WEBVTT - ALAN RITCHSON: "Ordinary Angels" 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:08.600 January has come to a close. We are here in 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:12.480 the month of Valentinees in February, and I am a 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.600 bit dumbfounded. How did that happen so quickly? Weren't we 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:20.280 just stressing out over the holidays. Winter weather has finally 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:23.160 arrived at my farm too. We've had wind, We've had rain, 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:28.360 We've had more wind, lots of wind, power outages, snow, 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:32.680 a little ice, enough inclement crud to make me giddy 0:00:32.760 --> 0:00:36.800 thinking of the coming spring and my gardens. But that 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.479 right now is a long way off. What are we 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.320 going to do with ourselves for the rest of this 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:48.120 winter season. Maybe you'd like to go take in a movie. 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:54.000 I have a recommendation. Ordinary Angels is out in theaters 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:59.360 February twenty third, and it is phenomenal. It's based on 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:04.120 a remark true story in Stars Academy Award winner Hillary 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:10.360 Swank and Alan Ritson of the Reacher series. Alan continues 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:14.479 to make an undeniable mark as an actor, writer, producer, director. 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.800 He's currently in production on the third season of Reacher, 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.039 a massive success. Three days after its premiere, it was 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:27.240 number one. It surpassed its entire season one audience by 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:31.679 fifty percent. Within that time, maintaining its title as one 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:38.000 of Prime Video's most binged original series ever. He's got 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:41.440 a first look film deal and a separate three picture 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:47.319 deal for acting with Amazon MGM Studios. Alan recently wrapped 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:51.560 production on his leading role in the Guy Ritchie World 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:57.720 War II film for Lionsgate called The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.760 and is also set to rep prize his role as 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:08.040 Aims in the untitled eleventh installment of the Fast and 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:13.560 Furious blockbuster franchise from Universal Pictures. But today, today, today, 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:20.480 Alan Ritson, the handsome, talented Alan Ritson, is here here 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:23.400 to give us all the details on the Lionsgate drama 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:28.480 Ordinary Angels that's set to open February twenty third. I 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:33.000 am so excited for this conversation. But since Ordinary Angels 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:36.359 is actually a sponsor of this podcast this very one, 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.200 can I just spend a little minute more telling you 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:44.200 a little bit more about this film. Winter weather is 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:48.280 perfect weather for family movie night, and I have a 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:52.440 recommendation for you. Boy, do I have a recommendation for you. 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:58.680 It's called Ordinary Angels. It's based on a remarkable true story. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.399 That's the I love this so much. I mean it's 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:06.240 a great movie, but the fact that it happened and 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.120 it's a true story is really what will blow your mind. 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:12.880 It centers on Sharon. Sharon is played by Hillary Swank 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:17.440 as a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small town Kentucky 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:22.320 who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed, 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:26.720 played by Alan Richson. Ed is a widower working hard 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.280 to make ends meet for his two daughters, and his 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:36.280 youngest daughter is gravely ill she needs a liver transplant. Sharon, 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.120 the hairdresser, sets her mind to helping this family and 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.640 will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:48.400 inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels. Swank 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:52.640 was quote drawn to this beautiful true story because it's 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:57.680 such a powerful reminder that angels reside everywhere among us. 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.560 Ritson says he quote believed that sometimes we just need 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.920 to be reminded of the power of what we can 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:10.000 do together. It's in theaters now, so while the weather 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:14.840 isn't good for much else, it's perfect for watching Ordinary Angels. 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:19.760 A sure winner with family and friends. Visit Ordinary Angels 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:24.440 dot movie for more information. So with Me today, I 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:29.360 love someone as someone I absolutely love. I love your acting, 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:34.320 I love your instatchurch post, I love you, oh, thank 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.679 you pictures of your kids, your boys, and your wife. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:44.799 And I really love the new movie Ordinary Angels. Ellen Ritchson, 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:46.640 Welcome to the Delilah Show. 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.160 Thank you so much for having me. I'm glad you 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:49.880 enjoyed the film. 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.479 I loved the film. I said this earlier and I 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:58.000 will repeat it. I was surprised when I heard that 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.440 you and Hillary Swank were the two ours, because I 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.799 had read a little synopsis of what the movie is about. 