Kevin Interdonato Breakout Performance on Bad Frank

Kevin Interdonato plays ‘Frank Pierce’ in BAD FRANK. The Tony Germinario Award-Winning ‘tour-de-force’ thriller is out on VOD, this July. Kevin seats with indieactivity’s, Michael Ford to talk to him about his work on the independent studio film, that is making wave in the indie film industry currently.

indieactivity: How did you sign up for this film (Bad Frank)?
Kevin: I am fortunate to get on the radar of Director Tony Germinario and producer Brandon Heitkamp. At the time its just the storyline and a description of Frank. But, I am instantly in, I put in immediately. So the script came it rock solid. And it sis rock n roll.

Your work on Bad Frank is headlined as a breakout performance? How’d you approach it?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): …very carefully. I explored in depth the elements of his mental illness, right down to the type of medication he took and the dosages. As well as the withdrawal symptoms when off the medication. I saw Frank as a victim of circumstance and his condition. I never judged the character as a bad guy, despite his extreme behaviors

When you got the script, how much impression did it make on you personally?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): I guess I had a good take on him before the script was completed, which I was involved in. So being able to explore the character in the writing process was interesting as well. By the time we filmed, I was sitting in the character for some time and it was weighing heavily on me. I was ready to pop by the time we started filming.

During production, what scene (that made the cut) was the hardest to get through?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): The scenes with my wife. My real life wife Amanda Clayton played my wife in the movie, Gina. There were some tough seems I had to do with her that I wasn’t crazy about, but she’s a real pro, a wonderful actress as well as supportive, and she made it easier on me.

BAD FRANK, the Tony Germinario Award-Winning ‘tour-de-force’ thriller out on VOD

You were in most scenes in ‘Bad Frank’, did that level of physicality attract you to the script?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): It did, yeah. It’s not an action film by any means, but there were certain physicality that I knew would be happening, extreme behaviors on Frank’s behalf. I looked forward to it.

How much direction did you get to pull the performance through?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): Tony and I were on the same page prior to the shoot. We talked extensively about Frank. He was very easy to work with and basically let me run with it. When he had something to say, he did, but I was fortunate that he let me find my way and my own journey.

If you had to do Bad Frank all over, are there scene you would do differently?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): Yes of course, but that’s just me beating myself up. Maybe a little too hard on myself sometimes, I don’t know. It’s the way I have always been.

If you are put into the same situation Frank Pierce was in real life, would you react differently?
Kevin Interdonato (KI): ​I’d like to think so, yeah. But, people do crazy things! I think that’s why so many guys relate to the character, Lot of people have reached a breaking point before and they find a little bit of themselves in Bad Frank.