really put the spotlight on our
storytelling abilities and we were
confident that we could make a
pretty taut little thriller.
How did the actors handle the
situation? You had worked with
many of them before, right?
Keith and I had worked together
on multiple occasions. We liked
some projects more than oth-
ers but each one proved to be a
great learning experience. I knew
Keith would handle things like a
pro and of course, he did. Keith
brought Annelise to the literal
and figurative table and he had
great confidence in her theater
background to really step up and
she outdid herself. I met Timothy
when I didn’t cast her in a previ-
ous project. We kept in touch and
I cast her in Rock, Paper, Scissors,
which I was planning to shoot a
few months after Samaritans, and I
saw how hard she worked on that.
She came on board without even
seeing a script. I sent her an out-
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