Most men would commit murder for one night with her, but it’s Megan Fox doing the killing in horrormovie Jennifer’s Body, released next month.

The 23-year-old former waitress stars as a deadly cheerleader who is left to prey upon the flesh of teenage boys after being wrongly sacrificed as a virgin by a gang of Satanists. Like her character’s victims, Megan’s male admirers will no doubt be titillated to see her on screen, but if that role isn’t enough to get pulses racing, the actress is also soon to star as a Wild West prostitute in comic-book adaptation, Jonah Hex. Phew!

Here the siren talks about preying on boys, going on the game, lesbian romps and why even as a zombie she can’t get away from the sex symbol tag.

Playboy: You look rather gruesome when you’re in monster-mode in this movie.

Megan Fox: Yeah that’s quite a kisser isn’t it? That was pretty amazing actually, to do something like that after a Michael Bay movie (Transformers 2) which is all about glamour and tan and sheen. They basically stuck the false teeth in my mouth and built layers and layers of the zombie flesh around my mouth to get that effect. It looks amazing but it was very strange for me.

Playboy: How was it playing a character that is so over the top and so incredibly outrageous?

Fox: I think what I loved about the movie is it’s so unapologetic and how completely inappropriate it is at all times. That was my favourite part about the script and about the character. It’s fun to be able to say the shit that she got to say and get away with it and how people find it charming.

Playboy: You do realise that most guys would happily volunteer to be killed if it meant just one night with you.

Fox: I don't think so.

Playboy: There is a pretty outrageous vomiting scene in Jennifer’s Body. How did you shoot that and what other crazy stuff did you get to do?

Fox: What I was actually throwing up in the scene was chocolate syrup initially. We did a few takes where I would just do this scream and sort of puke Hershey’s chocolate syrup. Scratch the Hershey’s because I don’t want to endorse that or anything (laughs). Then, special effects did a rig that clamps onto my ear for when it happens again later on in the movie. It clips on. It goes around the back of my ear and then I bite down on it on the side of my face and it projectiles. It was pretty intense. I think it was worse for Amanda [Seyfried, co-star] because she’s the one that got puked on. I was the one doing the puking.

Playboy: Did you have any trepidation towards playing this type of role? Was it more challenging than some of your other movies?

Fox: Oh, you mean from Transformers to making this movie? Well, obviously, with this there’s no robots to distract you so, if it’s terrible, you’re gonna fucking know that it’s really terrible. That, of course, is intimidating but I think the character was so much fun for me. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing. I was just trying to have fun with it. I felt like I was able to make fun of my own image as to how some people might perceive Megan Fox to be. I was just sort of flying freely and I hope some of it works.

Playboy: It’s clear this is going to be a scary and funny movie, but how sexy can it be?

Fox: Oh this movie is so sexy. You better put on your fucking sexy shoes for this movie (laughs). I mean, there’s a relationship that happens. There’s a relationship between my character and Amanda’s character that is. There’s like a little bit of a Lesbian relationship that happens. There’s a girl-on-girl kiss. I feel like it’s an homage to that but also we poke fun at how common that is in horror movies. And beyond that, before every kill there’s a seduction that occurs. These boys have to be seduced into getting close enough to this dead girl for her to devour them. So it does get sexy. I think I’m pretty sexy in it.

Playboy: Are you a fan of horror as a general rule?

Fox: I’m actually not. I don’t ever, ever watch scary movies because I have a very intense fear of the dark. The last horror movie I saw, I think it was called Tooth Fairy, and it was out in 2005 or something. I was like 15 years old and I saw it and I slept with my mother for two weeks afterwards. I get really affected by them. So, I think for me to be able to play something that I would normally be frightened by was really intriguing and interesting.

Playboy: Can you talk about your character in your next movie, Jonah Hex?

Fox: I’m Jonah’s love interest; I guess you could call it. But it’s not very conventional. She’s a prostitute that he’s been coming and visiting for years. They sort of have a special relationship. He doesn’t want to get too close to her or allow her too close because everyone he loves dies. She doesn’t really understand that concept. So it’s a push and pull sort of situation.”

Playboy: You’ve described this as your toughest role yet. Can you elaborate on that?

Fox: I think I just meant having to try and keep my head above water in a scene with Brolin [Josh Brolin plays Hex] is a really, really difficult thing to do. It was only five days that I filmed and I’ve never been more exhausted filming something. I mean, I shot 108 days on transformers and the five days I spent on this were more difficult by far. It's just hard. I’m way out of my league. Everything is so far over my head. I'm just trying to stay alive.

Playboy: How was it wearing all those period costumes?

Fox: That was a lot of fun. The corset obviously changes the way you walk and your breathing patterns and things like that but I enjoyed that. I wanted that cinch to tighten me as much as possible.

Playboy: Did you have to work out a lot for the role?

Fox: No. I never work out. I’m too lazy.

Playboy: Finally, what’s the worst chat up line you’ve ever heard?

Fox: One guy asked me if I thought he was more handsome that Shia LaBeouf. I was like, ‘Are you mad? No one is more handsome than Shia LaBeouf!’

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