"tell me the dug was just acting and really its alive,,, thats upbeat!! lol "
How attached did you get to Samantha the dog in I Am Legend?
"Oh, Abbey is the dog’s real name. When I was probably 9 years old, I had a dog Trixie. It was a white Golden Retriever that got hit by a car. So now I refuse, I have had no animals. ‘Jada, you can have the dogs you want, the kids can have the dogs they want, but I’m not putting myself emotionally connected to a dog anymore.’ Then, they brought that damn Abbey on the set. You say a ‘smart’ dog. It got to the point with Abbey that she would be playing, playing, playing, and she would hear, ‘Rolling!’ so she would run over to her mark and get ready. I was like, ‘What in the hell?’
It’s like she would know when I wasn’t doing my lines right. If I would get lost in the scene, she would just go silent you know? [Laughing] It was the first time I had allowed myself to connect and be fond of a dog since that experience, and to the owner I said, ‘Please, Abbey had to live with me. Please.’ He was like, ‘Well, this is how I make my living, man.’ I was like, ‘Tell me what you need. Tell me what you need. A house in the hills?’ But she was smart, just fun, and warm. I experienced the pain again, because he said, ‘I’ll bring her over every weekend Will, but she has to work.’ It was painful. She is great. I used to watch Lassie and animals really can be smarter than other animals. She is way on another plain of connecting to what your energy is, what your feelings are, and protective. It’s beautiful."
A happy ending
Source : press release, i am legend. |