Evans has won numerous titles including the 19 Golden Gloves championships, National US Senior Open Gold Medalist-2005, and a National PAL Championships Gold Medalist-2004. 5'9" American lightweight boxer from Dayton, Ohio. Michael Evans (born July 22, 1977) is a 140 lb. “Almost Love” is available on digital and VOD on Friday, April 3.For other people named Michael Evans, see Michael Evans (disambiguation). SE: I’m going to be flying off of helicopters in “Almost Love 2.” SE: Fall on my back and get slapped by Michelle. MD: He also had to climb through an ice cream truck window. SE: I’ve taken a shower in plenty of fun places, but never a kiddie pool. Scott, had you ever taken a shower in a kid’s swimming pool while being watched by a film crew? There are certain things that they were able to bring that really worked within the confines, and all the limitations and restrictions, and the pressure that we were working under, namely their experience. We had a day of rehearsal, which I fought really hard for, just because I didn’t want them to meet on set for the first time, and create this chemistry. Also just because working as quickly as we did, Scott and Augie had a short hand. There were battles I lost, but this was a battle that I was not going to lose. MD: What’s so wonderful about independent film is the amount of creative control you have. Was there ever a point where someone said to you, “Well, you should go with a straight actor. It was just very important to me that the two stars are out loud and proud. I’m not making an edict that only gay people can play gay people, and straight people play straight people. MD: I think there’ve been some movies of late that have gotten a lot of attention, and the non-gay romantic leads playing gay are applauded for their bravery, which just drives me crazy. MD: I sort of unofficially made it my mission to cast two openly gay actors as my romantic leads. The letters would just come in, handwritten and emails and everything, just messages of support and thank you, and thank you for giving me something to watch in my small town. Soap fans are the best fans, first of all. I played an openly gay character on the show. When I was first starting out, I was on a soap opera for many years. I think I made that decision fairly early on, and then didn’t even realize the potential repercussions that it would have in the entertainment world. It builds up in you and it really causes lots of problems for your psyche later in life. I just knew that I didn’t want to live a lie. SE: Before I even started pursuing a professional career in entertainment, I was out of the closet. Scott, what does it feel like, whether it’s a direct message or a tweet, from a young person who thanks you? They’ve come out, and now here they are living their lives. That’s all a part of the backstory in our film. I wanted to create a friend circle with a lead gay couple, but put them in the context of three other couples to show what’s universal about being in a relationship - the ups, the downs, and all the in-betweens…I think there have been amazing films about coming out, about battling adversity. I feel like, at least in my world, that’s very relatable whether it’s spinning your wheels professionally, emotionally, in your friendships. MD: I wanted to tell a story about a group of friends that were at a point, or approaching a point where they were all spinning their wheels in different ways. It was seeing something that I totally related to and that I knew a lot of my friends related to, and a lot of people relate to whether you’re gay or you’re straight. Reading “Almost Love,” it was a completely different thing. SE: All of a sudden, the entertainment industry wants a kind of pat on the back for giving gay people gay roles, but all the gay roles are still kind of those roles that you don’t necessarily want to play all the time. Scott, what did you think when you first read the script? Also, I didn’t have to worry about hair and makeup. I wanted to be able to focus my energy in crafting that ensemble and all of that. I was not in that, and I really enjoyed not being in it and using a different part of your creative mind and energies. I wrote and directed a short film a few years ago that premiered at Tribeca and got some attention. But here, you wrote and directed the movie.
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