Chace Crawford is Nikolai for Interview Mag

Chace Crawford switches things up and channels his best Russian mafia alter-ego as Viggo Mortensen's 'Nikolai' from the crime drama 'Eastern Promises'. Here's some of what Chace had to say:

On not getting stuck in a type:
That’s what was nice about doing a shoot like the one I did for Interview. It’s good to switch things up. I did all of this stuff early, and they always wanted the same thing, the same look, the same deal, and I’d think, That’s not what it’s about. It’s the same microcosm for taking on film roles. You have to be realistic with yourself as to what your range is going to be. I look at the veterans of the game and what choices they made. You need to know what your threshold is and what you can take on and what gets to a point where the audience doesn’t believe it.

On his upcoming role in the Footloose remake:
"People keep asking me about the dancing and the music. But you know Susannah Grant was nominated for an Oscar for Erin Brockovich [2000]. She did a page-one rewrite. And she interwove this beautiful story. It is a musical, and there is a bit of singing, but the message of the movie really hits home for me. Because I know about the megachurches and how they work and how they can be like brick walls. It definitely means a lot to me."

More photos on the NEXT PAGE. The complete interview at InterviewMagazine.com.