I’m very excited to be involved in Cowboy Smoke. When I was attending TCU, I actually took a course dedicated completely to Westerns. It was really interesting. I fell in love with the genre and had always hoped to be a part of a western in some capacity or another. As an actor, this period (before production actually starts) can be great fun. Your imagination is free to run wild. Right now, I’m watching every western I can get my hands on to familiarize myself with it’s style and history. I’m writing daily in the voice of my character - trying to create back story for myself. I’m searching for those little things that I’ll carry with me onto the set, so when work gets technical and stagnant as an actor, the core of what I’ve created beforehand will actually free me up. This continual prep work, along with script analysis, will undoubtedly ease me into my character when I finally arrive in Texas for the shoot.

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