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A little Burrower love

Posted on: October 14th, 2010 by wmapother 6 Comments

‘The Burrowers’ didn’t get the love we might’ve gotten if we had a theatrical release, but that doesn’t mean the movie’s been forgotten.  It’s on at least one blogger’s ‘Best you haven’t seen” list here.

Posted in Acting Projects, Press, Video (Online & Home)

‘e’s ‘orrible!

Posted on: June 30th, 2010 by wmapother 6 Comments

Okay, my agent is going to kill me for posting this — so look for me in a bikini in my next role — but over to the right is a shot of me from my never-seen guest spot on the 2005 Fox show The Inside.

There I recline as Ronald Ewing, an 800lb cannibal.  Yes, an 800lb cannibal.  I lured my victims into my home..and they never left.  My only mode of transportation?  A motorized lounge chair.  My favorite food?  Anorexic women.

Yes, dark, and yes, disturbing.  But also very, very funny.  Few minds in Hollywood are able — or willing — to conceive of something like this, but Tim Minear (Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, etc., etc.), god bless him, is one of them.

I wore a 60lb rubber suit, a wig, fake teeth, and prosthetic hands and cheeks.  (All created by the renowned Rob Hall, who also created my prosthetics for The Burrowers.)  The make-up required four hours to apply and nearly two hours to remove.  They had to build an air-conditioned tent for me, because if I perspired — not unexpected in the L.A. summer under 60 pounds of rubber [insert [insert joke here] joke here] — my face and hands would start to slide off.  ‘Access Hollywood’ devoted a segment to the freakiness of it all.

My ep, Skin and Bone, was the show’s 13th and final.  It never aired in the U.S. and isn’t available on DVD, as far as I know.  However, Tim has just posted short five clips from it on Facebook: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  You may need to friend Tim first to see them.  For god’s sake, don’t tell him I sent you or you’ll get nowhere with him.

Fans, friends and family often want to know, “William, oh, William, Why don’t you do more comedy?”  Well, people, you asked for it.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, Funny Like Ha-Ha, Photos of Wm, TV

Gutentag!

Posted on: April 14th, 2010 by wmapother 2 Comments

Word has reached me from across the great sea that on April 22, ‘The Burrowers‘ will be released on DVD in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

In case you’re reading this in Germany, please drop everything immediately.  Put your life on hold and go demand to your local video store that they offer multiple copies of ‘The Burrowers.’  They won’t know of what to which you refer, of course, so repeat yourself, calmly, and for “Burrowers” just substitute “Das Böse unter der Erde.”

They’ll nod and agree and make the order into the computer, and then you can go enjoy a streudel and beer together.

Horror-westerns.  Bringing the world together.

Posted in Acting Projects, Photos of Wm, Video (Online & Home)

First Flyover Film Festival

Posted on: May 31st, 2009 by wmapother 3 Comments

I’m very happy to announce that on June 12-14, Louisville will host its first-ever Flyover Film Festival, founded by several fabulous people (Sheila Berman, Ryan Daly, Gill Holland, Tracy Heightchew, Stu Pollard, George Parker) and myself.

For this inaugural festival we’ve focused mostly on films which include participation from a present or past Louisvillian.  Those connections are here, and the schedule is here.  Of course, I suggested (humbly, mind you!) one of my own films, and lo and behold, the festival will be showing ‘The Burrowers.’  Fortunate attendees will be able to see Phil Parmet’s terrific cinematography (and the awesomely gooey-mouthed creatures) on a wide screen, as well as lob some questions (easy one) to me and (difficult ones) to the nimble director, JT Petty, in a Q & A afterwards.
The festival offers a few other feature films, including one with William H. Macy, some powerful documentaries, and several wonderful short films.  A filmmaker’s reception, an afterparty at Gill’s Green Building, and an awards ceremony round out the festivities.  All screenings take place at downtown’s Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.
See y’all there!
Posted in Film Festival, In Person (or, like, Live), Louisville & KY, Recs

New Interview Posted

Posted on: May 6th, 2009 by wmapother 2 Comments

The horror site Fatally Yours has just posted here  their interview with me on “The Burrowers” and other assorted Mapotheresque matters.

Posted in Acting Projects, Interviews and Q&A's, Press