I love movies, being around them, watching them, and learning from them. I have some family members and close friends in the industry and I am so excited they followed their dreams of being actors and actresses. They went for it… decided to throw caution to the wind and just plain went for it. WOW — isn’t that liberating? I love just thinking about it. I have a close friend from Kentucky that called me 10 years ago and said, “Hazen – I am going to California to become an actor” —– I told him that if anyone could do it…. it would be him… hands down. He is fearless and he attracts people like a magnet. He went out there and said the secret to his success has been outworking everyone around him. WHAT? You didn’t get “discovered?” You weren’t JUST the guy they were looking for when you moved out there from Kentucky? hahahaha…. He outworked everyone around him and took the jobs NO ONE wanted.
That’s a life lesson within itself…. do what others aren’t willing to do in order to get what others can’t get.
About the movie – Dreamer… This is the story of a young girl and family who have been hit with hard times on a once great horse farm in Kentucky. It’s about bringing a family together through rough patches in life. It’s about an injured racehorse named Sonador and how that horse helps a family in every way possible.
I have another connection to this movie because I owned a small horse farm in Georgetown, Ky and was an extra and stand in on this production. I had the pleasure of meeting Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Kris Kristofferson, Elizabeth Shue, Luis Guzman and Freddy Rodriguez in Lexington a week prior to the main shoot. If you watch the movie 26:45 in — I am Mike the trainer that takes the horse from Freddy on the track with Dakota sitting on the fence. I am scattered throughout the film in other places but that’s the scene I remember the time.
Is this a big deal? No… I just think its fun and I was able to meet everyone and actually talk to the actors / actresses. If you ever have a chance to be a part of a movie… I think you would enjoy it.
If you haven’t seen the movie… rent it. Listen to the message… and go for it.
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