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JOHNNY
- played by John Fairclough |
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How did you get involved with the movie? |
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The
director, Richard “Richie” Celenza, and I are like brothers. When we
were younger, we had embraced a fuck-it attitude. The script is a loose
account of those years. |
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What did you think about working with the director? |
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Rich
has great ideas about what he wants to be seen. He showed a great ability
to have his vision performed by his cast. |
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3.
Do you feel that the characters were believable? |
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In
most cases, Rich had to tone down the severity of the cast’s
personalities. Most of people in the film were not actors. These were
friends and family members. But this is not your typical group of people.
The cast is made up of people whose life stories could be made into a
comedy skit. The only trouble would be in selecting which events to
eliminate because two hours would not be enough time to show all of them. |
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4.
With the script being written loosely on real-life people and event, which
scene or actor was most true to their real life personality? |
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The
scene was Joe Pins, myself and Schmoe are about to get on an elevator to
enter into a casino. This scene captures Joe Pins personality to a T. In
the scene, I’m explaining that we have to stay in control and manage our
money well to win. He looked at me intently as I spoke, as if my words
were penetrating his head. He then enters into the casino elevator full of
confidence. The next shot shows us leaving the casino elevator after Joe
Pins lost all his money. This is Joe Pin’s life. Things like that make
him the funniest person I know. He is not funny in the traditional sense
of the description. He is not a joke teller. He does not have a funny
laugh. It’s his actions that make him funny. He’s bipolar. He is the
luckiest and unluckiest person all at once. You could trust him to rob a
bank with you, but you could not trust him with your portion of the rent.
He once hit a light pole in a parking lot because he was paying more
attention to his laffy taffy then to driving. You would think people look
at him as a screwball that they would want to avoid, but he is the life of
the part and hangs out with strippers most men would die to be with.
That’s Pins. |
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5.
Did you find it strange to act in a role that was based on your life? |
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It
was not strange. Richie just kept telling me to be myself. I just did not
know it was going to take me so many takes to get it right! |
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6.
From what we heard that you and Richie would actually get in arguments on
the shoots. At times people thought you were going to actually fight. Did
that affect your performance? |
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When
we would go to do a shoots Richie, he didn’t care what it took to get
the shot. Legally or illegally he was there to get it done regardless of
the risk. That I didn’t have a beef with. But this film became Richie's
obsession that I can completely understand. But I was trying to run a
business and be in the film as a main character. A lot of times are
schedules conflicted, which at times was hard on both of us. So sometimes
we would be at a shoot we would already be a little aggravated at one
another other. Richie doesn’t have any conscience to what he says and
either do I. So if I didn’t like something I would tell him go fuck
yourself. But that’s just are personalities.
Besides that I think Richie is going to be big time. He does not
know limits. That is why he will succeed. |
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7.
Any other projects that you will be working on in the future. |
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I
might be going to Florida this month to do a video or a short that Rich is
directing. |