{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Off Off Pod - Episode 031 - Actor Mindy Raymond","description":"Mindy getting made up for Bigfoot action\r\nMindy Raymond and C. Thomas Howell\r\nThe stars of Bigfoot Wars\r\nMindy Raymond in The Adventures of Pepper and Paula\r\nI've moved to Austin, and actor Mindy Raymond is a new friend I met at a pool party given by my friends, Brad and Melissa Coolidge (see exciting news about their big movie project at the bottom of this post).\r\nWhile swimming around, Mindy mentioned this project she'd done with C. Thomas Howell called Bigfoot Wars that promised the potential cult status of a Sharknado, and I was all over that!  I knew we needed to have an interview about her experience making that movie.\r\nRight after Bigfoot Wars, because of the great work she did and a new connection she made on set, she was cast in a family movie called The Adventures of Paula and Pepper based in part on a real woman with the stage name of "Pistol Packin' Paula" who is a modern day Annie Oakley-type persona here in Texas.\r\nMindy is a charming, bubbly, positive force, and I hope you'll enjoy our talk!\r\nBy the way, there were a few awesome attractions here in Austin mentioned during the course of the interview, so here are some links you might find helpful if you're ever visiting the Austin area:\r\n1) the Austin Steam Train in Cedar Park,2) Hamilton Pool, an amazing natural grotto,3) Natural Bridge Caverns and4) Enchanted Springs Ranch and old west town.\r\nTopics covered in the interview:\r\n\r\nHello to Mindy… and what do you call more than one Bigfoot? (2:24)\r\nHow Mindy got the acting bug (3:32)\r\nYoga in Mindy's life (9:17)\r\nMindy and Nate (12:04)\r\nA little about Austin near the Lakeway area (13:49)\r\nFinding acting work in Austin (16:27)\r\nTop 3 things to do in Austin (21:12)\r\nMindy directs a short film (25:19)\r\nTeaching classes at 4 Reelz (28:48)\r\nTalking about Bigfoot Wars experience … and how cool Alamo Drafthouse is (29:54)\r\nAudition process for Bigfoot Wars (37:48)\r\nTalking about the Bigfoot legend… please don't kill Bigfoot! (40:30)\r\nTalking about The Adventures of Pepper and Paula (43:48)\r\n"Bizarre, Interesting or Horrible Audition Stories" (49:35)\r\n\r\nI mentioned my friends, Brad and Melissa Coolidge above (and this interview was actually taped in their guest house, so you'll hear us mention at the end how they got stuck in a sudden downpour).  They are co-executive producers of an AMAZING movie that I saw screened 2 nights ago here in Austin at the Violet Crown called The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby with Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and an amazing all-star supporting cast.  It's in theaters.  Go see it now!","author_name":"Off Off Pod with Stephen Bittrich","author_url":"http:\/\/offoffpod.libsyn.com","html":"