Q: What can you reveal about the DVD?

JB: The DVD is going to be pretty awesome. We've got some cool extra stuff. We catered so much more this time specifically to the DVD and I think there is some great bonus material. There's some extra footage from the bachelor party scene in particular that I think is going to be fantastic. It doesn't really involve our characters but the other guys are there with the girls prior to my arrival in the scene, it's funny stuff. And our commentaries are great. We are so brilliant. We give such amazingly wonderful, intelligent, articulate insights into the film. We might as well be on Charlie Rose (political interview show). I mean, really

AH: He gets easily choked up if he talks about it too much.

JB: I don't want to give all the back stories away, but we were sharing some cool stuff.

AH: It's subtle but it's there.

JB: That's right because I am just throwing out SAT words.

JB: Every scene that I am in.

AH: I really like the dog scene with the cakes and the dog. That is brilliant. And anything with Eugene in it.

JB: I like the Alyson and Eugene scene, the boning conversation. I like that scene a lot.

AH: Eugene and Fred together.

JB: Every time Eugene and Fred are in the same room, or in the same shot. Eugene and Fred Willer.

AH: No, we probably should have! Damn it! That is a really good idea!

JB: Yeah, exactly. We were both talking with other people, going "I'll do it if she does it.. Is he or she going to do it?"

AH: Our people talked with the same people. No, once I read the script I was completely on board. I loved it.

AH: Do I? I have been doing a television show for seven years! I am so grateful to be working in this business. This is what I always wanted to do in my entire life so I am not going to sit here and complain that "It is so terrible to be in successful movies because it becomes a trilogy..!" I mean come on! I am in a trilogy!

AH: Well, I thought that was in poor taste, yes. We all pretty much knew that that was the last season, and it felt like it was the last season. But there was always the chance that if she signed on to do another season or something that the show would continue on. It would have been nice for her to have mentioned it to the crew or the cast.

AH: No. But that was just one glitch that became this big deal, and that is not the memory that I have of the show.

AH: No, I cherish it, it was the most amazing time of my life. I learned so much, I met friends that I'll have forever. I met my beloved, my future husband. It was such a gift and I am so blessed to have been a part of that. And OK, we had a thing with Sarah but it was mainly the crew that I was upset for.

AH: No, I think it was the perfect time because I am really excited about this movie and I am getting married. Those were seven amazing years of my life and I am really glad that I have that book, but that chapter is closed and now I know what it was. I am glad it didn't go down the crapper and turn into a really bad show or something. I am just so grateful to have that as an experience and I am also really looking forward to my future projects.

AH: Yes, I learned, don't go for the big fluffy dress. Because if you want to go to the bathroom it's not convenient. It was interesting to have that big white formal wedding but I am going to be more simplistic. My fiancée and I really want to express who we are in our relationship, so it is going to be a lot less formal and just fun and I'll tell you all about it after it is over.

AH: Later and not in LA. It is just going to be really, really wonderful I hope.

JB: I just want to know when I am going to get my invitation? I haven't got it yet!

AH: About Jason not being invited?

JB: I am not the only one! It actually makes me feel better and also makes me even more angry at the same time when I think about it. We've got to (band) together.

AH: OK!

AH: I'll have two! I'll have one for me and one for Michelle! You can go to that one!

AH: They are called the hen parties, right?

AH: We need an English person in here! They are hen parties! And I am like "Hen? Who is the hen?"

AH: I don't know. I guess my friend Peggy has to figure it out, isn't she in charge of planning it? But you know, we sort of get the short end of the stick because male strippers...

JB: Well, that is between you and your husband. (Laughs)

AH: But watching male strippers is just weird.

JB: Currently not married.

JB: No, I have always been down. I am down. I am just waiting for the right one I guess. I am under no sort of time restriction and I am not in a rush...

AH: He hasn't heard his clock!

JB: Yeah, exactly. I haven't heard it ticking just yet but first things first I guess. I am single so.... (Laughs) I am not ready for marriage. Right up in the open.

AH: And I am on the desperate edge!

Q: So you are sitting in your trailer and there is the part about you shaving your balls. Is there a point where you go ....

