This Duke boy is bit different than what original star John Schneider brought to your TV screen twenty years ago. Sean's Bo Duke is tri-polar with a certain affection to his 1969 Dodge Charger that could land most people in Jail, unless of course you live in the south and that kind of love is the norm. Well at least it's not his cousin or sister which is common practice for "Appalachian Americans."

Just kidding, I love the south and I lived in Morristown, Tn. (yes, where they filmed the original Evil Dead) for a few years and one day plan to move back... and marry my cousin.

We sat down and spoke with Sean William Scott about his role of Bo Duke and his upcoming project that he is currently filming Richard Kelly's Southland Tales.

Q: Are you doing an army movie or something?

SWS: I'm doing Richard Kelly's next film.

Q: I heard you almost mowed down the fans when the brakes [on the General Lee] went out.

SWS: They said I wanted to?

Q: Jay said you almost did but you saved the day.

SWS: Jay's telling a story. No, actually, that stuff, I didn't realize how bad it could have gotten. Cause there was some somewhat dangerous stuff, I'm sure he explained to you that the car was on a ratchet the first time you see the car looking sweet and it goes from zero to 45 in a couple of seconds and then they released it and I'm in control of the car, and the road is not very wide and I have to put it into a 90 degree slide and have the camera come up to right next to where Johnny and I are sitting, and then go screeching and fishtail down the road, and the third take the brakes went out. And the first couple of takes Johnny and I are like, HOOO!!! and the third take it was like, "Brakes went out, dude -- brakes went out" -- he's like oh my god, and we almost went into the ditch, and we almost hit that camera and got control, and then was over in this ditch, it was pretty cool though.

Q: Were you scared?

SWS: No, you know it was a little scary when the brakes didn't work and I saw all the Louisianans going "Dukes of Hazzard, Woo Hoo "! Like, GET OUT OF THE WAY THE BRAKES ARE OFF!

Q: Do you now have your own General Lee?

SWS: I almost had somebody build one for me, then I thought, you know -- I'm gonna keep it in my garage. you know, I might go out on a joyride, but I would steal that car.

Q: Were you worried about stepping into the shoes of Bo Duke?

SWS: I didn't think about it too much because, you know, I just wanted the movie to be good. I was like, well, if you're gonna cast Johnny Knoxville and me, you're obviously gonna make it a little wilder, and a little bit crazier, and you know, we still have to respect the fans of the show and i think that we did, and i think they're gonna watch it and go, alright, the spirit is still there, the car stuff's insane, and it's just funny and funnier. What''s the point of trying to do what they did? They already had the show still on and the reunion movie that came out, so once we thought, okay, we're gonna go a little crazier with this i thought okay, let's make this character tripolar.

Q: You were in the tabloids.

SWS: Yeah, I was in star magazine.

Q: Was that the first time?

SWS: That I know of -- yeah, I think so. I was in for like one article, then Johnny got all the attention. I'm glad that they did though, because it got people aware of the film -- for me it was like, I laughed, like, what the hell are they talking about? and then I thought, but it's not so funny because she's married.

Q: Southland Tales -- such a great cast with so many people involved, Kevin Smith...

SWS: Amy Poehler.

Q: What's your character?

SWS: It's really hard to describe. The script is , you guys are writers, so you're gonna think this sounds retarded, but it's kinda like, similar to Strangelove or Clockwork Orange, it's got a very Kubrick vibe to it. And I think he's the kind of guy that could really pull off something really interesting. I play a guy who, he's not really a racist cop but he's an edgy cop and I play his twin brother, so in the movie I play two guys. And the Rock plays this kind of action star who's really messed up, and kind of an amnesiac.

Q: Kind of?

SWS: Yeah, I mean I've read the script six times and I still can't figure out what's going on.

Q: How big is the cast?

SWS: I think it's a big one -- there's lots of great little parts. I'm one of the leads, yeah, it's pretty much me and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays a porn star, and uh --(pointing at one of the journalists) he's like "nice"(laughs) and the Rock.

Q: And it's a musical, right?

SWS: It's not. I think at one point that was a part of it and maybe he still might, I betcha he's the kind of director who might throw that at us, "hey -- I want you to sing the lines this time', like "what?" but I know Moby and Trent Reznor are doing the music for it.

