Author: Brea Grant

BREA GRANT: A few questions about your life, your role on Real Housewives of Horror, and 30 Minute Musicals. Okay. People always want to know the background and boring stuff first. Where are you from, how long have you been in LA, what’s your favorite color, etc? BROOKE: I’m from good ole Louisiana! Been in LA about 10 years now…oof. time flies. GREEN IS FAVORITE. It’s the only color, right?? Probably because my birthday is St. Patty’s… I’ve always been obsessed with green and all things related: Kermit, Ireland, Boston Celtics. Although, I was terrified of Darby O’Gill and The…

Brea Grant talks with Rosa Karo, director of The Italian Key, which has won over 15 festival awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best of Fest. It’s now available on VOD. 1. How did you conceive ‘The Italian Key’?  Was it adapted from any written story, or completely fictionalized from your imagination? The story of ‘The Italian Key’ is an original script, not based on a book though it has many literary ‘winks’ within it. I remember driving those winding mountain roads of the Borbera valley when I first arrived there years ago and thinking: wouldn’t it be a…

When I saw Rory Uphold’s new series “Only in HelLA” I wanted to talk to her for two reasons. One: the show is hilarious in a way that people in LA get in a very specific way, but still has universal appeal. Two: she writes, directs, and stars in the project and those of us who’ve been through that have gotta stick together! Brea Grant: Why did you want to write, direct, and star in “Only in HelLA?” Did you ever think about delegating any of those positions?  Rory Uphold: Writing/Directing/Producing was something I did out of necessity.  I wanted…

I met Stacey Storey in a women’s acting group she helped to organize – a super inspiring experience where women talk about their goals and hardships. After about the fifth time the feature film I co-wrote, Best Friends Forever, fell apart, I had dinner with Stacey and we talked about her producing it — something she had never done before — while I directed it — something I had never done before. Whether through luck, blind naivety, or just hard work, we somehow got the thing made. I asked her a few questions about producing, acting, and being a woman…

I met Amy McGrath at her house while she was editing my friend Chioke’s movie with a broken arm. That’s right. She wasn’t able to work at her assistant editor job because of her arm so she took on editing an entire movie. When looking for an editor to come in late in the editing process for my feature, Best Friends Forever, she was top on my list and proved to be one of the best decisions we made in the making of the movie. Brea: Amy. You’re awesome. Everyone who has worked with you recommended you like you are…

I met Vera Miao in an acting class a few years ago and we hit it off talking about Joss Whedon and feminism. Since then, we have become great friends, spent many a weekend in Palm Springs together, and collaborated on feature film together entitled Best Friends Forever. Vera co-wrote, produced and co-starred in this apocalyptic road trip movie. You may have seen her on NCIS, CSI: Miami, Brothers & Sisters or in her own comedic web series, Mission Rebound. She just won Breakout Actress at the LAAPFF for her starring role in Best Friends Forever on iTunes July 1st and other…

At the optometrist today, the woman behind the counter asked if she knew me from Heroes. I smile and nod and normally, that experience is far from painful. But today, she asked me that right after I explained to her that I lost my Plan 1 SAG insurance and no longer have my eye care covered. Because I didn’t make enough money last year. So not only did I have to explain that somewhat humiliating information, she also knows exactly who I am. And that is the state I am living in these days. About a year and a half…