JB: I always shave my balls in my trailer!

AH: Incidentally the shaving the balls wasn't in the script until after his wardrobe fitting and then Adam walked in on him changing and said "Wow! Maybe we should write that in!"

JB: She is lying! OK, I am bald as a baby boy down there! I have been to Brazil! (Laughs) How do you spell bald?

AH: His balls are like Homer Simpson! Two hairs.

JB: My balls are turning blue!

JB: No, I never found myself needing to do that.

AH: He did make the entire crew shave their balls though!

JB: Yeah, I mean, it was just for a comfort level! Some people ask for a close shave I ask for a shaves head! No, I have never needed to put on the brakes in any way. I have always just sort of gone for it and conversely I am more concerned about not going far enough. Seriously, we have gone pretty far in the previous two films and the expectations have been set I think. Without making it gratuitous we still need to push the envelope, that is the movie, that is the formula of the success for these films. Not only that, comedically, I'll do it. I will go for it as long as it is funny.

JB: Yeah, I think there might be some more. All I know is that I was in that bathroom all day long. I shot that scene all day! So, there is some ball shaving gold that did not make the movie that will probably be on the DVD - you've just got to wait!

JB: This is the first time I have been single since we have been hanging out…me and my girlfriend recently broke up, so it was post completion of filming this. I have seen you maybe once or twice since then but now is the time to start thinking about that!

AH: I actually tried to set Seann up with one of my girlfriends!

JB: Give me a call! I have got an idea for a bachelor party!

AH: Well, Seann is really busy but they met. I don't know if they clicked. I love being the little match maker. I think everyone should be in love.

JB: A pulse would be nice.

AH: Although it worked out last time without it!

JB: Yeah, I am down for the funky Weekend at Bernie's shit). That's cool! I look for a sense of humour and a smart girl. Smart and funny basically.

JB: Younger... but it depends. Each is different if you know what I mean. I have recently found myself sort of clicking more with either a peer or older. It is because I am so mature. (Laughs) It depends.

AH: I had some fan come up to me, and he couldn't for the life of him remember that it was Band Camp, so he was like "Yeah, the Summer School!" And I was like "What?" And he was like "Wasn't it.. what was it..." I was like "Did you see the movie?" And he was like "Yeah, what was it?" And I just kept making him guess and he just couldn't get Band Camp for the life of him. So, I had fun.

JB: Summer School?

AH: Yeah, I was like "You didn't see the movie! You have no idea what you are talking about!" And he was like "Come on! What was it?" And I was like "I'm not going to tell you! Go and rent it!" But I think after about 15 tries he finally got it.

AH: No, we are really repressed here in the States. (Laughs)

JB: Yeah, exactly. It is OK to do this, it is OK to be young.

JB: My parents are fairly conservative. We didn't really talk about sex much. Which is why I am a virgin, I think. (Laughs) No, we didn't really talk about it. It was always weird. My parents and I have a weird relationship like that. They are great parents but it was just...

JB: I learned from...

JB: Yeah, exactly. I learned how to drive from Red Asphalt and I learned how to have sex from The Miracle Of Life.

JB: Not with sex. With my virginity? Yeah. (Laughs) Still walking funny! No, Eugene and I never had a sex talk. Eugene helped me comedically. I look up to him quite a bit and he has helped me out immensely. It is sort of a paternal relationship. I feel lots of love for the man. I feel kind of like his son when I am around him but we haven't had a sex talk.

JB: Like Eugene? That is great I guess, grown up I guess. I think that is performance a lot as well. I had worked with him twice before so I picked up on his mannerisms, facial expressions, rhythms, and his timing - all of which are impeccable. I like to think that I have picked up on it and try to emulate him as much as possible.

JB: Yes, absolutely. I can see myself having kids. But I've got to see myself being able to have sex first. (Laughs)

Interview With Thomas Ian Nicholas and Nikki Ziering

TN: I was excited because then we could have one of those little DVD 3 packs that have all of the three films and be a trilogy. So that was pretty cool. And I thought we definitely had to do this movie so that we can do that. That was all the motivation I needed!

