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A twelve year old street kid. A 3 ton killer whale. A friendship you could never imagine.
An adventure you’ll never forget.
The only audio cassette I ever owned was the Free Willy soundtrack.
Also props to Keiko, the most dedicated method actor of all time. To prepare for his role as a captive orca in harsh living conditions, he actually became a captive orca in terrible living conditions.
Ok. well, my method during preparation and production is immersion. I try to just immerse myself in the role, and in this case, watching movies, documentaries reading books. just anything that has to do with cops. Particularly LAPD, the history of the LAPD. As well as ride-alongs with cops… just getting into the back-story and the psyche of DAVE BROWN.
So to jump in there is exciting and scary, and also you just feel completely safe and protected…Oren, he just won’t let you fail, and me personally, I tried to fail several times.
I mean its inevitable…with the freedom Oren does give you sometimes you’re gonna go in the wrong direction and he’s gonna steer you back.
How are your back and knees holding up?
Well I usually wouldn’t say fun…intense, challenging, engaging, yeah.
Not OP, but doing well enough as I was never fat.
How does it compare to Rampart?
The character in Rampart was the most difficult. I have a hard time seeing myself as a cop, being slightly anti-authoritarian, so I really had to immerses myself in that mentality. It was a challenge, but it was one I was psyched to meet. Especiallly working with Oren Moverman
Thank you, I get it now.
Listen everyone. Can we stay on topic and Free Willy. Thank you.
Was Willy Free?
In my free time I’m mainly with my family. that’s a pretty strong bond.
Even family can be a kind of freedom and loneliness a desolate prison. Mutual appreciation is what matters. Enjoy yours
Michael Jackson held him by the river Jordon.
Did you make penis jokes?
Of course. The movie was huge.
I did too, ask me nothing.
I did it for energy. And i have to say, it works.
Do you have term life insurance yet?
Given where he’s currently at in life, the real endorsement should probably come from his family.
I know Oren Moverman did an interview here. I did just learn about it, so I’m trying.
What are your thoughts and feelings about whalers on the moon
Berlers and terlets
well there was a lot of …the great thing about working with Oren is …he gives you an incredible playground. And all the tools… great direction, wonderful words to say…and inside of that he says “go play.”
What do you consider about the irony of an ‘actor whale’ playing 'free willy ’
Can I say free willy? It really took over my life for a while. I wouldn’t say irony is the operative word.
well there was a lot of …the great thing about working with Oren is …he gives you an incredible playground. And all the tools… great direction, wonderful words to say…and inside of that he says “go play.”
Working with oren… he’s adaptable…if he finds this is working, he commands you, tells you to keep going, he’s always pushing the outer limits.
As for the other roles, well if they don’t specifically come up in conversation, I don’t give them much thought!
I watched this movie repeatedly as a kid on VHS. What was it about?
Follow-up question: same thing but for The Sound of Music
Yeah …all of them?
With films with Oren specifically, you don’t do any rehearsal ahead of time. you aren’t blocked out, you don’t do blocking…you know…we try to come into the scene prepared and hope the other actors are prepared, and in this case they always were. Especially Brie, who initially that part was much smaller, just by virtue of her…the power of her personality, and her abilities she made that part a lot richer.
Tell us about the movie experience? Who were you with?
As I said, with my family, it’s a strong bond. So that helps. But I relate to a character and his love of his family. For example – I have 3 daughters, Dave Brown has 2. That pain he was feeling when things are not going well. That…that I can really sink my teeth into that. Sink my emotionality there.
Did you ever dream that your bed’s pillows were filled with pancakes and you were waterboarded by the CIA using copious amounts of maple syrup?
You know, I don’t really think about those things, once the opportunity passes, I really let go of it.
One of my first movies and I’ll never forget that adventure. I have no question though.
very kind thing to say.
did you forget about it?
I saw it in theaters and, yeah, I couldn’t tell you a single thing about this movie if my life depended on it.
I remember boats chasing our friend Willy, and then he does The Jump, and there’s a bad edit of the kid supposedly under him.
What was it like watching a movie with Paul Reubens?
hactar42@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Have you scheduled your colonoscopy yet?
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I did it for energy. And i have to say, it works.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
No anesthesia??