Q: You didn't have to sing in the audition?

SWS: It was great, it was a great experience for me to get this part, 'cause I was like "I wanna meet this guy" and I sat down with him and was like, these are the things I anticipated doing when I moved out here and I've gone down this other path that I appreciate, but I wanna work with you, and he's like, well, read the script, and I was like, I don't know what's going on in this movie, but I wanna do it.

Q: You want to break out of the Stifler roles?

SWS: Not as much, but I think it's just doing a lot of broad comedies which I love, I mean, I love that kids come up to me and go "Dude" and American Pie stuff, and for me, if I felt that was all I could do, I'd feel a little stressed out, like I was in trouble.

Q: Are you worried people will see this movie as Dude Where's My Car 2 and no one will ever take you seriously?

SWS: Oh, I wouldn't go that far! I don't think so -- one thing you brought up is, we didn't want it to be "Dude Where's My Car" in Hazzard county. You know, it was like, I didn't want to put too much pressure on it, I hadn't worked in a year, I'd been working on my production company for a while, and it was like, Okay, this is obviously a great idea, it could be really fun, really funny, a total summer popcorn film, and it was like, it's one thing to be able to do some comedy again, and try to make people laugh. But to also do some more action stuff, with the car, was a kind of a different thing for me. So i thought there were few opportunities that we had with the movie that fit where I wanted to go.

Q: You're the only person from the North in the film.

SWS: I know -- no, I'm quite a redneck. But I was working on a Southern accent with this really prestigious dialect coach and I was awful, I couldn't get the accent at all -- and I was listening , I had worked for like two years to get rid of my Minnesota accent, so that's pretty much been my focus in the past two years.

Q: What's a movie you can watch over and over?

SWS: Chopper. That was the kind of role and still is the kind of role that appeals to my aesthetic. Not even just the weight gain, which could be fun, but just a great performance. He wasn't a serial killer,- he was a best-selling author. he was the guy that said, 'i didn't kill anybody that didn't deserve it. That kind of psychology.

Q: What's your favorite scene?

SWS: I have sort of a dark side, so I like when he stabs the guy in the neck. I think it's in the forehead and when he cuts his ear off. It's Eric Bana,- it's not as violent as it seems and it's a true story and what I liked about it is if you get the DVD, they have an interview with the real mark Chopper Reed, and Eric Bana is exactly like that guy. he was a stand-up comedian.

Q: What music are you listening to?

SWS: I like Arcade Fire. It's a different sound. It's pretty cool.

Q: Did you try on the Daisies?

SWS: Johnny did. No, I never did.

Q: Will we ever see you wear tights and be a superhero?

SWS: Wear a tie and be a superhero?

Q: Tights.

SWS: God, I don't think anybody wants to see me in tights. Let's see -- I had my chance in "Bulletproof Monk" and it didn't work out so well. I don't know -- superhero films you know, "Spiderman", and "X-Men 2" I thought was an excellent film -- yeah, I'd like to fly.

Q: You've been working on a production company?

SWS: Yeah, I started this production company and I really wanted to work on that. I'ts called Identity FIlms.

Q: And you had an identity crisis?

SWS: Since I was born. We have a movie called "Nerd Camp" that David Gordon Green is working on for us and that looks to be the first movie that -- you know, I'll probably act in. Comedy, kind of like "Stand By Me", or a younger "Animal House", rowdy... and another movie is "The Optimist" that Bill (unintelligible) and Josh Weinstein, two guys are writing for me. Bunch of projects like that in different stages of development.

Q: So you're paying for projects you'll wanna do.

SWS: Universal is, my deal's at Universal, so... Yeah, I feel that the things I'm working on are way better than what's out there, and like. Adam Sandler does it for him, and it works well, and Mel Gibson does for his company, and it's just to control your own destiny, you know.

Q: What's "Nerd Camp"?

