The Beach Gallery 9

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From Heat Magazine's Promotional Interview for The Beach... Was that a real marijuana field you guys ran through? It was hemp, but it didn't have the buds. So, you didn't do any reefer research on this? [Laughs] No reefer research, no. What about eating the caterpillar? That was fun. It spun a web in my mouth. And there was a lot more stuff not in the film. I've eaten more gross things in that movie than I could have dreamed of. What do you expect this film will do for your career? I've been asked questions about whether I feel any pressure about it making any money after the enormous success of Titanic and not only do I not have any control over how many people will see this movie, but I have no control over how people will respond to it. It's one of those things where all you can do is be the best that you can be. They say rock bands don't take their girlfriends on the road, but you flew your girlfriend, Kristen Zang, to Thailand to join you. Was that a good idea? [Laughs] Yeah, it was fine. Simply put, people ask me a lot about why I have a big group of people with me when I go on location and why I'm not isolated and stuff like that. I think it has to do with who I am as an actor, that I can disconnect from it. Once they say cut, I'm not still engrossed with my character and I can go off and be me again. And also, if they're going to give me plane tickets and it's written into my contract, I'm going to invite my friends over to visit me. Why not? It would be a waste of plane tickets! [laughs]