John Pycior
as
Reuben Becker
Trisha: If you don't mind, pronounce your last name for me please.
John: Pycior, like a baseball 'pitcher'.
Trisha: Well, that makes sense. I'm here on behalf of DJ's wesite in case, I don't know
whether Roger told you or not. But, if you could, just elaborate for me again---I know
we've already spoken briefly---but if you would just tell me what it was like to work with
DJ and your first meeting with him, what it involved.
John: The first meeting was at the audition for the film, and right away I could tell he
was, you know, he had a presence about him anyway, as it was. And very nice, very
down to earth... a lot of fun to work with.
Trisha: So, this was your first meeting with him?
John: Yes.
Trisha: You didn't know him prior?
John: Exactly, exactly. I had heard of him with some films that he's done. "WICKED
SPRING"...
Trisha: "AN ORDINARY KILLER"...
John: I saw that on the website. Yeah, that looks neat too. And I always wanted to
work with him and TJ (Terry Jernigan), who I've worked with before and, ah, yeah,
overall, great. I mean, he gave a lot of good information. Like I said, when I got shot
you know, I was worrind the night before. I've gotten shot before. I do a murder
mystery down at the ocean front and at the end the bad guy gets killed and I fall on the
stage. And I just did it and I was worried about that the whole night before. I was
petrified. And he said, 'Well, just try it. Just to it... and it'll be okay.' And sure
enough, I did it, so... he was a very giving actor.
Trisha: So, you've worked with Terry before?
John: Yes, I have. In murder mysteries before.
Trisha: You knew him from...?
John: Way back when. We go way back.
Trisha: Oh really? Okay, well give me some dirt on Terry before I get to him.
John: TJ... A lot of fun to work with also. I've worked, like I said, the murder
mysteries before. Never fell before. This is my first film with him.
Trisha: Now, do you work with him... I know he does something like theater...
John: Yea, the murder mysteries, yeah. That's it. Yeah. We do a murder mystery
dinner show down at the ocean front at a hotel called the Colonial Inn, and it's a two
hour show, improv, with a scenerio involved. I've played the dead guy before - I've
played the killer - I've worked with Terry briefly in those. Never any films until now,
until this one, and one of them after this one where I play his brother-in-law, actually
I'm his brother in a brief scene. It's really fun.
Trisha: What's the name?
John: It's called "Stop The Peacock Dance". It's very funny. Terry is hysterical in it.
It is so much fun working with him and I want to work with him more too, so. I've
seen his work in "WICKED SPRING" as well, so, phenomenal. They both are. I want
to work again more with this crowd, this group, these actors.
Trisha: What do you have coming up in the future or...
John: Well, Murder Mysteries is going to start again soon. I've been doing that for like
seven years now with a company called Maverick Productions and it's and improv. We
have a scenario that we go by but it's improv to a certain point too, fully interactive.
That's going on soon. And I just auditioned for a few other films here tonight. I hope
to hear back from them soon. There is a soap opera, I sent my stuff in for that and I
haven't heard back from that yet. That would be really neat.
John: Pycior, like a baseball 'pitcher'.
Trisha: Well, that makes sense. I'm here on behalf of DJ's wesite in case, I don't know
whether Roger told you or not. But, if you could, just elaborate for me again---I know
we've already spoken briefly---but if you would just tell me what it was like to work with
DJ and your first meeting with him, what it involved.
John: The first meeting was at the audition for the film, and right away I could tell he
was, you know, he had a presence about him anyway, as it was. And very nice, very
down to earth... a lot of fun to work with.
Trisha: So, this was your first meeting with him?
John: Yes.
Trisha: You didn't know him prior?
John: Exactly, exactly. I had heard of him with some films that he's done. "WICKED
SPRING"...
Trisha: "AN ORDINARY KILLER"...
John: I saw that on the website. Yeah, that looks neat too. And I always wanted to
work with him and TJ (Terry Jernigan), who I've worked with before and, ah, yeah,
overall, great. I mean, he gave a lot of good information. Like I said, when I got shot
you know, I was worrind the night before. I've gotten shot before. I do a murder
mystery down at the ocean front and at the end the bad guy gets killed and I fall on the
stage. And I just did it and I was worried about that the whole night before. I was
petrified. And he said, 'Well, just try it. Just to it... and it'll be okay.' And sure
enough, I did it, so... he was a very giving actor.
Trisha: So, you've worked with Terry before?
John: Yes, I have. In murder mysteries before.
Trisha: You knew him from...?
John: Way back when. We go way back.
Trisha: Oh really? Okay, well give me some dirt on Terry before I get to him.
John: TJ... A lot of fun to work with also. I've worked, like I said, the murder
mysteries before. Never fell before. This is my first film with him.
Trisha: Now, do you work with him... I know he does something like theater...
John: Yea, the murder mysteries, yeah. That's it. Yeah. We do a murder mystery
dinner show down at the ocean front at a hotel called the Colonial Inn, and it's a two
hour show, improv, with a scenerio involved. I've played the dead guy before - I've
played the killer - I've worked with Terry briefly in those. Never any films until now,
until this one, and one of them after this one where I play his brother-in-law, actually
I'm his brother in a brief scene. It's really fun.
Trisha: What's the name?
John: It's called "Stop The Peacock Dance". It's very funny. Terry is hysterical in it.
It is so much fun working with him and I want to work with him more too, so. I've
seen his work in "WICKED SPRING" as well, so, phenomenal. They both are. I want
to work again more with this crowd, this group, these actors.
Trisha: What do you have coming up in the future or...
John: Well, Murder Mysteries is going to start again soon. I've been doing that for like
seven years now with a company called Maverick Productions and it's and improv. We
have a scenario that we go by but it's improv to a certain point too, fully interactive.
