I knew Cynthia Geary from when both of us were working in the television world. She was producing TV before she went into movies. She liked me and my work and kind of took me under her wing. She introduced me to Jim Larsen, whom she'd also known from the TV world. Initially he cast me to play the public service announcement cop in the video rough cut of Buttcrack, but he liked my work and gave me the opportunity to do the female lead. Both of them are so creative and so nice. It was great working with them.

2. During the making the film, did you expect it to be distributed by Troma?

I had no idea who would ultimately distribute the film. That was Cynthia Geary's department. She made sure that the world knew about Desert Dog Films, which is the company she and Larsen formed that actually produced the movie. I know that she had created a lot of buzz about the project and that there were a number of distributors whose interest was quite peaked by the the project. I think I remember her saying that Desert Dog was even getting inquiry calls about BUTTCRACK "by the title alone" at one point.

3. Are you a Troma fan?

I wouldn't call myself an official Troma fan, but BUTTCRACK is definitely THE COOLEST movie Troma has ever had. No matter how many times I see it, I'm still crazy about it. Just this week someone was watching it, and I kept saying, "Ooh! I love this part!" I never get tired of watching it. It's just so funny. When you watch it a few times, you see all the details that Geary and Larsen put into it, down to the details of the decoration's in Brother Ken's room. The soundtrack is something else too.

4. What is your favorite scene in Buttcrack?

There are so many cool, funny scenes! I have to say that I'm very partial to when Annie says "Buttcrack" 12 times in one breath! I worked very hard to get that whole diatribe just right, and yes, I did say all that in one breath!

5. Despite the fact that you're only absent in one shot of the film, do you have any regrets about this?

After Desert Dog Films had flown me back to Los Angeles, they realized they needed to reshoot a scene that would require a small insert of Annie's dead body. They found a young girl who looked enough like me to be a photo double from the back of her head and they costumed her in Annie's gear. I think in the final cut of the movie, you maybe see a quarter of this girl's pant leg for a fraction of a second. Other than that, all the Annie scenes are me.

6. What was it like working with Jim Larsen as a director?

I have to say that the whole team was great to work with. If you know some of Jim Larsen's other work, then you know that he is this kind of dark, mysterious, creative figure. You wouldn't think that someone like that would be open to someone else's ideas, but he actually was. He had originally envisioned Annie as a kind of happy-go-lucky goofball character. During a table read, I asked if I could try doing her as more grouchy, and more antagonistic towards Wade, without changing a word of Jim's dialogue. He let me try it and actually liked it that way, so that's how Annie turned out in the film.

Cynthia Geary is like a whirlwind to work with: she has so many things going on at once. I don't think she ever took a break during the entire shoot. She had us doing publicity stills when the crew was setting up other shots! She brought in top-notch crew, and I think she and Jim really cast the film well. I liked working with the other actors, but I have to say that Mojo Nixon was a trip! Once, I was privately going over my lines in a chair in the basement of one of the places we were shooting. Mojo came down there and stood in front of me and pulled down his pants a few inches from my face. No underwear! He removed the pants, changed into another pair, and went back upstairs.

I was just stunned! I was still in shock when Doug Ciskowski, who plays Brian, came down there to work on his lines. I didn't know what to do, so I confided in him what had happened. Brian's always so calm and professional! He said, "Oh, yeah, he did that to me too a little bit ago." Too funny! After that I relaxed and really began to "get" Mojo and his unique sense of humor.

7. Is there anything else you'd like to mention?

I love Buttcrack! It's actually one of my favorite movies. In spite of the fact that I blush at the title when little old ladies ask me about it, I'm very proud of the work I did and of the movie as a whole. I'd do another Desert Dog film in a heartbeat!