Interview with Actress Rebecca Tarabocchia
This week we interview award winning actress Rebecca Tarabocchia. With a resume including not only movies but 3D animation, we talk to her about living post-strike and how actors can be better prepared next time. It's all in this week's episode of Film Center News!
Transcript
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Speaker:Now, here are your anchors, Derek Johnson II and Nicholas Killian.
Speaker:Hey everyone, welcome to Film Center, your number one place for studio news.
Speaker:My name is Derek Johnson II.
Speaker:I'm Nicholas Killian.
Speaker:And today we're here with an award winning actress.
Speaker:We're here with...
Speaker:Hi Rebecca, how you doing?
Speaker:Hi, I'm good, how are you?
Speaker:Doing pretty good, pretty good.
Speaker:Good.
Speaker:How was your morning?
Speaker:It was really good, yeah.
Speaker:It was a bit early, I had a wonderful morning.
Speaker:Um, I was actually watching the new Spider Man Across the Universe.
Speaker:Did you really?
Speaker:Yeah, cause I fell asleep yesterday, so I finished it this morning.
Speaker:And I loved it.
Speaker:Yeah?
Speaker:Yeah, did you watch it?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:We did.
Speaker:We actually went to go see it in theaters.
Speaker:Yeah, we saw it in theaters.
Speaker:It was really cool.
Speaker:Um, We went to go see, what, at Regal that time?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yes, yeah, and the same Regal we saw at 270 Degrees.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:You ever seen 270?
Speaker:I don't think so.
Speaker:Uh, we went to go see the Forza Motorsport movie.
Speaker:Uh, no, the, uh, uh, uh, Gran Turismo.
Speaker:Gran Turismo.
Speaker:Oh, okay.
Speaker:I missed that, I gotta, yeah, I gotta catch up.
Speaker:But anyway, um, basically what it was is, it was like the original screen and
Speaker:then it had two screens off to the side.
Speaker:So it...
Speaker:It was almost like, uh, it was 270.
Speaker:So it was like, it was on left side and right side.
Speaker:But before we get into, you know, that we didn't do, you know, we used
Speaker:to do, we should, we should do a, uh, uh, uh, get more into Rebecca a
Speaker:little bit before we just started.
Speaker:The reason why it's really casual if you're listening is because I happen to
Speaker:have known Rebecca for some time now.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Back when film school days.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Back in the old film school.
Speaker:Back in the old film school days.
Speaker:2018.
Speaker:Yeah, 2018.
Speaker:We were neighbors.
Speaker:Yes, but we lived at Park Point.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Yeah, Park Point.
Speaker:A lot has changed since then, hasn't it?
Speaker:Huh?
Speaker:A lot has changed since then, hasn't it?
Speaker:Yeah, definitely.
Speaker:I mean, your hair is completely different.
Speaker:That's one thing that's changed.
Speaker:Yeah, I didn't even recognize you the other week when we met for
Speaker:the first time after a few years.
Speaker:Yeah, we caught up at a, um, we caught up at a premiere,
Speaker:one of our friends premiere.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And that's when we, I caught up with Rebecca.
Speaker:So, thankfully, she had time to come.
Speaker:on the show.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Which we, uh, appreciate.
Speaker:And I didn't recognize him the other week, and then I figured out why,
Speaker:because he used to wear glasses, and he didn't at the premieres.
Speaker:Almost exclusively, actually.
Speaker:Oh, really?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And it was not until And the big Malcolm X ones.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And it wasn't until he opened his mouth and started talking, because
Speaker:he yeah, I recognized your voice.
Speaker:I was like, hold up!
Speaker:I know that guy.
Speaker:Derek!
Speaker:And then when we went to the premiere of that movie, you
Speaker:were like, I think I know you.
Speaker:I, yeah, it kills me that I still can't figure out or
Speaker:remember where I know you from.
Speaker:I swear that we've met before.
Speaker:Well, Nicholas has been in LA for about, what, a decade now?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:But when did you guys get to know each other?
Speaker:Oh!
