{"id":484017,"date":"2020-05-12T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=484017"},"modified":"2020-05-12T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:00:01","slug":"why-director-timothy-hines-cast-comedian-teddy-smith-as-a-bad-guy-in-chrome-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/why-director-timothy-hines-cast-comedian-teddy-smith-as-a-bad-guy-in-chrome-the-series_484017.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Director Timothy Hines Cast Comedian Teddy Smith as a Bad Guy in Chrome: The Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian actor teddy Smith plays an Iron Guard of the elite force deployed to recapture escaped robot slaves in Chrome: the Series premiering on Amazon Prime and a host of major platforms May 30, 2020!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Chrome: The Series director creator Timothy Hines talks about the rare talent and humanity of comedian actor Teddy Smith and his roles in Chrome and Charlie Boy.\n<\/div>\n

There is only one Teddy Smith, by Timothy Hines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Above: Teddy Smith plays an Iron Guard in Chrome: The Series, an elite force of the labor police tasked with reclaiming escaped robots.<\/em> <\/p>\n

I like to cast opposite personalities of what the script calls for. If the script describes a person suffering from depression, I try to cast someone naturally upbeat. Likewise if the script calls for a psychopath, I will often cast a comedian, as they generally understand both the dark and the light of human souls. There is something about the polarity in tension that brings, as Theseus said in Midsummer Night’s Dream, “Hot Ice” to the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

So when I needed someone to voice a vicious Iron Guard leader in Chrome: The Series, my mini-series which begins streaming with the pilot episode on May 30th, about a slave robot who defies her masters to bring humanity to a world where people have forgotten what it is to be human, producer Susan Goforth and knew without question we would cast Teddy Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n

When comedian turned movie star Greg Kritikos and producer Dominick Martini first introduced me to Teddy Smith it was hot in the second floor Astoria production office of School of Old where the feature film Charlie Boy was being staged from. The air conditioning unit was malfunctioning and in wait of repair. Teddy had ridden the subway from Manhattan, which can be a diesel laden oven that time of year even though the trains run on electric tracks. He was parched.<\/span><\/p>\n

I offered Teddy water but when I opened the fridge, the staff had drank it all, save for a box of “special” water actress Sean Young, (of Blade Runner fame), had ordered before she left the production. Sean had touted the water to me as a special mineral water that uniquely had been colorized with some natural ingredients to make it darker than a Coke-a-Cola. I’m not sure if the color was just a selling point but it tasted like a good mineral water, just strange to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I told Teddy all I had was this mineral water that had been tinted but as far as I knew it was perfectly fine. He agreed and I handed him a bottle. Teddy had the most precious look on his face as we both realized the brand of water was called “Black Water.” We both burst into laughter at the same moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teddy, without missing a beat said, “That’s just great. I come in for an audition and the white director hands me a bottle of Black Water.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I still laugh at that moment. It broke the natural sometimes unbearable tension that goes with an audition. We took a picture together holding the bottles of Black Water. I knew then that we would get along and it has been true ever since. On a side note, I later read about this water, BLK Water, and the research said the water’s color comes from the addition of fulvic acid produced by the biodegration of dead organic matter (sounds just delicious). The product reportedly provides a bevy of trace <\/span>minerals and electrolytes while also helping to balance the human body’s pH levels. It actually tastes fine.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Above: (L) Comedian actor Teddy Smith and Director Timothy Hines sharing bottles of “Black Water”.<\/em><\/p>\n

I had no idea how talented he was, how, when he auditioned for the part of detective Frank, that he would not only nail the part but bring facets of light and emotion to the role that was way beyond the well crafted script by Frederick Stroppel and Greg Kritikos.<\/span><\/p>\n

I saw Teddy do his stand up act some time later and I was in stitches. A comedian has to ride a fine line in expressing and exposing sometimes painful truths and also show the audience the absurdity in things. I have always felt the true difference between sanity and insanity is the ability to laugh at ourselves, our troubles, our frailties. Teddy is a master of this.<\/span> <\/p>\n