AMA with Matthew Lillard to talk about tugging the FAT KID, putting the REDDIT alien in our movies credits, and everything else!

I'm out. I've got to get to WARPED Irvine. I hope I gave it good... I'm sorry more people didn't show! Maybe I've offended people by coming here too much? shit. I'm sorry if I have.

Anyway, check out Tuggthefatkid.com if you'd like to see FAT KID. It's a really cool approach to getting an independent film into the world and if the Reddit Tribe rallyed behind it will send a message to Hollywood that there are people out there that want this kind of movie.

All the best-- m.

Was your dog recently hit by a car?

yes! on my birthday. ON THE DAY THE ANNOUNCED THE ACADEMY AWARDS!! GREATEST DAY EVER!! Destroyed by the worst thing I've ever seen with my eyes.

terrible.

yeah, that was my mom. she felt really bad about that. still does. sorry.

I felt so bad for her. honestly. She was really sweet... and the dog is fine.
It was a direct hit! she went right over his tiny little body!!!! Great aim!

Hi Matthew - why are you doing another AMA on Reddit? (Your first one was great, btw)

Thank god you asked so I don't have to whore myself all day and I can get this out of the way!

TUGGTHEFATKID.COM is where anyone on REDDIT can set up a screening of FAT KID. Any town, any theatre anywhere in America... YOU can host a screening of the film for you and your friends. It works like Groupon and once you get a critical mass of people, the screening goes off! And you make a percentage of the boxoffice! WTFuuuuuuck right?

I told the world we'd have 1000 requests the first week. We're at 371 yesterday and have till Sunday to hit 1000 for me to look bitchin' to my team.

I'm here to inspire this world to rally and see the film. It's awesome.

(here ends my RAMPART moment)

I'll check it out. Would you play this game or not?

i'm afraid if i look at that link you'll send me to spaceballs land and I'll see dudes' fisting each other.

Hey ML, where is the Reddit alien going to be in the movie?

In the special thanks portion of the credit roll. At the top. Where it belongs !!! Without REDDIT we would never have made our kickstarter!

I fucking love that alien.

Snoo.

what's snoo?

That's its name. The alien.

snoo. I want that dude in a sexual way. Does he put out?

We'll put out for you.

are you speaking on behalf of Snoo or Reddit? If the Reddit world Tugged the fat kid as much as they tugged themselves... we'd light the world on fire!

That dance you did in She's All That was one of my favorite parts of your career. That's about my level of dancing skill. Did you get to improv any of that??

Waffles or pancakes? How do you like your eggs?

Are you a fan of Steve Carrell/Michael Scott?

PLEASE KEEP DOING MORE AMA'S!! I keep missing them and I just want to be able to say "I'm busy talking to Matthew Lillard. Call me later."

you pounded that question out! well played.
If you can dance like that you have a gift sir. That wasn't improved in the moment but I helped create the dance. (adam Shankman was the choreographer on that dance)
I like both... I think they're actually made of the same shit.
Yes. He's slightly genius.
I will... if people show. I feel a little like a douche because nobody is here... maybe I am a douche?

You tell them that everyday... I'll give you my phone number!

I'm gonna tell everyone Matthew Lillard offered me his phone number. But who pays for the long distance charges? You should get a throwaway phone or payphone and just message random redditors the number for an hour (me).

I'm Canadian..Have you ever had poutine? (French fries with cheese curds and gravy.)

hahahhhhaaaa.... we were in Vegas this weekend talking about getting Poutine tatoo's. 15 of us. Debating if Poutine was actually BETTER than sex.

They used to have poutine at McDonald's in Canada about ten years ago, not sure if it was in the States.. My cousin routinely gets stupid tattoos and most recently I think he got a chicken wing, and is talking about getting a coil of dog poo..

If you want something delicious, mix:

1 pkg instant vanilla pudding (just the powder) 1 container cool whip (or 3 cups whipped cream, whipped) 1 cup buttermilk 1 pkg Dare chocolate cookies, crumbled

Refrigerate for like 2 hours..the cookies soften and turn into cake. It is a family recipe..so delicious..your kids will love it.

YOU'RE WELCOME

wow. In America that's called crack.

What's your favorite book?

hmmm..... I'm loving reading GAME OF THRONES right now. ENDERS GAME is maybe my all time favorite. DUNE. The Belgarion series is epic.

but my favorite, FAVORITE... FAT KID RULES THE WORLD.
(total suck up move)

Loved Enders Game. Read it 3 times when I was younger.

what do you like now? your favorite is?

My friend is in Fat Kid and I'm so excited for you both! I'm hoping to tug the fat kid my way :)

NO hope there is... there is only doing. (hear the Yoda as you read)

Who is your friend?

His name is Dylan. I don't know if you need the last name.

I know you. You're a solid guy... do you think more people will show up here or am I now a douche in the REDDIT world?

I think you've got a ton of support on Reddit. More people are gonna show

hhhahahahaahhhhh wtf. Look at the veins in that dudes face. GROSS!

wut.

shit. that was meant for the previous post. sorry.