Speaker:We're not in this interview.
Speaker:This interview is not about us.
Speaker:This interview is not about us.
Speaker:She's so, see this is the thing.
Speaker:Listen, Rebecca is a very interesting person.
Speaker:She has this ability, when you start talking to her, you just
Speaker:tell her all your secrets.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:I want to know everything about you guys.
Speaker:It's that charm that she has.
Speaker:I'm gonna watch you now for that.
Speaker:It's probably because she's Swedish.
Speaker:She is Swedish.
Speaker:So when did you come over to America for the first time?
Speaker:Um, the first, well I came over for a quick vacation.
Speaker:I think it was back in like 2016 or something.
Speaker:And then...
Speaker:Um, for school and then 2020, I had to go back to Sweden because of COVID and then
Speaker:I came back last year about this time.
Speaker:So I know that you heard that the strike is now over.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:The SAG strike is now over.
Speaker:We definitely have to talk about that.
Speaker:How excited are we?
Speaker:As an actress, like, how does that make you feel?
Speaker:That now the strike, they have reached some, um, Some verdict a tentative deal.
Speaker:I mean, it's a relief for everyone It means that we can all go back to
Speaker:work and not just for the actors for everyone in the industry Like the writer
Speaker:strike affected everybody the the the actor strike the sack strike affected
Speaker:everybody so I think everyone is just very relieved and Excited to go back
Speaker:to work And for like new adventures and also for fair wages, you know, because
Speaker:that's something that's been apparently bothering everybody, but also with
Speaker:it, like AI and everything that's been scaring, that's been scaring everybody.
Speaker:So as a, as an actress, so I'm sure you've heard a lot about the AI,
Speaker:what they were planning on doing and then they would scan you once.
Speaker:Pay you that once and then use you in the background in perpetuity throughout the
Speaker:universe right in perpetuity throughout the universe fall of time And you know
Speaker:they have some AI scans even though this whole strike They're having there's a
Speaker:lot of talks of them using some AI scans They have already of dead celebrities for
Speaker:to use them in the background of other movies and their basis for this Is that
Speaker:they used, uh, uh, for Star Wars, uses a lot of face clones for people who were
Speaker:passed away in the more recent movies.
Speaker:How does that make you feel, that possibly As an actress.
Speaker:Right, as an actress.
Speaker:Or do you even think that's right?
Speaker:No, I would feel, um, I don't know if this is the right word, I would feel violated.
Speaker:Um, that they're using my appearance.
Speaker:Um.
Speaker:Possibly without even your consent.
Speaker:Yeah, exactly, cause they have it in their database, so they, and we're
Speaker:probably will never know, you know, if we, if somebody doesn't really find it
Speaker:for you and like show it to you, like, Hey, this is you, were you on this set?
Speaker:And then you realize, no, I wasn't.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:They, they literally stole my appearance.
Speaker:They wouldn't even let you know.
Speaker:No, and, and I think, well, it, yeah, I don't, I really don't
Speaker:think they would let you know.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Because they're, they're Slytherin.
Speaker:Like that.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Um.
Speaker:Have you been, have you been scanned so far or no?
Speaker:Cause I know some people who have actually been scanned already.
Speaker:I haven't, but I am, um, it's for a video game.
Speaker:And I did Oh, I guess that's different, isn't it?
Speaker:Yeah, but they do scan, like, through pictures.
Speaker:They scan you and then they make you into an avatar and then we will be doing
Speaker:the voiceover for these characters Which is super, you know, it's a video game.
Speaker:It's called Well, are you are you able to say it?
Speaker:I'm not sure Once again everyone a film center is on the road, you know
Speaker:that we go everywhere We're here in Starbucks chilling right now And also
Speaker:I would like to remind our viewers those who are not in the industry that
Speaker:in Hollywood There's a lot of NDAs, so that's why sometimes we cannot mention
Speaker:all the shows and things that we work on.
Speaker:And everything that we're talking about.
Speaker:Right, but that's why we talk mostly about experiences.
