A: Well, it was kind of inevitable because I had been a friend of Victor Juliet when he decided to become a filmmaker. As I remember it, a friend of his had returned from the Cinema Wasteland horror film convention with a no-budget independent film titled ”The Wolf Hunter”. I know this because he insisted that all his friends watch it. He actually showed up at my apartment one evening out of the blue with the videocassette. Yes, videocassette, this was more than a few years ago.

          The film “The Wolf Hunter” by Bloodline Video (www.bloodlinevideo.com) directed by Matt Brassfield and starring Matt Hoffman is the story of Ash, the Wolf Hunter who fights the Werewolves of Ohio.

          After the film had ended, Victor was excited and asked me “Why are we not making movies?” I didn’t know why, it look like fun.

          A: After Victor has shown everyone “The Wolf Hunter” and convinced all of our friends that we just had to Make our Own Damn Movie*, I would often see him talking with our friend Mike Fitzgerald.

          *Make You Own Damn Movie is a book by Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, which Victor also insisted everyone read.

          I didn’t know what Victor wanted me to do in the film and his conversations with Mike didn’t help me understand any better. Occasionally, they would walk up to me, eye me up and down, and then talk about me like I wasn’t there.

          Victor
I was considering her for the lead in the third act.

          Mike
Oh, yeah. She’d be good for that, but what about the character at the end of the third act, she’d be perfect for that.

          Victor
But that is little more than a walk on part?

          Mike
I think there’s a way that we can beef up her role in the other segments.

          Victor
Splendid!

          And then they would walk off, without explaining anything.

          A: Well, I play myself or at least a character with the same name as me, Rachel Ward. See, the idea was that since none of us had made a movie before it would be a little easier if at least the lead actors didn’t have to worry about screwing up some other character’s name.

          The Rachel Ward that I play in the film is an actress turned casting director who is Victor’s femme fatale and provides contrast to Victor’s powerful right hand man Peter Thomas. Both Rachel and Peter are extremely loyal to Victor, and are willing to do anything to ensure that he achieves his goal of capturing his vision on film. I guess you could say that the actors playing those roles felt the same way towards the real Victor.

          A: The film is unique in that it is both an anthology and a single story. On one hand each act can be enjoyed alone as a short film complete onto it’s self, where on the other hand there is a developing story featuring reoccurring characters which tells one story.

          A: I think the biggest challenge was establishing, for me as an actress, was understanding the relationship between my character and Victor Juliet. >

          We’re obviously the villains, but in the terms of our character’s relations to one another we didn’t play against each other as villains. We wanted to establish that these are characters who have know each other and worked together for a long time. Yes, they’re killing people, but they had to have something in common beyond that.

          A: Honestly for a lot of it, I was in the dark about all that was going on, and there always seemed to be a lot going on. Victor pretty much had me just focus on my role. I wasn’t entirely sure how well some things would work in the film until I watched it.

          A: So far I have acted for Fiendish Films in Victor Juliet’s Director’s Cut, as well as one episode of The Fiends, the Fiendish Films web-series and two episodes of Make No-Budget Films The Fiendish Films Way, all of which are available at www.youtube.com/fiendishfilmsstudios

          I would love to try my hand at writing. So far I’ve practiced with fan-fiction and comedy, but screenwriting is my goal.

          A: Currently, I am working to help promote the film. Next year, we hope to get another production off the ground. I don’t for sure yet what that will be right now.

          I do know that there are definite plans for a sequel, Victor Juliet’s Second Cut: The Return of Victor Juliet. Victor has already discussed some of his plans for my character and the scenes he has planned are pretty wild.

          A: I spend entirely too much time on MySpace. And to answer the most common question that I am asked…” I am not interested in having a three-way with you and your girlfriend.” LOL!

          A: First it’s fraking* criminal that Michael Dougherty’s “Trick R Treat” was not released theatrically. It was one of the best studio films that I have seen this year.

          *Yes, I’m a geek.

          I also don’t understand what’s holding up the wide release of “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”. That film totally reinvents the tired teen slasher genre. I also think everyone should check out Archangel Productions’ The Vampire Assassin by Michael Kazlo II at www.archangelproductions.org and Mad Angel Films’ Brackish by Matthew A Peters at www.madangelfilms.com.

          A: No, thank you. This was a lot of fun.