“It’s unfortunate because I feel like I could work so much more if I wasn’t pickier, but I feel like the lasting of that won’t be very long. I want long term. I mean, I’ve been in L.A. for over a decade and I’ve been working without a day job, so to speak, for five years now, so I’ve already waited this long. But after doing this movie, it made me realize that I want to do this — I really want to do more action, and I hope people to respond to it as much as I liked doing it. I got a kick out of it; I don’t normally like watching myself on screen and I actually, not to sound completely vain, completely enjoyed it. And I actually just finished another movie where I play a somewhat similar role — I play a bank robber — and I had so much fun. I just love being sweaty and dirty and gross and sassy and having to punch someone; I mean, I have no idea what I’m doing, and I’ve never even come close to punching someone, and here I am knocking someone out. Awesome!”

“That’s not to say that I won’t ever do something that requires nudity; I mean, I’ve come close to doing it many times, and if it was something that needed to happen — if I was working with a talented filmmaker, a Polanski, I would be like, what? ‘You want me to put on a dildo? Alright, I’ll do it! I’ll f*ck that doll.’”

I have updated the gallery with screencaps from the 30 Days of Night: Dark Days and Night of the Demons trailers. Check out the new, kick ass Night of the Demons trailer at Bloody Disgusting. A few words from Diora regarding the trailer:

Due to some of your comments, let me make this clear. In the trailer for, well, lets just call it ‘Film by idiot f*ck heads’……

…I am NOT naked. That is NOT me. Nor do I get naked in the movie. What you see is just a prosthetic piece. In the movie, that is obvious.

And there you have it!

Speaking of the movie, Night of the Demons New York premiere screening will take place Friday, October 15, 2010 at 11:30pm @ Cinema Village, New York.

While at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, we had a chance to sit down with the folks behind 30 Days of Night: Dark Days – producer J.R. Young, director Ben Katai, and stars Rhys Coiro, Kiele Sanchez, and Diora Baird – and by doing so, we dug up some interesting things about the sequel for you to sink your teeth into. Dig it!

Co-written by Ketai and Steve Niles, Dark Days stars Kiele (A Perfect Getaway) Sanchez (who takes over the role of ‘Stella’ from actress Melissa George from the original 30 Days of Night), Mia (De Palma’s The Black Dahlia) Kirshner, Rhys (Entourage) Coiro, Diora (Night of the Demons) Baird, Harold (Lost) Perrineau, Troy (A Marine Story) Ruptash, and Monique (Cabin in the Woods) Ganderton.

Look for it on DVD and Blu-ray on October 5th!

Source: DreadCentral.com

Diora Baird was drawn to the film because these were “vampires minus the glitter. These vampires are not sexy or hot. You see these vampires you want to run.”

Here’s a report of the 30 Days of Night: Dark Days panel at Comic Con last week, courtesy of ShockTillYouDrop.com. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find any videos or all that many photos from the event but we’ll continue to keep our eyes peeled!

I’m a bit late to the panel as I had to come across SDCC to get here. Much of the cast minus Mia Kirshner and Harold Perrineau are on the panel along with the writer/director Ben Ketal and writer Steve Niles.

Luckily, I didn’t miss much. They show the trailer to Dark Days just as I get in and it looks pretty cool. Lots of vampires. Lots of big, tough characters and so on. How well it will carry to entire film is another story. Overall not too shabby.

They then take Facebook questions? What the hell? The room is standing room only, although there are plenty of seats, and you are taking Facebook questions?

Someone on Facebook asks about the language of the vampires and the creators call it an ancient tongue that has been crafted throughout the centuries.

The host asks for someone on the panel to make the scream of the vampires and they all scoff at the idea saying they’d pass out.

Kiele Sanchez is in this film taking over as Stella. Anyone remember her as Nikki from Lost? Yeah, worst character ever.

Luckily, she redeemed herself in A Perfect Getaway and looks to continue to make amends with this film.