Speaker:So, I mean, if you've already been scanned in the game, right, do you have any
Speaker:worry that this might come up sometime later in like a film or a TV show?
Speaker:A little bit.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Um, but it wasn't really anything.
Speaker:I know I'm allowed to say this because we've been posting everything
Speaker:about it, but it doesn't matter.
Speaker:Um, a little bit.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Um, but it wasn't anything that we were thinking about once we, once
Speaker:we sent the photos, because this was like months and months ago.
Speaker:And this was like, this is before the strike.
Speaker:No, I think it was in the beginning of the strike.
Speaker:It was the beginning?
Speaker:Oh, because in the beginning the TV, uh, because this is a video game.
Speaker:Yeah, this So technically they were not under, they were not
Speaker:being striked at at first.
Speaker:Yeah, no.
Speaker:Which is correct.
Speaker:So, um, yeah, we just sent our pictures and everything, um, and they were gonna
Speaker:send us the examples of the avatars.
Speaker:But here's the thing, I also know how to do all this in 3D.
Speaker:So you just take the scans and you put it on like a type of a...
Speaker:inside the program and then it kind of forms out.
Speaker:It's not going to be exactly the same.
Speaker:Um, but if they're using AI, it's probably going to be different.
Speaker:Oh, well, it is AI.
Speaker:So, um, Rebecca, you do more than just, just be an actress.
Speaker:You want to tell the audience a little bit more about all the things that you do?
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:So I, I found a new hobby during COVID.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:When was that?
Speaker:And it was 3d animation.
Speaker:I love animated movies.
Speaker:I'm obsessed with, like, Disney, Pixar, Dreamwork.
Speaker:Which one would you say is your favorite?
Speaker:Frozen.
Speaker:Frozen?
Speaker:Yeah, but I'm also a huge fan of Spirits.
Speaker:You kind of look like Elsa, too.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:She does.
Speaker:That's what I keep telling people, but they don't agree.
Speaker:Oh my gosh.
Speaker:You could don the costume and...
Speaker:Oh, I have.
Speaker:Trust me, I have.
Speaker:I remember when I worked at Disney World when that movie came out.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And, oh, they shut down the, they basically had shut down the park.
Speaker:The line to meet Elsa was an actual five hours long.
Speaker:The line was so long, some people couldn't get into other rides.
Speaker:Like, crazy.
Speaker:You look, you do look just like her.
Speaker:You do look just like Elsa.
Speaker:Wow, I should apply.
Speaker:You should.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:You definitely should.
Speaker:Easily gets the part.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Easily.
Speaker:Definitely have the hair.
Speaker:One thing that I would ask you.
Speaker:is, since the strike had gone on so long, there were pe there were people
Speaker:in two camps that were saying, we need to push the strike as fa you
Speaker:know, as long as it needs to be.
Speaker:And then there were some people that were saying, hey, we're
Speaker:definitely for the strike, but we still haven't recovered from COVID.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And so they were like, we need to end it right now.
Speaker:But then there were some people who were like, Well, if you don't
Speaker:end it right now, this is going to be basically the end of us.
Speaker:So, which camp did you, they were like, I, I agree about all of the
Speaker:fears of AI and everything like that, but I also can't pay my rent.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And I can't, I can't live.
Speaker:So, which, what do you, as an actress.
Speaker:And you're also, uh, you also produced things before.
Speaker:So you kind of also have like this dual perspective.
Speaker:Well, I was COVID was really tough for everyone.
Speaker:Um, but the fact that I, um, literally had to like leave the country and
Speaker:like get a completely different job that I really didn't want.
Speaker:Um, I was in a visa process and that was like the worst time of my life.
Speaker:And all I wanted was just to come back to California where there's sun,
Speaker:there's palm trees, there's film people.
Speaker:And I just wanted to work, you know?
Speaker:And so once I got my visa in my hand and then flew back
Speaker:here, I was like, yes, finally.
Speaker:I've been waiting two years for this.
Speaker:I've been working so hard in order for, you know, there's so many
Speaker:expenses with lawyers and you know, Oh, I'm imagining the American visa.
