Interview w/Richard Kelly credit: about.com
Some of the things I’ve been reading about ?Southland Tales? recently are comments from people worried about the ‘teen’-type stars you’ve cast ? Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott? They worry about the whole ?American Pie? thing and how that fits in with something created by the ?Donnie Darko? writer/director.

How do you respond to those type of comments?
I think Seann is an amazing actor. I like to surprise people and to take an actor who hasn’t had a chance to probably show their full range, and to surprise people.
I’m excited to work with people who show different dimensions to a performance. I’m going to be working with a lot of actors in this film and, for me, I never think about what an actor has done before. I don’t judge someone based on the kinds of movies they’ve been in before.

That would be real limiting.
Yeah. I think there’s a trend in Hollywood where everyone wants to cast the same five people, and they always want to have them do the exact same thing they did in the last five movies.

And Hollywood doesn’t seem to care that America doesn’t want to see that. It’s just what we’re forced to see.
Yeah, so I’m really excited. There’s a lot of other cast that hasn’t been announced yet, that’s in the process.

But you’ve actually completed more casting for ?Southland Tales??
It’s all happening right now. But there’s a lot more to be announced.