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:08.840 And the movie is about a family, a tragedy, A 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:13.440 young husband loses his wife, and at the same time 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.279 he's losing his wife, he's losing his daughter to a 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:21.080 terrible disease and she needs a transplant. And it's a 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:26.760 story of an ordinary angels, of common everyday people living 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:30.120 life with all of its heartache and problems. And I 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:35.800 could not picture Reacher. I could not picture you be 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:36.880 in there to shoot your. 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.440 Way out of this. You can't shoot your way out 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:39.279 of this premise. 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.760 Exactly, or jump in a black Hawk, and you know, 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:45.680 hang by your fingernails and and and swing over a 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:50.599 great divide. But Alan, I got to say you nailed it, dude. 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.680 Oh, thank you so much, thank you. Yeah, it was uh, 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.920 you know, I I had to I had to fight 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:00.240 for the part a little bit, you know. Read Sure. 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:04.400 Season one had just come out and it's as if 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.000 the entire town was waiting to see what the results 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.719 would be. And within forty eight hours it was like 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.440 one of the most watched shows ever ever. 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.880 Right, I was a part of that phenomenon, Thank you 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.520 very much. And it's funny because I usually don't watch 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.560 like violent shows. That's my husband, he's the shoot him 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:25.800 up you know, he was a copy So what. 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:27.560 Is it that you so you're so what do you 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:34.800 watch for you? Okay, all the silent moments between the fights? 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:35.280 Yeah? 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:39.719 Yeah, yeah, it's so so by Monday, you know, it 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:43.320 came out on a late Thursday or Friday, and by Monday, 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:48.400 my inbox was had exploded with offers from some of 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:51.760 the most legendary producers and studios in town, and a 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.120 lot of it like action stuff, just like what we've 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:57.480 been doing. And then there was this little script called 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.240 Ordinary Angels that I read and of all of this, 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.240 I mean, I have fifty offers and I said, this 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.960 is what we have to do. It's this to be 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.240 able to do Reacher and then tell a true story 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:13.640 that is so heartbreaking and so uplifting and inspiring. This 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.920 is I think this is the direction that we go, 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.600 and Lionsgate was supportive of it, but they wanted me 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.920 to sit down with John Gunn, the writer director, who's brilliant. 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.280 He's a brilliant guy and he's very honest, and so 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.640 when we sit down, he was like, I gotta be 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.920 honest with you, man, You're not who I pictured at 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.800 all for this. And I was like, I also am 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.880 not who I picture when I read this, but I 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.679 know I can do this. And I think there's something 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:42.680 interesting about the fact that you have somebody who's fully 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:47.760 capable physically of moving mountains in a way, and yet 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.080 nature doesn't allow it, and life is so difficult that 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.920 it's crippling even somebody who seems like they would be 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.600 you have it all figured out. I think there's something 0:07:56.600 --> 0:08:00.320 even more tragic about the juxtaposition of that, and I 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.200 think maybe we can use that a little bit, you know, 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.400 and after you know, a little more convincing and cajoling, 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.960 you know, he came around and we decided to do it, 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.240 and he took a real risk bringing me into do it, 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.520 and so did Hillary. You know, when we got Hillary 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:18.320 on again, I'm still a relative unknown to a lot 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.960 of people. Reacher was kind of a breakout thing for me, 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:26.960 you know. So she took a risk, you know, working 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.280 alongside somebody like myself as well, and I'm grateful for that. 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:34.280 Well, I was as surprised that they chose Hillary, I 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:39.000 think as I was that they chose you, because I 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:43.199 couldn't picture her playings a hot mess like that so beautifully. 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:47.800 Oh oh oh, she's so versatile. Yeah, I think it 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.320 was that was that seemed like the easy casting choice 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.320 to me. But but yeah, she did a phenomenal job. 