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Tori Spelling proves that brunettes really do have more fun. 

Tori Spelling is in Hawaii shooting the eight season premiere of Beverly Hills, 90210.  “It’s really rough here,” jokes the 24-year-old daughter of Aaron Spelling, the creator of 90210, Dynasty, Love Boat, and Charlie’s Angels.  The younger Spelling has had plenty to smile about lately.  Not only did her good-girl character, Donna, finally lose her virginity in last spring’s season finale, but Tori is starring in her first feature film, The House of Yes, a dark comedy currently in theaters.  Her performance as a naïve Midwestern girl meeting her fiance’s, crazy, incestuous family for the first time was well- received at last winter’s Sundance Film Festival.  And as Tori says, she’s “had a perma-grin on ever since.” 

Q: Which Beverly Hills, 90210 episode would you like to destroy?

A:  Oh, the whole first season. (Laughs)    And it’s on, like, every night (in syndication).  The acting’s not great, the hair’s not great, and you’re wearing clothes that you would never put on again.     

Q:  Do you ever have moments on the set when you can’t stop laughing?

A:  Whenever Jennie Garth, Kathleen Robertson, and I film at the beach apartment—we call it the bitch apartment—we get the giggles.  

Q:  Do you ever give your father feedback on any of his other shows?  

A:  All the time.  He has a habit of hiring good-looking people who can’t act, so I tell him, “He’s pretty cute, but God, he sucks.” 

Q:  Your first name is Victoria.  How did Tori come about?   

A:  When I was little, people called me Vickie and my mom was like, “It’s Victoria.”  My parents were good friends with Barbara Stanwyck, who said, “You should call her Tori.”  

Q:  Did you ever get a facts-of-life talk?

A:  When I was a kid, my mom gave me this book called Where Do I Come From?  I carried it everywhere.  She would always find me showing the book to our maids.  They couldn’t speak English, so I’d be pointing everything out to them. 

Q:  Your family lives in a 56,000-sqaure-foot house.  Did you ever get lost?

A:  Well, my mom had little maps made so it was pretty easy.  I’m kidding!  Don’t tell that to the Enquirer; they’ll think it’s true.   

Q:  What has been your favorite tabloid story about yourself?

A:  There’ve been so many.  I read once that I wear nail polish with real diamond-and- gold specks in it.  They also said that when my car broke down, I poured Evian water into the radiator.  

Q:  You seem to be a pretty good sport about people taking shots at you.

A:  Please, I read the Internet.  If you can survive what they write to you on that, you can survive anything.   

Q:  In Scream, Neve Campbell’s character jokes about the possible TV movie they would make of her life, and says, “With my luck they’d cast Tori Spelling.”  How did that make you feel?

A:  I auditioned for Neve’s part, so I knew it was in there.  The only thing that bothered me was when I was in the theater and I heard people laugh at the line. 

Q:  But in next month’s Scream 2, you do play Neve’s character in the TV movie of her life…

A:  Yeah.  Without that line, my part wouldn’t have been in the second movie, and so, ha-ha, it all worked out.     

Q:  Do people treat you differently when your hair is darker? 

A:  Yeah.  Platinum hair is extreme-looking, an it intimidates people.  Guys are more apt to approach me than they used to be. 

Q:  Are you seeing anyone now?

A:  No.  I’ve always been really shy with guys.  Usually, they only want to talk about the show. 

Q:  What’s something unconventional that you find attractive in a guy?

A:  When guys have that little eyetooth that’s a little bit too long, like Tom Cruise, I like that. 

Q:  If you could be a man for a day, what would you like to experience?

A:  Masturbation. 

Q:  What’s the wackiest Halloween costume you’ve ever worn?

A:  My mom used to go nuts and dress me up when I was young.  At 5, she dressed me as a bride, and the dress had fake boobs in it.  She went to a midget store and got me these little high heels and put makeup on me and everything.  I was totally into it. 

Q:  Did you celebrate Christmas or Hanukah at your house?

A:  Both my parents are Jewish, but we celebrate Christmas as a family getting together rather than a religious holiday.  We have a Christmas tree and a menorah. 

Q:  And twice the presents.

A:  Exactly.