We are Ian Ziering & Tara Reid, stars of Sharknado 3, Ask Us Anything!

I didn't see Sharknado 2. Will I miss the true message of Sharknado 3 if I see it?

I think you could watch all the sharknadoes and figure it out. It's nice to watch all of them but you realize real quick there's sharks flying in the sky in tornadoes, and we gotta find a way to save the world.

Why?

I dunno.

How did you initially feel when you saw the movie before it became such a cult hit? Did you think...what the hell did I just do?

Absolutely. What are we doing?? You know what, it's a small TV movie...no one is ever gonna see it. Take the money and run.

Has anyone gotten hurt from all the sharks on set?

No, cuz there are no sharks there. They're all in CGI. They're fake.

Tara Reid, quick question, can I marry you? 20/M

Umm, I don't know you yet, so we'd have to get to know each other, but I am single so there's still hope.

Then I'd have to run it by u/ian_ziering first because he says I make the worst decisions.

Was there anything that was originally in the script but ended up too stupid for even Sharknado? If so, what was it?

Really, anything goes. There's really no rules for sharknado. if something makes no sense, well, it's sharkando. Of course it makes no sense.

Do you see the Sharknado trilogy enduring like Star Wars and Godfather? Will there be prequels?

Prequels? laughs

Great answer, Ian.

What is your favorite way you've killed a shark in any of the movies so far?

Mine would be on top of the Empire State Building when I whip out my saw hand.

Will there be a Sharknado video game?

Yes! There will be a sharknado video game, which I've heard, I don't know if there definitely will be one... but I've heard there's an app!

Any thoughts on an America Pie/Sharknado cross over?

Now that would be awesome. Laughs. No, I don't see them coming together but if they could somehow manage it, why not?

Any fun stories you can share from being on the set of Sharknado 3?

Yeah, there are a whole bunch of em. The first funny moment was in this movie, compaerd to the other films, there's a lot of things that you have to say -- marketing wise -- it was difficult to say some of the things. One of them was about a certain phone, you had to make it natural, but it was so hard to do a commercial inside of the film you know, you're cringing saying it, but we managed to do it.

What's your favorite species of shark?

I'm gonna go with, because I've learned so much about it, is a whale shark. That's an inside joke.

How many of the celebrities with cameos did you work with personally? (For example, Mark Cuban, Ann Coulter, Anthony Weiner, David Hasselhoff, etc.)

Of those celebrities, who was the best to work with? Who was the worst?

My favorite was Bo Derek, because she's just an icon.

Is it hard to take your roles in this movie as seriously as you would in other roles you've had in the past?

It's a different kind of humor than any other films I've done. You can't even put it in a category. It's not really a comedy, it's like a dram-edy, you have to play it serious even though you know everything is outrageous. You can't laugh, because it wouldn't be funny, so it's actually challenging.

Tara, what was Jeff Bridges like during the filming of The Big Lebowski? Also, what o you think of Dudeism?

I think ... The Dude abides.

(He'll know what that means)

If there's a Sharknado 4 and the writers asked where you'd like to fight the Sharknado, where in the world would you choose?

Somewhere warm, because the last 3 sharknados for some reason have always turned out to be the coldest weather ever.

I would like to shoot somewhere really beautiful like Thailand or Australia. If it's in the summertime, we usually shoot in Jan/Feb, which would mean summer in Australia so it'd be perfect weather.

Tara. You can choose 1 actress to star as you in your bio pic. Who do you choose and why?

Wow. Umm.... Drew Barrymore. Because she's what inspired me to be an actress when I saw ET.

Aside from slaying sharks, how do you both stay in shape? What exercises do you do and do you have fitness role models?

Umm, Jane Fonda. She's a great fitness role-model. And how I stay in shape is I run around a lot. laughs

Both of you rose to stardom as beautiful, young heartthrobs. I imagine aging can be tremendously stressful in a career so dependent on appearances. Sadly, we have often seen the Hollywood lifestyle break those without the will or constitution to survive the limelight. How have these pressures affected you on a psychological level and what do you do to stay grounded? Additionally, how has the process of redefining your career help you grow as a person (or vice versa)?

