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Interview with Actress Rebecca Tarabocchia
Episode 1915th November 2023 • Film Center News • Derek Johnson II and Nicholas Killian
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This week we interview award winning actress Rebecca Tarabocchia. With a resume including not only movies but 3D animation, we talk to her about living post-strike and how actors can be better prepared next time. It's all in this week's episode of Film Center News!

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This is Film Center.

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Your number one show for real entertainment industry news.

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No fluff, all facts.

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Now, here are your anchors, Derek Johnson II and Nicholas Killian.

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Hey everyone, welcome to Film Center, your number one place for studio news.

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My name is Derek Johnson II.

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I'm Nicholas Killian.

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And today we're here with an award winning actress.

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We're here with...

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Hi Rebecca, how you doing?

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Hi, I'm good, how are you?

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Doing pretty good, pretty good.

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Good.

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How was your morning?

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It was really good, yeah.

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It was a bit early, I had a wonderful morning.

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Um, I was actually watching the new Spider Man Across the Universe.

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Did you really?

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Yeah, cause I fell asleep yesterday, so I finished it this morning.

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And I loved it.

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Yeah?

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Yeah, did you watch it?

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Yeah.

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We did.

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We actually went to go see it in theaters.

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Yeah, we saw it in theaters.

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It was really cool.

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Um, We went to go see, what, at Regal that time?

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Yeah.

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Yes, yeah, and the same Regal we saw at 270 Degrees.

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Yeah.

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You ever seen 270?

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I don't think so.

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Uh, we went to go see the Forza Motorsport movie.

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Uh, no, the, uh, uh, uh, Gran Turismo.

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Gran Turismo.

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Oh, okay.

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I missed that, I gotta, yeah, I gotta catch up.

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But anyway, um, basically what it was is, it was like the original screen and

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then it had two screens off to the side.

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So it...

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It was almost like, uh, it was 270.

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So it was like, it was on left side and right side.

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But before we get into, you know, that we didn't do, you know, we used

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to do, we should, we should do a, uh, uh, uh, get more into Rebecca a

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little bit before we just started.

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The reason why it's really casual if you're listening is because I happen to

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have known Rebecca for some time now.

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Yeah.

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Yes.

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Back when film school days.

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Yes.

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Back in the old film school.

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Back in the old film school days.

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2018.

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Yeah, 2018.

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We were neighbors.

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Yes, but we lived at Park Point.

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Yes.

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Yeah, Park Point.

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A lot has changed since then, hasn't it?

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Huh?

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A lot has changed since then, hasn't it?

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Yeah, definitely.

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I mean, your hair is completely different.

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That's one thing that's changed.

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Yeah, I didn't even recognize you the other week when we met for

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the first time after a few years.

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Yeah, we caught up at a, um, we caught up at a premiere,

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one of our friends premiere.

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Yeah.

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And that's when we, I caught up with Rebecca.

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So, thankfully, she had time to come.

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on the show.

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Yeah.

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Which we, uh, appreciate.

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And I didn't recognize him the other week, and then I figured out why,

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because he used to wear glasses, and he didn't at the premieres.

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Almost exclusively, actually.

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Oh, really?

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Yeah.

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And it was not until And the big Malcolm X ones.

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Yeah.

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And it wasn't until he opened his mouth and started talking, because

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he yeah, I recognized your voice.

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I was like, hold up!

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I know that guy.

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Derek!

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And then when we went to the premiere of that movie, you

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were like, I think I know you.

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I, yeah, it kills me that I still can't figure out or

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remember where I know you from.

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I swear that we've met before.

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Well, Nicholas has been in LA for about, what, a decade now?

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Yeah.

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But when did you guys get to know each other?

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Oh!

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We're not in this interview.

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This interview is not about us.

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This interview is not about us.

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She's so, see this is the thing.

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Listen, Rebecca is a very interesting person.

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She has this ability, when you start talking to her, you just

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tell her all your secrets.

