I'm thrilled to announce our leading lady - a name synonymous with "screwball comedy" --
not! is
Elisabeth Röhm!
This will be her first foray in comedy and trust me - she will not disappoint! We're both excited about her turning in a surprising - if not shocking - performance for fans who know her best from her gripping work in
Law and Order and her recent uber-dramatic turn as a concert pianist in Bernard Rose's
The Kreutzer Sonata, based on the novella by
Leo Tolstoy, celebrated only two months ago at the
Edinburgh Film Festival. This woman is *fearless!*
Joining her and
Eric Roberts (as you never have and never will see him again) - I told you this is a comedy, right? Once again, this thinking thespian will show you his range is not limited to dramatic roles!
Also hopping aboard our train to Fun and Frolic is the
amazing Jim Holmes - who, again, will delight one and all with the splendid timing and layers of persona he conveys for the guy he's playing in
THE WHOLE TRUTH.
You'll recognize him from that laugh-a-minute hit show, "
24."
Yes. This. Is. A. Comedy.
Rick Overton, known as one of the best comedy script writers around (even winning an Emmy for his labor),
character actor (he's in three summer movies this year alone), stand up comic (HEALTH WARNING: if you see Rick in person, you may want to bandage your torso. I saw him recently at a Seattle comedy club and believe I cracked at least one rib laughing so hard. He is *merciless* as he keeps the laughs coming!) and consummate
mensch is with us as well. If you don't know, a mensch is a person with great character; a true-blue, genuinely good-hearted person. He also appears regularly on the
Stephanie Miller Show, writes for the
Huffington Post and is Captain Nemo in the new Capital One TV commercials.
See? At least one person famous for working in comedy is with us. That gives us at least a
little street cred with comedy purists. Oh! Our editor Stephen Myers has also worked with
Carl Reiner and other comedy greats in the biz!
Next week we finish casting locally, location scouting is already underway-
Craig Stewart is one of the top location scout/managers in the industry; our production office is going to be set up, our fantastic, enthusiastic Director of Photography
Paul Mailman and other key crew are aboard - and in just a little more than a month... the camera rolls!
Once again, the lure to sign up for this little independent film is the script. It gives everyone participating - on and off screen - the opportunity to shine. And, hopefully, to have a great time while we all work our hearts out!
Labels: Carl Reiner, Colleen Patrick, Craig Stewart, Elisabeth Rohm, Eric Roberts, Jim Holmes, Paul Mailman, Rick Overton, Sean Patrick Flanery, The Whole Truth