'FUBAR II': Headbanger Sequel Off to a Foul-Mouthed, Frigid Start

According to Canadian actor and musician Paul Spence, the time has come to ready the troops.

"Prepare the 'FUBAR' army," he tells Spinner from Edmonton, Alberta, where the Calgary native is on location shooting the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2002 headbanger spectacle and runaway cult hit, 'FUBAR.'

Reprising his role as Dean "Deaner" Murdoch -- the hilarious heavy metal-loving best bud of fellow hoser Terry Cahill (played by actor and comedian David Lawrence) -- Spence says that getting back into character for 'Fubar II: Terry and Dean Head North' has been no sweat. "I get to be Deaner every time I have more than five beers," he laughs. "But seriously, it is fun to be able to say anything I want, no matter how offensive or nonsensical, and it's acceptable. Even in front of women and children, Dean doesn't seem to have a filter for what's OK and not OK to say."

For those unfamiliar with the premise of the first film (the title's acronym commonly means 'F---ed Up Beyond All Repair'), the second installment picks up with the lovable -- or obnoxious, depending on how you see it -- 'Alberta everymen' right where we left them: shotgunning beers, hatching harebrained schemes and generally offending anyone that comes within shouting distance.

While the official press release from Alliance Films offers plot details like a budding romance between Terry and the town waitress and a ridiculous stunt by Dean to illegally collect worker's compensation, Spence prefers to keep the flick's synopsis short and sweet: "Two headbangers who are tired of working for minimum wage head up north to find the promised land in Fort McMurray," he explains. And if you're not already well-acquainted with the 'Fubar' catch phrase, "Give'r," you will be by the time the credits roll.

The month-long production shoot, which began Nov. 16 in Alberta's capital, hasn't all been fun and Pilsner-guzzling games according to Spence. A record-breaking deep-freeze the cast and crew encountered on Dec. 13 was a bit of a downer, to say the least. "As of yesterday, it was minus 42 [in Edmonton] -- officially the coldest place on the planet," he says. "It's ridiculous trying to shoot in this cold."

Despite the frigid days, the forthcoming mockumentary directed by Michael Dowse ('FUBAR', 'It's All Gone Pete Tong', 'the Foundation'), promises just as many laughs for its December 2010 release as its precursor. And with Spence, Dowse and Lawrence back in the saddle as the movie's writing team, you can count on more gems of hoser wisdom to be offered up -- you know, profound stuff like, "Turn up the good, turn down the suck!"