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Posted: 5/30/2012
David Koechner sure is a straight shooter. Folksy-speak aside (which sometimes happens when I speak to a fellow Missouri native, as Koechner is), being a straight shooter -- as Koechner explains -- may have cost him a second season on 'Saturday Night Live.' Put it this way: It takes some balls to say 'no' to a sketch during your rookie season.Koechner stars in this weekend's new release/gore fest, 'Piranha 3DD.' Normally, this is where I would give you some sort of character name or description, but all you need to know about 'Piranha 3DD' is really in the title. Ahead, a frank and candid Koechner explains why his first season of 'SNL' (which was also the first season of his 'Anchorman' co-star, Will Ferrell) was also his only season, and reveals that we may be seeing a lot more of Koechner's 'Office' alter ego, Todd F. Packer, next season.(We also discussed an upcoming movie that you may have heard of called 'Anchorman 2,' which you can read here.)I love that you're from Tipton, Missouri.
Thank you. Are you from Missouri?Originally, yes. And lived in a town called Eldon during elementary school.
No way! Holy shit, we used to play Eldon in football and baseball.The Mustangs.
The Mustangs! That's so funny.So, when you get the script for 'Piranha 3DD,' before you read it, are you thinking, I bet my character gets eaten by a piranha?
[Laughs] You hope so! You get a script like that and you hope that you die 'well.' I have to admit, I didn't see that ending coming, as far as the fate of your character is concerned.
Surprise! There were several ideas and that's the one they finally settled on. What were the other options?
One option was that I was holding the naked woman on my shoulders, because she jumped on my shoulders to get away from the piranha. But, her genitals were facing my face. So, we decided that maybe we should change that. I can