{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 510: Nicki Micheaux Returns","description":"PUBLIC VERSION. Actress and now filmmaker Nicki Micheaux (LOWLIFE, THE SHIELD, LINCOLN HEIGHTS) returns to THE MOVIE CRYPT to discuss writing and directing her first feature film SUMMER OF VIOLENCE. From the pros and cons of casting remotely during the pandemic and trying to feel out an actor\u2019s true chemistry through only pre-recorded auditions and zoom calls\u2026 to why she feels that every actor should go out and direct something and her choice to not cast herself anywhere in her own film\u2026 to the many years that she spent writing and having her work rejected before ever receiving the first feedback that players within the industry were actually into what she was doing\u2026 to explaining the exact process that she went through bringing her finished script for SUMMER OF VIOLENCE to life as a fully financed independent film\u2026 to why making a movie was \u201cthe hardest thing in the world\u201d\u2026 to how she turned a time of real life violent culture and trauma that she lived through in Colorado in the 90\u2019s into a backdrop for characters just trying to live their own regular lives\u2026 to the perils of shooting a period piece on an indie budget\u2026 to how taking screenwriting courses helped her embrace and excel at the rewriting process\u2026 Nicki candidly shares a crash course in first time filmmaking in the way that only someone as strong, talented, passionate, and humble as she can. Dr. Arwen provides \u201cHollywood Therapy\u201d for an artist who is about to begin reducing the hours spent at their day job and start making filmmaking their primary career, Adam shares a story about how his gut instinct helped him avoid working with an actor who would wind up committing one of the most brutal murders in Hollywood, and Nicki shares some personal news with the guys in the final few moments that leaves them rattled. (It\u2019s a big episode, guys!) ","author_name":"The Movie Crypt","author_url":"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TheMovieCrypt","html":"