Speaker:It's so difficult.
Speaker:It's so difficult.
Speaker:Um, so I finally got it.
Speaker:And I got here, and just like a couple of months in, this strike happened.
Speaker:And I was like, Oof.
Speaker:That's crazy.
Speaker:That's rough.
Speaker:Can't we just all just take a break, please?
Speaker:A break?
Speaker:Can't we just go back?
Speaker:To work.
Speaker:Put a pause on the crazy for a second.
Speaker:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker:Wonder please.
Speaker:Let's just chill for a second and do our work.
Speaker:Maybe we can do the strike in like two years or something.
Speaker:That's what I was gonna ask you.
Speaker:So there was a big consensus, two people in two camps, schools of
Speaker:thought that they were like, okay.
Speaker:We definitely agree with you.
Speaker:That I do agree.
Speaker:I really do do, and I'm happy that, that we need the strike.
Speaker:I'm, I'm happy that the strike happened and I'm happy that it's over, but right
Speaker:when it happened, I was just so sick.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Because a lot of.
Speaker:People were saying that COVID just happened.
Speaker:We haven't recovered from COVID and then you're going to strike.
Speaker:I mean, that's almost like a one, two punch for some people.
Speaker:We had a WGA and a SAG strike this year.
Speaker:IANCE, there are talks of IANCE striking next year, which previously
Speaker:on a previous episode of Film Center, our listeners know, we talked about a
Speaker:lot of the reasons why IANCE probably won't strike mainly because, um,
Speaker:they get a lot of business, right?
Speaker:They get a lot of business and then every time, you know, when there's productions,
Speaker:uh, IAASI has the most people hired on set, right, because they do so much stuff.
Speaker:However, now because of the events of this year, they are now
Speaker:planning on doing their strike.
Speaker:I remember talking to, um, some coordinators from IAASI, which I will not
Speaker:name drop anyone, obviously, but I have, I've had conversations with them, um, in
Speaker:which they're like, yeah, they're even gearing up their press for the strike.
Speaker:They're gearing up their, and there's like, their, uh, contract isn't open
Speaker:until like mid next year, and there are Already looking for, um, well,
Speaker:I can't say too much, but they're already gearing up their press for it.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So I mean, WJ and SAG is over this year.
Speaker:You as an actress, someone who, uh, when you have a new found
Speaker:passion of three animation right.
Speaker:But also you do, uh, produce things.
Speaker:What is, what is your thoughts on that?
Speaker:Where do they go to, where do they strike next year?
Speaker:Because then we're gonna be back to where we were.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:Wake.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:What, what if an IE strikes next year, how do you think that
Speaker:would affect you as an actress?
Speaker:I don't even want to start thinking about that.
Speaker:Like, the SAG strike just ended, and um, yeah.
Speaker:Um, like I understand it, I really do.
Speaker:Um, and I will support it, whatever it takes.
Speaker:Um, but, as for now, I just really want to enjoy the fact that the
Speaker:strike is over, and I just want to go back to work like it's crazy.
Speaker:Already, just a couple of days before the strike ended, how many
Speaker:auditions, like, just blew in to...
Speaker:I bet it has been a flood, huh?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Just a gigantic flood of auditions.
Speaker:Yes, just a couple of days before the strike ended, and now the strike is
Speaker:over, we're, we're like looking for, we're like looking towards the, the
Speaker:busiest year in the industry ever.
Speaker:So, praise yourselves.
Speaker:Everybody's trying to get everything done now.
Speaker:Yes, and every...
Speaker:Everything that was put on hold because of the strike, everything that was,
Speaker:has been postponed are like ready to film because they have everything.
Speaker:They might have made some changes and stuff, but they're like so ready for,
Speaker:for this to just blow up and everybody just wants to get back to work.
Speaker:Everybody wants to make money.
Speaker:Everybody wants to take back whatever was taken from them because of the strike.
Speaker:So do you anticipate a huge workload coming in the, in
Speaker:the beginning of the year?
