It’s such a beautiful state. He just has a face that most guys can relate to and an edgy, mysterious look that women find attractive. November 14, 2018 . But it was his starring role in the films, The Collector and its sequel The Collection that really raised his profile in the world of horror. HS: I appreciate you reaching out to me. Obviously, the story was very personal and close to me and growing up in West Virginia. David Selby is a West Virginia man! You take all of those and that’s sort of how I ended up in that world. He knows where it's coming from. There's definitely a lot of grey area there, and a lot of blurred lines. Killer Campaign – LAKE ALICE from Glass House and Gas Lamp. Cook.Together, they play a couple in Appalachia whose lives are rocked by addiction to prescription pills. There's no secret. Even if you look at the populations of cities, a lot of that population is made up of people who've come from these types of places. You have to understand the big picture of it so you can put the puzzle together. Jahmal’s episode of Mission Statement is still one of the most talked about from the series thus far. This is the story that I tell around the campfire when I go back there on a fishing trip or a hunting trip. His first feature as a writer/director/star, The Hunted, earned praise for its sincere mix of horror and character back in 2013, and now Stewart is back for his second film, the introspective West Virginia drama, Back Fork. And I think we can all relate to that. To commit to that point of view and just make the movie that way. It's something that I know on an intimate level, so I can communicate it in a clear and concise way. You know, and that goes back to the writing. I have fleshed out the story. 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My taste in film and my taste in characters to play are definitely more in line with what you see in Back Fork. You have nothing to say until you get angry and blow up." Entertainment requires a creator, a perform, and an audience. He's a very old-timey macho guy, and it's the closest that kind of person can get to begging. It does influence, where you come from, but I think we all speak a common language. Obviously, I’d like to take it another step up with a little bit more money, write a story that’s a little more complex and make a more complex movie. Writing stories about what I know, about the people I know, inherently, it's me. Josh Stewart; Josh Stewart Interview by Larry Davis . There are countless things you learn that way. Your email address will not be published. Michael Juvinall Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. If I'm directing and I'm wishy-washy, and I don't know what it is that I want or I don't have a full understanding of it, that leaves room for questions from every angle. If you don't have someone you care about in that world, then it really doesn't matter. I had the press screener, and when that scene ended, I rewound it and then watched the whole scene again looking at you, because the first time I was looking at him and both of your faces are in the single, unbroken shot, and I just needed to watch it again. We're seeing that Purdue, one of the manufacturers of OxyContin, is being sued by and having to pay the people in these communities large sums of money. Those things are always okay. Wade understood what it was. It’s kind of like learning how to play the guitar. RELATED: The Punisher: Frank Castle's Playing With Fire in Season 2 Teaser You can’t recreate that stuff that’s just what it is. Sooner or later, everyone's gonna find out whether or not they've got a predisposition towards addiction in their bones. Win a Torch Replica To Celebrate Puppet Master Axis Termination’s Release! Josh Stewart talks Life After ‘Static IV’ & Theories of Atlantis Scroll down to see more content Since giving a fond farewell to the ‘Static’ series in 2014, Josh Stewart has been devoted to his esteemed distribution company, Theories of Atlantis. How much of the film was embellished and how much was based on fact? The 37 year old is not new to the business, his career started back in 2003 with an appearance in the TV movie Then Came Jones, but his big break came a year later as he landed a regular role in NBC’s Third Watch. He'd come home every day sore and exhausted, totally worn out from the creaky suspension and busted shocks on those buses, and the deep potholes on the streets of the South Bronx, so there's definitely that blue collar sensibility, and his dad did it, too; in fact, he did it before there even were buses in New York City, he was a trolley operator! It's the only time people speak. Right right right! You’re always playing somebody else’s songs and music. That's it. And there is addiction. From that perspective, you can’t deny when you’re looking out into the woods from the perspective of these guys, it’s sort of like you can see to the edge of the darkness and you have no idea what’s on the other side of it. You've got to play that piece. Over the next decade or so, those tapes would be completely worn out through overuse. Again, I just go back to trying to create truthful, honest characters. Josh Stewart, Actor: Interstellar. I couldn't stand up, I couldn't move. He understood each piece of it. It's very central to West Virginia, but the themes and content are more and more universal across the United States and the world. You’re probably going to get unfortunate comparisons to The Blair Witch Project. She says it: "You don't say anything, you don't tell me how you feel. If I know who my character is and I know the scene, when I show up and I'm ready to act, then I just have to listen and bounce off of the other actors. What's the ins and outs of the story? I had a Vicodin prescription for a couple of months in my past, and