According to Warner Bros Pictures, “Torque” centers around biker Cary Ford (Martin Henderson) who returns to his hometown where he reunites with his girlfriend (Monet Mazur). Once home, Ford is framed for a murder he didn't commit, targeted for revenge by the victim's brother (Ice Cube), and pursued by the FBI as he tries to clear his name and outrace his enemies.
Looking gorgeous and happy to be promoting “Torque,” Pressly, Mazur and Milian discussed physically preparing for their roles, stunt work, and what makes “Torque” different from your average biker movie.
How did you get involved with this biker movie?
JAIME PRESSLY: I had worked with the producers prior to this. I read the script and called up Neal Moritz and said, “When can we start?” They called me and said, “Yeah, you can do it,” right after I’d gotten into a motorcycle accident. Two days [after the accident], “Jaime, you got the part.”
MONET MAZUR: They sent it to me to read and I thought, “I’m not really right for that part at all.”
JAIME PRESSLY: That’s exactly why you want to do it.
MONET MAZUR: No one has ever cast me as the biker chick in a movie. They were really adamant. I was really pushed to go in on it. I thought, “Okay, maybe [the director's] going to do it and not be in a typical cliché like ‘biker chick’ kind of way.” When I met the director - he’s a very hip guy – he described the way he wanted to make her. I was kind of like, “Oh yeah? Okay, let’s do it.” Then he handed me a gun to use [and] I was like, “Whoa.” The minute I had my boots and leather and guns on, I jumped right into it.
CHRISTINA MILIAN: Mine was kind of by accident. It was kind of crazy. I hadn’t been acting for a while; I’d been involved in my music career for a while. I was on a show on MTV. I was hosting my show and actually Joseph Kahn, the director of the movie, was a guest on my show. After the show, he was like, “I’ve been watching you this whole time. I think you’d be so great for this movie.” I’m like, “Yeah, okay. I’ve heard that line before." He [said], “It’s called ‘Torque.’” Next thing I know I’m getting calls from people from Warner Bros. I’m hearing Neal Moritz is producing it, which is a big name. He’s done “Fast and the Furious” and all these great movies. I was like, “Maybe I will take this seriously.”
I read the script and they actually had me come in and meet with everybody. We took it from there. It was a great opportunity, especially coming back into acting with the action and motorcycles.
JAIME PRESSLY: And as little acting as possible...
How much training did you do to prepare for this movie?
JAIME PRESSLY: Four hours a day for about a month. Also in the gym training an hour or two hours a day, and then we had fight training. It was a big training thing – lots of training.
CHRISTINA MILIAN: I had to do a quick course. I had a 16-hour training day because I was actually on tour, and I was working out with MTV. Being that it was such a last minute thing they were like, “You’ve got to hurry up and do this.” I came in for one whole day and worked out with the teacher. I had a lot of fun. I enjoyed it; it was really, really cool. It was great riding a bike.
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