Interview with Actor Ernest Harden Jr.
ED-We would like to introduce to our readers probably one of the most talented actors that we have introduced to date. We have with us actor Ernest Harden Jr. who has starred in many Movie roles and has been a regular in many popular television shows. Ernest before I reveal to our readers the splendid career that you have had, please tell us how you started you career.
ED- We are very lucky today to have with us today Harry Manfredini. He is a well known Hollywood music composer who has scored more than ninety films. Harry, we want to thank you very much for doing this interview with us today. Tell us about how you got started in the field of music.
HM- Well, oddly enough, I always wanted to score films from the time I was pretty young. I had pretty much given up on the dream, when the possibility opened up while I was working on my doctorate at Columbia, and off I went.. So be careful what you dream.
ED- We also found out that you are a jazz soloist. Tell us a little about this.
HM- I used to play the sax, and I guess I got pretty good. I made a living playing it, I don’t thing that Coltrane, or Getz, or Paul Desmond were worried that I was going to move in on their territory..
ED- How did you begin composing the scores for feature films?
ED- I know that our readers will be extremely happy that we have actor/ filmmaker Kenny Johnston with us today. Kenny, we have learned that you play the lead in ‘Kingdom’s End’. This is fabulous. Can you tell us something about this project and your part in it?
ED- Tell us the story behind ‘Kingdom’s End’.
KJ- Aaron, the character I play, has given up on the pursuit of happiness in the traditional sense of it’s definition. He once had a great job with a good company with a lot of potential and possibilities, but was very empty inside, so he gave it all up. He comes to believe that the whole corporate structure in America is a great deception and that the working class has been duped into believing that moving up the corporate ladder will bring you security and happiness in life, but realistically it’s a false sense of existence. So the movie begins with Aaron setting up camp in his friend’s office who is out of town for a while, and in return Aaron will take phone messages for this friend. A woman calls looking for someone else but is intrigued by something in Aaron’s voice so she keeps calling him. After a series of conversations, they establish a closeness, and this woman, who won’t tell Aaron her name, inspires him to climb back into life. With a new sense of purpose Aaron is very set on meeting this woman in person but she never calls again and Aaron spirals.
ED- Tell us about some of your past projects.
ED- It is rare that a young actress has made such an impact as does Katie Scott, who we have the pleasure of introducing to our readers. Katie, I understand that playing in a commercial was the start of your career. Tell us about this event and some of the similar work that you have done.
KTS-I was 13 months old then. But, for a few years we didn’t look work in acting again. I am so glad I begged to return when I could ask. Acting has given me huge opportunities to learn, grow and meet people I would not have met otherwise. While I am pretty normal. I think the responsibilities to work as an actress on tv/film/stage are extraordinary. Actors usually say that it is less glamourous. It is! I study 3 hours on the set, which can be at any point of filming. One minute I do fractions or spelling, and the next minute it’s all fantasy. The waiting has given me patience. I play chess and with my DS. Just about everyone we know is in entertainment in some way, and they are grounded. When my front teeth fell out I began doing plays. I was given a tiny part in a powerful Christian play that always remains with me in everything I do. If I wasn’t acting I wouldn’t have that particular experience. I would not have even known about that play, theatre or actors who became family to me.
ED- Tell us about your role along actor James Garner in ‘8 Simple Rules’.
ED- For all our writers who follow our magazine, we are excited to present Publicist Sarie Morrell for them. Sarie how did you get started in this business?
SM- I pretty much grew up in the world of publishing. My father, best-selling thriller author David Morrell, published his award-winning first novel, First Blood, in 1972 when I was 6-years-old. At the time, I was too young to comprehend that my father was a writer. It wasn’t until several years later, when I was able to read well, that I happened upon a magazine article about my father and really became aware of what he did for a living in addition to being a professor of English at the University of Iowa.
I remember coming across a clipping on a coffee table during a family gathering, and with great indignation saying “What’s this? I didn’t know my Dad was a writer! Why didn’t anyone tell me?” The answer from my aunt with a shrug of her shoulders: “We thought you already knew…” His work was such a part of our life I guess nobody felt the need to actually sit me and my brother down and explain it. On reflection it was a pretty funny moment.
Books were always a huge part of our life. Reading was encouraged in our household, and there were literally thousands of books from every genre to pick from. Both my brother and I were advanced readers at a young age and read voraciously – mostly suspense, thrillers and horror.
ED- With us during this interview is author, and writing promoter, Jo-Anne Vandermeulen. Jo-Anne, we keep reading the phrase *Conquer All Obstacles* with your name. Can you explain this?
In April of 2006, I got sick. I went from the doctor’s office to my classroom (where I’d been teaching full-time) to clean out my desk. Two days later, I sat shivering in my quiet living room, staring at the walls, totally dumbfounded.
Through counselling, I came to realize there where two ways I could handle this unexpected twist in my life: A – I could consider it as a devastation and be totally down and out…or B – I could take this sudden turn as an opportunity; merely a different path to head down. It was exactly 3 weeks after my illness diagnoses that I decided to follow through with a dream I had never had time to do before…I was going to write a book and *Conquer All Obstacles*.
ED- Jo-Anne, we understand that you have been writing suspense/ romance novels. Please tell us about your first book.
JV- My first published suspense/romance novel, “Conquer All Obstacles” was released in November, 2009.
BTW – “Conquer All Obstacles” is completely fiction.
ED- The Eerie Digest is very pleased to introduce an author who writes about Medieval murders. Michael Jecks’ novels speak volumes about times past, and are rich in history. Michael, this is a new twist for many of our readers and a delight to introduce you and your work. Please tell us how you started your work in this field of mystery.
MJ- I had no plan to be a writer when I was a kid. I always loved books, but I wasn’t dumb enough to think that there was a decent living to be made by an average guy, so writing was my third career choice. I was forced into it. First I planned from the age of twelve or so to be an actuary, because I hadn’t at that stage heard that an actuary was someone who found accountancy too exciting. So I went to college, full of the joy of learning, and failed every exams I took (apart from one, which included marks for coursework . . . bribery, I learned, helps you through life!).
After that, I went into computer sales. Which was great fun – at first. Money, cars, loose women – well, more along the lines of money and a car. But the trouble was, although I liked the industry, the industry wasn’t so taken with me. I had five years in one firm, then five more at Wang, but after thirteen years, I’d had thirteen jobs. The recession of the late 1980s/early 1990s hit me hard. Basically my wife and I both lost all the savings we’d built up, and it was clear that we had to do something radical.
RobEric MEDIA, LLC previously featured in the December 2009 issue of the Eerie Digest report that their first major project, a comedy science fiction webseries is now in full production. So far they’re very pleased with the results and believe it will be groundbreaking. RobEric MEDIA founders Eric Schumacher and Robert Linden promise to keep the Eerie Digest updated as the series nears launch. You won’t want to miss it.
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