Deadbolt Interview

[andrew r]

Another (short interview):

Talking Trixie and Chimps with Speed Racer's Christina Ricci

A couple of months ago we posted an interview with actress Christina Ricci when she was doing press for Penelope. In the interview, Ricci revealed that she had already been on the set of Speed Racer and she shared one of the funniest on-set stories we've ever heard about her first encounter with the chimp that plays Chim Chim. With Speed Racer about to roar into theaters on Friday, May 9, Christina Ricci was recently making the rounds on the press junket tour where she recanted her hilariously bizarre encounter with Chim Chim. With the memories if her first day on set now well in the past, Ricci also shared her thoughts on getting to know the well-established Trixie, honing her martial arts skills, her favorite outfit in the movie, and what it's like to see a child playing a younger version of herself.

Christina Ricci on her bizarre encounter with the real Chim Chim:

"The chimp jumped over and grabbed my left breast and hung off of me in the middle of the first take I was in on the first day of shooting. And they were all turned around towards the door so to not get the chimp any crazier and for it to stay cool. I just sort of said, 'Help! Help! Owe! Owe!' John [Goodman] thought that was hilariously funny and proceeded to imitate me for the rest of the film, which I can appreciate.

Ricci on getting to know Trixie:

With Trixie I was curious about a lot of things that didn’t get explained in the movie. Like how did she learn to fly a helicopter? What does she do when she’s not hanging around? Since you’re playing the character, do you need more? I mean, they wrote this character and she made sense to me, this is her car culture. And you gotta think he raced a lot of rallies in his young racing life and she’s part of the team and that’s what she does. It’s the whole family’s life....

I hope those questions are resolved in a possible sequel. The rest is fouund here