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<font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm probably the wrong person to say anything, since I've never had an acting class and never went to film school; but I have been in films with Kevin Bacon, Will Smith, Danny and Chris Masterson, Bijou Phillips, George Segal and Tobey Maguire. Did I sit down with them for a beer after a tough day's shoot? No. Was I on the same set? Well, yes (except Maguire, of course--we got Spider-Man, not Peter Parker). <br>
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Most of those projects involved travel to NYC, CT and NJ and the pay was up to about $100.00 a day. Wow! What a deal! Background. Trees that move. Standing under the Brooklyn Bridge at 3:00 AM in 14 degree weather in January. $100.00 or so. I didn't break even on any of them, except <i>Spider-Man 3.</i> So what? <br>
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Cleveland has a small film industry; but if it weren't for directors and actors willing to work for free, Cleveland wouldn't have a film industry at all. Okay, there are some commercial houses out there, and they do pay their actors (but not always). I'm talking about movies--film. <br>
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If we really want a film industry here, we need to develop skills. Cast, crew--skills. Will we get another <i>Spider-Man 3?</i> No dream of mine. Another <i>Welcome to Collinwood</i> or <i>American Splendor?</i> That would be sweet. And maybe another one of our own aspiring directors will break out again some day. You need to start somewhere. <br>
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I'm I a hobbyist? Who cares? If I can help make something possible for some director out there who wants to work with me and other amateurs, that's good enough for me. We can actually make it happen--instead of whining about the sad state of the film industry in Cleveland. <br>
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So if you don't like the concept--don't audition. I probably won't get the role even if I do. I'll still be there. <br>
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Logan Fry<br>
Last role: aged zombie in "Death of the Dead"<br>
My line: "Help me - Help me - The bastards ate my wife"<br>
Pay: craft table for lunch<br>
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