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Right.

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I want to know everything about you guys.

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It's that charm that she has.

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I'm gonna watch you now for that.

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It's probably because she's Swedish.

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She is Swedish.

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So when did you come over to America for the first time?

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Um, the first, well I came over for a quick vacation.

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I think it was back in like 2016 or something.

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And then...

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Um, for school and then 2020, I had to go back to Sweden because of COVID and then

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I came back last year about this time.

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So I know that you heard that the strike is now over.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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The SAG strike is now over.

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We definitely have to talk about that.

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How excited are we?

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As an actress, like, how does that make you feel?

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That now the strike, they have reached some, um, Some verdict a tentative deal.

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I mean, it's a relief for everyone It means that we can all go back to

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work and not just for the actors for everyone in the industry Like the writer

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strike affected everybody the the the actor strike the sack strike affected

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everybody so I think everyone is just very relieved and Excited to go back

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to work And for like new adventures and also for fair wages, you know, because

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that's something that's been apparently bothering everybody, but also with

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it, like AI and everything that's been scaring, that's been scaring everybody.

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So as a, as an actress, so I'm sure you've heard a lot about the AI,

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what they were planning on doing and then they would scan you once.

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Pay you that once and then use you in the background in perpetuity throughout the

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universe right in perpetuity throughout the universe fall of time And you know

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they have some AI scans even though this whole strike They're having there's a

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lot of talks of them using some AI scans They have already of dead celebrities for

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to use them in the background of other movies and their basis for this Is that

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they used, uh, uh, for Star Wars, uses a lot of face clones for people who were

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passed away in the more recent movies.

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How does that make you feel, that possibly As an actress.

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Right, as an actress.

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Or do you even think that's right?

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No, I would feel, um, I don't know if this is the right word, I would feel violated.

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Um, that they're using my appearance.

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Um.

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Possibly without even your consent.

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Yeah, exactly, cause they have it in their database, so they, and we're

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probably will never know, you know, if we, if somebody doesn't really find it

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for you and like show it to you, like, Hey, this is you, were you on this set?

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And then you realize, no, I wasn't.

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Yeah.

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They, they literally stole my appearance.

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They wouldn't even let you know.

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No, and, and I think, well, it, yeah, I don't, I really don't

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think they would let you know.

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Yeah.

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Because they're, they're Slytherin.

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Like that.

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Yeah.

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Um.

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Have you been, have you been scanned so far or no?

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Cause I know some people who have actually been scanned already.

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I haven't, but I am, um, it's for a video game.

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And I did Oh, I guess that's different, isn't it?

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Yeah, but they do scan, like, through pictures.

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They scan you and then they make you into an avatar and then we will be doing

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the voiceover for these characters Which is super, you know, it's a video game.

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It's called Well, are you are you able to say it?

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I'm not sure Once again everyone a film center is on the road, you know

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that we go everywhere We're here in Starbucks chilling right now And also

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I would like to remind our viewers those who are not in the industry that

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in Hollywood There's a lot of NDAs, so that's why sometimes we cannot mention

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all the shows and things that we work on.

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And everything that we're talking about.

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Right, but that's why we talk mostly about experiences.

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So, I mean, if you've already been scanned in the game, right, do you have any

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worry that this might come up sometime later in like a film or a TV show?

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A little bit.

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Yeah.

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Um, but it wasn't really anything.

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I know I'm allowed to say this because we've been posting everything

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about it, but it doesn't matter.

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Um, a little bit.

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Yes.

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Um, but it wasn't anything that we were thinking about once we, once

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we sent the photos, because this was like months and months ago.

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And this was like, this is before the strike.

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No, I think it was in the beginning of the strike.

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It was the beginning?

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Oh, because in the beginning the TV, uh, because this is a video game.

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Yeah, this So technically they were not under, they were not

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being striked at at first.

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Yeah, no.

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Which is correct.

