DIRECTOR McG

With two "Charlie's Angels" movies under your belt, life must be pretty good right now.
It's a dream, I can't lie. I pinch myself. You look over here on your right and there's Lucy Liu in a dominatrix suit, Cameron and Demi are going toe-to-toe in a bikini, and Bruce Willis is doing a cameo. We're having some fun. It's just fun. I'm delighted to make pictures that Middle America is reacting to. That's sort of what “Charlie's Angels” should do and hopefully we're delivering.

Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz have a friendship off camera. Did they include you in any of their off-screen antics?
They've got their own thing but I'd get involved. We went down to the Superbowl of Motorcross, for example. It was fun. We went down there in like a sort of party bus. These girls are like the coolest girls, you just want to hang out with them because they are so accepting and so fun. It's fantastic.

What did you think about getting Demi Moore to come back to film work for "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle?"
It was real exciting. We wrote the character of Madison Lee for Demi. If she wasn't going to do it, we weren't going to have that character in the picture. We set the secret weapon on her - Drew Barrymore - who is the most persuasive person on the planet. Fortunately, Demi agreed. We had three operatives in the household there - Rumer, Scout and Tallulah - who pushed their mom along.

How's your working relationship with Drew Barrymore?
Drew's a fantastic collaborator and such a cool girl. She's just one of those people that you hang out with for 30 seconds and you feel like you're best friends.

I think Drew is a passionate person. She's into celebrating the human experience, emotionally, physically and in every capacity and I think that's where her charms come from. My hat's off to her. These are girls that are comfortable in their own skin, and kick ass and take names.