NZ: Nothing embarrassing but I think that it is fun to watch and to create (laughs).
TN: I'm not sure what will go on there. I know that we shot some extra stuff for the DVD so I'm curious to see that cut. There are a lot of little bits here and there that had gone when we watched the film, so I'm hoping that they will be included in the deleted scenes.

TN: It's a great film to add to a collection just in the sense that there are a lot of extra features. In the first one we had the rated and unrated DVD, and there is only a couple of minutes of difference, but I don't necessarily know of a film that did that before. So they are really taking a step into a new direction with the DVD's of this film. We shot an extra day and a half specifically for the DVD. I know that other films have done that, but we're really trying to give the fans of this film something that they are expecting, and more.

NZ: I haven't seen the movie yet, I am seeing it tomorrow night, so I am not sure what has been cut out, but I know that a lot of it will be on the DVD. But I have heard a few of the parts have been cut out. I'm a little bit disappointed just because I thought they were so funny, the funniest moments. But also a bachelor party is huge before a wedding. But from what I understand the audience is loving it and I understand that they have to do certain things for the ratings. At least I am still in the movie! (Laughs)

TIN: No, no, no! She is speaking of the NPAA rating not the ratings of the audience! (Laughs) We are talking about our rating, mature audiences!

NZ: That is going to be in there too! (Laughs)

TIN: I saw it for the first time during the DVD commentary that I did with Jason, Alyson and Eddie. It wasn't quite like watching the film. Have you ever been to a movie where your friends just talks throughout the film? It is not like watching the movie if we are all sitting there talking all the time, but in the parts where we would quieten down for a second as we didn't have anything to say, we would sit and laugh, and enjoy what we saw. So, I am looking forward to seeing it in its entirety and not talking.

TIN: Yeah, I had a good time! I thought it was pretty funny. There was a moment when the parents arrive with Jim, and Stifler and Eddie are in the window, and the three of us are back there, you and me and Amanda, and I am dancing in the chair! (Laughs) I thought it was pretty classic that you could actually see me dancing in the chair... I was having a good time. What else could you do when you are duct taped to a chair blindfolded... you've got to have fun!

NZ: We weren't sure how much you could see!

NZ: Obviously you are nervous at first, but I just felt so comfortable. I was nervous the first day and then I was fine with it, I didn't even think about it. You just get used to it.

Exactly! They are going to see him sooner or later in Playboy! No, I have no problem with it. It makes sense for the character and it was a very comfortable environment and everybody was very professional. Jesse asked me if I felt comfortable and he let me know that I had to take the jacket off at that moment and I said "Whatever you think makes sense". It just happened to be at the moment when I first arrived, so I was pretty much naked for the rest of the scene! (Laughs) I realised after I had agreed to do it "Oh, wait a minute, so now I am not going to have my jacket on anymore!" But once everybody sees it the first time, then everybody just goes about their business...

TIN: No, not really. Maybe you thought that! (Laughs)

NZ: Thank you!

TIN: Yes, we did! I second that motion! (Laughs)

NZ: As long as they look nice then that is all that matters!

TIN: They look nice in person too! Amen!

NZ: Well, yeah...

TIN: Can they get much bigger?!

NZ: Wow, I just realised, here they are on the big screen! That will be interesting to see.

TIN: Oh, are we back to this thing again! Let me tell you about the stories! Nikki did her reality TV show and they took a 60 second conversation and made it the headlining bit and she became the spokesperson for whatever it was that she was talking about. That is how things get discombobulated though. She would rather not speak about it this time!

NZ: I never meant to speak out about it. It was just something that I happened to mention, forgetting for a moment that I was on a reality show. You are in the jungle for two weeks and you forget sometimes. For some reason it just launched so many articles about stars and their implants and it is nothing that I have ever denied or regretted doing. It is not like I don't like to talk about it, but I just feel like it has sort of become what I am known for these days. I didn't want that.

NZ: I have kind of been one my whole life. I don't think that it was necessarily that I wanted to be an actress, but I love to entertain and it was a natural next step. I started doing mostly print catalogues and fashion and that kind of thing and then when I did Playboy it just lead me in that direction and I had fun with it. So, as long as I keep having fun I will keep doing it.

