Earl Milton and Jasmine Jones

Slow progress is happening on NICOTINE, but progress nonetheless. I recently met with two more actors that will be playing characters in my film. First is Earl Milton -- an actor I went to Hopkins High School with back in '01. Back in the day Earl and I worked on three short films together: Christine, a "horror" flick that was never finished. Abrupt, my Soderbergh Traffic rip-off about teen drug use, and a short documentary Earl made about drug use amongst High schoolers -- same topic, but two different sides.

It's been probably eight or nine years since we last saw each other, so our first "meeting" wasn't really about my film, but more about catching up a bit. Earl will play the character of Burke, the owner of the bowling alley in the film. A bowling alley that we don't have yet, though Earl gave me four good suggestions. I'm still set on Tuttles, and will be going there again early next week. Earl has only two scenes -- both with the main character -- but I am quite excited to be able to work with him again. 

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This afternoon I met with Jasmine Raine Jones. I first talked with her about the role of Naomi back in November. I gave a brief overview of what the film was, who Naomi was and how much of the film she would actually be in. Part of the struggle of casting characters is finding people that want to play one or two scenes. Some actors work for the work, while others work to be paid. I'm happy that Jasmine is excited for this. I wrote this part for her. Naomi is character I won't talk a lot about here because her purpose is very important to the story, and I don't want want to get into details. It's not my style to explain what a character is from A to Z. 

More to come!