Lance Henriksen Returns to Syfy with Scream of the Banshee

Published: Saturday, 26 March 2011 17:03 | Written by SciFi Vision

By Jamie Ruby

If you watch science fiction or horror, it's a good bet you know who Lance Henriksen is. He has appeared in well over 150 films, in a variety of genres, but is probably best known for his roles in science fiction, in film most notably for his role as Bishop in Alien. Some other well known movies he has worked on include The Terminator, Pumpkinhead, Scream 3, and AVP: Alien vs. Predator, just to name a few. His name is also well known in television. He is probably most known for his role as Frank Black in Chris Carter's series Millennium (and subsequently in an episode of The X-Files), but has appeared in many other series as well, including the popular series NCIS and Castle.

Henriksen has also appeared in various Syfy Saturday original movies, including Abominable, Sasquatch Mountain, Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes, Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, and now, Scream of the Banshee, number 200 for Syfy, which airs tonight.

Henriksen sat down to discuss this upcoming creature feature, as well as his autobiography, Not Bad for a Human, which will be released on his birthday, May 5th.

Henriksen has a hard time choosing a favorite role, as his favorite is always the most recent. "I liked Scream of the Banshee because it was a real challenge. When I got down to Louisiana there was a plantation that we were shooting in, a big plantation house. And it was already decorated with a lot of mannequins and things like that. And I thought, "How am I going to pull off this character, I mean, if this is where he lives?"

"And I thought, "Oh man, I'm going to go for it." "

After seeing the script, Henriksen decided to take on the role. "They called me and asked me and sent me the script. The usual issue. They want to know if you're interested. And I read it, and I thought, "This is really interesting."

"And also, I love the concept that if you're not acting, you're not an actor. You're more scheming. And you know I'd rather be an actor. So I say, "Yes."

"Well, what happens when you say yes is you have an adventure. That's the point." "

Henriksen also really liked the character he would play. "It's like taking a chance. I had finished a film and there's an ironic twist to all of this. What they challenged me with was somebody completely different than anything I'd ever considered doing.

"The guy is a fired professor living in a plantation in Louisiana. And his whole world is like, a guy that's sort of hiding out. And he's suicidal and he's a real wacko.

"And I thought, "I would love to play this guy only because there's no edges to it." I actually asked for the smallest gun possible. And he toys at committing suicide on video, but never does it.

"And so he's got such character defects that I thought, "Man, it's the closest thing to comedy without making it a comedy that I could do." And not that I think I'm funny, I think situations are very funny. And they can be dark or they can be anything.

"So I really had a great time on it, and I knew I would because the people were very supportive down in Louisiana, the company. And so was the director. He just let me cut loose, so I had a great time."

The challenge of playing such a character was also attractive to Henriksen. "As an actor I like those character defects to try to play them in an interesting way. Because it's certainly been done. Defects of character have been done a lot in movies, and I really enjoy it. Enjoy the challenge.

"It's a little bit like trying to play Bishop [in Alien] after you had Rutger Hauer and other guys performing an android. Well, how are you going to come up with your own? And I found a way, but it wasn't being competitive. If you were trying to be competitive with those guys you'd burn. You'd crash and burn."

Fans of Henriksen often ask him about his experience as Frank Black on Millennium and his guest appearance on The X-Files. "That was a three-year experience. We did 60 shows in three years. So that was a lot of shows.

"And working with Chris Carter, and these great writers they had on it. I think we were a little ahead of our time at the time. Chris doesn't think that, but I do -- that it was going in a direction that, a couple more years and we would have really made a mark a lot larger than we did.

"Even though some of those shows I was very, very proud of. Like at least half of them. It was tremendous amount of work. We're still thinking that we should do a movie.

"Even after all these years it would be amazing to do it. So much has happened since.

"...The crossover to The X-Files was to me a little odd. Because when you think of all the things that happened since that problem with computers in 2000, that they wouldn't turn over. Everybody was afraid and they were buying water. It was a crazy moment, but nothing happened.

"And then everything that's happened since, imagine what Millennium would do with all the things that are going on in the world right now. So it has the capacity to be a movie.

"But anyway, yes I loved doing it. It changed my life because the guy that I was playing was so much more educated and smarter than I was, so I had to live up to it. And I learned a lot. I really did.

"...Millennium is a state of mind, it really is. It's like, I always thought of Frank Black as the greatest chess player that could take random pieces of information and string them together into scenario, and that was accurate.