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:57.400 She was amazed. The whole movie was amazing. I want 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.560 to encourage people, especially I watched it with my family, 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.000 you know, they gave me a preview here at my house, 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.760 so I watched it with four or five of my kids, 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:10.320 and even my youngest, who seven, was crying. We were 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:16.079 all all sobbing crying. There not once. But there are 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:21.199 so many places, pivotal moments in the movie. And because 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.160 I have spent the last you know, thirty plus years, 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.480 forty years of my life working with people who struggle 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:31.240 with addictions, and because I am no stranger to the 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:36.040 twelve step program, seeing that element, you know, and what 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:40.480 a big part of the storyline it was without being overbearing, 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.440 you know, seeing how the character that Hillary played faced 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:50.320 her demons and finally got honest with herself, right, I 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:51.000 was bawling. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.319 Yeah, it takes a lot. It takes a lot to 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:57.160 reach the point where you can be honest with yourself, 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.120 to ask for help, to really confront the problem and 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.480 start saying no. And you know, I think when it 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:07.480 comes to alcohol, especially, my wife decided to do a 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:11.160 sober October five years ago, and I kind of just 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.640 by happenstance, I was like, I guess, I guess we're 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.880 not drinking for October because that's who's what's the fun 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:19.400 in that, you know, And that grew into this real 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.400 journey for her where she, you know, learned that this 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:27.719 industry wants you to believe that the only people who 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:31.200 stop drinking are those who have hit rock bottom, and 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.920 that is a lie that I think we're starting to 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:39.920 see the benefits of going against that that you don't 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.480 have to have like a rock bottom problem to say 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.480 like I actually I don't need that in my life. 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.120 I want to wake up with clarity. I want to 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:51.920 know that, you know, I'm not creating an anxiety you 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:55.280 know cycle in my life at like five pm every 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.560 day where my body's used to getting this depressant and 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:00.960 so it creates more cortisol and I I am feeling 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:02.600 anxious and like I need it, you know, but I'm 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:04.800 doing it to myself. And maybe if I did away 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.120 with that, I could just feel even throughout the day. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.960 And you know, there's like a lot of positivity that 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.400 comes along with saying no before you hit rock bottom. 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:14.760 And it takes a lot of courage to do that. 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.280 You know, the amount of people that are like, you 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:18.880 know when she's like, I don't drink, and they're like, 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:21.720 you're so strong, you know, it's so brave of you 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.920 to admit that you had a problem, and she like 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:27.480 didn't really have it, just just she just wanted to 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:31.080 have a different journey. So we're not all you know, 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:35.160 like we're not all Hillary's character. Not all of us 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:36.960 have to hit rock bottom before they start to make 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.040 those changes. And I think this opens up a pathway 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.720 to a conversation that maybe people that aren't quite that 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:46.080 far along can also make changes that are positive in 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:47.280 their own life. 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:51.760 And has she stuck to sober October through November, December, January, 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.000 February for the last podcasts. 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.600 Even though Yeah, even though I was like by Thanksgiving, 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.800 I was like, no, We're definitely going to have wine 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:02.160 on Thanksgiving, right, was like, actually, I think I'm gonna 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.080 I'm feeling pretty good. And then Christmas rolls around. I'm like, 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:07.640 how can we not have Christmas? And then New Year's 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.920 how can we not have a champagne toast? And She's like, 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.400 do we really need champagne to celebrate the coming of 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.640 this new year and our goals and our resolutions? And 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:18.840 I was like no, it's like okay, And then she 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.280 like hits that ninety day play. There's something called the 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:24.400 pink cloud. You know, ninety days, your body has cleansed 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:28.080 itself of the toxins that it stores up, and so 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:32.400 there's this moment of almost like ecstasy, like clarity, and 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.000 she goes, I really want to experience that, and she 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:37.080 eventually did around like ninety or one hundred days, and 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.160 that was it. That was like, She's never going back, 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.880 and I, you know, I had been along the ride 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:43.120 with her, so I guess I was like, I guess 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:46.680 I'm with you too. For me, you know, for me 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.400 not to make this whole thing about alcohol, but you know, 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.920 for me, one of the things that really really transformed 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.959 my thinking was that that idea of balance and the 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:00.760 imbalances that we create. You know, we understand. Everybody knows 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.719 what it's like when you miss your coffee in the 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:04.920 morning and you're like, I haven't had my coffee yet. 