I was recently in the hospital getting tons of morphine and Percocet, but I've been extremely lucky that I never had any withdrawal or addiction or anything like that, but I think it came down to luck that it didn't get its hooks in me. During the year we meet with successful people who have an interesting story and pick their brains. JS: Right. In a good way, though. I want to continue to do it sort of the way I did it with The Hunted. The father knows that. They're similar in that way, but, like I said, what Back Fork is, tonally, in terms of character and everything, that's more of my statement. I think the biggest thing is probably letting go of that thing that was inside of my head. JS: You know what, for me, it really did. I also knew I could service an entire demographic of people that are poorly represented 99 out of a 100 times in every movie to get behind something that portrays them in the light they should be portrayed in. Actor Josh Stewart has written a screenplay on something he's incredibly passionate about; the opioid epidemic sweeping across America, called Back Fork. The mountains, the rivers and the scenery are unbelievable and I really wanted to show West Virginia for what it was. Anybody who’s ever done it knows it’s so much harder once you’ve painted yourself into that box of shooting from a point of view like that. He studied at the T. Schreiber studios in New York City and was a company member of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. It’s just another form of storytelling. Yup. Again, it was a personal experience that happened to me. You're the person who, like you said, has to see the whole picture and relay that picture to everybody to make sure everything's going straight. There is a common place there, but I think, really, the only thing we have as artists is our guts, our instincts. After weeks of Zoom meetings about PPE, sanitizing procedures and how to enforce social distancing, Stewart, assistant director for facility operations at the Ramsey Student Center, knew what they needed to do and was eager to get to it. Tweet Villain Media has an exclusive interview with Josh Stewart as he talks about writing and directing the gripping drama, Back Fork. It’s very much like hitting a baseball. JS: Yeah. What’s up next for you? To me, making a movie is no different than painting a picture and hanging it on the wall and asking a hundred people what you thought about it. The only thing that separates us from everybody else is our voice and our perspective. I was going to shoot it handheld, I was going to keep it very fluid and keep the energy in the camera, but then I started thinking, I know there’s something I’m probably going to miss out on. HS: In doing some research before watching the film yesterday, without giving away any spoilers, you have said that it’s based on a true story from your experiences. I knew we would have to do it by the book. I never have been. I think they kind of go hand-in-hand. The set is open and ready to play. Did you try to make the hunting aspect of the film as accurate as possible? It wouldn't be so bad if we ended up in that place. Thanks to all of the people who showed their continuous support over the years. It’s out right now, you can check out on Amazon.com. This is your second film as a writer/director. Back Fork is available now on Digital and On Demand. I mean, I used to watch a lot of Dark Shadows with my dad... Yeah. It goes beyond motivation for just storytelling to how could that thing have been there, could’ve gotten there and why is this guy still operating a camera when the shit is hitting the fan. There's only one way for these pills to get out there. I don't know that I was specifically drawing from my own personal relationships, but again, just playing into, as you said, those universal truths. That means, sometimes, actors or whoever, you have to play the bad guy, or you have to do this or that. April 21, 2019 Caitlin Wyneken Criminal Minds, Interviews Josh Stewart has taken on a wide variety of projects, but many fans of Criminal Minds know him best as William LaMontagne Jr., husband to JJ (A.J. HS: The Hunted is your directorial debut. That river we were in, I’ve been fly fishing that river forever, and I’ve hunted those mountains where we were forever. He went on to star in The Walking Dead webisodes in 2012, and then an episode of NBC’s Grimm. Stewart is the father of two kids; a son River Jacob Stewart and a daughter Ryan Justine Stewart. After talking, me and my two producers, we just thought we would reach out to some of the bigger names in the horror world and see if we could do some one-on-one stuff. 100%. A one-stop shop for all things video games. That's what I do when I'm acting in something; I flesh it out completely. The doctor's not prescribing you cocaine for your problem. Zak's first memory is going with his dad to Tower Records and buying the VHS boxed set of the original Star Wars trilogy. When you interact with other storyteller, do you find camaraderie on that level, or is there a different energy when you're working with artists from West Virginia in particular? That's what you're supposed to do, you're supposed to be better than me. Taylor Nawrocki – ollie. HS: I know we would all love to see you in more horror films in the future. HS: Awesome! Josh, I really want to thank you for talking with me. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. I wanted this movie to feel like this is one of those campfire stories I heard when I was twelve years old. The only time it's not discussed is if you're walking into a bar and you're buying it from someone who does have a prescription. In an interview with Collider, Stewart talked about his own understanding of his character and what audiences can expect from him. Josh not only wrote the movie, he… From my personal perspective, of growing up back that way, there's a lot of manual labor in West Virginia: coal miners, loggers, hard-working people who are given this thing. He understands it. