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PARIS HILTON
Unless you've been living under a rock the size of one of her parents' luxury hotels, you probably know a lot about Paris Hilton. But did you know she started acting at age six? With next month's remake of the classic shriekfest "House of Wax," the world's most famous heiress hopes to add one more reason why somebody else should clean up after her: She's a movie star. In this week's episode of "Movie Life" (premiering Thursday at 11 p.m. ET/PT) Paris does some cooking, gets butterflies in her stomach that threaten the film, and even learns how to (gasp!) exercise. Hilton took some time out to relive the "Wax" experience, revealing that she's just a normal girl who likes earning her own money and loves Marilyn Monroe. If you think you've already seen it all when it comes to Paris Hilton, you'd better look again.
MTV: Tell us about your character in "House of Wax."
Paris Hilton: My name's Paige, and I'm just a small-town girl. Me and Elisha [Cuthbert] are best friends. And I think that I'm pregnant, so I'm nervous.
MTV: When is the first time you can remember wanting to be an actress?
Hilton: When I was like 6 years old and I really wanted the lead role in [a stage production of] "Annie," and I got it. I just love acting, ever since I was little.
MTV: Was there a certain movie star you wanted to be?
Hilton: I always loved Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so beautiful. I also loved Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct." She's sexy.
MTV: Would you ever want to remake a Monroe movie like "The Seven Year Itch" or "Some Like it Hot"
Hilton: Yeah, there's some talk.
MTV: "Movie Life" shows us how tough it is to act. Some people will probably watch the show and think, "Paris has plenty of money. Why doesn't she sit back and relax for the rest of her life?" What would you say to them?
Hilton: I love making my own money and not having to get anything from my parents. It's a fun job, and I love it. It's nice to make your own living and do your own thing.
MTV: On last week's episode, we saw you attending a little girl's "Paris Hilton" party. Was it weird seeing all these tiny little versions of you?
Hilton: No, it was really cute. I've been to a couple of parties like that, where they have that theme. I just thought it was sweet. The little girls were really sweet. And it really made her day, so things like that make me happy to do for people.
MTV: In "House of Wax," you act opposite Chad Michael Murray. What kind of expectations did you have of him going in?
Hilton: I didn't really have any preconceptions of Chad. I didn't really know anything about him. I'd seen him in "Freaky Friday," and that was about it. I thought he was really cute.
MTV: What did you think of his acting in the film?
Hilton: I was really impressed. He's really serious about his work, and he's a good actor. And out of everyone, I think he was the most serious, like into it.
MTV: What about your producer, Joel Silver? Were you scared to meet the man behind so many blockbusters?
Hilton: Joel's really sweet. The first time I met him I was really nervous 'cause, you know, it's Joel Silver. When I met him, he was like one of the nicest men ever, and I really get along with him and respect him. Now I'm not shy with him at all or scared of him. I love him; I think he's a really amazing person.
MTV: Did it break your heart when Joel told you that you had to wear clothes appropriate for Paige, not Paris?
Hilton: Yeah, but I'm glad he did because it would have really been painful during shooting to wear heels, and plus it didn't go with my character. I'm glad that I listened to him, because Paige is not Paris.
MTV: So would Paris normally wear high heels to go camping?
Hilton: No, I wouldn't.
MTV: Do you think you had an advantage over all of your co-stars because of your reality-show experience?
Hilton: Because this is going on my fourth season of ["The Simple Life"], I'm very used to being on a reality show. I just told everybody to make sure, when they're getting filmed, [to remember that] the mic is always on even if you're in another room and things like that  just to be careful.
MTV: Have you reached the point now where it's stranger when you don't have cameras following you around?
Hilton: No, I only do my show like a month at a time. The rest of the time I just try to stay normal.
MTV: This is your most important movie role yet. Were there any concerns that all these cameras would take away from your concentration?
Hilton: Yeah, at first we were a little bit leery of not only having the pressure of being in a movie, but also of being in a reality show at the same time. That was kind of hard, but you get used to it. I think the show turned out really cute. And it shows how to make a movie, and that's really interesting to people.
MTV: Chad seemed to enjoy pushing the "Movie Life" cameras away. Were you ever tempted to do the same?
Hilton: You know, they were really not that intrusive at all. If you wanted to be filmed, you'd just ask them to come film you. If you don't, they don't. So, it wasn't like my reality show, where you have to be filmed every second.
MTV: Have you seen the original "House of Wax?"
Hilton: Yeah. I think ours is much better. But it's really creepy and scary and good.
MTV: The media is so obsessed with your love life. Have you ever considered dating some old guy like Nick Nolte just to mess with the tabloids?