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.959 You're not getting your cortisol because your body knows you're 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.280 going to give it caffeine, and so your body's excellent 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.679 keeping a homeostasis. So if it knows it's getting coffee 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.000 every day, it's not going to give you what you 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.599 normally get to wake up. But the same thing is 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.400 true for the depressant. So if you get if you 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:22.480 have alcohol on a kind of a regular basis, you're 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.720 not going to be You're you're going to be creating 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:28.000 cortisol because the depressant's coming, and so you create anxiety 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.000 for yourself at the end of the day or whenever 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.960 that happens. And when I realized that as somebody with 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:37.200 bipolar that I was creating these great swings at the 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.080 beginning and the end of my day. And once I 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.160 had removed the alcohol, I like didn't need as much caffeine, 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:44.680 and then I started to go maybe I peel that 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:48.880 back to it brought a lot of just a lot 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.079 of balance and energy to the to the fullness of 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.960 the day. You know. So I've been with her on 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:55.880 the journey too. I've learned a lot and I've benefited 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.160 by drafting off her good, good decisions. 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:10.840 So talk about this woman you've been on your journey 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.319 with for just a minute, Alan, because I googled you, 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:18.440 I looked up pictures of you and Kat and your boys, 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:22.840 and it seems like she's the real deal. 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:25.240 Oh she's She's as good as they come. 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.640 And you met her for real at a ballet class? 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:29.360 Is that for real? 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:34.680 Yeah? Yes, we met So we were near a fine 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:35.200 arts college. 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.200 How tall are you? How tall are you? 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:39.200 Six three sixty three? 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.440 And Reacher is actually six ' five I pay attention 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.160 to the script, But six ' three and you were 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:45.920 you were in ballet? 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:51.200 Yes, yes, well so my pass in high school, I 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:52.960 felt like my path was going to be a music 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:57.080 theater degree, so ballet was a prerequisite. You know for 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:01.320 that program, and I was up for whatever I needed 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.160 to learn. I knew, you know, I'm not like I'm 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:05.240 I'm a good mover. I'm not like the best dancer 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:06.840 in the world, but I can. I can. I can 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.880 move through it, you know, just enough. It's it's a 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:15.280 serviceable dance. So, you know, I was just willing to 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:16.600 go through what I had to do, and there was 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.880 so I started taking those college classes in high school 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.960 because I wanted to. I wanted to get it over with. 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:23.600 She was doing the same thing, but I thought she 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.000 was a college I just assumed like everybody was a 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.600 college student there. So she came in to teach the 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:31.920 second half of a semester because the teacher was like, so, 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.440 Catherine's going to come in and teach you. She's a student, 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.080 but better at this dance than I am, so she'll 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:39.960 spend the rest of the semester teaching. And she walks 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.040 in and I was like, oh my gosh, I'm in 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.640 love and didn't speak to her for the entire semester 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.360 because I was afraid to talk to a college girl. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.360 And then I find out she's she's a little younger 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.320 than me, and you know, when we finally spoke, and 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.520 we weren't exclusive forever, but we dated for a summer, 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.960 and then we were friends for years and years, and 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.960 we eventually on each other again in our early twenties. 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.160 And I had kind of been around the world modeling 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:06.920 at the time and started to see a lot of 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:08.960 different people in a lot of different cultures, and I 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:13.160 just when we hung out again, it was like, what 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:14.640 am I waiting for? She's perfect? 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.760 And now together you have three boys? How old are 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:19.400 the boys? 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.840 We've been married for seventeen years. We have an eleven, 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:23.880 nine and an eight. 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:28.840 Year old, three boys, yet talk about how? Because when 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:33.000 I couldn't picture you as a dad in ordinary angels, 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:34.920 that's when I googled you, and then I saw all 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.960 these pictures of you as a dad, just a dad. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:39.560 I'm an actual dad, just. 