"I never thought of him as a psychic at all. So we need people like that."

Henriksen is proud and excited about the release of his upcoming autobiography. "Jim Cameron gave me the name for the book, and it's called Not Bad for a Human.

"And all of the illustrations in it are done by some of the best comic book artists in our country, and even in Australia; Ashley Wood, a lot of guys from America. And to make it more accessible to the audience that I care about, which are the genre audience and science fiction audience.

"So I'm very proud of it. We just finished it. We worked on it for over a year with a writer named Joe Maddrey – [he] and I co-wrote it. So I'm very proud of that one. That's a big moment for me."

At first, Henriksen didn't know if he could write an autobiography. "It happened really by accident. I didn't know if I could be that honest by writing a biography, because I have a lot of stories.

"And I had done a thing called Red, White and Blue, which was an anthology of horror films. I narrated it with a man named Joe Maddrey, who's a writer.

"And he came to my house and said, "Lance, would you do this?" You know, "Would you consider doing this?" And I like Joe so much that I completely relaxed.

"And as we got into the book I said, "Joe, if I can't be honest half way through this, let's stop." And he said, "Okay, if that's the deal that's the deal."

"And so we started, and the more I worked on it, the more I enjoyed it. So it ended up being something that I'm proud of. You only do one, you don't do a sequel. You know there's no Bio 2, you know. So I put everything into it.

"Another thing that's going on with it, we got some of the best comic book illustrators to illustrate the movies because I wanted it to be accessible to the fans. So I'm very excited about that. It's a very interesting book."

Henriken's biography will include advice as well. "I do have advice for people that want to [act] but it's not advice from a pulpit. It's not advice from a pulpit. Believe me, it's more tangible than that."

To find out more about Henriksen, read the full transcript below, and be sure to watch Scream of the Banshee tonight on Syfy. You can find out more about his upcoming biography at the website Not Bad for a Human and the publisher's site, Bloody Pulp Books. Also, if you are interested in signing a petition for a Millennium movie or finding out more, please visit Back to Frank Black.

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Hey you guys. Hey listen, I'm dying for your questions.

QUESTION: You've had this vast career. Which - if you had to pick one, only one – has s been your very favorite [film] and why?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: It's always the last one, it's always the last one. Because it's so present in your body even.

I liked Scream of the Banshee because it was a real challenge. When I got down to Louisiana there was a plantation that we were shooting in, a big plantation house. And it was already decorated with a lot of mannequins and things like that. And I thought, "How am I going to pull off this character, I mean, if this is where he lives?"

And I thought, "Oh man, I'm going to go for it." And I'm playing a guy who is a professor and he's been fired and he has a secret and he's suicidal; he's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So I had a really great time. I really did.

QUESTION: How did you initially get involved with Scream of the Banshee?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Well, they called me and asked me and sent me the script. The usual issue. They want to know if you're interested. And I read it, and I thought, "This is really interesting."

And also, I love the concept that if you're not acting, you're not an actor. You're more scheming. And you know I'd rather be an actor. So I say, "Yes."

Well, what happens when you say yes is you have an adventure. That's the point.

QUESTION: What made you decide to write an autobiography?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: It happened really by accident. I didn't know if I could be that honest by writing a biography, because I have a lot of stories.

And I had done a thing called Red, White and Blue, which was an anthology of horror films. I narrated it with a man named Joe Maddrey, who's a writer.

And he came to my house and said, "Lance, would you do this?" You know, "Would you consider doing this?" And I like Joe so much that I completely relaxed.

And as we got into the book I said, "Joe, if I can't be honest half way through this, let's stop." And he said, "Okay, if that's the deal that's the deal."

And so we started, and the more I worked on it, the more I enjoyed it. So it ended up being something that I'm proud of. You only do one, you don't do a sequel.

You know there's no Bio 2, you know. So I put everything into it.

Another thing that's going on with it, we got some of the best comic book illustrators to illustrate the movies because I wanted it to be accessible to the fans. So I'm very excited about that. It's a very interesting book.

QUESTION: What was it about this character and about this film that made you want do it?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: It's like taking a chance. I was actually - I had finished a film and there's an ironic twist to all of this. What they challenged me with was somebody completely different than anything I'd ever considered doing.

The guy is a fired professor living in a plantation in Louisiana. And his whole world is like, a guy that's sort of hiding out. And he's suicidal and he's a real wacko.

