Julian Morris Goes Dark for Donkey Punch

My introduction to Julian Morris was when he played the innocent schoolboy who gets roped into some deadly fun and games in the movie Cry Wolf. In his new movie, Donkey Punch, Julian's character, once again, gets pressured by his peers into taking part in a deadly game, but this time around it's a whole lot darker.

Julian Morris talks with me about crying wolf, close quarters and hanging out in the desert with Tom Cruise.

Cyn: Before we talk about your new movie, I have to ask about Cry Wolf. I love that film.

Julian: Cry Wolf is brilliant. It was one of my first features I'd ever shot as a lead and only my second feature that I'd done in America. Jeff Wadlow, the director, was great to work with so was the rest of my cast mates. We filmed in Richmond, Virginia and we were all living together. I was twenty-one at the time, and we had so much fun! You know on set and particularly off set.

Cyn: You got to work with Jon Bon Jovi in that movie.

Julian: Actually, check this out, my first audition that I ever did, gosh I must have been really young, was for a Jon Bon Jovi film. I didn't get it, but it's [funny] how things come around. And he was great to work with.

Cyn: In the behind the scenes feature on the DVD, there's this section all about you having to do that stunt where you dive off a balcony and into a pool. . .

Julian: I didn't know until the day that I was going to be doing it and in retrospect it probably wasn't that big a deal. But I remember at the time thinking, what the hell! I'm gonna go from the bleachers to jumping right in the pool and I'm one of those people who finds it difficult to open my eyes under water. But it was fun after the first try, you know, you get the butterflies out of your tummy. It was great, I wanted to go again and again and again.

Cyn: Last year, I interviewed Sandy McCoy (Mercedes) and she told me that she got so addicted to the Cry Wolf game that she still plays it at parties.

Julian: It's true! I actually introduced it to the cast of "Donkey Punch" and so when we had downtime we would all play with each other.

Cyn: Perfect segue, Julian. So tell me about Donkey Punch. It's a thriller like Cry Wolf, right?