Sheri’s performance in Rob's latest film, 3 From Hell, is anything but. Reprising the role of Baby, the psychotic wild card of the Firefly family featured in Zombie’s 2003 debut House Of 1,000 Corpses and 2005 game-changer The Devil’s Rejects, Sheri bristles with excitement, insanity, and -- of course -- comedy, leaving the viewer so gripped by her unpredictable behavior that they can’t take their eyes off of her. This time around, Baby steals the show, winning knife-throwing contests, dropping assassins with bow and arrow, and leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in her wake to the delight of audiences everywhere.
“It’s funny, people keep mentioning those two skills we had to learn,” she says, “but no one’s mentioning the joint I had to roll in that scene with Pancho [Moler]. I practiced and practiced and practiced that.”
Wait -- did 3 From Hell’s crew include a joint-rolling instructor?
“Yeah,” says Sheri, the grin breaking through her voice once more, “her name is Mother Earth!”
What was it like returning to Baby Firefly all these years later?
I’ve been really apprehensive about it, and in fact did not even want to reprise the role. I thought Devil’s Rejects left it at a good spot, and there’s always the chance of...you want to leave a good, lasting idea and memory, for the project, for the fans, for sentiment even. And I was nervous about, ‘How can we make it better?’ And then Rob wrote the script, and I immediately thought, ‘Wow, we have to do this! It’s totally a continuation!’ So then, stepping back into Baby’s shoes was a delight. I love playing her, she’s so much fun, and more nuanced and wiser in her own ways. I had a blast!