That's going on soon. And I just auditioned for a few other films here tonight. I hope
to hear back from them soon. There is a soap opera, I sent my stuff in for that and I
haven't heard back from that yet. That would be really neat.
Trisha: Really?
John: Yeah, I hope to hear back from that soon.
Trisha: Really? Which one was that?
John: I don't know. See, I sent my picture ans resumes to this one guy who is a
casting director in Roanoke who got connections and...
Trisha: Roanoke... See you're up in my neck of the woods now.
John: There you go! So, I'm waiting to hear back. That would be a two-year
commitment in, I guess, either LA or New York. So, we'll see.
Trisha: Good luck to you!
John: Yeah, yeah... just waiting to hear back from these auditions, and ther's another
audition tomarrow that I've got. But for now, that's really about it.
Trisha: Well, that sounds interesting. I would really be interested in coming down and
seeing this...
John: Murder Mysteries.
(Group talk-everybody talking at one time)
Trisha: So, between the two, between that (Murder Mysteries0... and making movies...
John: Oh, it's a toss up! It's a toss up, I'm sorry! This is a great experience working
for Regent University in student films. Great experience. Great learning fround, you
know, for both the student directors, the crew, and up-and-coming actors. Definitely.
Because I've never done a western before and I'd never shot a gun like that before, you
know, with special effects like that. It's all real fun. I get to play a cowboy bad guy.
Michelle: You made a good bad guy.
Trisha: Yeah, you did. You really did. I'm very impressed. Exactly what type of
instruction, I mean, other than to tell you just to go with it, what did DJ...
John: Well, like I said, he encouraged me to just do. It's okay, it'll be alright, you
know.
Trisha: You'll live through the fall, right?
John: And Tim Smith, the guy I abused, he also gave me some good help on acting.
They just basically said take the hit. It's a different kind of weapon. You know, back
then it would really make you go back like that if you got shot with it. Okay, so just try
it and see. And like I said, I just took the fall and there's no... there's just the ground,
yhou know. And I did it and it turned out okay.
Trisha: Well, you did it really good. I was very impressed.
John: Thank you. It was, like I said, a lot of fun. It really was.
Trisha: I do want to try and hook up with this Maverick Productions thing and, if
you're there, I will make my presence known.
John: Okay, well then you'll get picked on. You might get picked on.
(more group talk with everyone talking at one time) Like I said, working with Roger
was great, the whole crew, you know, just very giving, very supportive of the other
actors.
Trisha: Now, I'm taking that Roger is a student? This is his...
John: I'm not sure what film this is for him--his first one---I'm not sure, off hand. But
they are required to do, I'm not sure what their requirements are--a ten minute film or
fifteen or whatever. And like I said, this was a lot...it was a ton of fun.
Trisha: Well, I wanted to get a picture with you and wanted to get you to sign these
(DVD's) and very much, I have enjoyed this, meeting you and being able to come and
see this film. some of this will be on DJ's website if you want to look it up later on in
the future and see what I wrote!
John: Yeah, I hope to hear back from that soon.
Trisha: Really? Which one was that?
John: I don't know. See, I sent my picture ans resumes to this one guy who is a
casting director in Roanoke who got connections and...
Trisha: Roanoke... See you're up in my neck of the woods now.
John: There you go! So, I'm waiting to hear back. That would be a two-year
commitment in, I guess, either LA or New York. So, we'll see.
Trisha: Good luck to you!
John: Yeah, yeah... just waiting to hear back from these auditions, and ther's another
audition tomarrow that I've got. But for now, that's really about it.
Trisha: Well, that sounds interesting. I would really be interested in coming down and
seeing this...
John: Murder Mysteries.
(Group talk-everybody talking at one time)
Trisha: So, between the two, between that (Murder Mysteries0... and making movies...
John: Oh, it's a toss up! It's a toss up, I'm sorry! This is a great experience working
for Regent University in student films. Great experience. Great learning fround, you
know, for both the student directors, the crew, and up-and-coming actors. Definitely.
Because I've never done a western before and I'd never shot a gun like that before, you
know, with special effects like that. It's all real fun. I get to play a cowboy bad guy.
Michelle: You made a good bad guy.
Trisha: Yeah, you did. You really did. I'm very impressed. Exactly what type of
instruction, I mean, other than to tell you just to go with it, what did DJ...
John: Well, like I said, he encouraged me to just do. It's okay, it'll be alright, you
know.
Trisha: You'll live through the fall, right?
John: And Tim Smith, the guy I abused, he also gave me some good help on acting.
They just basically said take the hit. It's a different kind of weapon. You know, back
then it would really make you go back like that if you got shot with it. Okay, so just try
it and see. And like I said, I just took the fall and there's no... there's just the ground,
yhou know. And I did it and it turned out okay.
Trisha: Well, you did it really good. I was very impressed.
John: Thank you. It was, like I said, a lot of fun. It really was.
Trisha: I do want to try and hook up with this Maverick Productions thing and, if
you're there, I will make my presence known.
John: Okay, well then you'll get picked on. You might get picked on.
(more group talk with everyone talking at one time) Like I said, working with Roger
was great, the whole crew, you know, just very giving, very supportive of the other
actors.
Trisha: Now, I'm taking that Roger is a student? This is his...
John: I'm not sure what film this is for him--his first one---I'm not sure, off hand. But
they are required to do, I'm not sure what their requirements are--a ten minute film or
fifteen or whatever. And like I said, this was a lot...it was a ton of fun.
Trisha: Well, I wanted to get a picture with you and wanted to get you to sign these
(DVD's) and very much, I have enjoyed this, meeting you and being able to come and
see this film. some of this will be on DJ's website if you want to look it up later on in
the future and see what I wrote!
