With his kickass performance in The Crow: Wicked Prayer, Edward Furlong reminds us all of why everyone thought he was so great back in the early 90s with his debut performance in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Even though hes gone through ten years of the tabloids hounding him, Furlong has still delivered some great performances in good films like Pecker and American History X and many ok performances in forgettable films. But his new character, Jimmy Cuervo, is the first resurrected Crow that was a bad man when he was alive. Luc Crash [played by David Boreanaz], the leader of a satanic gang of bikers murders, a young man named Jimmy Cuervo and his girlfriend Lily for a ritual to make himself an immortal demon. Cuervo rises from the dead with the power of the crow to avenge his girlfriend's death, and to stop the completion of the ritual.
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Daniel Robert Epstein: Hey Eddie, where are you living these days?
Edward Furlong: I live in LA, sort of right near the Hollywood Bowl.
DRE: Are you a big fan of The Crow?
EF: Actually, yeah. I really liked the first Crow. I hadn't really seen the other two until I was ready to do this one. I was really excited about the idea of being able to play that character.
DRE: What excited you, was it the idea of playing this character or just being part of successful franchise?
EF: I guess it was bit of both. It was also the script and working with Lance [Mungia] the director. Then of course the shallowness of walking around and kicking ass wearing leather pants and a trenchcoat sounded fun. All that Goth shit. Then I talked to the director about all of that and as we talked about it I got more and more excited about the character. But I wanted to do a bit of a twist where he's an anti-hero. The Crow already is an anti-hero but this time he really just does not want to come back from the dead. In the other Crow movies you never really get to see the character or the love story that happened before because it always kinds of starts off with the Crow coming back from the dead. With this script they fleshed out the story more which kind of excited me. I guess that it was all those things put together that got me really amped to play the character.
DRE: Have you ever read the original comic book by James O'Barr?
EF: Yeah, I checked out the original comic but I didn't read the whole comic because the movie is so completely different. There's really no basis to go on using the comic book.
DRE: Were you a fan of David Boreanaz?
EF: I've never really watched Angel or Buffy or anything like that. But I have to say that I was really surprised at working with David. I think that we both had really great chemistry and he was great to work with. His work really shows in the movie. He definitely has a charisma that's pretty cool.
DRE: Were you ever into the Goth thing?
EF: I never thought that I was a vampire or anything like that so I was never super Goth. I guess back in the 90's I was more grunge. But you know the Goth look is cool. I like going to Chrome Hearts which is this jewelry store that has Goth type shit. The Crow is more like rock and roll which I like.
DRE: Will there be any Crow action figures of you?
EF: [Laughs] I don't know man but I hope so. I'd have to have sex with it or something.
DRE: Would you have it play with your other doll from Terminator 2?
EF: [Laughs] Yeah, that's like my future. I'm going to go outside, take my action figures and just play with them.
DRE: What was the most challenging part of this film?
EF: The physicality of it was pretty challenging. The challenging thing to me is always that I'm used to being in indie dramas. I've never really thought of myself as an action hero so maybe it's just like getting over that. I like to draw from real emotions when I act and it was hard to do that with this because I've never died and loved someone so much that I'd come back from the dead and kill everyone. It was very supernatural.
DRE: What about the anger part?
EF: Exactly, he's an angry motherfucker and keeping that up all day was hard. What I put in the back of my head for the character was how much rage it would take for someone to be brought back from the grave for revenge.
DRE: Is it easier to tap into the idea of coming back from the dead than all that rage?
EF: I don't know. Coming back from the dead is hard to think of. Acting is definitely an exhausting thing for me emotionally. You're kind of filling yourself up with rage all day for a movie and that can be exhausting. But hell you get to go home, turn on pay per view porno and jerk off until it's all good.
DRE: Pecker just came out in a big DVD box set, how was it working on that flick?
EF: I loved working on Pecker and especially working with John [Waters]. I don't really have much else to say other than he's a sweetheart. When I was a kid I could watch just about any movies I wanted to. But the John Water movies were taboo because it had chicks giving birth in basements and shit. I just remember loving those movies as a kid. I thought they were really cool.
DRE: There are always rumors about drug use and thats why you werent in Terminator 3. How much of that is true?
EF: As with everything, people like to stretch the truth. Once it gets out to the tabloids they make a mole hill into a mountain. I'm not going to say that I've been perfectly clean my whole life and that I haven't experimented around and had my fun. Just like anyone else I went through my growing pains except that the only difference was that I was in the spotlight. I've grown out of certain things and certain ideas and certain wants.
