I discovered Violet Flame while watching the Matt Spease film, EVIL ON QUEEN STREET. She is an awesome actress and a professional wrestler. She was so kind to let me interview her, so here it is.

Kristy Langford: What are your favorite horror films?

Violet Flame: My absolute favorite has always been "Carrie". I guess I sort of related to her as someone who doesn't fit in all the time, and I've always been facsinated by telekinesis. I remember trying to move things with my mind for hours on end after seeing that movie...unfortunately to no avail. I recently rented "The Ring" after several friends recommended it, and I really enjoyed that film as well.

KL: How did you get started in the film industry?

VF: Actually it was Matt Spease who got me into it. He had seen my website, and wrote me an e-mail I'd say over 2 years ago now telling me a little bit about the low or no budget films he makes, and asking if I'd be interested in doing something like that. My first film for him was called "The Stooges, Episode V: Die Stooges, Die", which was recently remade as "Dark World", which I was not able to contribute to. Anyway, he sent me the lines for the original Stooges film, which I did in my home and sent him back the tape. He enjoyed it so much that he then offered me the role in "Evil on Queen Street", which was really my first acting experience.

KL: What kind of stuff do you like to do in your spare time?

VF: Well, between working full time, the gym, wrestling practice and wrestling shows on the weekends, I don't really have a lot of spare time. When I do, though, I pretty much do boring, nerdy sorts of things like read, surf the net, even crochet. If I have a longer chunk of time, like a rare weekend free then I love to travel. I'm hoping if I can squeeze in trips to Newport, RI to see the mansions and Hersheypark in PA this year.

KL: How did you get your start as a wrestler?

VF: I always wanted to be a wrestler, so one day I wrote a letter to Walter "Killer" Kowalski, asking if he accepted girls. He responded yes, and the next day I quit my job at a grocery store, hopped on a Greyhound bus and moved to Boston, where I started training at his school, and never looked back.

KL: I quite enjoyed your performance in EVIL ON QUEEN STREET. What was it like to work with Matt Spease? Do you have any funny stories that you can talk about?

VF: Thank you! I had never really done any acting before, and I had never met Matt, other than on the phone, so I was really quite nervous, both about the acting and about meeting these people from the internet. You never really know who's on the other end of that screen name you know! Matt was able to put me at ease pretty quickly though, and right to work, since I only had the weekend in Arkansas to shoot all my scenes. On the second day of shooting, when we were filming that final scene where I fight Matt, we were talking about the fight scene and about Matt giving me a headbutt. Ernie (who played the killer's little brother in "Evil on Queen Street", and was killed early on in the film) said that he had headbutted Matt and nearly knocked him out. I agreed, saying that Ernie had a head like a coconut. He seemed a little hurt, so I took it back, correcting myself by saying his head was more like a watermelon. We all laughed about that.

KL: What do you think the hardest part about being an actress is?

VF: I'm pretty used to acting hurt or scared or tough as a wrestler, but I'm not so good at showing softer emotions, so for me it's challenging to cry or act sad. I think that's one of the hardest parts. And, if you've seen "Evil On Queen Street", you'll probably agree with me when I say that I'm no singer...that scene was hard for me as well.

KL: In your opinion, what do you think about the recent crop of horror films that have come out in the past few years?

VF: I've seen some films recently that people seem to classify as horror, that are good movies, but not really what I think of as horror. The one that comes to mind is "The Sixth Sense", it had some startling moments, but for the most part, it's more uplifting to me than scary. I'm a believer in life after death, and don't neccesarily think it should be approached with fear.

KL: What projects are you currently working on?

VF: Mostly wrestling, including a TV pilot for a new all girls league in the vein of GLOW, called CRUSH. I'm busy almost every weekend with bookings in New York and New England for the UWA, NECW and Atlas Pro Wrestling. I also have been talking to a group in New York City about a superhero TV pilot, but there's nothing firm with that yet.

KL: Is there anybody that you would like to work with in the future?

VF: I consider myself first and foremost a wrestler, so when you say "work with", wrestler's immediately come to mind...and the one I'd most like to see across the ring from me is Leilani Kai, she's contemplating retirement, but she's been a real inspiration to me ever since I first laid eyes on pro-wrestling, and it would really be a high point in my career to wrestle her.

KL: Before we go, is there anything that you would like to say to all your fans out there?

VF: Thanks for supporting me, and I hope you enjoy everything I do!

KL: I really want to thank you for taking the time to do this interview with me. You are awesome!

VF: You're welcome, you're not so bad yourself!