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Caddyshack’s Cindy Morgan


InGameNow had the opportunity to interview Cindy Morgan, who was one of our favorite characters of all time, Lacey Underall, in the movie Caddyshack. In fact, InGameNow picked Cindy as the Hottest Actress to ever appear in a sports movie.

Who was cooler on Set, Bill Murray or Chevy Chase, and more importantly, who hit on you first? Who hit on me? Anybody above the line. Billy and I got along very well, we are both from Chicago. Brian Doyle-Murray was one of the writers, and wrote Caddyshack about his brother Ed, who was the basis of Danny Noonan.

Tell us about working with Chevy Chase. Chevy and I has a passionate relationship. We were shooting in a house in Florida in August. It was over 100 degrees. After a couple days of filming, people were getting aggravated. Chevy said a few things, I said a few things. He walked off the set and refused to work with me. Harold Ramis, the director, said apologize. I said no, at this point, I had evolved into Lacey. We were all a little bit in character. After an hour, Chevy came back. He agreed to shooting two masters, and that’s it. Look at the scene where he dumped that bottle of oil on my back. Look at my eyes. I am not that good of an actress. He was trying to blow me off the screen. The piano scene was not in the script. Harold told me to sit down. The camera’s were rolling. I saw the tequila i took a shot. It was tequila by the way. I had a big wad of gum in my mouth, I blew a bubble in his face, and that was the scene.

Wow, I didn’t realize it was so rocky between you two. So I guess that settles weather or not you slept with Chevy Chase. Umm…. Lets just say it was 1979.

So, how did your shooting begin? The first scene we shot was the high dive. I can’t dive, I certainly can’t swim. I am legally blind. that was difficult. The second scene was the nude scene, where I was topless. The night before we shot the scene, I got a call from John Peters. He said we are sending a photographer from Playboy down to shoot that scene tomorrow. I said, ‘that’s very flattering, but I can’t do it. I am the Irish Spring girl, and my father would drop dead. I can’t do it.’ The next day, we are in a house with Michael O’Keefe, the set is crawling with people who didn’t belong there, and the Playboy photographer shows up. I checked my contract and knew I was not under obligation to do this. I agreed to the nude scene in the movie, but not for pictures. So I stopped production and refused to work until the Playboy guy left. Peters was calling me between takes, telling me I had to do the Playboy shoot, or “I was fucked in this business.” I have no problem with nudity, I have a problem with bullys. Peters did do me a big favor. He backed me into a corner, really pissed me off. That is where Lacey became Lacey. Instead of Lacey makes love with Danny, Lacey made love to Danny.

That’s when the character was created? Yes. At that point I stopped being afraid. Peters took away my introduction billing. He didn’t invite me to the premier. Doug Kenny bought me 2 first class tickets and an invitation to the premier. Doug was a wonderful man, there wasn’t one person in the world that didn’t love Doug. I showed up to the premier, walked up to Jon Peters, and said ‘hey John, what are you doing here?’ Peters gave me no promotion, my name was not associated with Caddyshack, and I did not work for over a year until I got the Disney film Tron.

That is amazing that after Caddyshack, you were not the hottest thing in Hollywood! I switched agencies, to William Morris. I had more lunches with agents than auditions. I am not sure if it was because of Peters or not.

How much blow was floating around the set? Rumor has it, it was more prevalent that coffee. I didn’t really see any coffee. There was quite a bit. It was 1979. People thought drugs were good for them. Clearly it they weren’t. Doug Kenny had gone to Hawaii to relax. He fell off a cliff. We all loved Doug. I don’t know how much that was related to the drugs, so I am not glorifying it or justifying it at all. When filming, Doug would run through the halls yelling, ‘the eagle has landed,’ which meant, get your per diem in cash, the dealer is here. That was what was going on. There was quite a bit of it. It was not unusual.

It was also much more socially acceptable back then. It was socially acceptable, it was a social thing. I remember thinking I can’t wait till this movie is over, because I am not going to live to see 30. I better cut this out right away. People were staying up all night. We would hot wire the golf carts.

So there were some Shenanigans going on at night? Oh God yeah. Very often, there was no sleep. It was Animal House on the golf course. It was a real party atmosphere. That is why the film did so well. We were having a good time. The chemistry was amazing. That is why it went so well.

Did you guys destroy the golf course you did this at? Oh yeah, I found out you are not supposed to ride the golf carts on the greens. I guess it tears them up, but we were doing that.

Which golf course was Bushwood? All I know is it was one of the North Side golf courses. The movie was written about Ed Murray’s experiences as a caddy. If you look, Danny Noonan had that great big Irish Catholic family. That’s the Murrays. Kenny had the country club background, so he had that point of view. Together they could do the Snobs against the Slobs.

That is why you saw both points of view? Exactly. You can find the original trailer on my myspace page.

Wait a second, how old are you? This says you are 46! Not that age, people put up whatever they want.

Did you lie about your age on myspace? I didn’t put up the page, but somebody lied, obviously.

Ok, I hope you didn’t shoot that topless scene at the age of 15! Unless it is dangerous or harmful, I don’t bother to change it.

Did they have air conditioners around you before every scene? It was hot, it was humid. The only time it was a problem was the love scene with Chevy. It had to be over 100 degrees in there. It was darn hot. Air conditioning didn’t help much. In the evening it was cooler.

I think this was a question more about the prevalence of nipple in your scenes. Jesus! That was outside. This was 1979, it was a political statement. Women weren’t wearing bra’s.

So was there a conscious effort to tweak them before you shot? Absolutely not. I simply didn’t wear a bra.

I think that look should come back. The idea was, why pretend we don’t have breasts when we do. Right now, it has gone the other way. If you look at Victoria’s Secret, it is full coverage, so there is no visibility. It is what has become socially acceptable. People get excited by breasts.

Ok, lets talk InGameNow’s World’s Hottest Athlete. We need your votes for the Final Four. Blair O’Neal vs. Stacy Keibler? Stacy Keibler.

Anna Kournakova vs. the Feres Twins? I will go Anna, although I am sure the guys are going the other way.

Who is your pick to go all the way? That’s a tough one. Anna has more international fame. Stacy has gotten more press lately. I will go with Stacy.

Cindy, thank you for the time. Go Bears! :)