NZ: It is a common misconception just because I have done Playboy that I had no problem doing nudity for anything and that is really not where I stand. I have never done anything else involving nudity except for Playboy and I have turned down several things because I didn't feel it was of high enough quality that I wanted to put out there. It doesn't mean that I have anything against people who do it, is just not for me.

NZ: A young Frank Sinatra! (Laughs) I stole that role just right from under you!

TIN: We screen tested against each other and I won out! The competition was rough!

TIN: I try to keep myself busy. I had periods in my career where I wouldn't work for two years so I taught myself how to play the guitar, sing, write music and how to keep busy. Then pretty soon, once I had started making music, I was like "Oh, shoot, let me combine the idea of creating something with acting, and that is directing" So, I keep busy all the time and I can't get any sleep anymore! But it is all good.

TIN: Who inspired me? My late cousin Will was the biggest inspiration in my life for that. He was one of my best friends, he was sort of the reason how I came into any sort of faith and he also taught me how to sing and play guitar. He is someone who I think about pretty much every day of my life. So, he is my inspiration.

TIN: Sing something for you? It is hard to pick a particular moment from one of my tunes where I could do it, but I did get to sing some big band music as Frank Sinatra Jr. I was doing Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett covers in the movie, which I sang myself in the studio. I ended up lip synching to my own voice which was good, it matched up pretty well! It looks like I am doing it. But it is actually my voice. I was pretty excited to combine the two things and hopefully I'll get to do that some more.

TIN: You get to the set and you sit for 6, 7 hours sometimes, before you go and do your thing. Or if you are in Nikki's shoes, or Nikki's boots, you get there three hours before the rest of the cast because it takes a long time to lace up those boots. They are thigh high! Some of the craziness that transpired was when the cameras were rolling and some of it is on screen, which is part of the fun that makes this movie what it is. The fun we have transposes onto the film which is entertaining.

NZ: There is really no need for extra comic relief when you are shooting a movie that is this funny. Everybody is tired of laughing! They had to go back and think of something sad for a while! (Laughs)

TIN: We didn't necessarily do that but....

NZ: Absolutely, this was a cast that was working together for the third time and they are all so talented. The first one is what has really helped them to launch their careers and they have watched each other grow and have bonded, and it is really beautiful and nice to see. But it wasn't intimidating and they didn't make me feel like I was not a part of it. I fitted right in. I felt very welcome.

TIN: At least that is what we made you believe! (Laughs)

NZ: They are actors! And they are good! (Laughs) I bought it.

NZ: Well, my mother said that she would prefer it if I sent her a copy of the Playboy because she hated going to the liquor store to buy one. Made her feel like a lesbian! (Laughs)

NZ: Oh, when I meet their parents? Have I done anything embarrassing? Well, my ex husband is Jewish and I converted when we got married. I had really taken it seriously and I was cooking a holiday dinner (this won't make sense to you guys if you are not Jewish.) Anyway I don't usually cook, I don't even know how to boil an egg! My mother-in-law walked me through the entire meal all day and I never asked her what to do with the Gefilte fish, so I was feeling all like Betty Crocker, I thought it wouldn't be that hard. Then she put it in the oven and I ended up burning it. When all the guests arrived I realised that you are not even supposed to cook the Gefilte fish, so it was this big hilarious story! There I was and I fell to my knees in the kitchen crying with my tray of burnt Gefilte fish. Everybody ate it anyway and my mother in law loved that story. It was just one of those little things that I always did to embarrass myself.

TIN: I am just finishing post-production on LA DJ, the film that I directed. And we are going to take that around to some film festivals. It looks like we are still waiting to see what our producers are cooking up for us. Once I get finished with that, I will finish up my solo album and try to meet some record execs of sorts and get that out there, so I can prove that I am not some wannabe actor turned musician. I care about my music and I want to put something out there that is good and can stand on its own.

TIN: I don't want to say that I am comparing myself to him, but I know who I look up to and what I am modelling myself on and that is modern rock. I am a huge Springsteen fan. I'd like to meet with Springsteen and talk to him about doing a story of his days of Ashbury Park, when he first did Born To Run. He was about my age when he did the first three albums. He did them just a few years apart from each other.