They try and show a clip from the film but the sound is FUBARed so they try again. And again. No luck. And again. No luck. Pausing to figure it out the crew and cast are not happy.

They take questions in the meantime and someone asks when part three will come out. They say it will depend on the fan response to part two. But they have plenty of material with the graphic novels for a part three so if it happens they won’t have trouble finding material.

Someone asks about the difference between this film and the original and the response is this is more of an action horror film rather than the original which was more visceral and confined. Interesting, as they told me earlier this was about scary vampires not action horror. But we’ll see what happens.

Sanchez says she almost got the character of Stella the first time around so she read the graphic novel already. She says she has many friends that are huge fans of the graphic novel and they told her “not to ‘f’ it up.”

Diora Baird was drawn to the film because these were “vampires minus the glitter. These vampires are not sexy or hot. You see these vampires you want to run.”

They try the clip again and it works … sorta. Good enough for government work. The scene is dark, wicked dark with only a handful of glowlights and weapons fire for any light. Lots of gunfire. I keep expecting Sly Stallone to come out. The compared it to Aliens earlier and I can see it now, nearly right down to the soundtrack. Copyright infringement? Anyway, it is a pretty cool scene and I’m a bit more hopeful for the film.

Some dude asks about if Sanchez or Baird feel as if they have been objectified in horror films. Both say not in this film, but Baird felt a bit in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Baird actually goes on to say that chicks are kick ass in this film and she wants to do it again.

Sanchez said that the actors that were nameless vampires seemed to be almost too into the part and the rest of the cast kept their distance. They seemed to take it very seriously and when the makeup came on, they became a different person. Baird and Sanchez both said they had to warn a female vampire that they were acting and that she didn’t need to hurt them. Baird went so far as to tell the chick “this is not real.” Funny stuff.

How do they cast their vampires? Ketai says they actually had people audition to be a vampire for the larger roles. For the smaller roles, the extras casting director brought 100 people and lined them up and each one tried to come up and scare him. The best then got a role in the film as a nameless, extra vampire.

Which does Sanchez like better – film or TV? She likes both (shocking) and gives her reasons why – TV you get to connect more with a character but with movies you get a finite period and a more gypsy lifestyle that she is also fond of.

An uber Sanchez fan asks for her name card and she gives it to him even though it is misspelled. And that’s how the panel ends.

The movie that gave me the swine flu…ladies & gents, I introduce 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.

Would love to hear your initial thoughts, but keep in mind we had verrrrry little money compared to the first movie.

7:30 P.M.-8:30 P.M.: 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (Room 7AB) – Director/co-screenwriter Ben Ketai, graphic novel creator/co-writer Steve Niles, stars Keile Sanchez, Diora Baird, and Rhys Coiro, and producer J. R. Young are on hand for an exclusive sneak peek, panel, and Q&A session.

Co-written by Ketai and Steve Niles, Dark Days stars Kiele (A Perfect Getaway) Sanchez (who takes over the role of ‘Stella’ from actress Melissa George from the original 30 Days of Night), Mia (De Palma’s The Black Dahlia) Kirshner, Rhys (Entourage) Coiro, Diora (Night of the Demons) Baird, Harold (Lost) Perrineau, Troy (A Marine Story) Ruptash, Monique (Cabin in the Woods) Ganderton, and Katherine (Ginger Snaps, Supernatural) Isabelle.

No cover artwork is available yet, but we do have the discs’ specs:

Both the DVD and Blu-ray + DVD combo pack contain special features that include a filmmaker commentary and The Gritty Realism of Dark Days, a new featurette that provides an all access behind-the-scenes exploration of the production design, make-up effects and cinematography used to create the gory war on the vampires. The Blu-ray + DVD combo pack is also enhanced with an exclusive Blu-ray interactive featurette, Graphic Inspirations: From Comic to Film, which compares and contrasts the visuals of the graphic novel with the imagery from the film, with discussion by director Ben Ketai.

Source: DreadCentral.com