The SyFy original “Sharknado” may never make anyone’s Top 100 list of great movies, but no one can deny the B movie was one of the more entertaining pieces of 2013. <\/p>\n
For Ian Ziering, who starred in the film about airborne sharks attacking Los Angeles, taking on the role was not something he was initially sold on. At least, that is, until his wife Erin convinced him otherwise. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was really apprehensive, but as an actor I get my insurance from the Screen Actor\u2019s Guild by union, and you have to make so much every year to get that type 1 insurance,\u201d he told ABC News. \u201cHalfway through the script, I said to my wife, \u2018Honey, I don\u2019t know about this.\u2019 She didn\u2019t miss a beat, she said, \u2018Look, you\u2019re going to have two babies [by] this spring, you need to go to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ziering, 49, added that while he had his doubts the film would be any good, he really had no choice but to throw caution to the wind. “I probably would have passed on it,” he said. “But now it\u2019s not just me, I\u2019m providing for a wife and two kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
After reading through the whole script, Ziering says he realized the film could actually be a lot of fun. <\/p>\n
\u201cI continued reading the script and saw I got to chainsaw my way out of the belly of a shark and said, \u2018Hey this may not be so bad,\u2019\u201d he added. \u201cI have so much fun doing what I\u2019m doing, I forget sometimes, I do this for a living.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Frisky, Ziering confirmed that negotiations are underway for him to reprise his role for “Sharknado 2.”
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