I am from Brazil and supported the movie at Kickstarter. Is there any way I am going to watch the movie in this decade? :(

hmmm..... move to Florida?

someone out there will pirate it soon enough and destroy my lively hood... don't worry!

(we may do a direct digital download like Louis CK)

Hey ML, I didn't know who you were, so I looked you up. I saw a movie called "SLC Punk", watched it and came to the realisation that you fucking rock. My question is, why are you so goddamm awesome?

i'm laughing at my undisclosed location... I'm so GD awesome because I ate white break my whole life and played with Star Wars Action Figures for far too long. The question is... why didn't you know what SLC PUNK was?

How did you like doing Without a Paddle? I think it's a pretty good film that hasn't gotten much props.

I loved doing it. FUN as shit. Great guys... one of the best times of my life!

I'm leaving... I want to say I was trying to tell the people of Reddit about the film because without them the movie wouldn't exist in the world. Reddit made the movie HAPPEN so I thought it would be cool to talk about it! People who think I'm just whoring, I'm not.... I was trying to be cool. I won't be back for a long time. Lesson learned.

First off, long time fan of SLC Punk. I've seen it dozens of times, and I have one huge question about.

SPOILER WARNING, readers.

Alright, is Heroin Bob supposed to represent Jesus? I've talked with a couple friends about it and we can't reach a consensus. Here's how I see it; Jesus was supposed to never had sinned, but he died for everyone's sin. Heroin Bob was supposed to never have done drugs, but he died of a drug overdose. When Jesus died, everyone was able to stop dying for their sin. When Bob died, Steve-O stopped being a punk, and I think it's implied that he stops doing drugs, which could have ruined his life (like Shawn). The other evidence I can think of is when Shawn is on 100 hits of acid, he straight up says that Bob is Jesus.

tl;dr, Is Bob a metaphor for Jesus or not?

oh my Jesus... I've never heard any of that before. You'd have to hunt down James Merindino and ask him. Maybe? That would for sure be in his wheel house... but I don't have any idea.

I will say since being on WARPED with tuggthefatkid.com... I've seen 4 kies with the 666 tattoo that Steve-o has. That shit is bananas.

I love your work, Sir. I loved you in 13 ghosts. My sister was in love with you in high school (she's married now, but I'm pretty sure you're still on her "list") you were the best character in Scream, (I still quote "liver alone" lol) you were also an amazing Shaggy, etc. Now that I have my lips attached to your fantastic ass, would you answer me this, have you ever been to Canada?

I can feel your lips on my ass from here... my ass is hot on the right cheek. I'm ALWAYS in Canada! I teach acting at VFS four times a year.

I love that I'm on her list! What's her name, maybe I'll be her on my list and if we ever meet we can totally have a crazy-time-make-out party.

The trailer on your original AMA was awesome. Definitely going to see this one.

thanks. YOU can do such by tugg the fatness. you didn't have a question... just sayin'.

I have 2 Questions:

1) How often do you use your celebrity to get chicks?

2) How often do you break into Shaggy's voice just for the hell of it?

never. I have a wife and she's hot enough for me. (I will say it was epic in its time... I'm not cute and I did pull some ladies. Now I just use my power for wing-manning less famous dudes. I CAN be hired)

If you're a kid under 10 and you have kindness in your eyes... all the time.

Matthew, I just wanted to say that I enjoy all of your works. What inspires you on a day to day basis to get up and create?

I will say you obviously haven't seen all my work. I'm bad in lots of stuff.

Inspires me day to day? Feeding my kids.

I was trying to be polite and not mention Scooby Doo. But SLC Punk was awesome. I got told I looked like Heroin Bob when I rocked my mohawk.

You need to rock it again.
Thank you for your politeness. It's way cooler then meanness.

When are you and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) gonna do a movie together?

I don't think we are. We both need bigger names to get a movie made right now. We're both in a bit of a hole.

how does a good looking guy such as myself sneak into the industry hooded ninja style?

you should flash bomb the entryway and have a partner Ninja cut the power on cue... then you need to make sure they don't see you pull the hood from your face. I would ditch it maybe in the kitchen or some shit... Also make sure your hair if perfect

Just checked my hair, it was OK but now its Matthew Lillard perfect. Thanks for answering!

there is nothing perfect about me. especially my hair.

someone told me to jump back on... i'm back on.

Not a question - but just to say from across the pond that I'm super happy about Fat Kid - the community support is just fantastic.

Also, you're really awesome! I grew up with Scooby Doo and when the movie came out I was absolutely psyched that Shaggy went beyond my expectations.

thank you. Across the pond! Go three Lions!

Hi Matthew- thanks for responding to so many people during your last AMA, it's nice to see someone get genuinely interested in the Reddit community.

One question - When will we see you with our little alien friend (snoo)?

You can find her here

Edit: I accidentally a letter

We're putting her in the credit roll of the film. If people Tugg it they'll see her on the big screen!