And I thought, "I would love to play this guy only because there's no edges to it." I actually asked for the smallest gun possible. And he toys at committing suicide on video, but never does it.

And so he's got such character defects that I thought, "Man, it's the closest thing to comedy without making it a comedy that I could do." And not that I think I'm funny, I think situations are very funny. And they can be dark or they can be anything.

So I really had a great time on it, and I knew I would because the people were very supportive down in Louisiana, the company. And so was the director. He just let me cut loose, so I had a great time.

Wait till you get a load of my hairstyle, you're going to love it.

QUESTION: You're associated with some of the big sci-fi movies, that whole fantasy/sci-fi genre. Is that something that you've sought out over your career?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: No, it just worked out that way. If I would had been born 30 years earlier I would have been in all the Westerns. It's just the way that the industry goes.

I mean, back in the day there were reasonable budget Westerns --let's call it that. The kind of running around the same rock on a horse.

But here we are in an age of a lot of different kinds of fears and things. And then, so you have science fiction and horror genre doing our morality plays the same way that they would have done in Westerns.

And so I really accept it. I absolutely accept it. Because, in every respect, fantasy is like doing abstract paintings. It's just the era that we're in. Does that make any sense?

QUESTION: I was really struck by an independent film [you were in] called The Penitent Man. We interviewed Nicholas Gyeney about that film...

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Well Gyeney - when I read that script and found out, and when I finally met Gyeney, he was like 23 years old. And I thought he had written something beyond his years. And I thought it was well done.

You take it on and try to find the core of it for yourself as an actor. And I really enjoyed working on it, I truly did. It was very difficult, but it was worth a try.

And the outcome is certainly out of my hands. And I'm grateful that I had a chance to do it.

Yes, he's a bright guy. He's a very, very bright young filmmaker. He'll go far I'm sure.

QUESTION: How does it feel to be in Syfy's 200th original movie?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Is that right? Wow.

That's pretty cool man. I've always liked Syfy. They really try to do something. So I'm really happy about it, buddy.

It's coming right on - at a very great moment. I've got a biography coming out; it's called Not Bad for a Human. And it's coming out May 5, on my birthday.

And so when you do something current like this and it comes out at the same time as your biography it's that great timing thing that works out.

Yes, but I'm happy, I'm really happy. I hope people like this. I think they will.

QUESTION: It looks reminiscent of Pumpkinhead, the Southern setting. Did you get that feeling at all on set?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Yes, it's plantation. When I arrived down in Louisiana and I saw the locale, it was this beautiful, columned plantation house. And it was really wacky, I mean the whole yard was full of mannequins and the inside of the house was eccentric as you can get.

And my favorite thing about it is I'm playing a fired professor who again, is suicidal and he's toying with the suicide and putting it on video. He's a real eccentric.

As an actor I like those character defects to try to play them in an interesting way. Because it's certainly been done. Defects of character have been done a lot in movies, and I really enjoy it. Enjoy the challenge.

It's a little bit like trying to play Bishop [in Alien] after you had Rutger Hauer and other guys performing an android. Well, how are you going to come up with your own? And I found a way, but it wasn't being competitive. If you were trying to be competitive with those guys you'd burn. You'd crash and burn.

QUESTION: How much leeway did you have with injecting your own style into the character?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Well my director just let me go. I told him what I wanted to do, based on what I saw and what I read in the script. And he just said, "Do it."

The first thing I asked for, "What is the smallest gun I could use in the movie that could actually kill you?" And then they found it for me, so it's really - we started off on a great footing.

And Lauren Holly was wonderful in the movie. And I got to smell her hair when I grabbed her around the neck.

QUESTION: You've been in a lot of my favorite shows. And one of them is Millennium. Could talk about working on that and also crossing over to The X-Files?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Oh man. Oh yes, that was a three-year experience. We did 60 shows in three years. So that was a lot of shows.

And working with Chris Carter, and these great writers they had on it. I think we were a little ahead of our time at the time. Chris doesn't think that, but I do -- that it was going in a direction that, a couple more years and we would have really made a mark a lot larger than we did.

Even though some of those shows I was very, very proud of. Like at least half of them. It was tremendous amount of work. We're still thinking that we should do a movie.
Even after all these years it would be amazing to do it. So much has happened since...