DRE: How are you today?
EF: I'm doing great. I'm doing really good. I'm a little hot though [laughs].
DRE: Youve got a lot of movies coming out, any youre excited about?
EF: I've got a couple of movies that I'm excited about. One is The Visitation which is directed by Robby Henson. Also Jimmy and Judy, which is another independent film that I did with a first time director. I actually saw a rough cut for the first time and I think that it's going to be pretty cool.
DRE: Are you interested in writing or directing?
EF: To tell you the truth no because I'm too lazy. I wouldn't want that job. I'll stick to acting for now. I always watch directors on set and they always look the most exhausted because it's a lot of stuff that you have to take care of. I just get to go to the set and play make-believe all day. That's a great thing to be paid for.
DRE: There was all that controversy surrounding American History X, what was your experience on that film?
EF: All that stuff pretty much happened after the movie was done filming. All I have to say is that what you're seeing in American History X is mostly Tony Kaye's direction. There was some weird shit that went down during postproduction between the producers, Edward Norton and Tony Kaye. I don't really know too much about that exactly. But I just remember that there were all these Variety ads that Tony Kaye was sending out. My experience with Tony Kaye was great. It was a battle that I stayed out of.
DRE: What are you doing these days to keep yourself out of the tabloids?
EF: I just smoke crack in the dark and don't go out [laughs]. No I'm kidding. First of all, I don't go to places where people go to be seen anymore. I hate going out to Hollywood parties these days. I try to live just a more normal life. I just keep myself occupied with dumb little things. I'm engaged so we just do dumb stuff like take our dog on a walk or go miniature golfing or whatever the hell. I'm just living a chill life these days.
DRE: What do you think of SuicideGirls?
EF: Its cool. I used to go to Crazy Girls which is this bar here in LA. I was watching this one stripper strip and she'd have like blood coming out of her mouth and shit. I actually thought that it was pretty fun and awesome.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
SG Username: AndersWolleck
Even though hes gone through ten years of the tabloids hounding him, Furlong has still delivered some great performances in good films like Pecker and American History X and many ok performances in forgettable films. But his new character, Jimmy Cuervo, is the first resurrected Crow that was a bad man when he was alive. Luc Crash [played by David Boreanaz], the leader of a satanic gang of bikers murders, a young man named Jimmy Cuervo and his girlfriend Lily for a ritual to make himself an immortal demon. Cuervo rises from the dead with the power of the crow to avenge his girlfriend's death, and to stop the completion of the ritual.
Buy The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Daniel Robert Epstein: Hey Eddie, where are you living these days?
Edward Furlong: I live in LA, sort of right near the Hollywood Bowl.
DRE: Are you a big fan of The Crow?
EF: Actually, yeah. I really liked the first Crow. I hadn't really seen the other two until I was ready to do this one. I was really excited about the idea of being able to play that character.
DRE: What excited you, was it the idea of playing this character or just being part of successful franchise?
EF: I guess it was bit of both. It was also the script and working with Lance [Mungia] the director. Then of course the shallowness of walking around and kicking ass wearing leather pants and a trenchcoat sounded fun. All that Goth shit. Then I talked to the director about all of that and as we talked about it I got more and more excited about the character. But I wanted to do a bit of a twist where he's an anti-hero. The Crow already is an anti-hero but this time he really just does not want to come back from the dead. In the other Crow movies you never really get to see the character or the love story that happened before because it always kinds of starts off with the Crow coming back from the dead. With this script they fleshed out the story more which kind of excited me. I guess that it was all those things put together that got me really amped to play the character.
DRE: Have you ever read the original comic book by James O'Barr?
EF: Yeah, I checked out the original comic but I didn't read the whole comic because the movie is so completely different. There's really no basis to go on using the comic book.
DRE: Were you a fan of David Boreanaz?
EF: I've never really watched Angel or Buffy or anything like that. But I have to say that I was really surprised at working with David. I think that we both had really great chemistry and he was great to work with. His work really shows in the movie. He definitely has a charisma that's pretty cool.
DRE: Were you ever into the Goth thing?
EF: I never thought that I was a vampire or anything like that so I was never super Goth. I guess back in the 90's I was more grunge. But you know the Goth look is cool. I like going to Chrome Hearts which is this jewelry store that has Goth type shit. The Crow is more like rock and roll which I like.