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So, um, yeah, we just sent our pictures and everything, um, and they were gonna

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send us the examples of the avatars.

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But here's the thing, I also know how to do all this in 3D.

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So you just take the scans and you put it on like a type of a...

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inside the program and then it kind of forms out.

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It's not going to be exactly the same.

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Um, but if they're using AI, it's probably going to be different.

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Oh, well, it is AI.

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So, um, Rebecca, you do more than just, just be an actress.

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You want to tell the audience a little bit more about all the things that you do?

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Yes.

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So I, I found a new hobby during COVID.

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Yeah.

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When was that?

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And it was 3d animation.

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I love animated movies.

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I'm obsessed with, like, Disney, Pixar, Dreamwork.

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Which one would you say is your favorite?

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Frozen.

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Frozen?

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Yeah, but I'm also a huge fan of Spirits.

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You kind of look like Elsa, too.

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Right?

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She does.

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That's what I keep telling people, but they don't agree.

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Oh my gosh.

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You could don the costume and...

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Oh, I have.

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Trust me, I have.

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I remember when I worked at Disney World when that movie came out.

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Yeah.

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And, oh, they shut down the, they basically had shut down the park.

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The line to meet Elsa was an actual five hours long.

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The line was so long, some people couldn't get into other rides.

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Like, crazy.

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You look, you do look just like her.

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You do look just like Elsa.

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Wow, I should apply.

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You should.

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Yeah.

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You definitely should.

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Easily gets the part.

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Yeah.

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Easily.

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Definitely have the hair.

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One thing that I would ask you.

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is, since the strike had gone on so long, there were pe there were people

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in two camps that were saying, we need to push the strike as fa you

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know, as long as it needs to be.

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And then there were some people that were saying, hey, we're

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definitely for the strike, but we still haven't recovered from COVID.

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Yeah.

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And so they were like, we need to end it right now.

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But then there were some people who were like, Well, if you don't

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end it right now, this is going to be basically the end of us.

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So, which camp did you, they were like, I, I agree about all of the

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fears of AI and everything like that, but I also can't pay my rent.

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Yeah.

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And I can't, I can't live.

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So, which, what do you, as an actress.

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And you're also, uh, you also produced things before.

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So you kind of also have like this dual perspective.

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Well, I was COVID was really tough for everyone.

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Um, but the fact that I, um, literally had to like leave the country and

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like get a completely different job that I really didn't want.

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Um, I was in a visa process and that was like the worst time of my life.

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And all I wanted was just to come back to California where there's sun,

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there's palm trees, there's film people.

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And I just wanted to work, you know?

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And so once I got my visa in my hand and then flew back

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here, I was like, yes, finally.

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I've been waiting two years for this.

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I've been working so hard in order for, you know, there's so many

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expenses with lawyers and you know, Oh, I'm imagining the American visa.

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It's so difficult.

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It's so difficult.

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Um, so I finally got it.

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And I got here, and just like a couple of months in, this strike happened.

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And I was like, Oof.

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That's crazy.

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That's rough.

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Can't we just all just take a break, please?

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A break?

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Can't we just go back?

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To work.

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Put a pause on the crazy for a second.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Wonder please.

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Let's just chill for a second and do our work.

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Maybe we can do the strike in like two years or something.

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That's what I was gonna ask you.

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So there was a big consensus, two people in two camps, schools of

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thought that they were like, okay.

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We definitely agree with you.

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That I do agree.

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I really do do, and I'm happy that, that we need the strike.

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I'm, I'm happy that the strike happened and I'm happy that it's over, but right

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when it happened, I was just so sick.

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Right.

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Because a lot of.

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People were saying that COVID just happened.

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We haven't recovered from COVID and then you're going to strike.

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I mean, that's almost like a one, two punch for some people.

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We had a WGA and a SAG strike this year.

