3/27 App 2 Steve and Audrey Zahn

0:00It doesn't work because it doesn't work that way. You're just pouring yourself into something with a big hole at the bottom and everything goes spilling out everywhere and you left alone and angry and staring at yourself all over again. I miss him. I miss him so much that everything hurts. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't want him to disappear. I need you to know that. I don't. I just. I can't find where to put him. Well, the movie is called, yeah, dances, steves on and Aubrey's on are the stars and you can see it. Hey, you know what? It's a comedy. Welcome to your home. You're a producer. Our producer put it out there. It is a comedy, right? Okay. It's a comedy that deals with a heavy subject of grief and we wish for it in the movie and then eventually it'll come.

1:06It sneaks up to you and karate chops you in the throat for real. But it's a, yeah, it is a comedy. She dances. She dances the name of the movie. Is this autobiographical because Audrey, you're obviously an accomplished dancer. Yeah, no, it's not, it's not autobiographical, but it is very similar to the way I grew up. The competition world is a very niche experience that not a lot of people know about. So we, we really tried to capture that world. Yeah. And as a dad, you know, I was, you know, how, as a parent, you're thrust into your kids' worlds and whatever they into and you never thought you'd be a part of that subculture. And there you are as a logistics officer sneaking Chick-fil-A into a dark theater, right? To do this, Steve, because when I was a dance dad, the dance recitals would go on for hours. And I was finally able to calculate when my daughters were going to dance. Did you ever figure that out? Or did you set through the whole session?

2:09Oh, no, I was, I was backstage. I was a prop set that, you know, I was a guy's loading trucks and making sure all the, all the tubes were in the right spot during the blackouts and stuff. Yeah, right. You were total dance dad. Well, in the movie, it's a fractured daughter and father relationship. Your, yours is not obviously, right? No, we're pretty good. Are you nervous when your dad said, I want you to work with me? I was definitely nervous because it was my first time doing a feature, a full feature film, which was new for me. It was an EDM before that. I was just doing theater and dance and all that good stuff. So I was nervous in that sense, but doing it with dad, if anything, made me more comfortable. I knew he had my back and he wasn't going to let me make a fool out of myself. So I never was intimidated by it by any means. First of all, we rehearsed a lot.

3:10Yeah, you know, which is kind of rare nowadays. So I want you to know that we are huge fans of your old man. He's funny and great. I'm going to go here. He's great and everything. When I'm always amazed how actors, kids don't care and don't watch their movies. Have you seen most of his stuff or not? I mean, my dad's done a lot of stuff. I've seen a decent amount though. It's not like I purposely avoided it. Like what, what, what, what's your favorite performance of his? I always loved that thing you do. I think that's one of my favorites. Because also Tom Everett Scott is in it too. He's like his uncle. I think it's just kind of, it's fun to see them when they're young and like being stupid. That always makes me happy. Has he done anything on film that has made you cringe? Like the, the first episode of The White Lotus. White Lotus, he has to pull his shoulder. His thing out.

4:13Yeah, well, that, that was a prosthetic. I know, I don't watch. But you have to approve that. I was shown a picture of my prosthetic and said, do you approve? I said, yes, I do. So they ran it by you. Do you sit down, Steve, Steve's on with us. The movie's called She Dances by the way. The movie comes on, Steve. And the family was around when your daughter was younger and in the same house. And you were in it. Would it stay on or would be turned off? You know what? Yeah, of course. You know what? You was crazy. I showed you kids in the summer. We were watching a movie a night. And I was like the god and story. And I wouldn't tell them anything. And they were like, what's the movie?

5:13Like, no, just sit down and be quiet. And then I put it in and I go, this is a little movie called Jaws. And then I'd walk away. And they would blow their wings. And then the next night, what are you going to give us tonight? Great god of story. That's not what we said. What is it, dad? Here's saving silver, man. I'm out of here. Yeah. Well, congratulations on the movie. And it's got, by the way, it got great buzz and seemed like a lot of a different award. Yeah, the Film Festival crowd. When they like something, do you find the Film Festival crowd is more forgiving? Are they more critical? I don't know. It depends. But we've been really lucky. We've had great, great response with this movie. When people sit down and watch it together, it's an incredible experience. And it really works. Again, it's really simple. And it's just about life. And it's about family.

6:13And we went out to make an independent film for families, basically. It didn't bander. Ethan Holtz. Ethan Holtz said it too. And you and Ethan go way back, don't you? 92. Wow. Yeah, we've done road trips to like monasteries. We've been waiting to stop back in the 90s. Oh, nuts. Steve and Audrey. Thank you. Appreciate you calling. Good luck. How do we have to wrap up? Yeah, we got to go, man. We appreciate you guys calling. So take care of yourself. All right. Congratulations. Thanks for your time. Thank you. All right. Good luck. Steve's on Audrey's on. She dances. Where can we find this at, post? I believe it's in theaters. In theaters, there's probably limited theaters right now. But I'm sure it'll be coming up to a streaming service very soon. Yeah, I watched about half of it last night. It's a great movie. I keep saying this because my girlfriend saw it. And I knew you saw it, post. And I know I'm going to say I won't go do this. But I have a lot of free time on my hands right now.

