:Matt Craven, Jenny O'Hara, Brian Nelson Devil Interviews

Rebecca Murray from About.com Hollywood Movies at the World Premiere of Universal Pictures' Devil.

Matt Craven - 'Lustig' in Devil

They say there's always a vibe in the air when you're working on something like this. Was it scary at all?

Matt Craven: "Not scary, but there was a sense of heightened reality in the sense that it was intense. Not scary, but it was definitely intense. It was a great time making this movie, a fantastic time."

They're not telling us much about it and we've only seen a few clips. How tough is it for you to talk about it and not give anything away?

Matt Craven: "Yeah, I have to pause and make sure that I'm not saying anything wrong because I did sign a non-disclosure agreement."

Can you at least say who you play and how they're involved?

Matt Craven: "Yes, I'm the security officer. There's two of us - Jacob Vargas and I, we're the security officers for the building and we're trying to get the people out that are stuck in the elevator."

And you realize that something supernatural is going on?

Matt Craven: "Yes."

Is this the type of movie you'd go see?

Matt Craven: "No. I'm not a scary movie type, haven't been forever. I don't like to be scared at movies. Why?"

Then what's the appeal of doing one?

Matt Craven: "It was a great part, great people. I don't mind being in it. I'm scared to go see it. I'm serious."

Are you going to watch it?

Matt Craven: "Yeah, and I'm a little upset about that."

Do you think you'll be okay taking the elevator?

Matt Craven: "Oh yeah, I'll be fine. Nothing's going to happen..."

What are you working on next?

Matt Craven: "I'm doing the next X-Men movie, X-Men: First Class, in London. I play the head of the Secret Service."

So you don't actually get to turn into anything then. You're one of the normal people?

Matt Craven: "Yes, I'm not a... I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement for that one too. Yes, I'm not a mutant, no."

Have you started working on it or are you going there now?

Matt Craven: "I start in a few weeks."

Are you a fan of X-Men?

Matt Craven: "No."

And not a fan of scary movies.

Matt Craven: "I know. What am I doing in the movie business?"

What is the character get to do? Does he get to interact with all the mutants?

Matt Craven: "Yeah. Well, it's a prequel so it takes place in the '60s and as I said, I play the head of the Secret Service for the government and I don't want anything to do with these people. I think it's a mistake. It's an interesting role."

Jenny O'Hara - 'Old Woman' in Devil

Tell me about filming this and specifically in the confided spaces.

Jenny O'Hara: "Well, it seemed like it would be challenging but it wasn't. Well it didn't have a top on it part of the time. They can take the walls in and out so that added a lot of depth. But it was the same wardrobe."

How do you keep up that level of adrenaline when you're doing this?

Jenny O'Hara: "I don't know, but I just know how to do it. It is crazy. You're really tired at the end of the day, let me tell you."

Are you the type of person who would go see a movie about the devil?

Jenny O'Hara: "No, I really am scared of scary movies but I have to tell you, doing it - entirely different. It is so much fun. The grimmer, the grizzlier, the scarier, the better."

Devil Screenwriter Brian Nelson

How did you get hooked up with this?

Brian Nelson: "I think someone read Hard Candy or saw it and..."

Which everyone should by the way who hasn't seen it.

Brian Nelson: "Well thank you, thank you. And because this, like Hard Candy, is a very intense script about people who are in a pressure cooker situation in a very confined space, and like Hard Candy and like another film I scripted, 30 Days of Night, it explores what people are capable of that they don't necessarily want to admit, what people will do when they're put under pressure unlike any that they've ever had before."

Is this a subject matter that you care about writing about or had you been looking for something like this?

Brian Nelson: "You know, this was a tremendously fun project because often when I am asked what do you write about, I tell people, 'I write about people who find themselves in a grey area where they're not really sure what they're going to do now.' And this was the ultimate of those grey areas."

How tough is it to talk about the movie without giving too much away?

Brian Nelson: "I've been pretty good about it. My daughters are here with me tonight and they have no idea what happens. So I've been tested on a daily basis."

How collaborative was it working with M Night Shyamalan?

Brian Nelson: "It was great. I mean Night was, on the one hand he gave me a lot of room, a lot of freedom. He was very committed to urging me to put my own voice into this. And also at the same time he was busy with Last Airbender so that also gave me a certain amount of room. On the other hand, there were a couple of times where I would fly out to Philadelphia and meet with him and go through things in meticulous detail because he is a master craftsman of story, and so that was a delight."

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