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FDR: What a Badass

Posted on: January 20th, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

I’ve been in a number of movies, but none with a title as promising as FDR: American Badass.  Yes, that’s FDR: American Badass.  In this extraordinarily moving and realistic film based on realistic events in a realistic-y fashion, our 32nd President fights Nazi werewolves.  I play Dr. Ellington but do not play the saw.

[Note of Vital Importance:  The events depicted in this film have been very suspiciously expunged from our history books.  This is your — and everyone’s, just about — first opportunity to see how the sh*t with Delano really went down.

Entertainment Weekly interviewed director Garrett Brawith.  It even includes a badass trailer.  This film is another from the semi-deranged mind of Ross Patterson, who was to blame, er, responsible for another of my promisingly titled ventures, Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend.

There is — again, very suspiciously — no release date, but as soon as one is available, I’ll let you know, or die trying.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, Funny Like Ha-Ha, News & Events, Press

‘Untouchable’ (shiver)

Posted on: January 17th, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

This Sat night at 8pm/7pm Central, Lifetime is airing Drew Peterson: Untouchable,
the movie about Drew Peterson, the Illinois police officer whose wives keep dying on him.  Just bad luck?  Hmmm..

Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory) joins in the fun. Rob Lowe looks frighteningly accurate in the role.  I play Drew’s stepbrother, Glenn, not the most accomplished of accomplices..

Here are a couple fun pics from the wedding scene.  First pic:  Go ahead, have a look at it.  

It’s a pretty film set for a wedding, right?  Except notice the stones in the grass in the foreground?  Yeah, we shot the wedding scene in a cemetery.  Perfect for the story line.

 

 

 

Second pic:  This sort of odd arrangement — baby and flowers along with plastic covering, lying on the grass next to a trash can — is the norm for a film set.  The crew (the props dept., in this case) is too busy fighting the dwindling daylight and the addle-brained actors to worry about niceties like protecting the fake babies from trash can odors..

 

 

Posted in Acting Projects, News & Events, TV

Ebert Aboard

Posted on: December 27th, 2011 by wmapother 10 Comments

Roger Ebert has named Another Earth one of the 20 best films of 2011.  And who can argue with Roger Ebert?  We’re in good company.  Check out the other 19.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, News & Events, Press

Love from the LA Times

Posted on: December 16th, 2011 by wmapother 1 Comment

Betsey Sharkey, a film critic for the LA Times, has named Another Earth one of her favorites of 2011.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, News & Events, Press

In KY but Not

Posted on: December 9th, 2011 by wmapother No Comments

Last night I wrapped an episode of the fantastic FX show Justified.  If you haven’t seen the show, it’s really worth checking out.  It’s dramatic and very funny and full of great actors bringing to life a wide assortment of fascinating character.  Big bonus:  It’s set in my home state of Kentucky.

Tim Olyphant is tremendous in the lead.  He has this whole Henry Fonda My Darling Clementine thing going on, which is no small compliment.  (That movie is definitely working checking out, too.)

The 3rd season starts January, and 1&2 are on Netflix.  I’m guessin’ my ep will air sometime in late Jan or early Feb.

Posted in Acting Projects, Louisville & KY, News & Events, TV, Video (Online & Home)