"So what can you fight a Sharknado with? Chainsaws. Who's the best person to sell Fin the saws? Stretch and her wacky family, and they did the most amazing job with the art direction. They really recreated that world in those moments and we got to have some wonderful scenes. It's almost like a Western with Stretch and her family drawing down on the Sharknado. It's amazing to be a part of this because it has such a rabid following. Even my sons are Sharknado fans."

"Ian Ziering — Finley Allan "Fin" Shepard"

"Tara Reid — April Dawn Wexler-Shepard"

"Ryan Newman — Claudia Shepherd"

"Cody Linley — Matt Shepard"

"Imani Hakim — Gabrielle, Matt's newlywed wife"

"Cheryl Tiegs — Raye Shepard, Fin's mother"

"David Hasselhoff — Gilbert Grayson Shepard"

"I think the key to these things is there are two ways to go: one where you’re very self-referential and you’re very aware and it’s very campy because everybody’s in on the joke. And then there’s what we approached with Sharknado is that the concept is so out there, if we ground a little bit the story and the actors and the situations, the humor for me… the best humor in any kind of movie – action, comedy, whatever – comes from character situations and how they react and how they deal with it versus suddenly someone’s telling a joke in the middle of this and say, “Hey we know this is funny.” And I think everybody did a great job in walking that balance because, I mean, there are lines said in the movie that you’re obviously going, “How do you say those lines?” And the actors had to say those lines and sell it and believe it. And so I think that Sharknado’s this interesting balance."

"Ian Ziering — Fin Shepard"

"John Heard — George"

"Jaason Simmons — Baz Hogan"

"Cassie Scerbo — Nova Clarke"

"Tara Reid — April Wexler"