He’s also a very sweet, generous, and lovely man.

You’ll know him from OCEAN’S, THE INFORMANT, WAITRESS, VERONICA MARS, and JUSTIFIED. He disappears and invests into every performance so completely you’re only ever watching the character. And I mean that as the highest compliment possible. You know him, you’re just not sure where you know him from. So, let me introduce you to some folks…ĮDDIE JEMISON (Actor – “Ditch”/Writer/Co-Director/Producer)Įddie Jemison is an actor you could best describe as a chameleon. Part two will be longer and more in-depth and film specific, which I’ll be posting nearer the VOD/iTunes release date. A short intro into the artists behind KING OF HERRINGS. It was a ‘get to know you’ kinda chat, and I’m here to talk about his film. Hell, Eddie was even good enough to talk about the OCEAN’S movies, a subject he must be sick to death of talking about, but I won’t be writing about that. I cannot thank them both enough for the opportunity to do this, and we basically just shot the shit about everything from life to films, and how they balance out. She is also in KING OF HERRINGS with a truly knockout performance, which of course I will discuss further in her interview. I spent about an hour talking with him and his incredibly talented and wonderfully sweet wife and partner, Laura Lamson. However, as if to prove once more what a generous and giving person he is, he invited me to call him at his home for a pre-interview chat. I love those films, and thought he was terrific in them, but I didn’t want to talk to him about that too much as the rest of his filmography is just as, if not more, interesting and exciting.

You probably know Eddie best from the Soderbergh OCEAN’S film where he played Livingston alongside the Hollywood royalty of George/Julia/Matt/Brad. Eddie is a complete sweetheart and, along with his equally talented family/cast/crew, has made one of the best independent films in years with KING OF HERRINGS. He is very good friends with a ridiculously talented actor/writer/director named Eddie Jemison. And the crux is thus My piece on Paul Osborne’s FAVOR was the catalyst for this. I apologise for the long-winded and slightly convoluted intro here, but I’m getting to the crux. Every interview I take on is a work of love, passion and intent. I can’t imagine investing time and energy (not to mention taking some of their time away) into something you don’t deeply care about. You have to earn your stripes, and more importantly – trust.īut I hope what I’ve managed to do is show that I care about whatever it is I’m writing for. I’m the first to admit that in the world of writing I am a nobody, and I’m okay with that. Not only with their time for the piece in question, but also after the fact. If any of you have read my previous articles you’ll know how unbelievably generous artists/broadcasters/film makers have been with me.

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