So turns out I'm in the @Shudder doc series briefly and uncredited in The Vic Morrow / Twilight Zone episode of #cursedfilms edited in a way that looks like I'm being told off on set 😜 (I Don't remember signing clearance on it 🤷🏻♂️) cont...
but here's the thing...Vic Morrow, Myca Dinh Le deaths affected me as a kid, like reaaally affected me. A few years back I accidentally watched the grisly footage of the accident whilst researching for a doc I was producing that never saw the light of day. (Cont)
So it re-haunted me much later on in life too. A very sad, tragic, avoidable accident that most over the years agree remains unsatisfactorily concluded. #Cursedfilms has been a great series...(cont) ..
I was dreading watching this episode because the idea of revisiting it triggers something in my primal brain - it's like a childhood monster under my bed in a way. That irrational thing that just triggers fear. In this episode - it seques to Troma & Lloyd ...
On set of Shitstorm talking about their impeccable attention to on set safety (it has to be noted if there's one thing Troma and Lloyd takes seriously it's the set safety) It's a random cutaway from a somber story....
But serves a purpose to highlight how to do set safety correctly & Lloyd & Pat definitely do it correctly.But then..There I am bold as brass, a surprise for sure as I didn't know @shudder were on set that day.Not pleased with the way it was edited,not pleased I didn't sign off...
BUT. After the initial shock wore off - it dawned on me the astronomical odds of me being in what is likely a definitive documentary of the one thing that scarred me as a kid. Just as astronomical as picking up a copy of Toxic Avenger then starring in a Troma movie 30 years later
Just as astronomical as marrying the daughter of the little girl that scared the shit out of me in Day of The Triffids (1967) - here's the point: you literally have no control over anything - those odds are ridiculous, but they happened......
Vic Morrow had no clue what would happen that day at work. Brandon Lee didn't either when he went to the set of 'The Crow' that day (ep 4) no one knew at Christmas we'd be in lockdown! Do what you want to do! Forget the plans. Live life and be the best you can be in the moment...
LIVE LIFE! Who knows one day you may find yourself being berated for bad acting by your movie idol / friend in drag, in a documentary (uncredited/non waivered) that centres around one of your deep rooted childhood traumas. Anyway that's where I'm at. How are you?