Does that competitive nature translate into doing stunts or action sequences in films like Piranha 3D?
Yeah, it does. It just makes me more excited to do the physical sequences, because I know what a challenge it is, and the adrenaline level that I probably have been addicted to in terms of sports, the drama of sports themselves, and the adrenaline rush you get when you’re in the middle of a close match, whether it’s tennis or soccer or whatever it is…For me, I had to do one really hard stunt. I had to climb across a metal rope back and forth, which was really challenging, and very difficult, and very tiring and hard. But I also got to run across a flotilla of objects that were happily placed just far enough away from each other so that I could hop from one boat–I’ve just witnessed the massacre, I’m then told that my kids are now on a boat that’s sinking, and I have to go save them. So I had to jump, and grab a hold and hold on… [laughs, emphasizes the action with stunty gestures] And the stunt double was going to do it, because they said, “It’s just really too dangerous, you can’t