Speaker:I do.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And I, I think.
Speaker:What do you anticipate, you know, coming your way a whole lot?
Speaker:Do you have something in the pipeline?
Speaker:Uh, auditions, stuff like that?
Speaker:A lot of auditions.
Speaker:Um, I'm doing one just this afternoon.
Speaker:I'm doing one tomorrow.
Speaker:I'm doing one on Monday 3.
Speaker:So...
Speaker:You hear that?
Speaker:So, if you find her, that's where...
Speaker:If you find her.
Speaker:So, if you find her, you know she's going to be somewhere Monday at 3.
Speaker:So, if you can somehow...
Speaker:If you can somehow find Elsa.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Monday at 2.
Speaker:50, stop her and be like, Hey, don't you have something in 10 minutes?
Speaker:And remind her that she has something in 10 minutes.
Speaker:So that way she can be there on time.
Speaker:And then tell her I've got an audition for you.
Speaker:Don't go to this one.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Um, don't you have a, uh, uh, you've produced a movie before
Speaker:that's won some awards, correct?
Speaker:Um, I, it's called move.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:So, so actually, you know, the writer.
Speaker:Oh yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Marie.
Speaker:Oh, yellow.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:From Denmark.
Speaker:Yes, that's so cool!
Speaker:Yeah, so, um.
Speaker:Those of you listening, networking is everything.
Speaker:Yeah, it's all about me, you know.
Speaker:So, um, me and Derek, we have a mutual friend.
Speaker:And her name is Marie.
Speaker:And, uh, she lives in Denmark.
Speaker:She's a writer.
Speaker:She's a great writer.
Speaker:And so me and my...
Speaker:Me and a good friend of mine who is a, uh, director and DP in Sweden.
Speaker:We, he told me a little true story about his mom's best friend.
Speaker:Uh, it was like a dating thingy that turned into a,
Speaker:like a complete horror movie.
Speaker:Really?
Speaker:Yeah, like he, he was trying to kill her and stuff.
Speaker:It was crazy.
Speaker:Wait, really?
Speaker:Yeah, and it's, it's based on a true story, this film.
Speaker:So we, we started to Is it still available?
Speaker:Yeah, I can send it over to you.
Speaker:What, uh Is there any way that our listeners might be able to check it out?
Speaker:Any, any film festivals it might be in recently?
Speaker:Cause it came out like a, it came out a little bit ago, didn't it?
Speaker:Yeah, um, it's still in a few, um, film festivals.
Speaker:So I can't really share the link to everybody.
Speaker:Cause it's like, oh, if it's shared or it's posted
Speaker:anywhere, you get disqualified.
Speaker:It'll get overexposed.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah, it's like a lot of, a lot of the film festivals has that as a
Speaker:rule that it can't be like public.
Speaker:Right, exactly.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Because it premieres at the actual film festival.
Speaker:So if they find it, you, you'll get disqualified.
Speaker:Because then nobody would be interested.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Exactly.
Speaker:So, um, but it's called Move.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Uh, is there any area or location where people might be able to look out for it?
Speaker:Like are there going to be some premieres that might be here in LA?
Speaker:There's some premieres that might be here in maybe other
Speaker:places in the United States?
Speaker:Not that I have planned right now.
Speaker:No.
Speaker:The goal with this film.
Speaker:was to, um, just to make a short film because I had never made
Speaker:a film as a producer before.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:And then I happened to find great people in Sweden, um, and then I
Speaker:asked my friend Marie if, or our friend Marie, if she would, she would
Speaker:like to be on board and she was.
Speaker:And then I also had a guy who would love to give us music for the film.
Speaker:So we had like, What made you want to scratch this producer itch?
Speaker:Um, I think it was just the fact that, uh, there was no acting jobs.
Speaker:So it was almost like I was being forced into it.
Speaker:I was like, I want to make a film.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:I want to make a film.
Speaker:And I would love to give a great performance.
Speaker:I would like to get recognized for my performance because what I've learned
Speaker:now, if you're in a film, they might not.
