B.L. I understand that you now own the bike that you rode in the movie.
L.F. That's right.

B.L. Did you buy it before the movie or after?
L.F. After we finished shooting.

B.L Was it just an incredible experience riding it?
L.F. You could say that. (laughing).

B.L. Did you have any interest in bikes beforehand?
L.F. I do. I've been riding for about seven years.

B.L. This movie was a risk, because it could have really worked or it could have really not.
L.F. It really works!

B.L. What was your part in making it work?
L.F. I don't know what my part in it making it work was; it's not for me to say. The reason it worked for me is when I saw that it had got this incredible heart and this incredible soul to it. It speaks to family dynamics. If you took away the motorcycles and you took away the tricks you'd still have a movie.

B.L. In Biker Boyz, your character is sort of the master, the king. His aim is to break in, teach and assist the younger character. Was there any similar dynamic as you, the experienced actor helping break in Derek Luke, a younger, not-so-experienced actor?
L.F. I imagine that there was, not that I was aware of it. It wasn't my focus, but I'm sure that there was some of that going on.

B.L. Do you see some potential in Derek?
L.F. Absolutely. Derek is wonderful, he's really, really wonderful.

B.L. What do you think are some really unique things that he brings?
L.F. The first thing that he brings is a pureness of spirit. The second thing that he brings is intelligence and the third thing that he brings is beauty.

B.L. Can't get any better than that.
L.F. That's for sure.

B.L. The movie has been described as a western with bikes.
L.F. This is definitely a modern western. I mean I was sitting there just being completely dazzled and blown away by how much it feels like a western. When those two armies of bikes come riding across and they start setting up the whole race thing it's like the gunfight at the OK Corral.

B.L. Then you guys come in and help out the other guys.
L.F. Oh sure, the cavalry thing? Yeah, that was great. (laughing) Now that's very western.

B.L. When they first came to you with the script what were your first thoughts?
L.F. I was like "Okay, I would like to see a movie about this subject be made, but I need to go talk to somebody about it." So I did. I went and sat down with Reggie, the director, and once he explained to me what he was going to do I was like, "Okay, we can do this."

B.L. Was it fun to be the king?
L.F. It's good to be king! Look, I got the bike.

B.L. Have you ever raced?
L.F. Nooo sirree and I have no desire. I might want to go out to the track and learn how to use a motorcycle and take it up to that kind of speed but in a real safe environment. You wouldn't try something like that on a street.

B.L. The whole dynamic of the film is sort of an eternal theme that has been going on forever in drama.
L.F. Exactly and that's why the movie works because you have that at the center of it. You have this familial dynamic that everybody struggles with this thing, everybody's been through some of this.

B.L. Even if you've never been on a bike, you'll enjoy it!
L.F. Exactly!