Hilton: No. I think the media writes enough stuff about me that I don't need to make up stories. They make up their own.
MTV: Now the most important question: What is Tinkerbell doing at this very moment?
Hilton: She's with me right now in the trailer with Bambi, my new dog, sleeping in my shoe. Bambi is the same exact as Tinkerbell, but a boy.
MTV: Did your dogs ever play with Chad's?
Hilton: His dogs are too big for Tinks. I was with him when he bought his dog, the one in Australia.
MTV: Did you think it was sad when Chad discovered that his dog only had one testicle?
Hilton: Whatever. It's just a dog. No one will ever make fun of him for it.
CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY
Righteous-eyed rebel Chad Michael Murray turned himself into a TV star with "One Tree Hill," moved to the big screen while romancing Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan, and will soon be taking his career to the next step with the starring role in the horror flick "House of Wax." Before he does, however, the self-professed "alpha male" will be turning into a reality star, thanks to the new MTV show "Movie Life," premiering Thursday at 11 p.m. ET/PT, which captures the "Wax" stars in all their unpolished glory. Taking a break from the set of "Hill" recently, Murray waxed candidly on his lopsided dog, watching Paris Hilton try to act, and why he just had to shove those "Movie Life" cameras out of his face sometimes.
MTV: So, Chad, what made you want to be a part of "House of Wax"?
Chad Michael Murray: Just the opportunity to work with [producer] Joel [Silver] and kind of get one of the genres out of the way that might frighten you or maybe you don't think you could do. I've never been a huge fan of the teen-slasher horror genre, but I thought this was a great script and we had a great cast.
MTV: A lot of people think a horror film would be easier to make than other types of movies. True?
Murray: It's a lot of work. But I had a great character, so I got to enjoy the character alongside all of the gore as well.
MTV: Tell us about your character, Nick.
Murray: He's very much an enigma. He's the kind of guy who probably could do whatever he chose; he could go to college and be a doctor or he could go and play sports. He pretty much has the gift to do what he wants to do, but he's always just been one point of a grade below his sister, who Elisha [Cuthbert] is playing. So he just got sick of being second best and gave up, became a rebel and started jacking cars and drinking and going that way.
MTV: What was your initial reaction when you heard that "Movie Life" would be filming you guys?
Murray: I think fear. You question having some of your privacy invaded. It's definitely a terrifying thing to think a camera crew is going to be around to see you. You don't always know when they're around. You cuss when maybe you shouldn't be, or all sorts of stuff.
MTV: How long did it take to get used to the "Movie Life" cameras?
Murray: They got sneaky, they got really sneaky. A lot of the time I didn't know they were there. There were times you were just sitting down having a conversation and you would have no idea they were there or they would crawl on the ground. So a lot of the time, I had no idea.
MTV: Paris Hilton appears opposite you in the film and on the show. What were your expectations of her heading in?
Murray: I think the obvious stereotype of who Paris is is what we all expected. She wasn't like that at all. She really impressed all of us. I figured I'd give her a chance, and it was well worth giving her a chance, because she ended up being a really sweet person. I think that we just get little bits and pieces [of her]; you don't get the whole package.
MTV: Were you impressed with her acting?
Murray: You know, Paris tried as hard as she could, and I think that is what impressed everybody. She wanted to do a good job. She worked her butt off.
MTV: What were you expecting when you met the film's producer, Joel Silver, who worked on movies like "The Matrix," "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard"?
Murray: Oh my God. I looked forward to learning. I wanted to take the opportunity and learn as much as I could from Joel, because he's just got one hell of a track record. He's made really great films, and I got to be in one of his, so I'm happy about it.
MTV: Did his famously gruff demeanor intimidate you?
Murray: I think that you are always nervous in a business situation in that you don't want to step on anyone's toes.
MTV: How has the "House of Wax" experience differed from other films you've made?
Murray: It's a little bit more adult. Obviously, it's an excuse to get a different audience, and I had an opportunity to continue to learn. I got to travel on this one, which was awesome, going to Austria. I got to work with some new actors and work with Jared [Padalecki, his former co-star on "Gilmore Girls"] again. I just felt like I got to see the inside and the ins and outs of making a horror film.
MTV: Have you seen the film you're remaking, 1953's "House of Wax"?
Murray: Yes, and it was a great film, by the way. I thought that the concept of people in wax is very eerie. It's very creepy, and that's why I wanted to involve myself with it.
MTV: Should your fans go out and rent it to get ready for the new version?
Murray: It's probably too dated for them. A lot of people want special effects and [actors] that they know. A lot of people don't want to watch a movie unless there's someone they know in it.
