Nothing here is particularly gory. In fact, the scene is played as dark humor, and the line drawings of the human centipede he shows in his little presentation are off-the-charts freakshow.

We flew to New York for casting … and we got so many requests from actors. I had made Human Centipede drawings and I showed the actresses the image and they said, “What’s that?” ...

We were casting in New York and I made some drawings of the human centipede and a lot of actresses thought I was crazy and didn’t want to work with me. A lot of actresses only want to be ...

Where did you get the twisted idea for Human Centipede? Six ... percent of the actors left immediately when I showed them the drawings, but the smart girls stayed and wanted to know more.

Still, ideas have power, and The Human Centipede’s vision of a three-sectioned ... It’s two wavy lines in parallel, a child’s drawing of the human being, totally and hilariously disregarding ...

I made a drawing of the human centipede construction - and because a picture says more than a thousand words. I showed the drawings to the actresses and so many became very angry with me.

I made a drawing of the human centipede construction - and because a picture says more than a thousand words. I showed the drawings to the actresses and so many became very angry with me.