.
YOU EVER WISH FOR SOMETHING
TO GO WRONG.
EXCUSE ME?
NO IDEA WHAT A BAD DAY FEELS
LIKE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?
THE FACT THAT EVOLUTION AND
NATURAL SELECTION.
SANDRA: A NEW THRILLER, NATURAL
SELECTION STARS ANTHONY MICHAEL
HALL IS OPENING IN THEATERS
THIS WEEK, ALSO ON DEMAND.
ANTHONY IS HERE ALONG WITH THE
DIRECTOR, SHAD.
WELCOME GUYS.
THANK YOU.
SANDRA: THIS IS EXCITING, WE
KNOW YOU FROM SIX TEEN CANDLES,
FROM THE BREAKFAST CLUB, YOU'RE
GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL THIS TIME
IN THE ROLE OF A SECURITY
GUARD.
IT'S A GREAT FILM.
SHAD DID A GREAT JOB OF WRITING
THIS STORY, WE SHOT IN HIS
HOMETOWN.
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT IT?
STARTED AS A SHORT FILM IN
COLLEGE FOR SENIOR THESIS
PROJECT.
SANDRA: I IMAGINE THAT WASN'T
TOO LONG AGO, YOU LOOK SO
YOUNG.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
STARTED THERE AND ENDED WITH
THE PAST YEARS IN COLLEGE, I
WANTED TO ELABORATE BECAUSE THE
STORY WAS RICH.
THE CHARACTERS ARE STRONG AND
SO MUCH I WANTED TO DO WITH IT
AND EXPAND ON IT.
LET ME WRITE THE FEATURE AND WE
GOT IT GOING.
SANDRA: AND TELLS US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
EVOLUTION, NATURAL SELECTION,
BUT SET IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND
FROM THE TRAILER APPEARS THAT
ONE OF THE STUDENTS IS PLANNING
AN ATTACK.
WERE YOU INSPIRED BY COLUMBINE
OR RECENT SHOOTINGS?
THE FILM FOCUSES ON THE
INTERNAL STRUGGLES OF YOUNG
TEENS WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR
TRANSITION INTO ADULTHOOD WHICH
IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN
EVERYONE'S LIFE, AND IT'S VERY
TAXING, AND I THINK IT REALLY
TESTS PEOPLE.
SO THE FILM FOCUSES ON THE
INTERNAL STRUGGLES AND THE ONE
IN PARTICULAR I WANT PEOPLE TO
HAVE, YOU CONFIDE IN YOURSELF
TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY, THERE IS
A POSITIVE AND TRIUMPHANT
MESSAGE IN THE FILM, BUT AS TO
THE NATURAL SELECTION, IT IS
THE ANTAGONIST TAKES HIS
INTERPRETATION WHICH IS A DARK
RUN AND RUNS WITH IT.
SANDRA: SO WE SEE THE LOVE
VERSUS HATE.
THE GOOD VERSUS EVIL.
WHICH IS CRUCIAL IN THE MAIN
CHARACTERS OF THE FILM BECAUSE
IT'S WALKING THAT FINE LINE,
THAT TUG-OF-WAR, YOU CAN GO
EITHER WAY, AND I REALLY WANT
TO FOCUS IT ON HOW NEGATIVE
INFLUENCES CAN REALLY CORRODE A
TROUBLED MIND OR EXPRESS
UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT, YOU KNOW,
SUPPORT COMPASSION, LOVE, ALL
THOSE THINGS TO ERADICATE THE
DESTRUCTIVE DAMAGE OF HATE AND
NEGATIVE INFLUENCES.
WELL SAID.
SANDRA: ANTHONY, YOU ARE VERY
SUCCESSFUL AS A YOUNG ACTOR.
YOUR CAREER TOOK OFF.
AND NOW YOU'RE BACK IN A HIGH
SCHOOL SETTING WORKING WITH
YOUNG ACTORS.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
AS YOU CAN SEE, CHAD HAD A
REAL VISION FOR HIS FILM.
HE HAD A GREAT SCRIPT AND
DEVELOPED IT IN COLLEGE.
IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT, AND IT
WAS A REALLY ORGANIC APPROACH.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS HELPING OUT
WITH IT.
OBVIOUSLY, THE ISSUE OF GUN
VIOLENCE WHICH IS HUGE IN OUR
COUNTRY, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT EVERY DAY
IN THE FACE.
REALITY IS OVER 300 GUNS
REGISTERED IN THE COUNTRY.
WITH THIS FILM, FOCUSING ON THE
CHARACTERS AND TELLING OF THE
GREAT STORY AND THEMES THAT
WEAVE THEMSELVES IN.
SANDRA: AND IT PREMIERED AT THE
FILM FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN L.A.
RAVE REVIEWS.
IT SOUNDED GREAT, MOST OF
THE CAST CAME OUT, TOO.
IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE EVERYONE
SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT IN FULL
GLORY.
SANDRA: I LOVE A GOOD SUSPENSE
MOVIE.
LET ME KNOW IF YOUR STOMACH
HURTS BECAUSE YOU'LL BE ON THE
EDGE OF YOUR SEAT.
APPRECIATE IT.
