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HeatherHale · 10 Nov 2010, 18:53

Hey Meatloaf fans,

I saw this post about our movie (and all the subsequent comments about Meat's role choices and acting career) and thought I'd chime in as a first time poster.

I co-wrote, produced and directed the indie feature "Witness Insecurity" that Meat shot this past May/June in North Carolina.

He was amazing. Such a powerful presence on the set. So well prepared. He brought so much to the role.

He raised the bar for all the other actors around him - and we had a really great cast (in spite of our under a million dollar budget): we had Edward Furlong (Terminator 2, American History X), Ed Asner (Up, Lou Grant), Rick Ravenello (Weeds), Elaine Hendrix (Parenthood), Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors), P.J. Byrne (Evan Almighty, The Game), Grace Johnston (Beaches) - the list goes on and on!

So much can be done with so much less these days in the indie film arena. With the economy constricting globally and investment squirrelly everywhere, stars are willing - and the unions allow - totally different "scales" outside the studio feature arena - if the script is good enough. So budget really has nothing to do with quality of story or performance. It does impact special effects and CGI - but we had very little of that - and exponential technological improvements have drastically lowered the bar on a lot of this, too - so its a very exciting time to be making independent films!

Meat was king and generous and creative - playful and supportive - I can't say enough about him as a human being and as an actor. We kidded one another that I'm not allowed to make another movie without him. I, at least, plan to keep my word on that! It'll depend on his crazy touring and recording schedule - and quite frankly, if I can write another script that's up to snuff (and I've got a library of 'em - I'm just raising money for my next at bat).

For those who're interested, I wrote a little blog on him on my site, retelling my favorite day during the shoot - when Meat wrote a song on the spot!

Really, he's such an amazing musician, actor - performer, human being - I can see why you're all such fans.

I'd say I'm his #1 fan :) but maybe I won't dare say that here on this site!

10 Nov 2010, 18:53	#17
HeatherHale Rookie Join Date: 09.11.2010 Posts: 5	Witness Insecurity Writer/Director/Producer Hey Meatloaf fans, I saw this post about our movie (and all the subsequent comments about Meat's role choices and acting career) and thought I'd chime in as a first time poster. I co-wrote, produced and directed the indie feature "Witness Insecurity" that Meat shot this past May/June in North Carolina. He was amazing. Such a powerful presence on the set. So well prepared. He brought so much to the role. He raised the bar for all the other actors around him - and we had a really great cast (in spite of our under a million dollar budget): we had Edward Furlong (Terminator 2, American History X), Ed Asner (Up, Lou Grant), Rick Ravenello (Weeds), Elaine Hendrix (Parenthood), Rena Owen (Once Were Warriors), P.J. Byrne (Evan Almighty, The Game), Grace Johnston (Beaches) - the list goes on and on! So much can be done with so much less these days in the indie film arena. With the economy constricting globally and investment squirrelly everywhere, stars are willing - and the unions allow - totally different "scales" outside the studio feature arena - if the script is good enough. So budget really has nothing to do with quality of story or performance. It does impact special effects and CGI - but we had very little of that - and exponential technological improvements have drastically lowered the bar on a lot of this, too - so its a very exciting time to be making independent films! Meat was king and generous and creative - playful and supportive - I can't say enough about him as a human being and as an actor. We kidded one another that I'm not allowed to make another movie without him. I, at least, plan to keep my word on that! It'll depend on his crazy touring and recording schedule - and quite frankly, if I can write another script that's up to snuff (and I've got a library of 'em - I'm just raising money for my next at bat). For those who're interested, I wrote a little blog on him on my site, retelling my favorite day during the shoot - when Meat wrote a song on the spot! Really, he's such an amazing musician, actor - performer, human being - I can see why you're all such fans. I'd say I'm his #1 fan :) but maybe I won't dare say that here on this site!