001hello and welcome to Around the Clock as we kick off our 10th season of Around the Clock we are bringing back one of our very first interviews we have Patricia O'Neill with us 10 years ago she had just won the hero with Dwayne The Rock Johnson uh and I looked at that interview from 10 years ago and I first of all thank you for coming back to around the clock please thank you and I know that you took what you did there and have parlayed it into a lot of different things so first of all 10 years can you believe it's been that long since you did the show just like that cannot believe it do you remember how you felt after winning oh the Elation was unbelievable The Joy the Gratitude uh it was
002we were on a high the whole family for at least a year after that I mean there were so many changes that happened to me as a woman you know and as an older woman that it just every day was joyous it was so much fun it still is it really is yeah so you took that and when I went back and looked at the interview there was a couple things you were getting ready and you were hoping to get a number to run Boston in 2014. and I did you run in 2014. you did and how did that go so I was one of the last people to cross the finish line with an official time so I was super slow okay but I did earn my medal I did do the run it
003was as thrilling as winning the hero it was so wonderful well it was 2014 a year after um the horrible bombings yes 2013. right so why really going for that run I was running for a Cause I was angry still I was motivated I was doing it for the city of Boston it felt good I felt like I was doing my part well that's great I I I've run a 5k and I was never congratulations well that was a number of years ago I've never been a runner but I I do I I think people who run it are amazing especially when you run it for charity so yeah yeah um any interest in running again I can't Ron I have I have thrown my back out it actually happened during the marathon so I
004see a wonderful chiropractor chiropractor every you know okay so no more running no we're running but I am a Avid Walker okay every day three miles good for you yeah good for you the other thing you had talked about was you would have loved to have done Dancing with the Stars yeah did that happen no it didn't no it didn't okay but it's still maybe I'll do something that attracts their attention and they may want to bring me because the other thing is you've taken that win on the hero and you are now acting you've done movies you've done TV shows how did that happen I mean that's just amazing it was unbelievable so Boston Casting which is a large Casting Company here in Boston was originally the um Casting Company that sent out the
005hero notification that they were looking to hire a Boston woman okay so because of them and because of the winning on the show they had my name they had my picture with Dwayne so they would send me casting notifications they were doing a worldwide search for Aunt Jen for the movie stronger okay starring Jake Gyllenhaal yep they were bringing in actresses from New York from La yeah the director David Gordon green just wasn't getting what he was looking for they were looking for a heavy Boston ax scent right a tough uh yeah unfortunately stereotypical right uh woman from Boston so they remembered me from the show they sent me the audition the script yep I actually auditioned on a Monday and on a Tuesday I had a call back with Jake Gyllenhaal and David Gordon
006green and I will say it was unbelievable to be in an audition room without knowing that either one of them were going to be there yeah to watch the performance I had actually I was off book so I had memorized the script yeah yeah and it was so exciting to have Jake interacting and saying that was really great and then to have David asking me what I thought about the character or what I wanted to bring into it it changed that definitely changed my life that was a life-changing moment getting and when was that how soon after the move after the show that's three years after the hero so between the hero and that point I think I had done background okay a couple of German films oh okay but nothing nothing even close to
007that I was trying to get into how to audition for films in Boston yeah but I was not successful until that moment wow and now I'm happy to say I have mastered that and happy to help anyone who wants to audition and have you done anything since then oh yes okay what else have you done I've done so many films uh honest Thief with Liam Neeson I play Robert Patrick he's the silver Terminator from Terminator 2. everyone knows him okay um I play his wife in the film equalizer 2 with Denzel Washington yeah so I'm in the Blu-ray Blu-ray version I play Faith the waitress I'm one of the Uber passengers uh we've just rewatched The Equalizer movies because we then went to see it in the movies yep yep so we went to see
008three in the movies so the theater I don't think I'm in that one I'm in a blu-ray cut okay um and that happens all the time film and you just hope to that ending edit that you make the picture but even if you don't it's still wonderful to have yeah yeah what was he like to work with so this is the best story and I'm so embarrassed to tell it Denzel all day long he was filming just the people in The Uber scenes and because my seeing consisted of rain I was one of the last people to film that day okay because they have to set up a green screen that makes it look like raining yeah and this is all done in the New England Studios out in um Devon Fort Collins Massachusetts I
009get on set and in the Scully cap I'm all excited I'm about to film just Denzel and I and I look at the guy and he goes you look disappointed right I'm like he goes I'm not Denzel I'm like I know you're not downtown he goes Denzel doesn't work after 8 pm and I think this was around 11 30. so I had to film my scene with this double no so I never got to meet Denzel but I met Antoine Fuqua he was the director okay and I will say I had mad actress crush on Antoine Fuqua he was so wonderful and he had the whole crew give me this lovely Round of Applause at the end of my performance which is nice nice now I would say is there anything in the works but
010there's no work being done talk to us how are you being impacted and other people you know by this whole strike the strike is very disappointing um first of all I give a lot of support to my fellow Strikers The Writers Guild because without them there are no actors right so both both guilds have to find an amenable solution together right or or it's never going to be um a fluid acting Community again right um the productions here in Boston have stopped right there are none other than some indie films are getting permission by the union to go ahead and film okay for me personally I haven't had an audition since June wow which is very disappointing because to be honest the auditions would probably be about four to five weekly oh my goodness is
