B.L. Wow, you did a terrific good job at playing Velma, which I know is not an easy character to play.
L.C. Thank you. She was tough, but I really enjoyed it.

B.L. I understand that this was a job you really wanted. Tell me about your audition to play Velma, because you really went all out for it.
L.C. Yeah, I really did want it. I was a huge fan of the cartoon growing up. I wanted the part so bad and I wanted to make sure that they saw me as the one and only person who could play Velma. So I went into the audition in a costume. I actually went and bought an orange turtleneck and I wore a pleated skirt, and Mary Janes. I had some glasses and I put my hair back, because I had long hair at the time. I also studied the cartoon as to how I thought Velma sounded. So I went in and I did my Velma voice and I had this costume on and I just couldn't gage how they were responding to this approach. So after it was all over, I thought that I had made the hugest fool of myself. My roommate told me when she came home that day she found me underneath my covers in bed with this orange turtleneck sticking out from underneath. It was pathetic. Then I got a call and it turned out I was completely wrong and I got the part. So whatever I did worked!

B.L. How difficult was it for you to take this very popular character and make her your own?
L.C. The hard part about it was that there were certain expectations about the character. She has already been drawn and voiced and created and people love the cartoon so much. That was hard because I have very high expectations of myself being the cartoon lover that I am. If someone had told me when I was kid watching the cartoon that someday I would play Velma in the first live action film, I would have never believed him or her in a million years. I consider myself very lucky and I hope that I stayed true to the Velma spirit.

B.L. One thing that we all know about cartoons is that nobody ever changes their clothes. What was it like wearing this orange outfit every single day?
L.C. I loved it because it was like any job where you had to wear a uniform. I'd put it on in the morning and get to work.

B.L. Except, that we did get to see a little bit of a sexy side to Velma, when she wears a low cut orange v-neck shirt.
L.C. Yes, Velma with cleavage. Go figure! The only reason we saw that is because the script called for it. Velma sheds the turtleneck and shows some skin.

B.L. This could make way for a sequel, Velma Warrior Princess!
L.C. (laughing) Velma's v-neck, the sequel!

B.L. A lot of the film was working against nothing because Scooby was put into the film later by computer. What was it like working with the special effects?
L.C. It got complicated at times. It becomes very technical, like setting your gaze while someone else is doing the lines offscreen. Not only do you stare at Scooby-Doo, but you talk with him. Matthew Lillard had the majority to do with Scooby and I thought that he did such an amazing job. We also had to do the same thing with all of the creatures in the movie. I got lifted and pulled by wires, which was pretty amazing, because I had no idea what it was going to look like until all the animation was added. So that was pretty cool.

B.L. Watching the movie, we really get a sense of camaraderie between all four of you. How did you like working with this cast?
L.C. I came in as the new kid, they all knew each other from before and I had never met any of them. They were really good to me and we got along so well. I think that the first time we all saw each other in costume, we just looked around and laughed and thought, "My God, we're Mystery Inc., we are so lucky". We had a lot of fun.

B.L. Why do you think that Scooby-Doo has endured for over thirty years?
L.C. I really think that it's just plain fun and that everybody loves a mystery. It's spooky, but it's not too scary and I think that Shaggy and Scooby are unlikely heroes and they glorify the coward within us all.

B.L. What are we going to see from you next?
L.C. I don't know yet, I recently went back to school after I finished Scooby-Doo and I am talking about a few projects, but right now school is my priority.