Listen to MP3's of Joe Pilato discussing his experiences on the set of George Romero's Day Of The Dead, in his own words, by clicking on each individual link below.
On being a fan of George Romero before working on Day Of The Dead On how he came to be cast in Dawn Of The Dead
On the connection between the characters played in Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead
On being cast as Captain Rhodes in Day Of The Dead
On what went into creating the character of Captain Rhodes
On incorporating the script dialog for Day Of The Dead
On the key direction Romero gave him for creating the Rhodes character
On how many takes it took to flesh out the Rhodes character
On how much of the dialog was ad-libbed, including the infamous "Choke on 'em" line
On recollections of working with Tom Savini in the "death scene"
On what it was like working underground for the entire shoot
On what Romero did to help him get into character
On working with Richard Liberty, aka Dr. Logan
On whether he ever saw the original script for Day Of The Dead
On what his favorite scenes and pieces of dialog from the movie are
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