Working With Friends
Posted by Fetch Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:34:00 GMT
So they tell you in any business, if you are smart-never ever work with your friends.
They fail to mention what you should do if one of your dearest friends and favorite writers offers you a tailor made role and asks your sister to produce your project….
Hmmmmm….
Well we’re in. I met PG Kain back in acting school where he became my resident Madame Defarge as he knit happily while I was acting and throwing myself around in hysterics. He offered me a comedic scene to do with him, and confused (as I never was offered comedic roles) I accepted and a wonderful friendship began.
Through our time together PG and I have become close friends and fine allies. He has helped me thourgh the woes of acting and a slew of personal dramas. We have acted together in smaller projects- one notably where although we shared a stage for 15 minutes we shared no lines-but we never found a project we wanted to get behind together.
Then I got the phone call. PG’s calls are more like a call to arms rather than friendly chat and he informed me that he had a project and we were doing it. It was a new idea for a nano series on the web and as far as he knew hadn’t yet been tried yet. No wasn’t an option nor was it a choice I wanted. And we’re in. So far we have shot four episodes of Holly Malone and getting to work with “my friends” has been my favorite experience in NYC yet.
