NATIONAL LAMPOON’S HOMO ERECTUS” fka “THE CAVEMAN COMEDY”

“I’m a tall woman”, Carol says, “But I always managed to avoid playing Amazons throughout my career…that is, until the script for the independent comedy, ‘Homo Erectus’ landed in my lap. This script was so funny, I was laughing out loud as I read it. That’s what finally won me over!”

The movie, written and directed by it’s prolific star, Adam Rifkin, is, as Carol puts it, an “A” movie takeoff of a “B” caveman movie (was there ever any other kind?). It co-stars Ali Larter (”Heroes”), David Carradine, Talia Shire and Gary Busey. If that eclectic combination of talent doesn’t give you a hint that there’s something funny going on here, Carol’s decision to finally portray an Amazon (the literal, not figurative, kind) based upon the script alone should be enough to send her fans in droves to theaters when it opens across the country. Her cameo role still has her in stitches…although there weren’t many of those in her costume…!

As any good Amazon scholar surely knows, 5′10″ still isn’t tall enough, so Carol had to wear high heels throughout the shoot.

“We shot in a rock quarry, which was scary enough, but they had me running around in these high-heeled boots and I had to keep up with everyone else who was running in sneakers. By the end of the day, I had sore muscles everywhere!” The fact that she was wearing only a fur bikini and those high-heeled fur boots obviously did nothing to lessen the physical exertion - dodging rocks, sweltering in the heat, all the while trying to keep up with Ali Larter, who was running in flats. Still, she had a wonderful time working on this crazy comedy.

“In post-production, I had to go into the studio and record some new lines, because when National Lampoon bought it, they wanted to expand my role. Well, while I was looping my lines, the recording engineer and ADR director were sitting in the booth laughing their heads off. And they were only watching my scenes at the time. I thought then that if these pros were laughing that much, this film was going to be a huge hit.”

“National Lampoon’s Homo Erectus” had its world premiere at Slamdance in 2007. It’s currently scheduled to open in various cities in the summer of 2008. Everyone knows that National Lampoon doesn’t add its name to anything that isn’t funny and, since their branding generally assures the “golden touch”, Carol (and of course, everyone else involved in the project) is anticipating a summer hit!