Rob Benedict of Supernatural Spreads His Creative Wings Updated
Our own Rob Benedict is showing that he is more than just a talented actor!
Buddy TV has posted an interview on Rob’s production Sidekick. Although it covers some of what has already been reported, it also has some new material. Read it here to keep up with the news.
He and Jason Manns are hosting a concert on StageIt on Feb 8th!
From the Stageit site:
Live From Germany! Rob Benedict and I are heading out to play some BRAND NEW co-written songs in England and Germany, and we know that not all of you can make it over the pond, so we wanted to invite you along! We’ll be doing a show live from the now famous Eickmann Living Room just for you guys!
What is Stageit?
Stageit is a LIVE online video concert that is never recorded or archived. Fans can chat with each other in real time and interact with the performer. To get a ticket to this show, click the “Get Ticket” button above. The tip jar also allows you to show your support at anytime.
So for those of you who have seen Rob in concert and loved him or for those of you who have never had a chance to see him, you can now see him and Jason Manns in the comfort of your own home!
Also this week, Rob’s short comedy film, The Sidekick is being released on line! Our own Alice Jester was at Comic Con in 2013 for the premiere of the film and got to interview Rob Benedict, Richard Speight Jr., Lizzy Caplan, Jason Ritter, and others in support of the film. Two of those interviews can be found below on the TV For The Rest of Us YouTube channel.
http://youtu.be/4pyHYAlYXbE?list=PL5ZHOODbCajttJ1A0om-k5wvnrzeOXtsU
http://youtu.be/3_OeVGwcgoQ?list=PL5ZHOODbCajttJ1A0om-k5wvnrzeOXtsU
Alice’s screening report includes her review of the film and pictures of the cast of The Sidekick. It appeared on The WFB in August 2013.
EW also has an interview with Rob about writing and producing The Sidekick. From the article:
When he turned 40, though, Benedict had a little mid-life crisis. “I realized that I’ve been an actor my whole life and that it’s kind of too late for me to think, ‘Well, maybe I’ll try something else’—I’m not trained to do anything else,” he says. “I felt that the [comic-book] sidekick was a great allegory for that—being a sidekick your whole life and then at 40 you get fired. What are your going to do?”
Benedict wrote a script and called in some favors from some famous funny friends—Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, Martin Starr, Lizzy Caplan, Ron Livingston—to make The Sidekick, a comedy short in which he stars as Max McCabe, a superhero sidekick who can’t quite keep up any more. When he’s fired by Captain Wonder (Livingston), he has to regroup and discover a new way to contribute to society.
The Sidekick is available for download on Amazon , ITunes and Vimeo .
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