Speaker:And it's going into a film festival.
Speaker:They might not submit your category.
Speaker:It costs money for every category.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Yeah, I know.
Speaker:I've been in great films before where I have been having like a great role
Speaker:and I'm like, I feel like I would have a shot, you know, and some films
Speaker:it's like, no, no, this was terrible.
Speaker:I get it.
Speaker:Um, right.
Speaker:But I don't think they were ever.
Speaker:Like, that category was ever submitted because the filmmaker
Speaker:wants recognition for their work.
Speaker:Or not necessarily the work for the actress.
Speaker:Yeah, and sometimes, uh, one submission for one category
Speaker:can cost hundreds of dollars.
Speaker:Right, right.
Speaker:Depending on what, like, what film.
Speaker:Was this a surprise to you?
Speaker:Like, because I've been a filmmaker for a while.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Um, and that's...
Speaker:I had no idea.
Speaker:Yeah, that's something that I always, like, when I'm making my films, the,
Speaker:like, once again, it does cost money to submit them to these other categories.
Speaker:And I tell a lot of people, don't just submit to film festivals, just randomly
Speaker:choose ones that you're like, this is a good genre because you don't, you're like,
Speaker:you know, don't spend your money unwisely.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Right?
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:But one thing I always do as a filmmaker is that I'm always like, okay, I'm making
Speaker:sure I'm not only submitting for, you know, possibly best director or, uh,
Speaker:best screenplay, but I also try to submit for, um, You know, lead actress, right?
Speaker:Uh, best, uh, elite actor.
Speaker:And I also submit for, uh, sound mixing and I always submit for cinematography.
Speaker:Those are the things that I told myself I always want to submit to.
Speaker:And those of you who are filmmakers who are listening, the main reason I
Speaker:do that, yeah, I mean, first of all, it's great that my friends can, and
Speaker:people I work with, they can win awards, but more importantly, it allows the
Speaker:actresses and actors and sound mix, whoever to showcase their work as well.
Speaker:When they shine, you shine.
Speaker:So that's great.
Speaker:That's great that you found that out.
Speaker:I mean, we basically wrote the main part for me because I wanted to work.
Speaker:Right, you were writing your own work, basically.
Speaker:Yeah, I was hiring myself.
Speaker:It's the best way to do it, is to write your own work.
Speaker:Yeah, because first of all, it was COVID, but then also the film
Speaker:industry is much smaller in Sweden, so there's not as many auditions
Speaker:out there for new actors like me.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So yeah, I was basically just looking to act and that was the
Speaker:only way and we happened to win.
Speaker:My, my other co actor also won as best actor.
Speaker:Oh really?
Speaker:That's awesome.
Speaker:So yeah, and we won, um, so he won best actor.
Speaker:So was this in Sweden?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And it was the same film festival.
Speaker:So they like, um, You guys rocked that film festival.
Speaker:Yeah, we, we did.
Speaker:Yeah, you rocked it.
Speaker:And this was won in London.
Speaker:So that was.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:That was amazing.
Speaker:Can you, one of the things that I would ask you and our listeners, um, what kind
Speaker:of perspective did you gain from being a producer as, versus being an actress?
Speaker:Do you view acting differently now that you've been a producer?
Speaker:I definitely have a bigger understanding of the producer parts.
Speaker:Um.
Speaker:What would be that understanding?
Speaker:Probably budget.
Speaker:I've been trying to write a story, like a, like, write, write a script.
Speaker:Like, I'm not a writer, but I can always train to become a writer.
Speaker:But because I understand the producer part, I have a budget in my hand,
Speaker:in my head, while I'm writing.
Speaker:And that is stopping you from...
Speaker:Actually being creative because all you think about is money when you
Speaker:write and you're limiting yourself instead of just taking that out and
Speaker:just seeing yourself as a writer right now and just writing your story and
Speaker:let the creativity and the art flow.
Speaker:I have a mentee I tell that to, um, uh, because he wants to be a Hollywood
Speaker:writer, you know what I'm saying?
