“TEX: VAMPIRE SLAYER”
I just landed the lead role in a new short film, “Tex: Vampire Hunter” or “Make Thick My Blood: a Tragedy in One Act”, written by a young and talented director, Gabriel Gonda. I have been nothing but impressed with the visuals they are attempting to mimic and bring to life in the film – the detailed and vivid paintings of Maxfield Parrish and the cinematography of the book adaptation of “Alatriste”, with Viggo Mortensen.
Best yet, I get to work my best friend Svetlana Soutirina, who also landed the lead female role, the 600 year-old vampire Elizabeta, and Tex’s lover. The piece will be shot in super 16mm, another fantastic reason that prompted me to accept their offer.
Tex is a vampire slayer, a cowboy type, descendant from a Portuguese father and a mysterious mother. He is a jagged character, with multiple layers accumulated through a life of loss and grief, and much violence and purpose. I am excited to be able to play such a rich and intense character, and feel humbled that I was chosen amongst many other local talented actors.
This is going to be challenging, since at the same time I will be portraying a completely opposite character – Dario Massimo in “The Sheets Must Be Silk”. I have a feeling my soul just needed this discrepancy in order to attain the much needed balance I constantly seek in everything I do; it will assist me in making sure the pendulum doesn’t swing too far off its limits.
"Tex: Vampire Hunter" poster
