A: I started modeling during college, and my modeling agent suggested I take acting classes so that she could also send me out on film and commercial auditions. I took her advice and enrolled in an Acting Tech & Scenes class. I fell in love with it! I realized that when I was able to really get into the character, that everything else in the world melted away, and I actually became that character. It was cathartic, surreal, and exhilarating.

          I booked some minor roles and a number of commercials, but my true love has always been horror. Watching horror movies one day, I thought, "I can do that. It's right up my alley!" I specifically targeted horror production companies, and sent out mass mailings. I got a few responses, booked minor roles in some indie horror films, and one thing led to another, and here I am, still in the genre, almost 10 years later. I've been battered, bruised, bloodied, frozen, skewered, etc. all in the name of horror! ;-)

          A: I play Little Wing Won Ton (aka Lily), who is the brother of the charming little devil fetus Won Ton Baby. Little Wing is sweet and wouldn't hurt a fly, but perhaps more than a little naïve. She has a deformity from birth, which grows as the years go by. The family ultimately realizes that Little Wing has a "fetus infetu" (or parasitic twin) in her belly. Little Wing also has a great affinity for Chinese culture, even though she appears fully Caucuasian. She speaks with a comical broken Chinese accent - a weird mix of Chinese, Elmer Fudd, and broken Spanish. The day Gunnar Hansen arrived (he plays the surgeon) it took him a while to get over my accent - he kept cracking up. www.wonton-baby.com

          A: "Won Ton Baby!" is an homage to cult classics that we grew up on like "Evil Dead", It's Alive", and "Basket Case". It's incredibly tongue in cheek, and is meant to amuse. We don't profess to have Hollywood production values, but I think the story really shines and draws the viewer into the family's world, and of course, devilish little Won Ton Baby!'s world. Won Ton is about 3 feet tall, round and fat like a baby Sumo wrestler. He speaks with a gravelly asian accent, and has a penchant for sex, weed, and human meat.

          We premiered the film at the Gorezone Weekend of Horrors Film Festival in London a couple months ago. The general consensus is that the baby (and his one-liners) stole the show, and people had never seen anything like it before.

          A: I was working on another movie, and the director asked me to come up with some kind of sexy accent. He said he didn't care what kind of accent - just make it exotic and sexy. I was being a cut up, as usual, so instead of going with the typical French or Spanish, I chose a Japanese accent. It sounded anything but sexy! It amused me though, and I told everyone I was going to create a movie and character in which I would speak with this accent full time. Somehow we got to talking about "Basket Case", and devil babies, and the idea of "Won Ton Baby!" was born.

          I thought it was an idea I would sit on for a number of years, until I found funding or until I self funded the project. As luck would have it, the planets aligned and my good friend and partner in Won Ton Baby LLC, James Morgart, was able to locate investors who believed in our project, and it was green lighted.

          James and I shared a similar goal in wanting the characters to be really well rounded and also heart felt and relatable. The family in the movie is completely dysfunctional, ala "Little Miss Sunshine", but close as hell despite it all. We also wanted to inject this baby with tons of black humor, sarcasm, and political incorrectness. I am certain people will find it to be more of a black comedy than a horror film, although of course it has copious elements of horror and gore.

          A: It would have to be the long hours. The delirius, overnight, round the clock occasionally 18 hour days. We had a real tight shooting schedule, and had access to certain shoot locations only on certain days/times. So everything had to be compressed in order to complete the shot list for each day. All of our actors and crew were such troopers. It was tough as hell, but I have to say I laughed so much on that set. There were so many crazy, surreal scenes with the baby. For instance, when Gunnar Hansen's character had just "delivered" him, and I was holding him and he was wacking Debbie Rochon's character in the head with his still intact 5 foot long umbilical cord.

          The baby was also covered in this perpetual green/yellow slime, that the nurse explained was naturally emitting from his pores. It was nasty, but really amusing.

