SYS Podcast Episode 537: Gigi Levangie Reveals Untold Secrets Behind the Making of SAW (2004)
Ashley
Welcome Gigi to the Selling Your Screenplay podcast. I really appreciate you coming on the show with me today.
Gigi Levangie
Thank you, Ashley. I’m delighted to be here.
Ashley
Perfect. So, to start out, maybe you can tell us a little bit about your background. Where did you grow up and how do you get interested in the entertainment business? Just a quick overview so we can kind of get to know you a little bit.
Gigi Levangie
Of course. Okay. I grew up in East Hollywood. I went to Hollywood High. I did not have any connection to the idea of Hollywood, to the land of Hollywood. But I was a cheerleader of Hollywood High, and then I went on to go to UCLA, taking two buses to school. And still no interest, really, in Hollywood. But at some point in time, I became an intern on Thick of the Night, which was Alan Thicke’s talk show. And I don’t know if you remember Alan Thicke, he’s Robin Thicke’s father. And he was very talented. And I started writing sketches for the show as an intern. And he actually used them. So having been, I was a kid who loved, I loved reading, I loved writing, I skipped a couple grades, and, and those were the things I was, I was too, I was chubby and allergic to smog, so I couldn’t play outside. So, everything was centered around books and my imagination. So smash cut, I start working in Hollywood, I work as an assistant to Fred Silverman, I’m reading scripts. And I’m not thinking I can write just as good as these guys, I’m thinking, I can write just as good as these guys and get paid how much because I didn’t have any money, you know, no one in my mind. And so that was the start of my illustrious career was sort of practical.
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