On the first day of the year, my sister and I took our 97 year old dad to see, Marty Supreme. To be honest, I thought he’d sleep through it as he’s at that stage where he nods off every 10 minutes while you’re chatting to him. But, no. He stayed awake for almost the whole film – all 2.5 hours! I asked him afterwards if he’d enjoyed it and he beamed and said that he’d never seen a film quite like it before. That is the hallmark of a good film, when it can keep the attention of a 97 year old.
Sadly, at the end of January, my father passed away but I’m so grateful that that was one of my last memories of us together.
I returned to the UK for his funeral in February. I’d worked on my ongoing voice over project and been pinned for an episode of, Tulsa King, in January but everything was too up in the air to commit to any other work.
March was on more of an even keel and I booked a short film but most of my time has been spent on paperwork sorting out my father’s estate and continuing to prepare for a development project we’d been working on together. At times I have felt overwhelmed with everything and as I had already planned to return to the UK at the beginning of June, the preparation for the move on top of everything else, has, at times, rendered me pretty low.
In March, we had the 98th Academy Awards and some categories were tough to call this year. I got 19 out of 24 correct but lost the sweepstake as someone else pipped me with 20 correct answers. It was my 15th and last Oscar sweepstake and I’m quite proud that I won two out of those 15 and was runner up several times.
I am trying to fight my fear of returning to the UK and not being able to get work but I’ve made brave decisions and pivoted before in my career and somehow I find a way to make things happen so I just have to believe. I hate thinking about age and try not to let it interfer with my choices. I need to focus on the positive fact that, as long as I stay well, it is possible for me to act into my 80s or even 90s which would not be possible in other lines of work.
And to finish, in case I wasn’t clear, it wasn’t only my dad who enjoyed, Marty Supreme. I thought it was the best film I’ve seen in ages. I loved the pace, the flawed characters, the journey – so that’s my film recommendation for this blog if you didn’t catch it yet.
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