MTV: On an episode of "Movie Life," we see the terrifying day when a real fire broke out on the set and burned some of it down. What was that like?
Murray: It was intense. Something that you really didn't see coming  unexpected. It really kind of changed the feeling on set, so it was tough.
MTV: Were you close enough to feel the heat?
Murray: I was the closest. It was pretty freakin' hot.
MTV: "Movie Life" also shows us how you adopted a dog so you wouldn't be lonely on location. It bothered you a bit when you went to the vet and found out the dog only had one testicle. Is it funny now when you look back on how you reacted?
Murray: Oh, dude, it was hilarious. It was funny. I still to this day think it's funny. I don't think I was traumatized, I think it was funny as hell.
MTV: With cameras all around you, on set and off, how much time do you spend thinking about how you're perceived by people?
Murray: I don't think you have the chance of sculpting your image. I really don't. Having a camera in your face 24-7, it's not as easy as you think that you could sculpt your image. You worry about not wanting people to be let too far in, but you do your job. I think ["Movie Life"] will interest the audience because the audience is going to get to see our cast and then they are going to want to see exactly how hard we worked and if the work paid off and what the final product is.
MTV: What will your fans be most surprised to learn about you?
Murray: That when it comes to my work, I'm really serious. They'll notice that when I'm off work, I like to goof around and have a great time, but when I'm at work I'm just very much in my own space and I just do my job. Other than that, I'm a complete goof and nothing really gets to me.
MTV: We do see you pushing the cameras away a few times.
Murray: Like I said, sometimes they'll sneak up on the floor when you're in your trailer and I think that you should have private space. You've got to be able to sit in your trailer and talk to your boys, just relax, call your girl, do whatever you want to do without having a camera on you.
MTV: Did they ever bust in through the bathroom door?
Murray: Oh my God, that would have been it. That would've finished it off.
MTV: What's next for you after "House of Wax?"
Murray: I'm finishing up "One Tree Hill" ... and then I'm trying to figure out what exactly I'm doing for the summer right now. I think this is the week where I finally figure it out.
MTV: Last question. You often refer to yourself as an alpha male. What exactly does that mean to you?
Murray: It's Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon." It's Bruce Willis in "Die Hard." It's a guy's guy with a sense of humor, but he'll protect his girl. He doesn't spend too much damn time in the mirror, you know what I mean?
JARED PADALECKI
When it comes to horror movies, it's never good to be the new guy. If you're eyeballing the poster for next month's "House of Wax" and see the names Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray and Jared Padalecki, who do you think has the worst odds of survival? Nevertheless, the story of Padalecki's ascension from San Antonio, Texas, wannabe to awards-show presenter to movie star is inspiring. While Padalecki introduces himself warts and all on "Movie Life" (airing Thursdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT), he reminds the world that names like Johnny Depp, Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen all began their careers as horror film "new guys" as well.
MTV: How did you get into acting in San Antonio?
Jared Padalecki: I always acted as a kid. I was always in school plays and stuff like that. And then between junior year and senior year of high school I tried out to be a trophy presenter on FOX's first-ever Teen Choice Awards and I won. ... After I filmed the show a manager came up to me, "Hey, man, I think you have a good look for acting. Do you act?" And I was like, "Yeah, I've wanted to be an actor my whole life." ... And he sort of auditioned me over time by sending sides in the mail, like little scenes, and I filmed them in Texas and I sent them back and he was like, "Wow, I think you're really good and I'd love to represent you." So I got with him and then I flew out a little bit during my senior year during the pilot season and I booked a pilot. ... The pilot didn't get picked up, but I used that money to come out the summer after I graduated and try this whole acting thing out, which is lucky because I was enrolled at [the University of Texas] also. Literally I was gonna go back to school and be an engineer. But I got this little show called "Gilmore Girls," I got like a three-episode guest star [role] that turned into like a five-year guest star, so to speak, and that's how it all kinda blew up.
MTV: Now here you are in a big Joel Silver movie.
Padalecki: Yeah, no kidding.
MTV: How nervous were you going onto the set?
Padalecki: I was real nervous, especially because I was kind of one of six main leads and I had quite a big part in it, so it was a big part and it was a big project. I just had to kind of jump into it.
MTV: What's your character, Wade, like? He's dating Elisha Cuthbert's character, right?
Padalecki: Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray are brother and sister and I'm dating her and we're all kind of on a road trip together to see this football game and it obviously goes very wrong. When we stumble into this town it has a strange feeling to it, which always screws up road trips.
MTV: I hate it when that happens.
Padalecki: Yeah, it's always a bummer when you stumble onto this little ghost town with strange serial killers turning everybody into wax figures.
