It’s Ladies Day on this episode of #BTLRadioShow as you hear from two very talented actors – MADISON ISEMAN talking about her new film KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC and LEAH GIBSON who jumps into the action world with MERCY. As I was doing some interviews off-camera when the live show airs, I did a prerecord for you with prerecorded exclusive interviews with these wonderful ladies.
First up, take a listen to my prerecorded exclusive interview with the wonderful MADISON ISEMANN. Already known for her work in films like Clouds, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Annabelle Comes Home and the acclaimed tv series I Know What You Did Last Summer where she played 3 different characters, Madison now ups the ante and co-stars in the fantasy adventure KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC.
Based on the international anime sensation, Knights of the Zodiac brings the Saint Seiya saga to the big screen in live-action for the first time. Seiya – played by Mackenyu – a headstrong street teen, spends his time fighting for cash while he searches for his abducted sister. When one of his fights unwittingly taps into mystical powers he never knew he had, Seiya finds himself thrust into a world of warring saints, ancient magical training and a reincarnated goddess who needs his protection. And then there’s Sienna, a young woman on her own journey as she too has mystical powers, powers of the gods, and will transition into the Goddess Athena. But in the meantime, she’s trying to not only come to grips with living at home with her divorced father – a god, no less – who is just as strict as any human dad, but also deal with her increasing powers and those who would seek to destroy her including a mother that might just rival Joan Crawford and her wire hangers.
Madison stars as Sienna/Goddess Athena and she is fantastic. Along with Mackenyu, Sean Bean plays Sienna’s father and Famke Janssen her mother with Mark Dacasos, Diego Tinoco and Nick Stahl also on board. KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC is directed by Tomasz Baginski. In this interview Madison and I cover everything KNIGHTS from hair to costume to embracing the role to “cosmos” and more, like her ultimate dream project. She is an absolute joy.
KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC is now playing in theatres across the United States.
Then we turn our attention to another actor who is no stranger to many – LEAH GIBSON – who may be best known to a large contingent of Hallmarkies for her work in The Christmas Note and other Hallmark tv movies as well as years of tv one-offs. Teaming up with Jon Voight and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, under the direction of Tony Dean Smith (a Hallmark editorial legend to all the Postables fans), Leah now stars in MERCY – an action-packed thriller with Leah as an ex-military doctor finds herself in a deadly battle for survival when the Irish mafia seizes control of the hospital at which she works. When her son is taken hostage, she is forced to rely upon her battle-hardened past and lethal skills after realizing there’s no one left to save the day but her. Talk about stretching her acting chops! Boy does she ever and she’s fantastic.
MERCY is available on all digital platforms now and On Demand on June 2nd.
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