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[wonderboy]

LAC: How did you get involved with the film?

HD: I was writing my record, and taking time off from everything in my life to really focus on it. My agents knew that I was looking for different projects. They said, “Take a look at this script. It’s John Cusack, and we don’t know how you’re going to feel about it because you have to play a pop star.” I was like, “Ugh, I don’t even want it,” you know? I thought it was going to be the same old same old. Then I read it and I was like Oh my God and I freaked out. “I want it, I want it!” I called my agent, and the next thing I know, they said, “John wants to talk to you on the phone.” It all happened really fast, and two weeks later I was in Bulgaria filming!

LAC: Did you really drop a live scorpion down your pants in the movie?

HD: I really did. It was so scary. I grew up in Texas, and we had plenty of scorpions, but I never had to put one down my pants before. And my pants weren’t that baggy, so I couldn’t get any space. I did it a couple times with it going down my leg and it was terrifying. The little thing kept doing backbends because it obviously didn’t want to go in my pants, you know? Everyone on the set was cheering!

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