You've said you fell in love with Luke at first sight. Are you sure it's the real thing? I've been sure for two years. It had to happen to me for me to believe in love at first sight. I didn't before. I do now! Are you planning to marry? Oh, I don't know. I think the most important thing is that the people involved in a relationship are happy.  However you get to that, whatever that entails, I'll take it. Did Luke come to visit you when you were filming Cinderella? No, actually, he was working, too. Did you feel isolated in the French countryside without your friends? Yeah, but it was really great because the level of concentration that derives from being in the middle of nowhere  working six-day weeks is really incredible. People just lived and breathed this movie, rather than forgetting about it  each night or going off on the weekends. The film has quite a unique look. It's a fairy-tale look, but it's not diffused. There's a sense of reality. It was such a romantic time that really lends  itself to the story. And your Cinderella--is there a sense of reality about her, too? Yes. She's very strong, incredibly loyal--definitely someone to emulate and admire. She's a person who fights for  what she believes in, crusades for the people she loves, tries to do right in the world. It was inspiring playing her. How different do you think your Cinderella is from the one we all grew up with? It's a retelling. I think one of our main goals going into it was to abolish clichés and to answer questions. For  instance, why is the stepmother so mad at Cinderella? So, why is she so mad? In our version, it's because the father, when he is dying, reaches for Cinderella instead of the stepmother--and she's  pissed! He went for the one he knew and loved, and the stepmother resented Cinderella for it for the rest of her life and made her pay for that one moment. What other questions do you answer in your version? Who is the prince, and what is he about? In all these different fairy tales, you meet him at the ball, and then,  depending on which version, possibly at a wedding. And that's it. He's a very one-dimensional, secondary  character. In our film, he's one of the main characters, and you understand his struggles and what he's going  through. One of the clichés we've abolished is that the prince fell in love with Cinderella on sight. Well, did he look in her  eyes? What was it? Was it her looks? There were so many things I questioned about that. And so, in ours, the  prince and Cinderella get to know each other, and he falls in love with her heart and mind. There was a time when you believed you were blacklisted around town because of your past drug problems. It all  seems very different now. What did you do to get back in the game? Information is always your best asset, to know what's going on, to be not only on top of the game but ahead of it.  I learned I didn't want to sit back and wait for things to come to me. I wanted to create work for myself. That's the  kind of termite I am. Well, your positive outlook seems to be working. You're pretty busy these days. Yes, and very lucky. Just lucky to be alive. It's beautiful out. I just looked up and almost burst into tears I felt so happy. One of the projects you're working on is Never Been Kissed, in which you're a reporter who goes back to high school to reexamine all that pettiness. Can you relate to normal high school life at all? Oh God, yes. I had just a miserable school experience. The truth I'm finding is that even people who were somewhat popular still experienced the hardships of running on that hamster wheel on a constant basis--to be cool, to fit in, to feel comfortable, to figure out who you are and who you want to be and to try to be graceful doing it. It's such an interesting, incredible time, and they just don't make it very easy for you. Maybe that challenge is what sort of sets the pace for the rest of your life. I just think there's a big relatability factor and a lot of comedy to be had about high school. So, even the Drew Barrymore had to deal with all the stuff we commonly think of as the high school experience? Oh yeah. It was awful. People wouldn't even talk to me. I think they just assumed I must be a jerk if I'm an actor. Not much changes, actually. Maybe they were afraid to approach you? I can't imagine anyone being intimidated by me. I'm the most approachable person. People would tell me, like, "Oh, they must be jealous." To this day, I don't believe that's true. I believe they just made an assumption and didn't want to take the time to figure out it wasn't true. I don't harbor any resentment about that, but it was a lonely experience. I made friends with the girl who was like me--who no one wanted to hang out with. We ended up being great friends. It's so interesting. I learned so much about human behavior. Why would people be so cruel? It gets you nowhere. I think it is the awkward person who flourishes in life because of their sensitivity. You always show up at Hollywood events wearing some sort of daisies, butterflies or glitter. What's all that about? You have to have the butterflies and tchotchkes around to keep up your spirits. That's a good word, tchotchkes. We're in Hollywood, where any plot line is possible, anything can be done, any character or their twin can be brought back. Has anyone approached you about returning for Scream 3? No. I think it's best that Casey Becker stay in the grave. And she's happy there, by the way. She and the earthworms are just hittin' it off like a house afire. They were a little afraid of her physical appearance, but they got over it.