...you know, since you brought up The X-Files, the crossover to The X-Files was to me a little odd. Because when you think of all the things that happened since that problem with computers in 2000, that they wouldn't turn over. Everybody was afraid and they were buying water. It was a crazy moment, but nothing happened.

And then everything that's happened since, imagine what Millennium would do with all the things that are going on in the world right now. So it has the capacity to be a movie.

But anyway, yes I loved doing it. It changed my life because the guy that I was playing was so much more educated and smarter than I was, so I had to live up to it. And I learned a lot. I really did.

QUESTION: It would be interesting to see how they deal with it, especially like you said, "Now that the millennium is over and passed."

LANCE HENRIKSEN: I know. I mean it - Millennium is a state of mind, it really is. It's like, I always thought of Frank Black as the greatest chess player that could take random pieces of information and string them together into scenario, and that was accurate.

I never thought of him as a psychic at all. So we need people like that.

QUESTION: What would be your ultimate dream role?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: I'd like to play - there's a potter that lived back in 1800s, out of Biloxi, Mississippi, and his name was George Ohr. He was of Russian descent, but they called him the Mad Potter of Biloxi.

And I'd love to do a great character study, comedy about that guy's life. That would be my dream role. I know it's an oddball thing, but it's true. It's a true story.

He lived at the turn of the century in the 1800s.

QUESTION: You have a lot of other projects coming up. Are there any that you can talk about?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Yes, the one that I'm proudest of, on May 5 my biography's coming out. And Jim Cameron gave me the name for the book, and it's called Not Bad for a Human.

And all of the illustrations in it are done by some of the best comic book artists in our country, and even in Australia; Ashley Wood, a lot of guys from America. And to make it more accessible to the audience that I care about, which are the genre audience and science fiction audience.

So I'm very proud of it. We just finished it. We worked on it for over a year with a writer named Joe Maddrey – [he] and I co-wrote it. So I'm very proud of that one. That's a big moment for me.

Again I have to say it, there is no Biography 2, you just do one.

QUESTION: Do you have any advice for people [who] want to act?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Read my book.

Yes, read my book. I do have advice for people that want to - but it's not advice from a pulpit.

It's not advice from a pulpit. Believe me, it's more tangible than that.

QUESTION: You're a writer, an actor, a painter, a potter - you're kind of a renaissance man. Where does that creativity come from?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: You've got to promise me something, you'll read my book. It's called Not Bad for a Human. It's coming out May 5. But I'll answer the question.

I'll tell you - I'll give you an answer to that question. When I was a kid, it was all the parents and grandparents came out of the depression era. And they were all freezing bread in their freezer and they were covering their sofas with plastic. And they had plastic runners on the floor.

And there was a great distance between them and anything authentic. And that really, my whole childhood, it made my skin [crawl]. And it was an automatic response that a kid has, because we're all about looking around and then something authentic we were looking for. And fantasies, you know?

And so I think that drove me into the arts -- I really do.

That - and so that really did it. And I think the only other thing that made me survive as a human being was getting into the arts. That's for sure.

I'm surrounded by people that are very bright and, they invite you in. You know what I mean? They're gracious.

And so it gave me a great education.

QUESTION: Do you watch yourself on TV or the big screen?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: No, I don't. When I'm making a movie I never watch the dailies, I see the movie once and that's it. Because it's really not about that for me, it's not about the externals, it's when I'm on a set, I don't want to see it, I want to be subjective in it. And so that's sort of my habit now.

So I stay sort of a subjective because that's what I do, that's my career, that's my - one of my abilities. After we've done all this talking today, I'll be really sick of the sound of my own voice.

So it's the same thing, you know what I mean? I don't need to watch it because I've had the adventure. I mean for me it's all an adventure.

I don't do low-budget acting, I just do the same acting whether I'm in Jim Cameron's movie or - it doesn't matter. I try to do good work. There's no snobbery in there.

QUESTION: Are you still in touch with Brittany Tiplady (played Jordan Black, his character's daughter in Millennium)?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: I've talked to her. Yes, she's a grown woman now. And very beautiful and she's got the same eyes. That's what blew my mind.

I hadn't talked to her in, I don't know, maybe ten years. And then when I saw a picture of her I went, "Oh my God." There she is and she's bright and she's full of life.

And yes, I was really happy about it. Because one of the things that happened was right after Millennium I had a little girl of my own. My wife gave birth.

And I remember the whole time I worked with Brittany, I really felt like she was my kid. It was a wonderful relationship. So yes...