MTV: Did you do anything crazy when you tried out for the part?
Padalecki: I didn't. I just read the script. ... I didn't even meet the director. I kinda went and I put myself on tape with the casting directors, and then the directors saw the tape and booked me off of that. ... I didn't even meet [producer] Joel Silver till I already had the part. He saw the tape and approved, and director [Jaume Serra] saw the tape and approved. So the next thing I know I'm going off to Australia.
MTV: You're leading a charmed life if all these people are casting you off tapes.
Padalecki: No kidding.
MTV: Working with Paris Hilton, did you have any preconceived notions about her before you started?
Padalecki: Not really. It's not that I'm unsure with what's going on around pop culture, but ... I didn't really watch her show or her Internet movie or anything. I never really got into that kind of thing.
MTV: How about Chad? What kind of expectations did you have working with him?
Padalecki: I knew Chad from "Gilmore Girls," so he and I were already buddies and, you know, make fun of each other and we know each other's girlfriends, and I know his dogs and he knows my dogs, and I've known him for five years.
MTV: Cool. Well on "Movie Life" we get to see him propose to his girlfriend, Sophia Bush.
Padalecki: Oh yeah, that was exciting. Since we were living together, he obviously told us all that was going on and [we] helped set up the apartment to look nice and planned on not being there so they can have some alone time. ... Sophia's great. I got to spend some time out there with her and she's a real sweet chick.
MTV: It was really romantic. Do you think you'll steal any pages out of his book if you decide to propose to somebody?
Padalecki: I don't know. [He laughs.] Being an actor, you're always gonna steal from other people, but hopefully, hopefully I'll be so original that I will do what no one has ever done.
MTV: I think his advice would be to get lots of candles, apparently.
Padalecki: Yeah, I know. He had like a thousand or something absurd.
MTV: As for the show itself, "Movie Life," were you afraid of the cameras taking away from your concentration?
Padalecki: Not really. If you get nervous in front of cameras, then acting is the wrong position for you. I'm so used to being in front of cameras for the last five years and working constantly that you're used to filming kissing scenes with 50 people watching you and planes flying by overhead and helicopters going over and car horns honking and you have to learn how to zone out and just be there in the moment and not be nervous at all.
MTV: In one episode, we watch you get the wax put on you and that whole fiasco. What was that like?
Padalecki: That was fun. [He laughs.] That was interesting. Well all I knew, it was funny because I kinda showed up and ... they were like, "Yeah, so we're ready for the hot wax test." And I was just thinking, "OK, how does that involve me?" They're like, "Well, we're gonna spray hot wax on you." I was like, "Doesn't my character get sprayed with hot wax on him so that he dies? ... What if the desired effect actually works?" And so I was kinda hesitant about it at first, but then they kinda did it in front of me and I ended up doing it myself.
MTV: How is a horror movie different from what you've done before?
Padalecki: It was a lot of fun, but I was expecting it to be scarier, like the actual shooting of it to be scary, when in fact it's not scary whatsoever. It's kinda like, "All right, so I want you to walk over here and then turn around and the killer's right here, so look scared." You're like, "Wait a second, this'll look stupid. I'm gonna look like a dork." So I was more worried about looking like I'm a bad actor or something, because it's so hard to act scared when you're acting with a wall.
MTV: Watching horror movies, lots of people probably assume the director has the bad guy hiding behind something to scare the actor.
Padalecki: Yeah, but it doesn't happen. Usually the bad guy isn't even there. Usually you're acting to about 20 camera guys and crew guys and directors and producers. Being there, it's not scary at all. But then you see it put together, and there are a couple of scenes that we watched and I jumped  and I was in the movie and I knew what was gonna happen.
MTV: Have you seen the original 1953 film?
Padalecki: I loved it. I love Vincent Price, actually. I think he's a cool kinda scary creepy classic actor. And it was hilarious. And also I found out after I watched the movie that [director André De Toth only had] one eye, and it was a 3-D movie. So he actually couldn't see it in 3-D but he was filming it in 3-D. So I thought that was kind of an interesting little fact.
MTV: One of the interesting behind-the-scenes facts about this new version, which we see on "Movie Life," is that there was a fire on the set. Were you there that day?
Padalecki: I was actually at my brother's wedding here in the States. ... I was the best man in my brother's wedding, and that happened to be the day it burned down, which is kind of comforting, knowing that no one is gonna try and blame it on me.
MTV: And as the "new guy" to many of this movie's viewers, what are your long-term aspirations? Whose career would you like to mimic?"
Padalecki: Johnny Depp. He started out in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," I can start out in "House of Wax."
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