Rent-A-Pal is one of our favorite films of the year, and we were lucky to have Amy Rutledge take us behind the scenes.

INTERVIEW W/ AMY RUTLEDGE FROM RENT-A-PAL!

What is This Episode? - Top of Show

INTRODUCING AMY RUTLEDGE!

Non-spoiler Interview Questions:

Getting To Lisa:

Her First Script Impressions - 3:05

Serendipity 1.0: Colorado + Kidney Infections - 5:22

Finding Lisa + Amy’s Approach - 9:08

The Mikes Demands Acid Washed Answers - 16:17

Questions From Set:

Overall Experience/Feel of Set - 17:53

(ft. Serendipity 2.0: Hi Wil)

Y’ALL SHE DID THIS WHILE BEING INCREDIBLY SICK, NO JOKE - 20:40

Premiering in a Pandemic - 23:40

Can You “Feel” When The Production Is Special? - 26:48

Her Origin Story:

Sound-of-Music-ing the Dinner Table - 28:18

How Meditation Saved Her Life + Aided Her Career - 31:00

Her Background with Horror - 36:30

SPOILER WARNING - 40:01

Spoiler-Filled Interview Questions:

What’s in a Scream? - 40:29

Better REDACTED Than REDACTED - 42:30

Is She Playing The Text or the Subtext? - 44:45

Serendipity 3.0: Green Screening - 48:00

Lasagna Talk - 49:32

Saying Goodbye - 52:32

WHERE TO FOLLOW/FIND AMY ONLINE - 54:44

Your Homework/Our Socials - 55:55

What’s Next For MMO/Mike1’s Singing - 56:42

We’re joined by Amy Rutledge from the terrifying new psychological horror film from IFC Midnight, Rent-A-Pal. Make sure you follow Amy on Instagram at AmyMRutledge, on Facebook at AmyRutledgeActor, on Twitter at AmyMRutledge, and do visit her websites MeditateWithAmy dot com and AmyRutledge dot net.

But as we’ve teased for over a week now, Rent-A-Pal has been one of our favorite finds of the year, Amy is brilliant in it as the character of Lisa, and this episode takes you behind the scenes of the production and deep into her acting process.

What’s also really cool about this review is how we’ve evolved the format. So you get a full non-spoiler section for the first 40 minutes, where we discuss Amy’s casting story, her acting process, the production of the film, and how she’s enjoyed the movie’s premiere despite a global pandemic.

Then as a centerpiece, we’re blessed to learn about Amy’s backstory. She’s overcome as much adversity as any of her characters in all of these horror films, and I wish I didn’t have to write this, but it’s unfortunately true. Still, she’s persevered to and through this breakout performance, and we were so inspired by her in this episode.

Finally, we can’t let Amy leave without having a brief spoiler section on Rent-A-Pal. So make sure to watch this film, on VOD or in select theaters now, and also… maybe watch Joker while you’re at it because Rent-A-Pal does the Joker story better than Joker. Ok, I said it - @ ME!!!

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