Behind the Scenes of a Trump/Anti-Trump RomCom: Erik Bork Reveals Unexpected Twists in SYS Podcast Episode 541
Ashley
Yeah. And so, what was your development process like this? You said you did some reads. Do you have some other writers that you send it to your agent? Like what happened when you pitched him this idea? Was this something that your agent was excited about? Maybe you can talk about that development process a little bit.
Erik Bork
There was no talking to an agent about it. This was just me on my own doing it, kind of thing, very DIY. The main feedback thing was I did a Zoom readthrough with actors that I had in mind for the film that were willing to do a free show up on Zoom. Actually, I might’ve paid them, but one of them ended up being in the movie, a couple of them ended up being in the movie, but others didn’t. And when I saw the Zoom readthrough, it brought it to light what issues it might have that I didn’t realize it had. I thought the Zoom readthrough was going to be a step toward, okay, then we’re going to start crowdfunding right away, and these cast members will want to do it, and blah, blah, blah. But then I was like, nah. So that was the number one thing. That really helped. Seeing professional actors do it and do it well, but then realizing the issues with it reluctantly once that has happened. Then I also did send it to some people that were involved in the funding or potential funding. And these were, again, were like nonprofits. They’re not like movie people, but some of them had certain reservations about how certain things were depicted. And just in terms of the accuracy and the originality of how the politics were represented, different kinds of supporters of one side or the other and what they think, especially on the Trump side, which I was less familiar with. And so that also was a part of that process.
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