![]() It took me 7 years of full-time training and non-union work before I ever got my first union credit so that resiliency had already been built into me to handle rejection on a mass scale. I knew it would be a lifelong journey for me with lots of ups and downs and so I was prepared for that road before committing to acting. ![]() It wasn’t something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so when opportunities presented themself to sign with an agency and pursue acting, it was an almost instantaneous yes from me. But to make a bad script great, that deserves an Oscar.”ĪC: When did you begin to see acting as a potential career avenue?ĮRIC HICKS – Well, I used to be a prosthetist, artificial limb maker, before pursuing acting and I didn’t feel challenged enough. Anyone can make a great script great, that’s easy. I remember hearing an Oscar-winning actress say once, “Oscars should be given to people who can make bad scripts great. When a script isn’t well written it takes ten times the amount of prep work for me to bridge those holes in the script so to speak and make the transitional moments within a scene flow seamlessly which sometimes truly just feels impossible. If it’s well written, it’s easy to remember because it just feels so naturally like the way we speak day today. Really cool stuff.ĪC: How can you tell when you’re reading a great script?ĮRIC HICKS – Well, it always has to do with the flow of dialogue. It takes a lot of prep work to get that kind of naturalism from script to screen but the goal is always to leave the audience wanting to follow my character at the end of the scene to wherever he’s going next. I told the director (Justin Dyck) we need to put that in a blooper reel whether or not that’ll happen I don’t know but it was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life!ĪC: As an actor, what are you still trying to learn?ĮRIC HICKS – I’m constantly working on bringing a scene to life by having a “coming from” moment before and somewhere I’m going to at the end of the scenes so the camera is essentially able to catch that specific moment for the scene but in my mind, I don’t know when it starts or stops and I sort of trick myself into living it for real. I started having a laugh attack and it was contagious, everyone on set started laughing behind the camera as the director tried to keep us focused and finish the scene, I couldn’t do it though, we had to call cut. At one point, I’m standing there and the actor Martin Roach playing Felix walks out with this pony which was ALMOST too much for me to handle, just the oddest scene ever, but then as I’m grooming the pony the goats thought it would be fun to jump off the side of him and do 360’s and it was absolutely hysterical. Luckily the dialogue supported some crazy animal antics but as the scene went on the goats were tearing down all the plant decorations and knocking over props. We ran the rehearsal without the animals but come our first take they were all let loose at once and it was hysterical. Well, you can imagine it was tough to coordinate that many animals at once. Will is a long term visionary and through his revitalization plans, he aims to ensure everyone will be able to thrive for decades to come.ĪC: Can you recall any funny moments from on-set filming?ĮRIC HICKS – One day on set, we had animal trainers bring a bunch of goats, bunnies, cats, and a pony to set for this one scene. In the end, I walk away with more than I ever could’ve bargained for.ĪC: What do you think is your character’s ultimate goal?ĮRIC HICKS – Will wants nothing more than to protect his sister and his hometown. ![]() ![]() In the meantime, my best friend Flynn (Andy Yu) and I assemble plans to revitalize our hometown but we won’t be able to do it alone so I go about recruiting Emma (Amber Marshall) to help us make this dream come true. Through an unfortunate series of events, I’ve been dragged home to our small town of Harmony Valley to take care of my injured sister Tracey (Nina Kiri). And love is in the air!ĪC: How does your character fit into the story?ĮRIC HICKS – I play the lead opposite Heartland’s Amber Marshall. But in the end, it’s about being there for one another. There are lots of laughs as well as moments for self-reflection. It deals with how we adapt to the changing times and learning how to open our hearts and forgive ourselves and others for past misfortunes. You can view the trailer here.ĪC: What can audiences expect from Love in Harmony Valley?ĮRIC HICKS – This is a feel-good, uplifting, family movie for all ages. Actor ERIC HICKSwho stars as Will in the new romantic feature film Love in Harmony Valley set to make its premiere this October on the Superchannel. ![]()
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