Crew

Cast
Director

Michael Wehrhahn

     
     

 


Actor Michael Wehrhahn, is known for his starring roles in films such as "Blazin", ABC's "All My Children", and the CBS hit "Now and Again"


In
"What's Eating You?" he plays the role of Billy Stevens.  "It's a highly diverse role", says Michael, "Billy comes on like Rambo and slowly we get to see his emotional side. It was great as an actor to stretch from action and stunts, to an intimate scene where Billy cries."

A most remarkable trait streaming from this young actor is the relentless dedication he brings on and off the set throughout the film's production.  He is in top physical shape and trained in order to perform all of his own stunts. "But the most difficult part is performing stunts with a creature that isn't even there!", says Michael of working with the many Special FX sequences of the production. "Acting is all about reacting,  but when you have nothing to react to but a blank blue wall or an empty patch of trees you're forced to rely soley on you're  imagination", he says. "To react off of something that doesn't exist is like conversing with yourself for an entire day, and convincing yourself at the day's end that it was real. It's no walk in the park!".

Throughout the film, the character of Billy must come into battle with the a mythical creature. This creature is being created by post-production experts on computers and composited into the live-action scenes with the actor months after the scenes were shot. Director
Evan Seplow says "I chose Michael for this part because I've worked with him on two films before. I knew from experience that he could handle both the acting involved and also the   extreme physicality that few actors can do."

Michael goes on to say, "I especially feel the pressure when engaging in a physical interaction such as getting thrown into a wall or having hand       to hand combat with a creature that doesn't exist. To make it convincing becomes extremely difficult over the course of a long day of shooting. You must focus and truly believe the creature is there, and then you feel like a mental case after the scene is over and finally realize what you just did.  You honestly believe you're in a comedy scene instead of an action scene!"


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