Star DanielRoebuck recalls how he had been destined to play The Count in RobZombie's TheMunsters since he was a child.
Actor Daniel Roebuck has been working with filmmaker Rob Zombie for nearly 20 years, first joining the director's ensemble back in 2005's The Devil's Rejects before going on to take on small but memorable roles in a variety of projects. While he's often relegated to the sidelines, Roebuck gets to take center stage in Zombie's revival of The Munsters, bringing to life the beloved figure of"The Count.
Daniel Roebuck: Well, I'm a lifelong fan of Universal horror movies and of comedy. You could only get Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein once, maybe twice a year, if you were really paying attention to the TV Guide. But The Munsters you could get every day. So you had your Munsters and your comedy, you had great actors. As far as I can remember in my life, I can remember The Munsters being part of it. And I've collected on it through the years.
So you could buy Dracula. All you needed was a tux, but you had to talk to your mom into buying you a tux. And a cape, which I coerced my poor grandmother. And I was like,"I need the... It's got to have that thing.""What thing?""I don't know, it's the thing on the cape. Why do I have to explain it to you, for God's sake." I have the cape and I have that.
That's very interesting. So yes, because when I felt bad, I didn't say,"No, I won't go to the hospital." I called and I said,"Get me to the hospital right now because..." Maybe the kid. Okay, well that's good. I know we're supposed to talk about The Munsters, which comes out the 27th of the month, we should. There's just a little thing, you're a nice guy and you like comic books, so I thought I'd tell you that story.
I think that gave me my own spin. I was unsure of it until we put it on and then we all looked in the mirror and honestly we all went,"A-ha," and we got it. And then the other thing is in his script, I don't have the benefit of being the Grandpa Munster that's been Herman's father-in-law for 20 years and now that there's a grandkid in the house. I'm still at odds with Herman in the story, as people will see.
Yeah, I like that. And then,"Because, now, Cousin Rob, now, listen, he plays the music. It's not what I care for. I'd rather have Mr. Guy Lombardo, but he's doing his best with the yelling and the screaming and the jumping up and down." We've got this whole new generation of people who are essentially leaching the talents of people like Rob Zombie and the IP of Universal Studios and figuring out a way to make money off it without really giving it any chance or credence because it doesn't matter. Because even if they loved it, they're going to [nitpick it], because it gets them more hits. And I'm sad about that.
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