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IANCE, there are talks of IANCE striking next year, which previously

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on a previous episode of Film Center, our listeners know, we talked about a

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lot of the reasons why IANCE probably won't strike mainly because, um,

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they get a lot of business, right?

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They get a lot of business and then every time, you know, when there's productions,

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uh, IAASI has the most people hired on set, right, because they do so much stuff.

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However, now because of the events of this year, they are now

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planning on doing their strike.

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I remember talking to, um, some coordinators from IAASI, which I will not

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name drop anyone, obviously, but I have, I've had conversations with them, um, in

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which they're like, yeah, they're even gearing up their press for the strike.

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They're gearing up their, and there's like, their, uh, contract isn't open

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until like mid next year, and there are Already looking for, um, well,

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I can't say too much, but they're already gearing up their press for it.

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Right.

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So I mean, WJ and SAG is over this year.

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You as an actress, someone who, uh, when you have a new found

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passion of three animation right.

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But also you do, uh, produce things.

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What is, what is your thoughts on that?

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Where do they go to, where do they strike next year?

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Because then we're gonna be back to where we were.

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Right?

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Wake.

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Yeah.

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What, what if an IE strikes next year, how do you think that

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would affect you as an actress?

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I don't even want to start thinking about that.

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Like, the SAG strike just ended, and um, yeah.

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Um, like I understand it, I really do.

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Um, and I will support it, whatever it takes.

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Um, but, as for now, I just really want to enjoy the fact that the

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strike is over, and I just want to go back to work like it's crazy.

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Already, just a couple of days before the strike ended, how many

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auditions, like, just blew in to...

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I bet it has been a flood, huh?

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Yeah.

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Just a gigantic flood of auditions.

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Yes, just a couple of days before the strike ended, and now the strike is

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over, we're, we're like looking for, we're like looking towards the, the

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busiest year in the industry ever.

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So, praise yourselves.

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Everybody's trying to get everything done now.

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Yes, and every...

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Everything that was put on hold because of the strike, everything that was,

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has been postponed are like ready to film because they have everything.

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They might have made some changes and stuff, but they're like so ready for,

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for this to just blow up and everybody just wants to get back to work.

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Everybody wants to make money.

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Everybody wants to take back whatever was taken from them because of the strike.

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So do you anticipate a huge workload coming in the, in

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the beginning of the year?

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I do.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I, I think.

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What do you anticipate, you know, coming your way a whole lot?

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Do you have something in the pipeline?

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Uh, auditions, stuff like that?

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A lot of auditions.

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Um, I'm doing one just this afternoon.

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I'm doing one tomorrow.

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I'm doing one on Monday 3.

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So...

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You hear that?

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So, if you find her, that's where...

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If you find her.

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So, if you find her, you know she's going to be somewhere Monday at 3.

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So, if you can somehow...

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If you can somehow find Elsa.

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Right.

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Monday at 2.

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50, stop her and be like, Hey, don't you have something in 10 minutes?

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And remind her that she has something in 10 minutes.

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So that way she can be there on time.

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And then tell her I've got an audition for you.

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Don't go to this one.

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Right.

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Um, don't you have a, uh, uh, you've produced a movie before

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that's won some awards, correct?

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Um, I, it's called move.

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Yes.

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Yeah.

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So, so actually, you know, the writer.

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah.

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Marie.

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Oh, yellow.

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Yeah.

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From Denmark.

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Yes, that's so cool!

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Yeah, so, um.

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Those of you listening, networking is everything.

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Yeah, it's all about me, you know.

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So, um, me and Derek, we have a mutual friend.

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And her name is Marie.

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And, uh, she lives in Denmark.

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She's a writer.

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She's a great writer.

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And so me and my...

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Me and a good friend of mine who is a, uh, director and DP in Sweden.

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We, he told me a little true story about his mom's best friend.

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Uh, it was like a dating thingy that turned into a,

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like a complete horror movie.

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Really?

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Yeah, like he, he was trying to kill her and stuff.

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It was crazy.

