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Film Courage: Looking at your body of work, you seem like you have a fearlessness to you. Where does this come from?
Pedro Correa, Actor/Filmmaker: I know we’ve talked about travel a little bit, but probably travel.
I think that when you’re just so used to your own rhythm all the time, new things are just so scary.
I think when you develop a muscle to inviting scary into your life, it’s infectious. You can get addicted to it. I’m definitely addicted to it.
Sometimes I’ll sit and be upset that I haven’t shocked myself this month or this week or even today.
And I think that’s important. For sure.
Putting yourself in harm’s way and interesting scenarios oftentimes correlate.
Film Courage: When you say shocked yourself, do you think it’s really putting yourself in harm’s way or you just want to be around interesting scenarios?
Pedro: It’s a thin line. Putting yourself in harm’s way and interesting scenarios oftentimes correlate.
I’ve been thinking about it as I get older because in my early 20s harm’s way was the goal.
Whether it was skydiving or traveling or talking to the sketchiest person who might be in the cartel or something.
As I get older, I ask myself, what is the non-kill yourself version of that?
And, I haven’t quite come up with the answer, but I think part of it is just listening to asking yourself who you’re ignoring in the world.
Oftentimes you walk through your life and you’re just hyper-focused on one group of people or one personality or one kind of goal.
It’s easy just to let everything else fade away. I think that goes hand-in-hand too with what you want in the world where if you’re super, uber specific about what you want, you’re going to start seeing more of it.
The same goes with people as well and stories and situations where if you try to shatter that as often as possible, you can redefine the stories you tell, you can redefine the person that you are every day if you want, if you’re good at it…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
BIO:
Pedro Correa most recently co-wrote (with Fabio Frey), produced and stars-in the coming-of-age drama My Dead Dad (2021) executive produced by Declan Baldwin of Big Indie Pictures (Manchester by the Sea). In-front of the camera, he has recurred on ABC’s hit sitcom The Middle (2009), and has worked with the likes of Hulu, Disney, Syfy and more. Behind the camera, Pedro served as director for celebrity short films in the digital divisions of GQ Thailand, Esquire Singapore, Marie Claire Malaysia and Flaunt Magazine. Stars he directed include; Nick Jonas, Ruby Rose, Constance Wu and many more.
My Dead Dad is a story of a young burnout who discovers his estranged father is dead, leaving him the responsibility of managing an apartment complex. With hopes of cutting ties, he’s forced to grow up, learning about the dad he never knew through the eclectic tenants.
My Dead Dad is directed by Fabio Frey, co-written by Pedro Correa and Fabio Frey. The film stars Pedro Correa, Raymond Cruz, Courtney Dietz, Simon Rex, Booboo Stewart, Chris Pontius, and Steven Bauer
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