If your friend became infected, would you put her in a shed? It doesn't make you a bad person! 
With little more than the odd TV guest appearance, in the likes of Malcolm In The Middle and Ally McBeal, Cerina Vincent will be largely unknown in Britain. But with her starring role in Eli Roth's "sick but fun" teen horror Cabin Fever, she won't go unnoticed for much longer.
You didn't take care of your skin very well for this film, did you?
I know! But at least I die more gracefully than Jordan, and I didn't have to spend quite as much time as her in special effects make-up. I thought it was a great role for a woman. After all, how many times do you get to be covered in mud and blood and run around in the woods, screaming?
Did you ever go camping as a child?
Never. My mother used to say "camp is a 'four letter word' in this family." But even after this film, I wouldn't be scared to go camping now. I'd just be scared of catching diseases.
There's a scene in this film where you discover you've become infected while you're shaving. If the film didn't put you off camping for life, did it put you off shaving?
Yes. I think about that every time I shave my legs. A lot of my girlfriends have said they couldn't watch that scene. Leg shaving is a really frightening experience now.
The characters in this film aren't too sympathetic. As soon as the virus struck, it was everyone for themselves...
The feedback I've got is that people liked the characters, and identified with them. People say the actors put so much into the characters. It makes you look at what you'd do if you got into that situation. If your friend became infected, would you put her in a shed? It doesn't make you a bad person!
So you think it's OK to be selfish?
It's not a question of selfish. It's just the way we are. That's what makes humans human. When I was growing up, my sister had chicken pox, but no-one else in the family had had it, so my mother put her in the garage. But then my brother caught it anyway.
How was it working with Eli in front of the camera?
It was so much fun. We were so glad when he took the cameo role. Another actor was meant to do it, but couldn't make it. When Eli read with us in rehearsal, he put on this incredible voice, and it was like "You have to do it, Eli!"
Cabin Fever is released in UK cinemas on Friday 10th October 2003.
