Interviews with Tom Green and Rip Torn of "Freddy Got Fingered"

"We didn't have any problems with the MPAA," Green said. ""I think the line we walk on is where one side is mean-spirited and the other is just goofy. As long as there is no permanent damage and no one dies its okay. Like on my show, sure I put poo poo on a microphone and interview people with that, but I would never jam the microphone in their eye or anything. Poo one millimeter away from someone's eye is on the good side of the line, poo in someone's eye is on the bad side of the line."

Still, with numerous scenes focusing on rubber umbilical cords, the genitalia of mammals and "relieving oneself"-- or in the case of "Freddy," relieving something else-- "Freddy Got Fingered" is quickly being labeled as a gross-out comedy, much to Green's dismay.

"I don't like to think "Freddy Got Fingered" as a gross out comedy," Green said. "It puts a weird label on the film. Gross out comedies usually only appeal to kids-- we have a story behind our film and a message. Sure some scenes may be a bit bloody, there's a few liquids in the film that may be quite gross, but there is no poo or pee in the movie, which I am proud to announce."

Green also insisted that this film is not just for teenagers, which is usually his typical audience.

"I think of "Freddy"'s main audience as young, college-aged people. I don't think it is a teen comedy, though maybe it is," Green said. "I think when you say 'teen comedy' though you would think parents wouldn't like it. But if you aren't an extremely conservative parent and you like "Monty Python" and stuff like that, I think you would like "Freddy Got Fingered." Granted some people in the older demographics may feel isolated, but there are forty and fifty year olds who find jacking off a horse humorous."

Green said that his comment is proved by the fact that his cast, who hadn't seen the film in its entirety until recently, were cracking up throughout the film-- and not everyone was thirty and under.

Green also worked hard at making the music to "Freddy Got Fingered" match the feel of the film. Unlike other "gross-out teen comedies," Green didn't want the soundtrack to be a compilation of "Total Request Live" tunes. Instead, Green

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