Zack Ward Talks about His Film Bloodrayne 2

Ever Busy Zack Ward took time out to catch us up with Bloodrayne 2

GVK: The film is said to take place in the Old West, what can you tell readers about the plot of the film and playing Billy?

ZW: Plot? There's a Plot? No one told me there was a plot! Well, you know vampires, always wanting to take over the world and now with the invention of the railroad anything is possible. "Billy the kid" is a 357 year old Transylvanian vampire using the name of the real "Billy the Kid" to draw miscreants and ruffians to his banner so he can turn them into vampires to do his bidding, which is to use the railroad to take over the country and make himself it's devil King.

GVK: Playing a character based upon an actual historical person must have some challenges that do not come with a non-historical character. In what ways did you approach the character and look to bring some of your own personality to Billy?

ZW: Like Van Helsing, Bloodrayne 2 is a reality whole unto itself and therefore no connections to historical events were required. Uwe wanted Billy to be 357 years old, so I asked "where did he come from". Uwe said, "Transylvania, like all vampires". So I did my best to borrow Gary Oldman's accent from "Bram Stroker's Dracula". To me, Transylvania meant ancient royalty and that defined my clothes, hair-length and fighting style.

My friends at Drac studios (dracstudios.com) were kind enough to make me some fantastic teeth, very original. My eyes were hand painted bright green contacts and, once they were in, were hypnotic. When I put that whole package together and walked on set it was a powerful feeling, like being a jungle cat, sleek and strong. I must admit, the ladies treated me differently, as if it was expected that I was a predator and they the prey. Funny, they don't treat me that way when I'm out of make-up, dammit.

GVK: Would you say you are a bigger fan of Westerns or Horror films and what are some of your favorites in the genres?