On the Red Carpet at Fancypants Premiere

Over the last couple weeks, I have featured interviews and info about Fancypants, a new movie produced by Chicago's Humble Pie Films, starring a lot of great Chicago talent.  It was obvious that this was a labor of love for everyone involved.

Thanks to Jennifer Fortney of Cascade Communications, I was able to get red carpet access for pieces that appeared here on Johngy's Beat, as well as online pieces for Global Traveler, JW's Wrestling Memorabilia and WrestlingFigs.com.  I want to thank Jennifer for everything.  It was a real pleasure dealing with her.

I sincerely hope I have opened a few eyes to Fancypants.  It's a fresh, heart-warming movie made by Chicago people.

As I complete my coverage of the Chicago premiere of Fancypants, I am leaving you with several pictures of the cast and crew behind this eciting new movie.  I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed being at the premiere.

Patrick Gleason (Leon the Lion) and date

Beth Horn (Animal Babe) and Amy Hendricks (Alex)

 Jackson Dunn (Tommy)

 Producer Daniel Hanson and date

Director of Photography Jim Andre

 Director-Screenwriter Joshua Russell and Megan Russell.

Kirby O'Connell (Flora) and friend

Mike Carey (Teddy) and Kimberly Carey

Noah Rogers (Jones)

Patrick Zielinski (Sal) and date

Scott Beatty, JayHawk Evans and me at our professional best in Chicago, IL-October 2011.

On the Beat with Noah Rogers of Fancypants

A couple weeks ago, we featured Jackson Dunn, the young star of Fancypants.  Jackson's friend Noah Rogers also appears in the movie as Jones, a friend of Jackson's character Tommy.  Young Noah is one of many who made their acting debut in Fancypants. 
I believe Noah's sister accompanied him on to the premiere.  They appeared to enjoy themselves on the red carpet as you will see in the video below.  Noah answers some questions about his acting future, his interest in wrestling and the evening.  Both were great sports throughout and even broke out a little funky dance for fun.
I don't know what is in Noah's future plans, but he did a great job in Fancypants and probably will have some acting in his future.  Either way, at least he had his moment in the spotlight at the premiere and he deserved it.  He seems like a cool kid.
Tomorrow we will feature Kirby O'Connell.  Until then, but after you watch the video below, please check out FancypantsMovie.com, the Fancypants Facebook page and HumblePieFilms.com for more pictures, info and fun.