Amanda Peet Talks ’2012′ And Other Disasters

Amanda Peet sat down with PopEater to chit-chat about starring in her first “big budget” action film, ’2012′. She will be co-starring with John Cusack for the third time – they were together in Martian Child and Identity.

On why she decided to sign on for this film:

Well, Roland Emmerich, certainly. I feel if you’re going to do a disaster movie you want to do it with Roland Emmerich. Then Chiwetel [Ejiofor] was cast, then John was cast and it was pretty much a no-brainer. I thought the script was a page-turner and I loved ‘The Day After Tomorrow.’ I feel Roland is the master of this genre. So, if you’re going to do it, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance

Talking about doing three films with John, she says she’d love to do a romantic comedy next.

I want to do a romantic comedy with him, that’s the thing. That’s the final frontier.

Amanda is not a fan of scary movies. PopEater asked if she was a fan of the 1970′s disaster movies. Her reply:

No, because I get really scared. I couldn’t watch ‘Jaws’ and I can’t watch those movies.

She shared the most frightening thing about filming a disaster movie:

The Gimbal (a pivot that rotates around an axis, like a gyroscope or compass) is a little scary because it feels like a real earthquake. It probably is like a 10.5. Whatever it is, it’s hard to look cool and it’s a little scary.

Amanda is not ruling the possibility to jump back into television.

I love television and I would do it again in a heartbeat. It’s the same things with movies, more than half my movies have flopped or tanked. You don’t stop. If Aaron Sorkin said, “Hey, I have this script. Do you want to read it?” I’d say, “No, I don’t want to read it. Just tell me where to show up and I’ll do it. I’ll sign my six-year contract.”

Are you planning to see ’2012′? It opens this Friday in theaters. What do you think of a romantic comedy starring Amanda and John Cusack?

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