Speaker:I say Minty.
Speaker:I ain't gonna lie.
Speaker:It's my, uh, he's my cousin.
Speaker:He lives in Australia.
Speaker:Let me, we get real on this show.
Speaker:He's my cousin.
Speaker:He lives in Australia.
Speaker:Um, but, um, something I tell him, and I tell a lot of people, uh, who are...
Speaker:Who have smaller budgets.
Speaker:Write it, just write it first.
Speaker:And then let your creativity come out when you have to go to
Speaker:that second draft and fix things.
Speaker:That's when you like, okay, well, I can't have this giant explosion here, right?
Speaker:But how else can I give off this emotional effect or give off
Speaker:some sort of special effect that doesn't require all of that, right?
Speaker:If you have a, uh, if you have a police chase scene...
Speaker:Do you need to see every single car?
Speaker:As a producer, you know, cause when you're an actor, you just
Speaker:want everything to just happen.
Speaker:You just want to see it, or especially as a writer too.
Speaker:When you're a producer, you're like, I can do this scene with one police
Speaker:car instead of a giant fleet of them.
Speaker:I can do this scene while shooting the police car for a
Speaker:day instead of the entire week.
Speaker:I can get the same effect.
Speaker:Right, exactly.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:No, no, you're right.
Speaker:You're absolutely right.
Speaker:Absolutely right.
Speaker:But yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:So, um, also, you're producing a play pretty soon, aren't you?
Speaker:I'm not producing it.
Speaker:I'm in it.
Speaker:You're in it.
Speaker:I'm in it.
Speaker:Oh, can you tell us a little bit about it?
Speaker:And I am super excited.
Speaker:So this is a play that's called The Lion and the Panther and it's
Speaker:going to run on the first, second, and third of December at the Hudson
Speaker:Backstage Theater in Hollywood.
Speaker:So it's coming out pretty soon.
Speaker:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker:So we're in the middle of the So you guys better get to it.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And it's written and directed by Ricky Cutter and Jad Ellis.
Speaker:Can you say that one more time?
Speaker:Ricky Cutter.
Speaker:Ricky Cutter.
Speaker:Ricky Catter.
Speaker:Catter.
Speaker:And Jad Ellis.
Speaker:Oh, okay.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:And they have already been running this play up in Houston, Texas at the
Speaker:Match Midtown Arts and Theater Center.
Speaker:And it became very popular, so now they're bringing it down here.
Speaker:So, which Which is amazing.
Speaker:It became very popular.
Speaker:What part do you play?
Speaker:I can't tell you.
Speaker:You're gonna have to come watch the show.
Speaker:Oh, you're gonna tease us.
Speaker:tried to get it.
Speaker:Yeah, you're gonna have to come watch the show.
Speaker:It's amazing.
Speaker:Um, we're rehearsing, like, big time right now.
Speaker:How long have you been rehearsing?
Speaker:For like, a month?
Speaker:Or like?
Speaker:No, no.
Speaker:We've only been rehearsing for like, uh, one and a half
Speaker:week, two weeks or something.
Speaker:Oh.
Speaker:So you nailed this part this fast?
Speaker:Jesus.
Speaker:We will.
Speaker:This is what makes her a professional.
Speaker:I can't do all that stuff.
Speaker:But, hey, I, I can't.
Speaker:Swedish professionals are, are something different.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:I cannot take all the credits.
Speaker:I'm working with Anthony Solis and Sam Jacobs, and they're incredible actors.
Speaker:Like, working with them, I feel so safe.
Speaker:I feel so comfortable.
Speaker:They're, they're just amazing.
Speaker:And watching them work together when I'm not on stage, it's,
Speaker:you, you get so drawn in.
Speaker:It gives you a different perspective.
Speaker:They're, the way they're embodying their characters, their voices and
Speaker:accents and everything is just so incredible and the relationships
Speaker:between the characters, incredible.
Speaker:And it's funny because Ricky and Jad, they have played these parts themselves.
Speaker:Oh really?
