| What's your favorite memory of making Speedway Junky? Bradford:Once of them was just hanging out at Daryl Hannah's house one night. She had a place in Malibu, and (to Brower) it was you amd me, and my girlfriend at the time was visiting. We had like, hung out at Venice Beach that night. Any souvenirs you kept from the shoot? Bradford: I got these jeans from the movie that i'm wearing now. They're nice and worn-in now, and i wear them all the time. A pair of sneakers. It just happens I was there at the right time when the wardrobe lady was giving everything away. I got a mess of clothes, man. And some crazy, crazy, crazy experiences. That was the hardest gig I've ever done. I've done 17 movies, and that was the hardest shoot I've ever been on. In preparing for your roles, did you talk to any street hustlers for real? Brower:No. Bradford:Johnny wasn't about hustlers, (although) he became aout it. (He wanted to be a race car driver, so) I was researching NASCAR. I became a NASCAR fan over the course of that shoot. Do you remember the first time you knew what a gay person was? Bradford:I attually do, because my family has a basement apartment that (my parents) used to rent out. And we rented it out to a gay guy named Vincent. I just kind of remember my parents explaining it to me one day. I think I said something like, 'Why is Vincent kind of like a girl?' That's obviously not true about all gay people, but it was about Vincent. Did you get to know him once he moved in there? Bradford:He used to take me to this hot dog joint. And he had old VW bug. He was a cool guy. Not to mention the fact that my first agent was gay and the fact i've been in this business for my entire life, which means i've been surrounded by gay people my entire life, because so much of this business is gay. I don't know....I've always felt completely comfortable around it, personally. Do you have gay-friend actors that are in the closet? Bradford:No. I have gay friends, and i guess I have gay friends who aren't really out, but I can't really say that any of them are actors that everybody knows. next page. back to interviews. |