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Wait, really?

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Yeah, and it's, it's based on a true story, this film.

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So we, we started to Is it still available?

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Yeah, I can send it over to you.

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What, uh Is there any way that our listeners might be able to check it out?

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Any, any film festivals it might be in recently?

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Cause it came out like a, it came out a little bit ago, didn't it?

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Yeah, um, it's still in a few, um, film festivals.

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So I can't really share the link to everybody.

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Cause it's like, oh, if it's shared or it's posted

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anywhere, you get disqualified.

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It'll get overexposed.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, it's like a lot of, a lot of the film festivals has that as a

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rule that it can't be like public.

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Right, exactly.

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Yeah.

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Because it premieres at the actual film festival.

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So if they find it, you, you'll get disqualified.

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Because then nobody would be interested.

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Right.

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Exactly.

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So, um, but it's called Move.

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Yes.

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Uh, is there any area or location where people might be able to look out for it?

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Like are there going to be some premieres that might be here in LA?

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There's some premieres that might be here in maybe other

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places in the United States?

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Not that I have planned right now.

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No.

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The goal with this film.

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was to, um, just to make a short film because I had never made

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a film as a producer before.

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Right.

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And then I happened to find great people in Sweden, um, and then I

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asked my friend Marie if, or our friend Marie, if she would, she would

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like to be on board and she was.

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And then I also had a guy who would love to give us music for the film.

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So we had like, What made you want to scratch this producer itch?

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Um, I think it was just the fact that, uh, there was no acting jobs.

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So it was almost like I was being forced into it.

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I was like, I want to make a film.

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Yes.

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I want to make a film.

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And I would love to give a great performance.

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I would like to get recognized for my performance because what I've learned

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now, if you're in a film, they might not.

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And it's going into a film festival.

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They might not submit your category.

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It costs money for every category.

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Yes.

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Yeah, I know.

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I've been in great films before where I have been having like a great role

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and I'm like, I feel like I would have a shot, you know, and some films

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it's like, no, no, this was terrible.

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I get it.

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Um, right.

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But I don't think they were ever.

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Like, that category was ever submitted because the filmmaker

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wants recognition for their work.

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Or not necessarily the work for the actress.

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Yeah, and sometimes, uh, one submission for one category

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can cost hundreds of dollars.

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Right, right.

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Depending on what, like, what film.

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Was this a surprise to you?

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Like, because I've been a filmmaker for a while.

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Yeah.

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Um, and that's...

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I had no idea.

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Yeah, that's something that I always, like, when I'm making my films, the,

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like, once again, it does cost money to submit them to these other categories.

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And I tell a lot of people, don't just submit to film festivals, just randomly

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choose ones that you're like, this is a good genre because you don't, you're like,

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you know, don't spend your money unwisely.

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Yeah.

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Right?

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Right.

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But one thing I always do as a filmmaker is that I'm always like, okay, I'm making

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sure I'm not only submitting for, you know, possibly best director or, uh,

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best screenplay, but I also try to submit for, um, You know, lead actress, right?

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Uh, best, uh, elite actor.

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And I also submit for, uh, sound mixing and I always submit for cinematography.

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Those are the things that I told myself I always want to submit to.

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And those of you who are filmmakers who are listening, the main reason I

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do that, yeah, I mean, first of all, it's great that my friends can, and

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people I work with, they can win awards, but more importantly, it allows the

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actresses and actors and sound mix, whoever to showcase their work as well.

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When they shine, you shine.

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So that's great.

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That's great that you found that out.

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I mean, we basically wrote the main part for me because I wanted to work.

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Right, you were writing your own work, basically.

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Yeah, I was hiring myself.

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It's the best way to do it, is to write your own work.

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Yeah, because first of all, it was COVID, but then also the film

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industry is much smaller in Sweden, so there's not as many auditions

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out there for new actors like me.

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Right.