I think that, I started my career really young, I think I did my first movie at 6. I've been in about 46 films. As you get older and older, through each generation, you learn more and more from people. the older I get the more I learn from my experiences. I love to put them in my work. through good times and bad times can make you go to those places of different emotions. I use life in my acting.

Hey guys! Wanted to start off by saying me and my friends watch Sharknado 1 and 2 at least twice a month together. Actually just finished watching the 2nd one just now. My question is, have you had any fan-encounters? If so, which was the funniest/weirdest one? Cheers!

Mine would be people sending me pictures of their dogs in shark costumes. That's crazy.

Would you rather fight 100 great white shark sized penguins or 1 penguin sized great white shark?

Uhh, I would like to avoid both if I could, but it depends, if it was a fantasy shark, then I would definitely go with the 1 penguin sized great white shark.

If you could witness a tornado out of any animal besides a shark what would it be?

A mosquito-nado. Because I did a terminex commercial, we were making a parody of a sharknado, we made it a mosquito-nado and it was really funny.

If you could have any actor do cameo death seen who would it be and how would they die?

I would pick..... I don't know... this is a hard one... I would pick umm, I'll come back to that later.

Tara- were you a fan of Beverly Hills 90210?

100% I loved Beverley Hills. Who didn't??

I auditioned for a guest spot. They told me no. laughs

They made a big mistake

ominous, joking voice

Hi guys! Please excuse the fangirling!!! Did you guys expect all of the immediate love for this franchise of movies? And what was your favourite part of filming these movies?

I didn't expect the movie to be the sensation it'd be and become this cult film but when I started seeing how the fans were reacting to it, I started seeing all the love and I loved getting all that love.

Just being involved in something like that was amazing. I really enjoyed making this film as well. I made some really serious bonds. I love Ian, he's amazing. We've become really good friends our director Anthony is awesome. There's just a lot of love going on in this film.

If you close your eyes and think of your childhood, what food comes to mind?

Do you have a recipe for that food you could share with us?

Is there a specific story or memory associated with the food?

Thanks!

Peanut butter and jelly... Nutella sandwiches...

If Sharknado could crossover with any other movie universe, which world would you want it to be in?

I'm going to stretch it to a parallel universe. So the Sharnados will be inside out, we'll speak backwards, Fin's chainsaw will work backwards. Yeah, I'm going with that because. Because.

That makes perfect sense to me.

I guess I'd want it to be Out Of This World. Laughs

Another world! Like, out of this world. There has to be another world. I'm joking, but you know what I mean.

You're making a shark sandwich, what do you put on it?

I've never ate shark, so I wouldn't exactly know what to put on it.

Which superhero would you want to help you fight sharks?

Wonder Woman!

tara reid: what is the best way to take my girlfriend out to dinner, and when should i propose?

The best way to take your girlfriend out to dinner is obviously take her to her favorite restaurant and then, I've always thought it was pretty cool when -- it sounds so cheesy -- when the guy puts the ring in the champagne glass and they got to toast and she almost swallows it. I like that.

If you own a pet shark. What would you name it?

Fin. Maybe I'll have two. Fin and Gill.

That's a good one.

I would name my pet shark, tiger. I don't know why. I just like tiger.

Remember in Annie, there was that song, with the dog named Tiger, starts singing that song. I don't know why but that just popped in my head.

Hi Tara! My strange question of the day is aliens decide to trap you in a giant bubble which type do they put you in before taking you back to their spaceship? 1.soap bubble 2.bubble gum bubble 3.plastic bubble or 4.balloon

Ummm.... a soap bubble, because it looks rainbow-y.

What would you do if there really was a storm of sharks? Would you fight and save or run and be safe?

I would run and be safe, if I could. If I had to, I would fight for my life.

The problem is if you tried to get away from it, and like get in a plane, they can attack in the skies now. The only place they haven't attacked us yet is under-underground.