DRE: Will there be any Crow action figures of you?
EF: [Laughs] I don't know man but I hope so. I'd have to have sex with it or something.
DRE: Would you have it play with your other doll from Terminator 2?
EF: [Laughs] Yeah, that's like my future. I'm going to go outside, take my action figures and just play with them.
DRE: What was the most challenging part of this film?
EF: The physicality of it was pretty challenging. The challenging thing to me is always that I'm used to being in indie dramas. I've never really thought of myself as an action hero so maybe it's just like getting over that. I like to draw from real emotions when I act and it was hard to do that with this because I've never died and loved someone so much that I'd come back from the dead and kill everyone. It was very supernatural.
DRE: What about the anger part?
EF: Exactly, he's an angry motherfucker and keeping that up all day was hard. What I put in the back of my head for the character was how much rage it would take for someone to be brought back from the grave for revenge.
DRE: Is it easier to tap into the idea of coming back from the dead than all that rage?
EF: I don't know. Coming back from the dead is hard to think of. Acting is definitely an exhausting thing for me emotionally. You're kind of filling yourself up with rage all day for a movie and that can be exhausting. But hell you get to go home, turn on pay per view porno and jerk off until it's all good.
DRE: Pecker just came out in a big DVD box set, how was it working on that flick?
EF: I loved working on Pecker and especially working with John [Waters]. I don't really have much else to say other than he's a sweetheart. When I was a kid I could watch just about any movies I wanted to. But the John Water movies were taboo because it had chicks giving birth in basements and shit. I just remember loving those movies as a kid. I thought they were really cool.
DRE: There are always rumors about drug use and thats why you werent in Terminator 3. How much of that is true?
EF: As with everything, people like to stretch the truth. Once it gets out to the tabloids they make a mole hill into a mountain. I'm not going to say that I've been perfectly clean my whole life and that I haven't experimented around and had my fun. Just like anyone else I went through my growing pains except that the only difference was that I was in the spotlight. I've grown out of certain things and certain ideas and certain wants.
DRE: How are you today?
EF: I'm doing great. I'm doing really good. I'm a little hot though [laughs].
DRE: Youve got a lot of movies coming out, any youre excited about?
EF: I've got a couple of movies that I'm excited about. One is The Visitation which is directed by Robby Henson. Also Jimmy and Judy, which is another independent film that I did with a first time director. I actually saw a rough cut for the first time and I think that it's going to be pretty cool.
DRE: Are you interested in writing or directing?
EF: To tell you the truth no because I'm too lazy. I wouldn't want that job. I'll stick to acting for now. I always watch directors on set and they always look the most exhausted because it's a lot of stuff that you have to take care of. I just get to go to the set and play make-believe all day. That's a great thing to be paid for.
DRE: There was all that controversy surrounding American History X, what was your experience on that film?
EF: All that stuff pretty much happened after the movie was done filming. All I have to say is that what you're seeing in American History X is mostly Tony Kaye's direction. There was some weird shit that went down during postproduction between the producers, Edward Norton and Tony Kaye. I don't really know too much about that exactly. But I just remember that there were all these Variety ads that Tony Kaye was sending out. My experience with Tony Kaye was great. It was a battle that I stayed out of.
DRE: What are you doing these days to keep yourself out of the tabloids?
EF: I just smoke crack in the dark and don't go out [laughs]. No I'm kidding. First of all, I don't go to places where people go to be seen anymore. I hate going out to Hollywood parties these days. I try to live just a more normal life. I just keep myself occupied with dumb little things. I'm engaged so we just do dumb stuff like take our dog on a walk or go miniature golfing or whatever the hell. I'm just living a chill life these days.
DRE: What do you think of SuicideGirls?
EF: Its cool. I used to go to Crazy Girls which is this bar here in LA. I was watching this one stripper strip and she'd have like blood coming out of her mouth and shit. I actually thought that it was pretty fun and awesome.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
SG Username: AndersWolleck
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eroticgeek:
Cool interview. Eddie is hot! There is no question about that! He was the only reason, I as a girl, watch the Terminator movies...*giggles*
sethblackheart:
This Interview was Very nice 
\m/ great to see Furlong back in something bigger if i can say ...... ;P last one been with A.H.X and was very good 
\m/ great to see Furlong back in something bigger if i can say ...... ;P last one been with A.H.X and was very good