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So yeah, I was basically just looking to act and that was the

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only way and we happened to win.

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My, my other co actor also won as best actor.

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Oh really?

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That's awesome.

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So yeah, and we won, um, so he won best actor.

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So was this in Sweden?

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Yeah.

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And it was the same film festival.

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So they like, um, You guys rocked that film festival.

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Yeah, we, we did.

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Yeah, you rocked it.

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And this was won in London.

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So that was.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That was amazing.

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Can you, one of the things that I would ask you and our listeners, um, what kind

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of perspective did you gain from being a producer as, versus being an actress?

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Do you view acting differently now that you've been a producer?

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I definitely have a bigger understanding of the producer parts.

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Um.

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What would be that understanding?

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Probably budget.

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I've been trying to write a story, like a, like, write, write a script.

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Like, I'm not a writer, but I can always train to become a writer.

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But because I understand the producer part, I have a budget in my hand,

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in my head, while I'm writing.

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And that is stopping you from...

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Actually being creative because all you think about is money when you

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write and you're limiting yourself instead of just taking that out and

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just seeing yourself as a writer right now and just writing your story and

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let the creativity and the art flow.

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I have a mentee I tell that to, um, uh, because he wants to be a Hollywood

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writer, you know what I'm saying?

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I say Minty.

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I ain't gonna lie.

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It's my, uh, he's my cousin.

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He lives in Australia.

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Let me, we get real on this show.

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He's my cousin.

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He lives in Australia.

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Um, but, um, something I tell him, and I tell a lot of people, uh, who are...

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Who have smaller budgets.

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Write it, just write it first.

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And then let your creativity come out when you have to go to

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that second draft and fix things.

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That's when you like, okay, well, I can't have this giant explosion here, right?

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But how else can I give off this emotional effect or give off

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some sort of special effect that doesn't require all of that, right?

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If you have a, uh, if you have a police chase scene...

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Do you need to see every single car?

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As a producer, you know, cause when you're an actor, you just

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want everything to just happen.

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You just want to see it, or especially as a writer too.

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When you're a producer, you're like, I can do this scene with one police

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car instead of a giant fleet of them.

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I can do this scene while shooting the police car for a

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day instead of the entire week.

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I can get the same effect.

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Right, exactly.

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Right.

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No, no, you're right.

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You're absolutely right.

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Absolutely right.

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But yeah.

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Yeah.

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So, um, also, you're producing a play pretty soon, aren't you?

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I'm not producing it.

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I'm in it.

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You're in it.

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I'm in it.

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Oh, can you tell us a little bit about it?

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And I am super excited.

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So this is a play that's called The Lion and the Panther and it's

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going to run on the first, second, and third of December at the Hudson

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Backstage Theater in Hollywood.

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So it's coming out pretty soon.

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Yeah, exactly.

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So we're in the middle of the So you guys better get to it.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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And it's written and directed by Ricky Cutter and Jad Ellis.

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Can you say that one more time?

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Ricky Cutter.

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Ricky Cutter.

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Ricky Catter.

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Catter.

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And Jad Ellis.

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Oh, okay.

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Yes.

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And they have already been running this play up in Houston, Texas at the

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Match Midtown Arts and Theater Center.

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And it became very popular, so now they're bringing it down here.

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So, which Which is amazing.

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It became very popular.

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What part do you play?

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I can't tell you.

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You're gonna have to come watch the show.

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Oh, you're gonna tease us.

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tried to get it.

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Yeah, you're gonna have to come watch the show.

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It's amazing.

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Um, we're rehearsing, like, big time right now.

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How long have you been rehearsing?

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For like, a month?

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Or like?

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No, no.

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We've only been rehearsing for like, uh, one and a half

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week, two weeks or something.

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Oh.

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So you nailed this part this fast?

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Jesus.

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We will.

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This is what makes her a professional.

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I can't do all that stuff.

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But, hey, I, I can't.

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Swedish professionals are, are something different.

