B.L. Clockstoppers looks like it must have been a lot of fun to make. You have chosen several different types of films so far during your career. What was your initial reaction when you read this script?
J.B. I don't know — it was kind of hard to visualize the special effects when I read the script. Well at least for me, because I don't have much of an imagination. Even if you could visualize the most phenomenal thing in the world, you still have to worry about what it is going to be like and whether or not you think it's going to be good. With Gale Anne Hurd's name on the project I kind of figured it was going to be pretty super. I thought that it was fun and interesting. I guess I saw a chance to be on a different path that I think is more popular right now, which made me happy. I saw some negative things too, things that I was worried about.

B.L. One thing that is very different for you is working with some pretty amazing special effects, what was that like?
J.B. It's weird working with special effects and I've learned that now. It's like action in a void, you have nothing to work from. You are surrounded by green fabric as opposed to some semblance of reality. It can be weird, kind of like you are in a fish bowl.

B.L. Was it a difficult process?
J.B. It's not that it's hard because acting isn't exactly ditch digging, but it's just different. It gives you less to work with.

B.L. What I found so cool about this film is the concept of hyper time. What is hyper time for those of us that are unfamiliar with it?
J.B. Hyper time is a state in which you are moving so fast that the rest of the world may as well be standing still. So the number of activities that you could achieve in the span of someone blinking an eye is amazing.

B.L. O.K., so if Jesse Bradford could go into hyper time, how would you like to use it?
J.B. I have definitely been asked this question a lot and I think I've got it down to a pretty good science at this point. I think that my view of the hyper time watch is more from a tool perspective than a toy perspective. I would use it to get more sleep. I would use it to have more time in the day to do things that I want to do. I would use it so that I would never be late for anything again, and then I would do a bunch of naughty things that we can't talk about.

B.L. That's for the X-rated version of the film.
J.B. Yes, Nickleodeon doesn't want me to tell you everything that I would do if I could go into hyper time. Definitely would need to be censored!

B.L. Jonathan Frakes directed this film, and he, of course, is known best for Star Trek. That must have been great.
J.B. He's the coolest and such a nice guy. He is so sweet and reminds me of this big teddy bear.

B.L. Was he giving as a director? Did he let you offer opinions on the role and what you did?
J.B. Oh, definitely. You know, he's an actor and I think that actors have a pretty good idea on how to communicate with other actors, at least on the subject of acting.

B.L. There's a great scene in the film where there are hundreds of people in a club listening to a DJ competition.
J.B. That was a lot of fun. I like days when you are shooting with a lot of people. I got to meet so many people that day and we just had a blast getting the scene done. You have to try to have a good time on days like that we tried to turn it into a little party just like it was supposed to be. So that was cool.

B.L. Aside from all the fun, the film has a bit of a message too because it deals with parents and the kids' relationships with them. Was that a bit of a draw for you?
J.B. I saw that as a subplot which adds texture to the movie. To me, the main character in this story is the watch. We are there to support a story about the watch and so anything that has to do with human relations, I think, is secondary in the film. What I want people to take away from the film isn't, boy, I really learned a lot. I mean if it helps in their relationships with their parents then rock on, but I just want people to go and have a good time and to bring their whole family. That's another good thing about it.

B.L. It's very Back to the Future-like. It reminded me a lot of that when I watched it.
J.B. Thank you! We were shooting for something like that and anytime someone says that, it's a good feeling because that's a great movie.

B.L. You have so far made some great career choices. Hey, I really enjoyed Bring It On.
J.B. Yes, it was a fun movie.

B.L. Except I think you should have done some cheerleading!
J.B.(laughs) Maybe for the sequel!

B.L. You have a film coming out this fall called Swimfan.
J.B. Might be called something else. I'm not sure yet what they are actually going to call it.

B.L. You co-star with Erika Christensen, who ironically made her big debut in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, and you acted in Soderbergh's film, King of the Hill, early in your career.
J.B. That's correct. Weird, huh?

B.L. I was wondering if you two swapped Soderbergh secrets?
J.B. Yeah, we talked about Steven. You know, and I guess that we both talked to him about the fact that we were making a movie together. That was fun and cool that we were going to be working together after both working with him. Erika is really cool. She's a really smart chick and has her head on straight. We had a good time working together and the movie is pretty good; I just saw it recently.

B.L. You play an Olympic swimmer and she stalks you?
J.B. I play an Olympic hopeful swimmer and it turns into fatal attraction.

B.L. Excellent. Oh, a little creepy role now. You just keep mixing it up.
J.B. It's a similar genre to something like Bring It On. Clockstoppers, I think, is aiming a little younger than Bring it On, but Swimfan is going to be PG-13. It takes place in high school so in that respect it's very much aimed at the same audience, but it has a different vibe. I like that about it. It's a darker movie, a darker character and I hope that helps not to end up leaving me pigeon holed into any kind of kind of wholesome family vibe or anything like that. don't get me wrong, I'm happy to be a part of it but I wouldn't want to get stuck in that, or the dark sinister role. I just want to act and play a whole bunch of different roles for as long as they'll have me.