Severance (2006)
Ein blutiger Betriebsausflug
Interview with Danny Dyer
Danny Dyer
Is Danny Dyer a cool guy? Yes, according to OutNow.CH's female photographer who chatted with him about the performance of the English squad in the World Cup in Germany. Is Danny Dyer famous? Sort of. At least in Britain where he appeared in several minor British films and on television, most importantly in The Football Factory. Is Danny Dyer hard to understand? Definitively for a non native speaker since he speaks quite quickly. Is Danny Dyer brave? For sure. He watched his newest film Severance with the critics, even though director Christopher Smith warned him of the mean people they are.
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Goofy guys get usually killed first
OutNow.CH (ON): Tell us a little bit about your character Steve from Severance.
Danny Dyer (DD): Steve's the liability of the group. He takes drugs and gets it wrong a lot. In a normal horror film he would be the first to get killed. It's cleverly done since the most obviously to die sort of comes to the front. But it's a great character. I am obviously there for a reason.
ON: Do you think your fan base will have concerns about your drug habit in the film?
He finally found the engagement ring
DD: No. The film's I've made were all very controversial - about drugs and hooligans. People actually start to expect that from me now. I've got a cult following: the criminals love me. I get all the naughty fuckers that like me. I don't get the old ladies. I don't get the kids. Severance is a good way for me to show other sides to my acting. It's an opportunity to be funny.
ON: Apparently horror wasn't on the top of your to do list. Why did you joint this cast?
Do you see this Quentin Tarantino?
DD: Most of the horror scripts you get are rubbish. They're shit. They're obvious. The same old bollocks. Audiences today watch a lot of films. They are a step ahead. They always know what's going to happen next. With this you don't have a clue. So when I read it, I thought this is fucking great.
ON: What makes it great?
DD: It's the humour and that it is able to blend it with horror. The fact that it gets very gory and nasty and then you have this light hearted moments in there as a relief. It's very clever. That's a harder thing to do, but I think it accomplished it very well.
ON: Did you ever have any bad experience with teambuilding activities in your personal life?
DD: No. It's more of an office thing. I've never worked in an office. I've never had to deal with it. I'm not a nine-to-five person. I haven't got that in me.
Danny in Locarno
ON: What's next for you?
DD: I've been offered another horror film The Lesbian Vampire Killers. It's a spoof and I am the only male on the cast. It's only young ladies running around and biting each other. But I don't know what to do about that really. Because I just made my first horror film and it's going to be hard to top this. This is the best work I've ever done for me today. There are other projects. I am very blissed. You never get anything guarantueed in this business. It's a tough job. But I've had a very good year so far. I've done four films back to back. I did a film with Gillian Anderson. She's a great actress. You have to raise your game when you're around people like her.
ON: Thanks you very much.
DD: Thank you.