Speaker:Yes, up in Houston, Texas.
Speaker:So they're from Texas, or they did it in Texas?
Speaker:They did it up there.
Speaker:and now they're, now they're doing it in LA.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:So they play these characters themselves up there in Houston, Texas.
Speaker:So, and the fact that they're like so open minded and um, they allow us to play
Speaker:around with the characters and the script and the, they're not so rigid about it.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Because they have already done one version of it, but they are allowing.
Speaker:Completely new version.
Speaker:Will you tell us a little bit about like what it's about?
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:So it is a, it's a story about a troubled young man who believes that
Speaker:he's physically becoming a lion.
Speaker:So he is being sent to a therapist and there we discovered that they both may
Speaker:have an extraterrestrial connection.
Speaker:Oh.
Speaker:So you made some interesting, like, mystery stuff going on here.
Speaker:Mm hmm.
Speaker:Yes, Derek.
Speaker:So, um, this is a story that will be heard around the world.
Speaker:In this cosmic experience you will embark a journey of enlightenment and explore
Speaker:interpersonal paternal relationships as well as important topics such as
Speaker:mental health, inner awakening, and what it really feels like to live in
Speaker:a society that tries to define what...
Speaker:Human nature is.
Speaker:So where, where can people want?
Speaker:Where, where can people get tickets to this?
Speaker:You can , you can read more about this on stage four eleven.com and stage four 11.
Speaker:Yes, and I will, I will see if I can swoop in a little link or something.
Speaker:And it's called the Line and the Panther line and Showtime is
Speaker:first, second, and 3rd of December.
Speaker:So if you're ready, yes.
Speaker:So if you're ready to be on the edge of your seat, come.
Speaker:Come along and take the ride.
Speaker:Take the journey and discover the mystery of why evolving through spiritual
Speaker:nature in such a human yet animalistic way can lead you to your roots.
Speaker:So come along and be you.
Speaker:All right.
Speaker:I highly recommend.
Speaker:All right.
Speaker:So, uh, what are the dates again for our listeners?
Speaker:First second and third.
Speaker:First second and third.
Speaker:Derek, I said it like five times.
Speaker:I know.
Speaker:I know.
Speaker:It's not me who needs to memorize it.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Our listeners want to know the dates.
Speaker:Yeah, you're telling me.
Speaker:I hear you.
Speaker:It's like you're not listening, Derek.
Speaker:I'm right here.
Speaker:So, you know, Rebecca, it's been really great to, uh, to have you on the show.
Speaker:Thank you for having me.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:It's been a blast.
Speaker:Is there any way that our audience can follow you or like anything like that?
Speaker:Of course, you can follow me on Instagram and it's, um, very long.
Speaker:It's Rebecca Tarabakia.
Speaker:Rebecca Tarabakia.
Speaker:Can you spell your last name for us?
Speaker:It is T A R A B O C C H I.
Speaker:Eighth.
Speaker:Awesome.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Italian.
Speaker:And, um, yeah, go check out, uh, uh, uh, Rebecca in this new play, and, um, she's
Speaker:gonna be in a whole bunch of other stuff.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Like Rebecca has been, I, I'm, I'm gonna flex a bit from Rebecca.
Speaker:She's a seasoned actress.
Speaker:I'm gonna flex a little bit.
Speaker:Rebecca, Rebecca's a very smart person.
Speaker:And you know, I know for a fact that she's gonna be in a whole bunch of
Speaker:other stuff coming up this year.
Speaker:She's, she's always doing, she's always busy.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:She's always working, always doing something.
Speaker:She's always doing something I love doing.
Speaker:So Rebecca, I appreciate you coming on to the show and we'll see you soon.
Speaker:Thank you so much for having me and I'll see you soon.
Speaker:Well guys, this has been Film Center.
Speaker:My name is Derek Johnson II.
Speaker:I'm Nicholas Killian.
Speaker:And Rebecca Cherubacchia.
Speaker:And we'll see you next time.
Speaker:See ya.
Speaker:See ya.
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