I love this community... I wish we had a better turn out. I may have gone too far.

Before doing your first AMA were you involved in the Reddit scene at all? Or did you do your AMA and immediately realize what a lovely bunch we are? Unlike most AMA's you weren't only answering questions you were actually talking to people and replying to replies of replies, I thought that was cool.

i had NO idea what it was. I love it now, when I have free time I comment of stuff. I love that this world changed mine. TUGGTHEFATKID.com wouldn't be in effect if it wasn't for you guys.

And thanks for the props... I'm bummed we don't have more people today.

So my country won't show that in theaters. Amazon, Netflix and Paypal are off limits.

How do I watch it then?

What country are you in? I have no idea? Get somewhere where you can access media? Or we may stream it via Al Gore's interweb at some point.

Serbia. If I could move, I would've done it a long time ago. Other countries' immigration policies don't like Eastern Europeans much.

Most streaming is limited to either US or Western Europe.

shit. I'll send you the script and you and your friends can make it into a play?

Come back to Seattle and I'll buy you an M&M McFlurry.

in sir. You had me a Seattle... (i was going to say Come... but thought better of it)

Big fan Hoss. After you filmed Hackers, did you or the production company suffer any fallout/ramifications at the hands of hackers? I work in security, and it's always interesting to hear how the hacker collectivists respond to Hollywood portrayals of their passions.

Thanks for the AMA!

no. I think when we did hackers we were WAY before our time. They loved that the Subset of hackers was even being represented.

Hackers now are the Yakuza/Mafia of yesteryear. Treat with respect. Never fuck with.

Your last AMA was so epic, I'm sure a lot of the questions will be similar. Sorry if these are.

Do you have any random hobbies that most people don't know about?

Do you have any major aspirations for the rest of your life? Like, that you want to learn how to train pandas, or extreme riverboat racing or something?

Do you do any special physical maintenance to stay, like, camera ready in everyday life? For example getting manicures, wearing makeup, eyebrow sculpting.. whatever famous people do? Do you even think about that kind of thing ever?

What is your favorite style (including color) of sock, and why?

shit. that's a lot of randomness... do you really want to know? if you had to ask one of those... which question really burns inside you? I'll be back...

I don't really have a question, but i would like to say that i've seen a number of movies just because you were in them. SLC Punk is a classic, and you've always seemed like someone who I would just actually like as a person.

But since this is an AMA, how many clowns do you think you could beat up in an hour?

all of them. I'm like the Bruce Lee of Clown ass kicking. Especially if they have to wear their clown feet.... Makes em slow and shit.

SLC Punk! Is one of my favorite movies of all time and I will be looking forward to seeing Fat when it comes to a theater near me. What I wanted to ask was do you keep in contact with anyone from SLC?

Hey.. I don't but I did just reconnect with Michael G. -- Heroin Bob -- after not speaking to him for years. I think James Merindino the Dir. is in South America or some shit.

As for FAT KID anyone anywhere can see it... all they have to do is go to Tuggthefatkid.com and tugg it to a theatre near them!

Did you know that Shaggy's real name was Norville Rogers before you decided to play Shaggy?

I didn't. I do now. did you know Shaggy was originally a Vegitarian ?

shaggy is one psychadelic ass mother fucker

he's never ass mothered anyone.

Matt! I asked this on the last one (didnt reply :() So Id REALLY like to know: How did you get involved with Scream? (its my fav film from you ;)) where did the auditions take place and how did the process to get involved go? Was it hard? easy?

THANK YOU!

I auditioned for Billy and they saw my face and thought "no way that guys gets with Neve Campbell" and so they had me go outside and audition for Stu. I got the part on the spot. I was out from NY for a week and I got a pilot, that movie and a part in IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK where I got to shoot Cher!

It was hard... i had worked forever to get to that point. Acting is easy, being successful is almost impossible.

ok, I see. Awesome thanks for replying Matt! So the auditions for Scream were in NY?

Los Angeles. City of Dreams.

How many fat kids faces have you licked in your lifetime?

my lawyers say i'm not aloud to discuss in public.

(shit tons)

Really enjoyed your interview/apperiance on Mohr Stories, how was it doing a podcast with Mr. Walken?

I can only answer this correctly in my mind cause i can hear... "his, vo-IICcce".

Mohr is genius. Crazy fast and funny. And a big fat heart. True story. Tell him to Tugg a screening of FAT KID... if he doesn't I'll add selfish to the above list soon!

I don't really have a question. Just wanted to say that it's awesome that Fat Kids is happening and I can't wait to see it. Also that SLC Punks played a huge role in my youth and is still one of my favorite movies.

Thank you for what you do.

thank you. That response to SLC is why I made FAT KID. True story.

My film school friend and I have big plans to write a movie starring you because of how much we love/appreciate your acting style. SLC Punk, Scream... man I even liked Thirteen Ghosts.

Anyways, what is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?

the birth of my first child. No doubt. If you have a kid you know what I'm talking about.