Oh yes, she is the most wonderful actress. I mean a wonderful child, let's put it that way. Because most of the time she wasn't acting. But she had the skill to remember all the things she had to do. But she was a great human being, of course, naturally. All children are.

QUESTION: She did seem to genuinely love you. Every time she would throw her arms open to hug you, it didn't seem anything close to false or acting.

LANCE HENRIKSEN: There wasn't - no, there wasn't a hesitant moment, you know? We all protected her so much on that set.

We never wanted to scare her, we really didn't. We guarded her. And her family were really great people. They did the same.

And so she was in a very safe environment with, you know - Canada's - yes, I mean I could go into children actors. And the danger of that is to give them false attention and then they get distorted. But it never happened with Brittany.

QUESTION: If you ever do a Millennium movie it would be great to see you reunited again.

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Oh, wouldn't that be great? Yes, absolutely. I would love to see the time has passed and she's grown up and changed. And it would be so cool. Yes, it really would be.

QUESTION: Since your book is going to have the comic book artistry in it, are you considering attending Comic-Con this year?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: I can't. Only because if the crowd is too big, it's 180,000 people, it's too much for me. I tried - I took my daughter down there, my 11-year old, and all I did was spend all my time worrying that she was going to get lost, you know? Because you're caught between somebody with a sandwich in their hand and somebody, you know...

...in a costume. Yes, it's like really crazy. I might go visit it one day, but I couldn't do any more than that -- just visit.

I love it, don't get me wrong, but I just - that's just too big. I'm going to be at a lot of other conventions this year, you know with the book and everything.

If you go to any of these things and I'm there, you know tap me on the shoulder man, we'll have coffee or a beer or whatever.

QUESTION: You almost had a career in the...crafts, as a crewperson. You did set design.

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Oh yes. Yes, because I was already a painter. I used to paint murals. But I would do anything to get involved in theater. Because that was the door. I knew that was the door that had to open before I understood what it was all about.

Yes, there's a great distance though between someone watching a movie and understanding it and feeling it, and being in it. And being in that world; it's a very big step. Huge, I mean everybody thinks they could do it, but when you realize what's going on, there's a lot to learn. I had to learn a lot.

QUESTION: It seems like your life skills and your acting skills were honed by how hard it was for you as a kid. You had very little, and you didn't have a lot of ins. And you had to really improvise and create your own world. And it seems like that was your actor training ground.

LANCE HENRIKSEN: It absolutely was. And again, I attribute that to the generosity of people that are in the entertainment business because they are all struggling.

All roads seem to come to acting for certain kind of people that have a reason for being there. They want to be seen and heard of course, but there's more to it than that.

And so I think it's like a kindred spirit of struggling to find out, "What is this thing? What are we?" That kind of question. Those eternal questions.

But in the meanwhile, I've met some wonderful people doing this.

QUESTION: Which path do you think you would have taken if you didn't become an actor? If you were to work behind the scenes, which one of the jobs, the crafts in film, do you think you would have been suited for?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Well there's a company called ADI with Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff. These guys do special effects -- we did Aliens, Terminator, Pumpkinhead, together. And they're still my friends.

And I think I would have probably gone in that direction, where it's creating the creature effects and all that kind of thing. Because it's as close you can get to acting without being an actor, because you have to help create the fantasy. And I love sculpting too.

So, yes that's the answer. I would have definitely gone in that direction.

QUESTION: What particular scene are you most proud of in this SyFy TV movie?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: It's the retelling of the screaming of the banshee myth. My role in it is just this eccentric, suicidal kind of, fired professor who's discovered something and he's trying to - he doesn't know how to live it and he doesn't know how to live without it. And he pays the ultimate price.

But I - in every way, I really enjoyed doing that show because the director gave me free run. He just said, "If that's what you want to do, go for it man." And he supported it.

So I - it's a crazy character I'm playing. I mean I, you know, I can't wait till you see it. It's really bizarre. I mean I'm really...

QUESTION: [Did] the other actors that were with you on this ask for notes from you and advice?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: No, no, no. I was too busy being this guy. Lauren Holly and these people, when I first came on the set, they looked at me like, "What the hell?" They didn't know what I was doing or what I was going to do -- which is really wonderful. It's a wonderful moment. So we really had a good time down there.

And working in Louisiana, they were very generous. It was a terrific location as well.

