For Brad and Fiona Dourif, Chucky is a ‘family business’
SyFy’s Chuckyseries is a lot of things: A bold continuation for a franchise with a high hit rate, one of the funniest shows on TV, and a series that consistently takes big, outrageous swings. A place where one of the most talented father-daughter duos in Hollywood can work together like they never have before.
Brad Dourif has been the voice of Chucky since the original Child’s Play, where he also played serial killer Charles Lee Ray, whose soul is transferred into the iconic Good Guy doll. His daughter Fiona first joined the franchise in 2013’s Curse of Chucky as protagonist Nica Pierce, a role she reprises in the TV show. But unlike their previous collaborations in Curse of Chucky, Cult of Chucky, or even Deadwood (where Fiona made her acting debut in 2005), the Dourifs got a unique opportunity in “Final Destination,” the finale of the third season of Chucky: Actually acting across from each other.
It all happens when Jake (Zackary Arthur) manufactures his temporary death to visit the Spirit Realm, hoping he can convince Good Chucky to sacrifice himself in order to destroy Chucky forever. (Just another day in the world of Chucky!). While in the Spirit Realm, Jake encounters all the different Chuckys we’ve seen across the show — a lot of different dolls, but also the different versions of Charles Lee Ray that have appeared, including the young adult version played by Fiona Dourif (and voiced by her father) and an older version of the serial killer embodied by Brad Dourif. This season of Chucky marks Dourif’s first on-screen appearance in the franchise since a flashback in 2013’s Curse of Chucky — something the legendary actor joked had its downsides.
“I had to go to makeup and hair,” he told Polygon in a video interview. “Shaving my beard off and so forth. I could have done this thing in my pajamas up till then. But I was alone. So it was nice to suddenly feel like I was really a part of the franchise, which I oddly didn’t before then.”
The meetings of the Charles
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