TIN: I haven't talked to Jesse about it because I just finished reading Springsteen's biography so I want to figure out what kind of story I want to tell and understand him a little bit more. As much as you can through a book.

TIN: I haven't. I have only been to his concerts.

TIN: I haven't, no. This is all a brand new idea. Enough people tell you that you look like Springsteen and you like music and you go "Hmm, maybe I should make a Springsteen movie!"

TIN: It is split over all three avenues; music, directing and acting. I love to multi-task. If I could I'd balance three plates, two in my hands and one on my head!

TIN: Oh, yeah. It is challenging, but I am definitely always up for a challenge, so I am developing some other projects now, I'm going to take some meetings and keep that aspect going. It is just a question of what the next project will be, which one will come first.

TIN: Exactly. You need to start somewhere. You need a little bit of cash to hold you until that next gig so I have got that going right now.

TIN: Being the one that everyone asks the questions to and being responsible. It is fun to be in control. We all as human beings like to be in control, it is part of our nature. But at the same time to always have to have the answer - even if you don't know, you have to pretend to know. And as an actor if you are unsure you can ask the director!

TIN: Myself and my brother who wrote it and a few world famous DJ's, the film is about DJ's.

TIN: A couple of them are based in Chicago like DJ Colette and Karl Cox, I think he is based out in London, that is where he started. He plays a fairly substantial role in the film and we also had the late J Master J who is the king of Hip Hop, even though we are doing more house music, but a DJ nonetheless. We had a few beginning cast members which is great. To do an independent film where we have raised our own financing and we didn't have to answer to the studio "Can we bring this new person in?" It was just "he is a great actor, let's put him in the role!" And a couple of veterans here and there are doing little cameos.

TIN: It is about two brothers that have a dream of becoming famous club DJ's and they go to Los Angeles to try to break into the club scene and they end up doing Bar Mitzvahs. It is a little bit more Jewish humour there for you.

TIN: We are still in post-production so we don't have a completed budget, but I would say... we have investors, but the music licensee thing is a surprisingly costly avenue of films that I didn't realise in the beginning. My brother and I didn't know that it would be as much as it is. We are around a million dollars.

TIN: Hopefully a long lasting one. (Laughs)

NZ: A happy one.

TIN: Yeah, a challenging one too. From what I understand, looking at all the marriages that my family is in, it seems like the most healthy ones are the ones that are challenging in a healthy way. They are there to support one another but also there to better one another. Obviously love is important but that goes without saying I would imagine, when you are talking about marriage.

TIN: From what I understand, women, and this is not a stereotype, tend to have these ideas of where it may take place. I am open to where it may be, I don't have a set idea.

NZ: Absolutely. I hope so. I'll get divorced first! (Laughs)

NZ: Well, yeah, because my ex husband was experiencing a lot of fame at the time from his television series so I knew that it would be talked about. We were actually separated for six months before it was released publicly, amicably though. We parted in a mutual friendly way, but it is hard to go through that and read about it when the details get twisted. Everybody wants some sort of reason and it is just that two people who love each other were growing apart. That is not good enough, they want to hear that I am really a lesbian and that he is a heroin addict but the truth is it just didn't work out.

NZ: It is my married name yeah. Schieler is my maiden name, and I used that in 1997 when I did my first Playboy centrefold, but then I switched to Ziering and I have used that since.

NZ: Yeah, that is another question people ask me. I haven't converted to anything else! (Laughs)

NZ: I grew up with Christianity but not practising, so I actually had myself baptised when I was fifteen. I am a very spiritual person, but it is not like I am religious, so to me it doesn't matter what religion, it all leads to the same ways. But I don't go to temples now any more often then I used to go to church. Now I just get 8 presents for Hannukah and Christmas gifts! (Laughs) It works out in my favour!

NZ: I don't think so. I don't know, I would never say never, but I am always exploring new things. I really did accept the Jewish traditions though, and the religion is beautiful. If I marry another Jewish man I would love to raise little ones... (Laughs)