转载自out杂志（大学六级英语水平辣鸡翻译若有疏漏请海涵）：
Q:What was it like making a gay movie in 1999 with an actual happy ending?
A:That way one of the reasons I wanted to make it. I just felt like there were so many wonderful movies about AIDS or coming out or sadness. But it was that time when people were living longer. The AIDS cocktail had come out, and people weren’t dying as fast. I think there was an upswing in joy, in general. So, I wanted to tell a simple human story where being gay wasn’t really the point. It was a human story.
Q：在1999年拍摄一部HE的同志电影是什么感觉呢？
A：我想拍摄一部HE电影的原因之一，是当时的同志电影大多都是与艾滋，出柜有关的，悲伤的故事。但那时人们大多已不再受艾滋病的困扰，鸡尾酒疗法的出现挽救了许多生命。总的来说，那是一件令人欢欣鼓舞的事情。所以我就想到只讲一个普普通通的故事，并以此告诉人们同志与常人无异。同志的故事就是普通人的故事。
Q:I know this one’s set in LA. What else can you tell me about the plot of the sequel?
A:Well, so many people wanted me to set this one back in New York. First of all, I don’t know New York anymore. I’ve lived here for the past 20 years. And I already made a movie about New York. I want to make a movie about LA. But I can tell you the movie starts in New York and flashes back to LA where the boys meet again, and then catches up to itself back in New York. So, the movie actually culminates back in New York. But I can tell you that Gabriel’s character has moved to LA, because there was a clue in the original movie that Jason Schafer wrote. Tori’s character mentions El Camino High School. That’s Sacramento, and Jason is from Sacramento. So, in my mind, they’re from California, and they’re transplants to New York. So, they go back to California, both Katherine and Gabriel in this movie. Gabriel has kind of lost his dream of writing musicals and has sold out a little bit, and in comes Mark, visiting LA. And it reminds him of who he used to be and what he used to want. And I can tell you that the drama in the movie is that Gabriel is in a relationship already, a seven-year relationship. So, when Mark enters his life again, he has to choose whether he’s going to stay or go with Mark. So, that is the story.
Q：我得知第二部的故事会以洛杉矶为背景。能跟我们说一说关于第二部的情节吗？
A：很多人都想让我继续以纽约为背景讲这个故事。首先，纽约于我早已变得陌生。我已经在这里（洛杉矶）住了20年。而且我已经拍摄了一部关于纽约的电影，这次我想在洛杉矶。但我可以告诉你第二部的故事仍然在纽约开始，然后闪回到洛杉矶，在洛杉矶两个男孩再次相遇，然后他们一起回到纽约，所以这部电影会在纽约达到高潮。第二部中Gabriel已经搬到了洛杉矶，这在Jason Schafer（第一部编剧）写的第一部中已经有过伏笔：Tori（Katherine的演员）提到的El Camino高中就在Sacramento，Jason就来自Sacramento。所以，在我看来，他们来自加利福尼亚，他们是移居到纽约的。Katherine和Gabriel都在这部电影里回到了加利福尼亚。 Gabriel已经基本上放弃了他写音乐剧的梦想，但此时Mark来到了洛杉矶，这让Gabriel想起了曾经的爱情和曾经的梦想。Gabriel在这部电影中已经有了一个谈了7年的男朋友。所以，当Mark再次进入到他的生活中时，他就得选择时留下来还是和Mark走。这就是主要内容。
Q:How do you think this one will translate to a new generation with all these gay apps and the general growing acceptance of this era?
A:Well, the whole movie hinges on the fact that they meet online and don’t know that it’s each other. They meet again online. So, it’s very current in that sense. I mean, I didn’t really consciously think about it as much as it just is what people do now. And I do it. I mean, I met my boyfriend on Scruff. So, the two of them meet online and don’t know it’s each other. When they first meet, comedy and drama ensue.
Q：你觉得这部电影将对当下同志交友app中的新型关系和人们对其日益增长的接受度会产生什么影响？
A：整个电影都基于一个事实：他们两个在网上再次相遇却并不知道对方是谁。在这个方面来说，同志app是非常流行的。我之前并没有像现在人一样想太多关于同志交友app方面的事儿，但现在我开始思考了。我就是在Scruff上碰见了我的男友。所以，两位主角再一次在网上相遇并且不知道对方是谁，等到他们真正碰面时，有趣的故事就此展开。
Interviewer:Now you’ve gotten me really excited to see it.
Director:(LAUGHS) There are a lot of switches in this movie, where people you think were evil in the last movie are now great. Tori’s character is still trying to be an actress, and a lot of good things happen for her in this movie.
I：你真的让我对续集越来越期待了啊！
D：（大笑）这部电影里有很多转折，那些在上一部中你曾经以为很坏的人现在都变得很好了。Tori（Katherine演员）的角色仍然在为成为一名演员而努力，她在这部里也会遇上很多好事儿。
Q:The original was already such a classic, compared to a lot of indie gay movies of the time. Do you have a lot of high hopes for this one, given the mainstream success of films like Call Me by Your Name and Love, Simon?
A:I hope so. I feel like I’ve heard that though for 20 years. When we made Trick, there was this bubble of movies getting made then. Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss had made a bunch of money, But I’m a Cheerleader, all of these films. There was a wave of gay movies. They thought Trick was going to break into the mainstream, and it didn’t really. It did well over a long period of time. So, I didn’t really think about it because it’s weird, there’s no way to kind of compare what it is. It’s a sequel to a 20-year-old movie. But I just think if the movie’s really good, people will come.
Q：第一部相较于当时许多独立制作的同影已经成为了经典。在这个《请以你的名字呼唤我》《爱你西蒙》等类似影片获得成功的时代，你对这一部也会抱有类似的希望吗？
A：我当然希望如此。我感觉我已经听了20年了。当我们制作《天雷勾动地火1》时，那时也有很多类似影片在制作中。《比利的好莱坞之吻》就赚了很多钱，我对这些电影都很欣赏。在曾经同志影片的浪潮中，他们以为《天雷勾动地火1》将打破主流，其实没有，但它仍然在之后很长一段时间都保持着不错的口碑。所以我并不会想太多关于续集的口碑问题，那有点奇怪，没有办法去进行比较。它是一部20年后的续集。我觉得这一部也很棒，人们会喜欢的。