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Right.

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I cannot take all the credits.

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I'm working with Anthony Solis and Sam Jacobs, and they're incredible actors.

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Like, working with them, I feel so safe.

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I feel so comfortable.

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They're, they're just amazing.

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And watching them work together when I'm not on stage, it's,

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you, you get so drawn in.

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It gives you a different perspective.

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They're, the way they're embodying their characters, their voices and

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accents and everything is just so incredible and the relationships

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between the characters, incredible.

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And it's funny because Ricky and Jad, they have played these parts themselves.

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Oh really?

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Yes, up in Houston, Texas.

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So they're from Texas, or they did it in Texas?

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They did it up there.

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and now they're, now they're doing it in LA.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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So they play these characters themselves up there in Houston, Texas.

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So, and the fact that they're like so open minded and um, they allow us to play

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around with the characters and the script and the, they're not so rigid about it.

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Yeah.

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Because they have already done one version of it, but they are allowing.

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Completely new version.

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Will you tell us a little bit about like what it's about?

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Yes.

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So it is a, it's a story about a troubled young man who believes that

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he's physically becoming a lion.

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So he is being sent to a therapist and there we discovered that they both may

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have an extraterrestrial connection.

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Oh.

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So you made some interesting, like, mystery stuff going on here.

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Mm hmm.

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Yes, Derek.

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So, um, this is a story that will be heard around the world.

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In this cosmic experience you will embark a journey of enlightenment and explore

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interpersonal paternal relationships as well as important topics such as

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mental health, inner awakening, and what it really feels like to live in

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a society that tries to define what...

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Human nature is.

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So where, where can people want?

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Where, where can people get tickets to this?

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You can , you can read more about this on stage four eleven.com and stage four 11.

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Yes, and I will, I will see if I can swoop in a little link or something.

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And it's called the Line and the Panther line and Showtime is

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first, second, and 3rd of December.

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So if you're ready, yes.

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So if you're ready to be on the edge of your seat, come.

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Come along and take the ride.

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Take the journey and discover the mystery of why evolving through spiritual

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nature in such a human yet animalistic way can lead you to your roots.

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So come along and be you.

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All right.

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I highly recommend.

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All right.

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So, uh, what are the dates again for our listeners?

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First second and third.

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First second and third.

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Derek, I said it like five times.

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I know.

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I know.

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It's not me who needs to memorize it.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Our listeners want to know the dates.

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Yeah, you're telling me.

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I hear you.

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It's like you're not listening, Derek.

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I'm right here.

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So, you know, Rebecca, it's been really great to, uh, to have you on the show.

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Thank you for having me.

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Yeah.

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It's been a blast.

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Is there any way that our audience can follow you or like anything like that?

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Of course, you can follow me on Instagram and it's, um, very long.

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It's Rebecca Tarabakia.

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Rebecca Tarabakia.

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Can you spell your last name for us?

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It is T A R A B O C C H I.

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Eighth.

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Awesome.

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Yes.

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Italian.

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And, um, yeah, go check out, uh, uh, uh, Rebecca in this new play, and, um, she's

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gonna be in a whole bunch of other stuff.

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Yeah.

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Like Rebecca has been, I, I'm, I'm gonna flex a bit from Rebecca.

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She's a seasoned actress.

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I'm gonna flex a little bit.

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Rebecca, Rebecca's a very smart person.

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And you know, I know for a fact that she's gonna be in a whole bunch of

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other stuff coming up this year.

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She's, she's always doing, she's always busy.

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Yeah.

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She's always working, always doing something.

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She's always doing something I love doing.

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So Rebecca, I appreciate you coming on to the show and we'll see you soon.

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Thank you so much for having me and I'll see you soon.

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Well guys, this has been Film Center.

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My name is Derek Johnson II.

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I'm Nicholas Killian.

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And Rebecca Cherubacchia.

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And we'll see you next time.

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See ya.

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See ya.

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