Seth Green described the organized chaos that fueled Idle Hands (1999)
Though disorganized, Green admitted that he and the cast "had a lot of fun" filming the 1999 horror flick.
While plenty of people view someone like the director as the leader of a project, the fact of the matter is that a film reaps the rewards of a group effort. Everyone involved in the filmmaking process, from the writers to the actors on set, has a hand in creating a film.
Such an idea was appealing to Seth Green, who co-starred in the 1999 film Idle Hands. When looking back on his film career with the A.V. Club, Green remembered playing the character of Mick fondly.
“The best thing about that movie was that everybody working on it had a different mission statement,” said Green. “We all thought we were making a different movie. Me and the boys—the other actors, Devin [Sawa] and Elden [Henson]— we were convinced we were making a high drama with some comedic elements, and we tried to make our relationship as lifelong best friends believable. The director, Rodman [Flender], was attempting to make a throwback Italian horror film, like a Dario Argento flick. The writers really wanted it to be Heathers…[The studio] They really wanted the zombies to be cuter, and have more wacky antics, and apparently all the kids in the audience thought that there should be more pot-smoking.”
These differing viewpoints had the potential to develop into chaos on the set of the film. However, Idle Hands has since developed a passionate fanbase, cementing its status as a cult film.
"I do love that movie,” said Green. “We had a lot of fun.”
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