Giles Alderson sat down with his co-writer Jonny Grant ,his wife Lina Grant and his lead in The Dare actor Bart Edwards to chat how their experience of the first ever screening of The Dare went down and how they felt at the World Premiere of a movie some of them had been working on for 5 years! LIVE from Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Miami.
They talk how Bart Edwards got cast in The Dare , his audition techniques, acting advice and best tips for castings.
They talk how Jonny and Giles wrote The Dare, their journey to get it to the screen. First day on set nerves, how they re-wrote lines on set and how Giles designed the movie with his DoP Andrew Rodger and his directing style.
As well as The Dare, Bart Edwards starred in Season 3 of Lifetime’s critically acclaimed series “UnREAL” and in the Norwegian series “Lykkeland” (State of Happiness) that recently had its World Premiere during the Cannes Series Festival in France. Follow him here @Bart_Edwards
 Jonny Grant co wrote The Dare and has also written 8 other feature screenplays. He has recently co-written 'Knights of Camelot' for Signature Ent. which starts filming later this year. Follow him here: Jonny Grant & Follow Lina here www.twitter.com/linagrant_
 
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