By Steve Helling
Here’s what you need to know about the film Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus: Two enormous sea creatures endanger the Pacific coast as they battle each other. The shark can leap out of the water and attack airplanes, while the octopus seems partial to destroying oil rigs. California’s only hope? A heroic submarine crew that includes Deborah Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas.
Here’s the surprise: The trailer for the campy sci-fi flick film has become a viral hit, scoring nearly a million hits on MTV.com in two days and racking up an additional 300,000 hits on YouTube. The movie hits the Cannes Film Festival this weekend and is enjoying brisk pre-orders before its direct-to-DVD release on May 19.
The buzz shocks former teen pop star Gibson, who laughingly admits that this is not exactly an Oscar contender. “This movie isn’t going to put me on the acting map,” she tells PEOPLE. “But it was so ridiculously fun. There’s some absurd stuff going on, but I felt like my character had some good scenes. Besides, I got to be the badass girl who saved the planet.”x
Not that she knew what she was doing. Although she has successfully tackled both comedic and serious roles on Broadway, acting in a an action-adventure film was out of Gibson’s comfort zone. “The director would be like, ‘okay, the shark just attacked the submarine from the left, so everyone jump to the right.’ So I’d do it and he’d tell me I looked like I was having a seizure.”
Still, Gibson has no embarrassment about the film. “If you realize that it’s a fun science fiction movie, you’ll get it,” she says. “It’s not a film where you ask a bunch of questions; you just enjoy it for what it is.”
And what happens if Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus becomes a monster hit?
“We leave the door open for a sequel,” Gibson says. “How about a giant lobster? That would be terrifying. They’re really scary.”
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Well, atleast Deb’s noticed by the mainstream again. 😀
Good to see the film being played at the Cannes Film Festival.
Come to think of it, Shia LaBeauf (sp?) did “Transformers”, which was well recieved despite that it’s based on a toy/’80’s cartoon, and Will Smith did a few movies with aliens and robots.
(Yeah, I just thought about it, though I’ve actually forgotten about the films since I’m not much into creature features)
Nearly forgot that Deb actually have appeared on a Sci Fi movie, which she had a cameo as one of the guy’s illusions on “Soul Keeper”. (Also suprised nobody have mentioned it)
I wonder if Deb would ever venture into animation?
I meant science fiction films.
Also the cameo probably doesn’t count…
Deb,
I’m so happy for your unexpected success!!!!
You go girl!!!!!
Luv Ya,
Bets
Just saw the movie. The name of the movie says it all. By the way your acting was not bad at all. It was 10x better than ole Lorenzo Lamas!
hi, thanks for information