DECAY: Lisa Howard Interview

6th April 2016

Featuring a “mesmerizing” performance by Rob Zabrecky, writer-director Joseph Wartnerchaney’s vividly nightmarish Decay focuses on a middle-aged grounds keeper at a local theme park that suffers from a debilitating case of OCD. One day, his daily routine is disrupted by a surprise visitor in his basement: a beautiful young woman who, through a jarring turn of events, ends up dead. Jonathan panics and chooses not to report the dead girl. Instead, he invites her to dinner. Jonathan is happy to have a friend, until the police start closing in, and his mind, and the body of the girl, begins to decay.

Winner of the True Grit Award at the Denver Film Festival 2015, Decay also stars Lisa Howard (The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn Part 2), who kindly gave us some of her time for this exclusive interview.

Is acting still as enjoyable as ever for you?

Being an actor has it’s ups and downs but I find the older I get the more I enjoy diving into characters and the more life experience I have to help me get there. So yes, it’s even more enjoyable now.

Was that always your intended vocation?

From the 11^th grade on I knew I wanted to go into theatre.

And when did you know things were working – that you’d chosen a good career path?

Well, they seem to be working when you actually book a job. I knew I was headed in the right direction when I booked the national touring company of Les Miserables when I was 24 years old.

Is it fair to say films have been great to you?

Decay was only my 2^nd feature length film, so I can’t really answer that question..

Has the type of movies you’ve been offered over the years changed?

I’ve done mostly Broadway shows in my career and am just now starting to branch out into film/tv .

When did you get involved in Decay?

I met Joey Wartnerchaney through mutual friends and he was familiar with my work and asked me to be a part of the film.

Was your director an ‘actor’s director’?

Most definitely. Joey was a pleasure to work with. He was clear with what he wanted from us and created an emotionally safe working environment. We went to some dark places!

Was it a light set or, because of the subject matter, a pretty serious place to work?

On set it was actually pretty serious. We were on a tight schedule and to get and stay in character there wasn’t a lot of goofing around. Off set, we definitely cut loose to shake off the day.

The film is based on a true story. Had you heard about it?

No, I had not heard about the story prior to working on the film.

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