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. He understands it. I think, if you're working from the outside in, to me, you just run into the danger of being superficial or glossing over what it is. Most films are just done with the standard release packets that everybody sends around. It's talked about, it's discussed. Growing up in West Virginia, I think, in a lot of ways, those people back there are forgotten people. I was taking that idea and putting it on steroids of just knowing the entire story, knowing what the final picture you want to look like. I never went to film school to be a director; I never directed a short film. So read on to find out more about The Hunted, why it’s a true story, why the accurate portrayal of hunters is so important, and if we’ll see Josh in another Collector film! He's from Morgantown, West Virginia. And he knows that he didn't have the tools to pass down to him, so now he's finally at the point where he just has to tell him. Josh Stewart fans. It tells the story of a couple who suffer a tragedy, that bears too much weight, and the only thing that eases the pain is prescription pills. It was 15 guys; we were going to shoot it as fast as we can, within reason with little to no budget and just go do it that way. So, you have to have an understanding of what the story is on an intimate level. In Back Fork, Josh Stewart plays Waylon, a man struggling with the immeasurable grief of his daughter's death. Well, you know look, I knew when I decided to make the movie in this fashion; I knew the barrel I was staring down. To me, to go back there, you can’t recreate that richness. It's just having a conversation about what I've already worked out. JS: Yeah, most definitely. That was all the stories we heard. Maybe, a lot of times, we would avoid those situations altogether. The script that I wrote is another genre piece. Audiences may know Josh Stewart for his role in the cult horror series, The Collector, or his scene-stealing turn as John Pilgrim in season 2 of The Punisher, in which he goes toe-to-toe with Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle in some of the most visceral fight scenes ever seen in the MCU. So we shot the other side, the same thing from the other side (to facilitate back-and-forth cuts) so we have it, but I'm not pushing in, I'm not covering in, we're not doing close-ups, we're not doing anything. During the nearly forty-minute phone interview, we discussed drug addiction and why he felt the need to tell an honest story about how small towns in rural areas have been utterly devastated by this corporate-sponsored epidemic. Understand the picture and then you can learn how to place the puzzle piece of your character within that picture to help form the picture. Look, we got support from that side of the world. Thanks Solo Mag for giving me this opportunity to share what I do; and thank you to skateboarding for everything! He can communicate that in such a clear and concise way to everybody. That's the crazy thing. There's just no rhyme or reason as to whether you're prone to addiction. There's 500 pieces to the puzzle, and those pieces are actors, crew, everybody who is involved. He … West Virginia is not a state that’s really portrayed very well in a lot of different ways. And you have to understand the picture. Horror Society: Thank you for taking a little bit of time out to talk with me about your new film, The Hunted. Josh Stewart Interview: Back Fork We interview Back Fork star and director Josh Stewart about the process of making the film and working on Christopher Nolan … It's a common place you can find within anyone. It's not like it's something where they go whisper in a corner; they're just walking down the street talking about, "Hey, you know you can buy a prescription for a few grand." They're always fine and no one's going to think less of you for them. So, to me, it's got to be alright for that to happen, but it also has to be alright for the other to happen, as well, to say, "I am the provider and the protector, but listen," I always tell my kids, "it's alright to be upset, it's alright to be hurt, and it's alright to cry." Look, man, over my lifetime of sports, I've had five surgeries on ankles and knees and shoulders; there's always a steady flow of that if you so choose. Did you set out to write a story about grief and addiction, or did you set out to write a story about West Virginia, and did that just naturally, unfortunately, become part of it? That's what made it so interesting. He just knocked it out of the park. She was like, "I love the idea, there's nobody better for this job." I think that common language is being able to listen and take it in, especially from an acting standpoint. Someone has to have a prescription for them, or someone who has them available to them, or who can write a prescription. I appreciate that. March 26, 2021 Josh Stewart Talks Picture Show in Latest VHS Interview Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Admit One release, VHS Mag published an interview with Josh Stewart that gives a bit more background on Picture Show. HS: Thank you so much Josh, I appreciate it. Josh Stewart: Yeah man. It's no different from a directing standpoint. The only way to get into the pharmacy to get them is to have a prescription for them. Josh Stewart (birth name – Joshua Regnall Stewart) is an American actor, writer, and director, who first gained fame his roles in The Collection and The Dark Knight Rises in 2012. Josh Stewart Interviews Jahmal Williams for SOLO. 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