7:14And I really got to see the Ryan Gosling movie. Project Hail Mary. Yeah. I mean, she said the same that you said. She said it's an amazing movie. Yeah. I enjoyed it. I mean, it's my wife decided not to go. My daughter and I went together and she, my wife was like, it's a space movie. I'm like, yeah, it's happened. It's a heartfelt space movie. And she's like, eh, I'm not much into sci-fi. I mean, yeah, it is a sci-fi movie. But it's not Star Wars or something. No, you know, there's no Pew-Pew. No. It's just, it was a very, yeah, it was a heartfelt space movie. What's your banning average of movies that guy to go see that you actually go see? Well, I watch them all on stream. So I bet I bet she's seeing them. My bad habit recently has been zero. Right. Yeah. I was going to go see the Springsteen movie in the theater because I'm a big Springsteen fan. I waited, saw it online. I think this one, I mean, they shot this for iMacs. I know I heard that.

8:14I didn't see it in iMacs, but I saw a big screen. You saw a big screen. In the big theater at the theater complex I went to and it deserves to be seen on the big screen. That's what I've heard. You know, that's what I'm hearing. What I want to ask Steve's on is if any of his friends give him crap. For being a two-time Minnesota state high school speech champion. Because he grew up in Minnesota. I'd make fun of him if he's my friend, you know. Yeah. No. Because the speech geeks in my school were just that, just geeks, you know. I think it might be hard to make fun of him because he's cool. Yeah, good point. And I could make fun of Todd, but Todd wasn't the champ. He came in second. No, no. That was radio broadcasting. I was a geek here. I was a speech champion. I got a couple of first place trophies. I went to all state one time in speech. Yeah, good for you. Did you still have them? Did you get a trophy? No, they gave medals. They and I where they gave medals. They didn't give you trophies. Yeah, I would like to go ahead and head with Steve's on. See how that worked out. Did your medal get stuck around your dick? What?

9:14What in that type of medal? I was waiting. I was waiting. Although he's in Minnesota. A little bigger state. Probably a little stiffer competition. Right. Right. Probably. It was more like metal like you. Plus you want to become a really famous actor. On a general's jacket, that type of medal. Right. And I took second place in the radio broadcasting division because I kept reading the same story over and over. And they docked me for it. This kid's got it. I'm going to take a short-term memory loss, but he's got it. Somebody suggested that go in for it. And I will today. A concussion protocol. I haven't hit my head on anything, but I should probably get checked for a concussion. That's been going that bit for 20, 30 years, you know. Yeah, but when it's 30 seconds, they're getting a little closer together. Yeah, but today's the only half hour. But that one yesterday, we did two in a row. I think tomorrow is Friday. I'm actually if he does it tomorrow. We're closer and closer to a diagnosis. Yeah. And this isn't a contact sport. That's the thing. No.

10:14Yeah, but everything we do off the air is pretty contact. Yeah. A lot of drugs in alcohol can miss your brain up. Yeah. If you're not kids with Tyler, you're definitely losing that. Yeah, right. But you're out. Damn, right. I almost killed my grandmother one time. Yeah. Both bent down to pick some up when I was like 16. Oh, I thought you greeted her head butt. Yeah. I might as well. Yeah. She scored and came back to the sideline. And Tyler was like, bang. She went like 80 pounds or so. Are you an anomaly? You don't come from a long line to big heads, do you? My grandfather on my mom's side. I think that's where I got the head. Yeah. That's got to stand out and feel my dad would always, my dad would always say, hey, my head. He'd always say that. See, he knew. Yeah, I know. He knew from a young age. You had a giant cranium. Damn, right. Although when I get told in person, you're heading that big. That's my favorite part. That's my favorite compliment. Yeah. You're heading that big. Yeah. When people are saying that. People to be being person. Yeah. Well, where are they? I mean, it is big. I'm not saying it's not.

11:14Are they expecting it's to be like cartoonishly bad? The odds head is big and so's pushes head. Yeah. But that's what I tried pushes hats on. They're just slightly, slightly too small. Not much. A little bit taller and we weigh a little bit more than you. Yeah. It seems proportional. When people meet me, they go, you got that. You're not as fat as Nick says. Well, we just like put it when you were fat as a youth. And I get your balls. Which is not painful at all. Your balls really aren't that long. That's what I usually get. You need to watch to that law. Your balls are their law? Yeah. You should probably see them. Who sees them? You should probably dress what pants you're wearing in public, Todd. Everybody.