We chat with actor and producer Michael Lombardi (MikeLombardi11) about his new horror film TheRetaliators, the influences he brought to it, and the challenges the pandemic posed during its production:
The blend of horror, action, and vengeance that makes up the story of The Retaliators is tailor-made for the Halloween season. Now out in theaters, The Retaliators is both led and co-directed by Michael Lombardi , and written by Darren and Jeff Allen Geare. The film's dark tale blends a wide variety of different styles, and even brings musicians and bands like Five Finger Death Punch, Joseph Gatt, Tommy Lee, The Hu, Escape The Fate, Ice Nine Kills, and Papa Roach into the story.
You co-directed The Retaliators as well as being in the movie. What can you share about the process of co-directing a movie you're also starring in? When I was on Rescue Me, Denis Leary starred in, wrote, and produced the show, and little did I know then how much I was actually learning and picking up on to be able to bring The Retaliators across the finish line.
Then, we had to take a break. And then, we had to go back out, because Five Finger Death Punch were in Nevada. So, I brought a maybe 15-person crew to Nevada, we scout locations, then first day of filming, I get the call that someone has come up positive for COVID, and it was the locations guy! So, SAG shut us down, and we had been testing at the hotel before coming to set, but that just killed us. All the arts got affect during COVID, it was a challenge.
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