BOREANAZ CROWS ABOUT PRAYER

David Boreanaz, who plays the villainous Luc Crash in the upcoming sequel film The Crow: Wicked Prayer, told SCI FI Wire that his character is the foil for Edward Furlong's vengeful spirit. The script, by director Lance Mungia and Crow franchise producer Jeff Most, is "just loaded with material you can have fun with," Boreanaz said in an interview at a comic convention in Los Angeles.

Boreanaz (The WB's Angel) plays Crash, a biker gang leader who has a history with Furlong's character, Jimmy Cuervo. "They're two buddies that grew up together, but fell apart somewhere, because of a love triangle around this girl, Lily [Emmanuelle Chriqui], who was an Indian," Boreanaz said. "So there are a lot of racial elements to it. There's a lot of angst between miners and Indians and casinos. It brings together so much vulnerability and conflict."

Crash is "a Bible-Belt kind of victim in prison," Boreanaz said. "He has this gang of four—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ... Tara Reid plays my love interest as far as my relationship is concerned with the gang members." Dennis Hopper plays El Nino, "the guy who pretty much turned me into Satan," Boreanaz added.

Boreanaz said that he's "really looking forward" to working with Hopper and Mungia (Six-String Samurai). Now that Angel is wrapping up its fourth season, Boreanaz won't have much down time before starting Wicked Prayer. "We start shooting in June," he said. "We're shooting in Utah."