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.560 A dad, not a dad trying to be impressive. Although 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.800 the cake, the chocolate cake you baked was probably the 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.680 worst cooking show I've ever seen in my life, but 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:53.440 just being a dad, And I went, that's probably why 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:57.320 they chose you. Not because you're so dang good looking, 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.000 not because you're reach it, not because you can jump 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:04.080 out of airplanes, but because in real life. You're a 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.440 real dad, like you're there. 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.879 You know, being a father is the greatest gift in 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:15.480 the world. I think a lot of times. My wife 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.520 helps remind me of this. She's she's full of wisdom. 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:25.080 But I'm very ambitious. And it feels l like, you know, 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.959 God has given me a set of of skills and 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.280 talents and and and a and a drive for this 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:36.800 career that we're looking at right and abs and also 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:39.359 and he gave me a more than two absy he 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:43.520 did and uh and with those abs we have created 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:47.000 a pretty big business. You know that that helps feed 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.639 a lot of people. And you know, there's like, you know, 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:51.359 there's there's a lot that we're doing and a lot 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.960 that's coming out. And it's easy to tell yourself this 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.240 is the most important thing that I attend to, that 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:03.440 that this deserves my attention more than anything else in life. 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.840 And when I look at those kids and I think 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.480 about the issues that they face and the guidance that 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:14.679 they need and the time that they deserve with their father, 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:20.719 is suddenly that becomes far less important. And so I 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:24.520 walk a tightrope where I somehow try to find a 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:28.720 balance between servicing this big business that we've created. You know. 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.760 Now I have a both a three picture deal and 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:33.919 a first look deal with Amazon. There's a lot of 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.199 content that we're creating, and I want to create a 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:39.880 lot of film and TV that is excellent and full 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.040 of high adventure and original And that takes a lot 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:46.280 of work, you know, And there's a lot of partnerships 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:51.359 involved in that, and that's all time consuming. And I 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:54.080 fight every day to find a way to elevate those 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:57.800 boys and make them feel more important and more seen 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.320 than that business. And so I spend a lot of 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.160 time at home. There's very little that I do outside 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:05.280 the home when I'm not at work. 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:08.679 So are you still doing the living in bed and 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.160 breakfast and those sorts of things? I heard you sold 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.760 your home so the boys could be with you every day, 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:17.520 which I love, love that. Have you found a box 0:19:17.600 --> 0:19:20.760 to live in with where you can put your toothbrush? 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:22.800 Or are you still doing the vagabond thing? 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.760 Yeah? Well we are. We are very much on the road. 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:31.720 Even if we had three homes, we would never be 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:33.960 in them. That's the reason we sold our place in Florida. 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:36.639 We just I was there maybe a week out of 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:38.240 like a year year and a half because we have 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:40.840 been threading the needle between these jobs. It's like one 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:44.439 film into another film into a show and with like 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:47.359 like I wrap on a Saturday morning and come Monday morning, 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:49.919 I'm in London filming another thing. I mean, there's no 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:53.400 time in between. I could if they if we set 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.480 them up in a community, at a school, a normal life, 0:19:57.320 --> 0:20:00.800 I would never see them. So there are schooled. We've 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:02.879 decided it's best for us and it's definitely best for 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:04.760 me and my mental health. If I have my family 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:06.760 there and I need them. I want to be a 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:10.040 part of their lives. It feels, you know, it feels 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:12.440 purposeless without them. If I'm just working and I never 0:20:12.480 --> 0:20:16.199 see them, I start to wonder what it's for. And 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.240 so we travel together and that means a lot of 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:20.359 Airbnbs and a lot of hotels, and it means no 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:23.439 community for them. It means they have no friends. And 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:25.520 so there's a lot of struggle involved with us in 0:20:25.560 --> 0:20:30.720 figuring out how to kind of quickly generate some foundation. 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:33.480 When we go somewhere, we always hope that there's co 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.080 stars or somebody that has kids our age. You know. 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:39.760 One of my stun double Ryan Tarren, who's been a 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.320 real gift. 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