011everything self-taped since code right so you can actually audition for here for New York right I mean it's really opened up the pool of how to audition but unfortunately too it's also opened up all the competition for auditions right right how did covet hit you covet was horrible uh for actors because for a long time you would have to before you'd go on set you'd have to take a covered right test 48 hours before set when you get on set another covid test then you are isolated then you were masked um if it we lost the camaraderie did you do some filming during the code yeah I filmed for George Clooney this is a great story yeah so the tender bar I think that's on Amazon Prime right now I had auditioned I got a
012background role uh towards the end of that film and it was unbelievable to work with George Clooney because he was cooler than I had ever expected unfortunately we were all masked we were isolated so he he was a lovely man he joked with us but we couldn't really hang out with him like we would normally on a set yeah during the down time during uh the set rework and all that so so strike is going on what do you hope will happen for you after the strike what do you what what would be I guess the question is what are you looking for what would be your ideal role ideal role was it was coming to Boston this fall I now and I apologize the working title I can't remember the name of this film
013however they are looking specifically for female Boston mother types with the accent so of course I would be happy with the mother types yeah and um the wicked in Boston and all that right right that role I was I was written for it and I am hoping that I get to either play Joey's mom I can remember the character and um I think I had auditioned for that I want to say April and then back again in June but now we were told that the production is delayed and now I don't even think it's coming this way oh wow yeah so that would be ideal is to get a principal speaking role in a film filming here in Boston so that I can keep my day job uh and also and what's your day job
014I work for TJX oh fantastic company very nice thank you okay so because you've done a couple different things when we interviewed you 10 years ago for Richard working for Richard Francis and then I know you I think you did somewhere along the line some real estate yes I was a realtor for 30 years okay yeah and then I remember you were in some local community theater a couple years ago with Joe White at Ashley Community number one director I think he just got nominated for a couple of awards yes of his some of his short films have been for a couple things horrific terrific person to work for nice um I've since gone on to do some film I'm sorry some play some acting on stage oh cool at the Wilbur in Boston so
015that's been my last two big Productions what did you do with the Wilbur so Casey Sherman and Dave wedge they are authors Casey's known for writing Disney's The Finest Hours sorry Chris Pine and Casey Affleck yep he wrote hunting Whitey which is a book about hunting Whitey Bulger so he brought his podcast to the theater new experience uh the guests sit and listen to the podcast but it's also acted on stage the different scenes that they're reading about so Neil McDonough who is famous for Tombstone Band of Brothers he played Whitey Bulger and I play Noreen Gleason the FBI agent who is responsible for bringing Whitey to Justin wow yeah so I did his Sinners and Saints same role and then hunting Whitey and Casey's hoping to bring this production over to London New York
016as a party and will you be going with him if he does it in person they may replace me with a uh an actress from that might be more of a headliner but let's hope that this gets my name up there yeah thank you so you said that your family was your support yeah how's your family doing they're so nice thank you yeah I'm still madly in love with my husband Bob nice how long have you been married uh 34 years nice thank you nice our oldest son is getting married he got engaged recently oh congratulations thank you Alex is uh moving out at the end of this month which will break my heart but it's time for him and how old are your kids uh Connor's 30 Alex is 28 and Madeline is a
017nurse at Beth Israel Hospital yeah so they're all doing really well thank you for us oh you're welcome you're welcome yeah it's it's amazing I look I look at what my kids were doing and what you know I think about 10 years later you know where where my kids were and where we are now and I'm like oh my gosh now you know I'm a Facebook stalker so that's how I knew you're always at a show in New York your girls are dancers which I know and then before we started filming today yeah you did let me know that one of your daughters wants to be an actress yes so my older daughter actually did stuff here in Ashland in high school and then went to Emerson and um you know living living the life
018in New York actually both my girls live in New York and and they love it and I'm I'm I'll I'll admit I'm a proud mom they're both they're both doing very well so it's one of those things I'm sure you know this is a mom if your kids are out there doing what they love then you know you've done your job absolutely and that's the important thing absolutely I love that you get to enjoy that with them oh yeah it's so much fun it's so when we go down to New York we always try to see a show and of course my husband and I do local theater and stuff so we love to support it not we're backstage versus this this is my only on camera so for you know on stage thing but
019yeah it's it's fun so this this is my creative thing I love that anyway thank you so much for coming back Patricia so one last thing so when you were on 10 years ago I guess I didn't realize I had started this with that first interview with you is I asked the question was there something about you that not many people knew that you were willing to share and at that point you told us that your mom was half asian yes and you were very blonde at the time yeah is there something else about you that not many people would know that you'd like to share with our viewing audience for this interview I love that The Best Is Yet To Come Oh that's a good thing that's a good thing to think of thank
020you great well thank you so much Patricia for coming back I appreciate it good luck and you know if you ever if you ever make it big don't forget about us back here because we'd love to share your story always going to be my home so thank you good thank you and that racks up wraps up this segment with Patricia O'Neill who has come back after our first one of our first interviews 10 years ago here on around the clock