-Filmed in June 2014, this is a zombie short film by HEWITT FILMS originally to be submitted for a film contest by SRS CINEMA LLC. I presume it wasn’t cause it was released Saturday night so…I play the role of “Knife” in this. A different type of role for me cause he is quite the stereotypical nerd (my “type” is usually that of the bad guy / villain / killer ) so this was basically a stretch for me. I had a lot of fun with the role and had a great time working with a great cast and crew. Below is a recap I did shortly after filming. Pics can now be seen on my acting page on Facebook. Enjoy 🙂
-6/16/2014-Later this day I went down to a bar named Pooches to film in “Locked In”-a zombie short film by Hewitt Films. Directing this would be Anwar Armstrong. I played the role of “Knife” (or “Knife-Man”)-a computer nerd basically. I went thru a few ideas in terms of the way I wanted to look and sound-even temp. dyed my hair dirty blonde at one point. In the end, I went with a look that makes me look like an Alfalfa wanna-be and sounding a little like someone I actually know 🙂
– In this, I’m basically in victim as well as nerd mode-which is quite different from my usual villain role. I think I did fine-the other guys were laughing at my expense from time to time, which was cool. I did have fun playing this. It did rain a little outside so that delayed filming for awhile, but we got this all down in a day-even got to eat some stew 🙂 I did get slightly injured towards the end. If you see the pics of my finger, that’s real blood coming out. No worries. Also got a nice scratch on my left wrist that drew blood.
-In addition, when I arrived, I immediately had a wardrobe malfunction with the suspenders. Luckily I brought a spare. At times we’d be outside taking a break and / or getting some fresh air and we’d get the strangest looks. It was great working with all the other guys in this and hopefully, this will be out before year’s end.
WAYNE W. JOHNSON 