SWS: "Nerd Camp". It might not sound so good right now, but it's about a guy who hasn't really accepted any responsibility in his life, kind of a wild guy, the kind I've played before, and basically he gets in a lot of trouble, and basically he ends up at this camp -- he looks at this opportunity to be a counsellor because camp was the best thing that ever happened to him and he's like, that's where my -- I'm a legend there, some of the best years of my life were there, and he finds out that this camp is for the brightest youths of america. And they're all like, you know, they don't respect him, you know, big comedy, but the story about these kids teaching this guy to grow up and this guy teaching these kids to embrace who they are and also to still be kids. David Gordon Green's writing -- he's done some sweet work but he's very funny too.

Q: What's the craziest thing that happened on the set?

SWS: Johnny was always pulling out his genitals, every day. Johnny does it every single day. I'd be in the middle of the car, and just to distract me, he'd be like, "Hey Seann, look at this," I'm like, "Dude, why? You've got your right testicle out," and he's like "I just did it to see if you'd look and you did!"

Q: What about the comment Joe Don Baker made in the credit's about Jessica's titties?

SWS: That was hilarious. Why we reacted that way? Well, it's a little inappropriate for a guy that age, who's pretty quiet you, know, all of a sudden, he's like "i was a little distracted, I was looking at your titties" , dude, how would you react? It was a little weird in front of all these people -- it was awesome! It was like the best thing that happened all day. it wasn't like i was offended, it was like, wow, that was the best thing that happened the whole shoot.

Q: How did Jessica react?

SWS: She laughed. she's got a great sense of humor. of course she wants people to comment on her breastices. Johnny likes comments on his breasts.

Q; Jay told us that Nick said the sequel could take place in Texas and it could be called Daisy Does Dallas.

SWS: Oh Nick said that? I thought you said her husband. I don't know about that idea..

Q: Would you do a sequel?

SWS: Yeah, just to hang out with those guys again and to drive that car. Actually, I think i mean, i watched the movie, and I think it's really fun, right away you're like, okay it's a popcorn film, it's not trying to win awards, it's fun, it's funny, an you can tell we all had a great time. I think the car stuff is really good.

Q: So you went to driving school?

SWS: Yeah, for over a month, I worked with a guy named Bobby Orr, he used to be a NASCAR driver and now not only does he teach drivers how to do all this stuff but he works for the department of defense and teaches soldiers how to maneuver care before they go over to Iraq, a lot of people soldiers unfortunately die not knowing how to drive in urban warfare. So we had at (unintelligible) Airport in LA this runway every single day I mean, I would dread going sometimes because it was so intense it was like 8 hours a day, and it was like having to take a risk and put yourself into the most intense roller-coaster ride I've ever been in.

Q: Did you learn how to do the "drifting"?

SWS: The drifting -- it's dangerous, too. To be able to drift, you have to get the car going at a certain speed, and it takes a lot of finesse and so I did a lot of drifting, and that was the thing they never thought I'd be able to do, but they had the best drifter in the world, this guy who did a lot of stuff around the traffic circle, or when the car slid right up to the cop car but when, one of my favorite stunts that I did, I don't know if you'll remember it, but when we're getting chased in Atlanta, and the GL slides right up to that cop car, and you see Johnny going like this and the car goes SCREETCH and it goes around it, and I was drivin'. That was the last day of the shoot, and that was one stunt that they never taught me and they were like "why don't you do this, and I was like, I never learned how to do that, and the guy showed me and after the third take I was like THAT far away from the car. It's too bad you can't see the rest of the take it's like me and Johnny are like WOO! WOO! like little girls. But it was one of the best -- it was the last day and it was the best thing I did on the shoot, I was like, Wow. it was so cool. Unfortunately you can't really see my face, but I did it.

Q: Were you a fan of Broken Lizard?

SWS: Yeah, you know, I had only seen Super Troopers, what if I had said "Starship Troopers"? and you're like, they didn't direct that, and I was like, awww..

Actually, the first 15 minutes for me I was like that is one of the funniest 15 minutes, when they see the kids, and they get pulled over and it's like really weird.

Q: Are you single married or divorced?

SWS: All. (laughs) Single.

Q: So your next film will be Southland Tales?

SWS: Mr. Woodcock, with Billy Bob Thornton and Susan Sarandon. It's an unbelievable comedy -- they might want it to be their "Wedding Crashers" for next summer. And for me I'm playing this neutral shy guy and Billy Bob is unbelievable. It's called Mr. Woodcock. And it's a porn!

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