4. What was your favourite scene?
My favourite scene has to be the scene where Susan is in her flat and she thinks she is safe, but then the phone rings, and when she answers it the Grudge’s croaky voice is heard and the doorbell suddenly rings. She answers it and hears Matthew’s voice asking her to let her in, so she answers it and when he gets outside her front door she looks through the peephole and sees Matthew. But when she opens it no one is there apart from a cold breeze, she soon gets a call and she answers it and hears the Grudge’s croaking voice again. She gets scared and jumps in her bed but then feels something under her blanket, and then a hand appears, she lifts up the covers to see the Grudge right in her face and drags her in to devour her.
5. Who was your favourite cast member?
I don’t mean to be biased because I like them all but Susan()was my favourite because when we were doing her scene where she sees the Grudge on the staircase we were having a laugh about how we should do a comedy film together and I was willing to do it because she was so pretty.
6. What inspired you to re-create the Ju-on story?
When I heard about it and studied it I thought it was a sad yet brilliant story so I thought I could turn it into a film, modernise it and add a bit more horror. So I thought up all of these characters like Toshio and the grudge that resembled characters in the story and made the film. So I guess you could say I imagined it and put it to life.
7. What was the Ju-on story about and where did you find out about it?
When I was little my grandfather told me the story every night before I went to bed, the first night I cried because it includes a lot of deaths, but then I got used and asked him tell me it again and again until it was stuck in my head. The story is about a king who was playing chess with his servant, the servant won but the king was furious and executed him but then he went on a rampage and killed his wife, son and son’s cat. Because they died due to the king’s rage their souls became restless and wanted revenge.
8. Why did you wan an American cast?
My other objective to this film was for it to be popular in America; I wanted this because I wanted the people of America to see a Japanese legend from an American point of view, because obviously Americans like horror and action while most Japanese films tend to be mystic and complicated. The cast come in handy because they speak the language and some are very well known, like Sarah Michelle Geller and the Buffy the vampire slayer series, this is good because people will think that if she’s in the film then it must be good.
9. If you had a chance to do the film again what would you change?
I wouldn’t really change anything but I would reveal more of what the Grudge actually looks like because some people have complained to me saying that they didn’t really see the face of the Grudge clear enough.
10. Will there be a Grudge 3?
There will but you’ll have to be patient as we are still thinking of how we can carry it on from the Grudge 2 and end.
