Interview with Director D.J. MacHale
- Interview (29.9 MB) - Recorded December, 2006

Interview with Ms. Worthington (Wendy Worthington)
- Interview (23.7 MB) - Recorded October, 2006

VIDEO - Tower Tales
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We are excited to bring our 3rd podcast to your ears where we have director and writer D.J. MacHale dropping into the S.E. Radio Zone.  D.J. is the director and writer behind Disney's 1997 movie Tower of Terror Movie (currently available on DVD).

D.J. broke into the Entertainment buisness by writing several ABC afterschool specials. After moving to Los Angeles, he made the fulltime switch from informational films, to entertainment.

As co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, he produced all 91 episodes over 8 years, making it one of the longest running live-action family programs on television. He wrote and directed many of the episodes including the CableAce nominated The Tale of Cutter's Treasure starring Charles S. Dutton. He was nominated for a Gemini award for directing The Tale of the Dangerous Soup starring Neve Campbell.

D.J. went onto direct and write the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney which starred Kirsten Dunst, Steve Guttenberg, and Wendy Worthington.

D.J. is currently the author of the best-selling Pendragon Series of Books. (credit goes to D.J. MacHale for the use of excerpts from his online bio.)

MS. WORTHINGTON (Wendy Worthington):

For our 2nd podcast, we are delighted to bring you a special interview with actress Wendy Worthington. Most TOT (Tower of Terror) fans remember her as Ms. Emeline Partridge from Disney’s 1997 made for T.V. movie The Tower of Terror. In the movie, the character of Ms. Partridge was one of the five elevator ghosts who, as the nanny, watched over the character of Sally Shine (portrayed by Lindsey Ridgeway). Wendy has had quite a career in show business, and has appeared in other film and TV productions such as Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, Father of the Bride 2, Cast Away, Ally Mcbeal, and So Little Time.

She is scheduled to be on the 5th episode of Desperate Housewives for the 2006 season, and is currently on stage at The Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood California in Looking For Normal (until 10/14/06 only--for reservations and details call 323-769-5858).

The following are a few excerpts from the interview with actress Wendy Worthington. We strongly recommend listening to the entire audio interview by downloading it to your I-Pod or listening to the interview here directly on the website.

SE: How did you obtain the role of Ms. Partridge?

WW: I had heard of the ride, and it wasn’t here in California yet, it was only down in Florida. So, I’d never been on it, nor did I know much about it. I knew the building was patterned after The Hollywood Towers (here in California). I knew they were casting this film, and my agent sent me out. I certainly didn’t know there was a story within the ride. But apparently I looked enough like the character (Ms. Partridge) and was given the opportunity to audition for it.

SE: For clarification purposes, you portrayed the character in the Tower of Terror movie, not the film footage from the attraction?

WW: I was only in the movie, not the attraction.

SE: Where was the movie actually filmed?

WW: We actually shot the movie in the studio…I think it was up in Sylmar (California). They had recreated the interiors in the studio. And it is true, some of the filming was done at the Ambassador Hotel in Hollywood. We filmed (at the Ambassador) some of the dungeon stuff (where you find out in the movie who the real witch is)—I was bummed out when one of the crew members took the other cast down to the kitchen where Bobby Kennedy had been shot, and I didn’t realize they were going down there. It was kind of creepy.

SE: How long did it take to film the movie?

WW: I think it was a 3 week shoot.

SE: If there were ever to be a Tower of Terror Movie Sequel , would you be interested in coming back as Ms. Partridge?

WW: Oh absolutely!

 

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