QUESTION: What's your favorite Western project you've worked on?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Well you know, there's been four of them; Appaloosa with Ed Harris -- I loved playing Ring. You know, and then before that I did a movie called Gunfighter's Moon.

And then one of my favorites of all time was with Jim Jarmusch, we did Dead Man. You know, I was in that with Johnny Depp and all of that. You know, I ride really well and I shoot a gun really well. And I love the genre because I knew Rex Rossi, who was a guy that had been bought by Tom Mix to be in his Wild West show.

And Rex was one of my best friends. And he taught me how to ride and do trick mounts and all that kind of stuff. And once I did Westerns I was hooked. But it was - see, it sort of was the end of the Westerns in a way. You know, there's been very few of them made.

But I love them. They're morality plays and they're - you know I never wanted to play a guy who was acting like a cowboy, rather you know, play someone who had a real life and then he also was trapped into situations.

So a little bit like comedy. I don't think I'm funny but I think situations are funny. And I don't think I'm a killer, but situations could force you to do things that you, you know, you have to do.

So you know I mean it always is - well, to what degree. Everything in acting is about, "To what degree are you asking me to go?"

So it's very - I'm grateful for the work I've been offered.

QUESTION: Do you still sell your pottery?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: No.

QUESTION: Do you still find time to make it?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Yes, but I don't want to ever sell it. I just ... it's the one thing I've got.

You know, there's one thing in life that I won't do -- I won't do music. Because I'll feel like I'm the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral and I just want music to stay pure and I want to listen to it and enjoy it, dance and you know.

But pottery is a little bit like that for me. I just want to make it and stack it up in the corner and look at it occasionally. And go on to the next adventure with it.

Because I do love it, but I don't - there was a time when I first started in pottery where I had to make 1,000 cups. And I thought, if I ever have to do this again I'm never doing pottery again -- I'm done.

So I'm protecting - I'm just protecting that wonderful gift I've been given. You know, that I know how to do it, I'm trying to self...I love it. I really do.

QUESTION: Would you ever be interested in writing or directing?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: I think I would co-direct because I love actors and I've got a very good eye. You know, I'm not a second guesser so much as I see what's going on.

But I don't think that I would be very happy with getting inundated by financial issues. I would love to co-direct with somebody because that would be a real freedom and an adventure -- and of course leave all the pain and misery to them, you know?

I'm not glib about it. I would take the responsibility to make a really good movie but you know what I mean? I know what my strengths are.

But that's a good answer. That's true -- I'm being truthful with you.

QUESTION: Do you have a web site where we [can read about your book?] Or are you on Twitter?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Yes, if you go on the Internet it's called - the Web site is Not Bad for a Human.

It's - I think it's Not Bad for a Human, The Life and Career of Lance Henriksen. I guess that's what it is. I didn't put it on, my writer buddy did.

QUESTION: Can you talk about any upcoming movie [roles?]

LANCE HENRIKSEN: Yes, I've actually got an offer to do a movie in the month of May.

And you know I - I've been - there's a movie I'm very proud of that I've already shot the first 20 pages of, and it's called Ambush. And it's a character, I'm playing a guy that's very similar to Ted Turner -- he's a billionaire. And it's going to be a very good movie.

The first 20 pages were a fight scene, that's why we did it first. And so it's going to be directed by Joe Bauer, who's a really terrific guy. So I'm very, very excited about that. And that's coming up very soon.

QUESTION: The monsters, the creatures that you've faced in your career have surely fueled the nightmares of the world. Do they appear in your nightmares or does being behind the scenes eliminate that?

And of all the creatures you've fought, which one do you think you could actually defeat in real life, if your life depended on it?

LANCE HENRIKSEN: The only one that's appeared in my dreams is the one from Aliens.

Giger's version of that necromancy, that - it's almost like a tick. It's a reptilian - it's very, very much, somehow attacking our core, a reptilian core. That creature is something like a baby and tick combined -- it's very frightening. And so, and it strikes that core -- you know, that unconscious core.

Yes, it's so natural but it's so - man, it really is - it scared the hell out of me. I mean it really did.

The only one I think I could beat, one at a time -- if my life depended on it -- would be the Predator. Because you know, at least if it was in my territory, in my domain, with the guns that I've got, I think I could hurt him pretty bad.

I mean, that's the only one though. The rest of them - when you get into metaphysical creatures, they don't play fair.?

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