'Riddick' Star Katee Sackhoff on Keeping It Feminine

Welcome back.

Thank you.

Great to see you.

Nice to see you.

Well, I know I didn't interview you last time.

No, I think last time I I mean I did everything. I was like two seconds short of like humping the couch like the dog. I mean, it was it was a very ruckus interview.

There was a dog here. She's not referring to the host. There was a dog.

Let's just go with it. Let's just go with it and say that I've never been arrested. Right, but if you were to be arrested

I just snorted.

You did snort.

I did.

You did. It was like a little one. You and Georgie have so much in common. This is why we like each other. This is why she was all over me.

Well, you talk the same language.

We do.

You should tell that all of us. Only on Young Hollywood. Yeah, so you

Never again. Never again. Giving it up for free.

Why? Why? Why? So critics, so first of all, you look amazing.

Thank you.

Totally different from the film. I mean, it's such a different you are one of you are like one of the boys but here's what I appreciate. Only female in the cast. But what I love about what you did with this role is you still made her super sexy and super feminine.

Thank you.

And I know you've talked about that, that it was almost an intentional thing that you can be tough and you can be a badass but still use your femininity. I mean, you had the guys going nuts.

You can. You can. I mean, you know, it's one of my pet peeves watching women do action is that just because you're, you know, tougher than the guys in the movie doesn't mean you lose your femininity and your sexuality. Randy, your last wishes. I was referring to you. Not that the chains are not a hot look. But no. I'm not going to straddle you in front of all these guys. What if I killed all of them first? Easy, boy. He's a lot more tranquil than I came from.

And I know David the director. There was some talk about wardrobe and you actually said less clothes.

Less clothes.

just totally the other way around than the way. I know. I know. The director, the producer's going, "Can you just remove?" And you're like, "No."

We put this, we put this wardrobe on and and and I was like, "Wow." This is incredibly unflatting on a woman's body like there is there is not an ounce of this. I mean, I am a dude. Like underneath this.

What was it like? Was it like the guys?

Well, it's and we come out in it. It's the exact same wardrobe as the guys. And and you've got all this this padding on like this like military padding. So you've got I mean, you don't even have breasts. Like you have nothing. And um so I was in wardrobe and she was like, "Yeah, I know." I was like, "I'm going to I'm going to" And I was like, "Well, what were you thinking?" She's like, "Well, I have this really amazing corset." And I was like, "Let me go talk to D. T."

No, I read about and I know people are talking about this, the midnight call. It was like the last call the last audition and you got a call at midnight.

It wasn't that late. It wasn't that late. But for dramatic effect, it was midnight. It was 4:00 in the morning.

And I think it was at the last audition before you got the role and you were called to Vince's house and you had a Did you have a mask on your face or something? You had to stay.

No, well, I I am an early to bed, early riser type of person. So, you know, it is not uncommon for me to be in bed at 9:00 p. m. Um and I knew that, you know, my my meeting with Vin was was potentially that day and you know, at 9:00, I was like, "Okay, you know, it didn't work out. That's fine." And and you know, a little bit later, I I got a phone call that, you know, uh from Anna McCarthy saying, "You know, we're up at Vin's at all the producers." And, you know, we'd really love for you to get up here. So, it was one of those moments where I was like, "Okay."

My heart is pounding just listening to this.

Yeah, so it was it was pretty.

I'm just picturing the drive over and the anticipation of all of it.

It was the drive over. I was on the phone with my mom going, "I can't believe this is happening." Because I mean, I I did. I had a face mask on. I was like going to bed and and so I like wiped off my face mask. I put on dirty clothes out of the laundry hamper because it was like get there now. Like I mean, like yesterday. Right. So there was no time to put on makeup or anything. Nothing. I had no makeup on. I had my hair in a ponytail. And I like kind of walked in and was like, "Sorry." I don't even know if I had a bra on. I mean, it was like it was like I mean, I literally was practically in my pajamas and like went up there and Vin was just sitting by the pool with the rest of the producers and having meeting. I mean, like meeting, you know, and and um sat down and had a conversation for a little bit and went home. And, you know, called my mom on the way home and said, "I think I just got the role because I showed up."

Vin had a birthday party and you went to a birthday party and he's you said he was a good dancer. What are his moves? Like I need to know what What actually did? How he gets down.

No, I mean, that's just way too much information for me to impart about any other human being. But he uh, you know, the man knows how to have a good time. You know, he works hard and he he enjoys his life and that's, you know, ultimately um who he is.

Well, and on that and on that note, and I know people have talked about this too. He takes work to the extreme. And you have to bring your A-game when you're working on a film like that. And I know you had been a fan of his, like before working with him. Being on set and being around that environment. Does it sort of just up the ante? Does everybody just sort of like bring their your A+++ game?

You do because not only are you are you having scenes with this man and working with him. He's also your boss, you know. I mean, he's one of the producers on the movie, you know. And so you do. You do come to work and you have all your choices in your head and your backstory and you're ready. And and Vin is I love working with producers or directors that are actors because they know how to speak actor. And they know very much so like.

The actor language.

It's an actor language. It's an alien from another planet. So like in film. You're dealing with insecure people basically. So you um, you know, he he knows, you know, full well that you say that he said, "You come to work, you tell me who this person is." And that's fine. If you believe it, we'll believe it. And so you do your backstory because you want to be as prepared as he is. Because he's so prepared.