| Exclusive Interview with Ben Browder |
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| Monday, 18 May 2009 | |||||||||
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An Exclusive Interview with Ben Browderby BBO , May 5th, 2009image by Spritelady Before we start I want to thank Ben's management for setting us up and Ben Browder for his generosity and kindness, as he was most gracious with his time and the most fun to talk to anyone could possibly imagine. After a more or less "serious" start to the interview, while talking about his new project Freeze Frame, we spent the rest of the interview mostly joking and laughing about blogging, Twitter, a new career to fall back on and possibly killing someone with a Blackberry. This left me with a great dilemma .... do this strictly professional, keep it straight to Freeze Frame and serious, or go the fan-girl route. While listening to the interview again with a friend to write it down she commented that it was the funnest thing she had ever heard so it was decided - it has to be posted in full (or almost full ...) I hope you enjoy. BBO: First phone interview with you and there is a big quote on top of my notes and it says “Fail gloriously”. Ben: Good Approach [laughs] BBO: Last time we chatted online and you were speaking German. Ben: Very bad German [laughs] BBO: Actually, it was very good and we were talking about your time in Bavaria. Can you say Hi to your German fans ? Ben: Guten Tag. Wie geht’s ? [laughs] BBO: Thanks for doing the interview and giving us the chance to talk about your new project. Freeze Frame. There is a short clip of the movie making its rounds on the net . Very intense, very moving clip and even a little uncomfortable to watch. Ben: Yes. BBO: Can you tell us a little bit more about the movie ? Ben: Well, let’s see, what do you need to know ? The short piece that is online is literally an excerpt from the script. The story is about two veterans, one from Vietnam and one from the current conflict in the Middle East. I don’t know how much to go into detail as far as what the script is about but the basics is, it deals with the difficulties which vets have dealing with the combat stresses when they come home and what happens to their lives when they come home from war. You know, it’s a story which has been told and retold over and over again through history and particularly in the US, I think we are at a junction where the story needs to be told again. BBO: I heard it is a short-film. Is it true ? Ben: The piece that is online is a short, is an excerpt from a full length script. BBO: From what I understand you were hesitant to take the role. Ben: Yeah, when I read the material, as far as shooting, it’s very intense material and I looked at it and thought: “I know a number of guys who could do this really well. I am not sure I am the guy to do this”. I had some discussions with Jonas [McCord] who is the writer and producer and he sort of assured me he wanted me to do it and I thought “Well, I’ll take a chance and fail gloriously”. BBO: He was in Vietnam, right? Ben: Yes, Jonas was an Air Force pilot in Vietnam. BBO: When I did research for this interview I have found that he has done several movies and TV-Series that revolve around the subject of war, like “Women of Valor” and “Class of ‘61”. |
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