          A: That' s a really interesting question. I think I realized once James was about 20 pages into writing the script. It was my story idea, but he wrote the entire script and fleshed out the characters. His writing was dead on with everything I was envisioning. Bringing the story and the characters to life as only he could.

          And it was a dream when Debbie Rochon and Gunnar Hansen signed on to the project! I have been fans of both of them for years. They both brought so much to the table and were a joy to work with. I would cast them again, in a heartbeat!

          A: This was a movie directed by my friend Terry West, who has a great knack for creating shocking horror that elicits a reaction from the audience, and also a knack for intertwining sex with horror. Terry also has some great comedic sensibilities, and I was so stoked to play the role of Sister Helen, a nun with a penchant for um… corporal punishment. Sister Helen was uptight and proper and uber religious, but she had this great dichotomy/split personality, and she was a riot to play. I relished it. And was fantastic working with Brandy, Jane, Kerri and Shannon too. http://www.plausible-denial.com/satans_schoolgirls.htm

          A: I was contacted by director Scott Bunt to play a minor role in this film - the "Black Forest Woman" who tries to convince interlopers to either convert to the religion of the townspeople or die. It was a small role, but again it had great comedic sensibilities and lots of fight sequences. "Sea of Dust" is a period piece film in the vein of the Hammer Horror Movies of the 60s and 70s, so there's lots of sexuality and British humor. Tom Savini and Ingrid Pitt are also in the film. Production values are just about as high as I've seen on any indie film. Really meticulous, beautiful and trippy cinematography. www.seaofdust.com

          A: Geoff Klein (director) contacted me via email a few years ago and asked me if I would be interested in playing the "opening kill" in his upcoming movie. He said that instead of the typical ditzy blonde, he wanted my character to be in control and smart and confident, similar to Drew Barrymore's character in the opening scene of "Scream". This was definitely appealing to me, and I spoke with Geoff in great detail about the film and my character's development before I even set foot on set. "Bikini Girls on Ice" has been kicking butt on the indie film festival circuit, and just won "Best Foreign Horror Film" in a recent festival. We shot on location about an hour and half outside of Montreal. Really slick production - Geoff and his partner Jeff Ross have an amazing eye for shot composition and cinematography. www.bikinigirlsonice.com

          A: Jimmy O'Burril reached out to me to guage my interest in playing one of Sally's victims, err… playthings…. in "Chainsaw Sally". I played a newreporter named Miss BusyBee. When sticking her nose into Sally's business, she's inadvertently trapped by Sally and well, you know what happens next… It was a blast working with April and Jimmy O on this! www.chainsawsally.org

          A: "Day of the Ax" was neat because I had this really intense character that I totally could relate to/feel. I asked the director, Ryan Cavalline, if I could go with a southern accent while playing MaryAnn. It just felt right, and I wanted her to be soft, and countrylike, and vulnerable. As the scenario evolves, she also reveals a psychotic side. It was fun to play the character that way, and transition from one mood to another so quickly.

          A: I'm working a short film series for Gorezone Magazine about serial killers.

          Also, I'm going to Canada this spring to work with Geoff Klein and Tommy Groszman on "Loknus" - a thriller about the lochness monster! Check out the website here: www.loknus-movie.com

          I also have plans to work with Timo Rose on a horror project in Germany this summer.

          A: Sam Raimi

          A: A script that really draws me in to the story and makes me care about what happens next, with well developed and fleshed out characters.

          Q: Anything you wish to add for my readers and visitors? Something special about you that they probably do not know?

          I can pick up anything with my toes, like a monkey. ;-)

          If you get a chance, check out Gorezone Magazine - www.gorezone.co.uk - it's available on newsstands everywhere, including Barnes & Noble, Borders, etc. - I write a "Diary of a Scream Queen" column each month.

          A: "Drag me to Hell" was the last movie I saw on DVD. If you want something obscure, before that I watched "Dark Days" - more of a documentary though - about homeless people living underground in the NYC abandoned railroad tunnels.

          A: Thanks so much Rich for doing this interview with me. Keep up the killer work on Obscure Horror!