焦虑和抑郁都触及了我的生活。他们现在不太突出。出于多种原因。其中的主要是我的家人和朋友的爱与支持。

This is the essence of the new independent drama “The Extraordinary Ordinary”. We all, to paraphrase the enduring poetry of The Beatles, get by with a little help from our friends. Find our reason for being. Our purpose with which to flourish.

我与电影制片人娜塔莉·罗德里格斯（Natalie Rodriguez）谈了她的第一部电影《非凡的普通》。

“The Extraordinary Ordinary” is truly your baby, having written, directed and exec produced here. Clearly, this is a story you are driven to tell. What inspired you?

Growing up, I used to ask a lot of questions, especially when it came to mental health and wellness. The story was first ‘born’ when I was a junior in high school. For weeks, I kept thinking about the main character, ERICA (played by Maddison Bullock in the movie), and her journey of finding solace and healing from her own past. It almost felt like an obsession and I wanted to know her story. What pushed me, and I am sure most of the cast and crew could express the same, to get through the production/filming of this project was the rejection process.

Whether that was, rejection by an agent, manager, studio, and even a now-former boss telling me that I would ‘fail’ at making this movie, it only motivated me to get the project done. There is also a big stigma I continue to hear by some people in the industry how talking about recovery and mental health is a ‘bad thing’. That always baffles me because mental health is part of health, therefore, if we go to the doctors for our annual physical, then why can’t we do the same for our mind?

焦虑和沮丧曾经在我的生活中很突出。他们现在不是。我从未去过一个想伤害自己的地方。但是，这是您电影中探索的主题。如果愿意，请分享您对心理健康的个人想法，以及那些在生活中与情感和心理问题斗争的人？

当然！直到今天，这仍然让我感到困扰，如何使心理健康，健康，尤其是焦虑和沮丧感到羞耻。作为过去八年来一直在咨询咨询的人，这确实有助于获得帮助。尤其是在这个大流行期间，我相信它正在对心理健康的更多关注以及人们如何寻求治疗和/或认识到他们需要帮助自己。但这也是一个过程。我认为人们，尤其是在大流行期间，需要耐心等待自己。甚至我仍在学习这样做。这就是为什么我强烈建议人们至少尝试一次咨询，看看是否适合他们。另外，与不属于您内心圈子的人，而是一个陌生人的人交谈可能会有很多好处。

我今年早些时候失去了我宝贵的母亲。“非凡普通”中的角色之一也是。这个伤心欲绝的儿子将他的妈妈描述为从不认为自己很特别的场景，并且总是希望她关心的那些幸福的人深深地感动了我。这是我的母亲。父母在您的电影中扮演着至关重要的角色，无论是有害还是养育。作为三个杰出儿子的激烈骄傲的父亲，您会和我们谈谈您对关键角色和持久影响的感受，我们所有人都作为我们孩子的父母？

我的诚挚的慰问!我们的男主角,亚历克斯(played by Alex Montalban), actually used this scene as his audition. I watched his audition like 3-4 times and cried each time. There was just so much sincerity and empathy Alex Montalban delivered in the lines during the scene. It is one of my favorite scenes because, to me, even children often have to remind their parental guardian(s) how amazing they truly are.

“非凡的普通”解决了不同的观点of how we see parents portrayed. To me, I always felt that to be realistic, where parents are supportive while others are not. As we see with our main character, ERICA, she leans heavily on her father, ROB (played by John Posey), as she and her mother, CATHY (played by Della Lisi Kerr), disagree on multiple life matters. But in reality, someone such as CATHY is actually in a lot of pain herself and is unaware of it. For me, growing up I saw how much my parents were impacted by the decisions of their parents, and it sort of becomes a cycle, until it is broken. I think in my family, in this case, it is getting help by going to counseling and doing the work to not repeat the sins of our parents.

除了成功之外，娜塔莉（Natalie）的电影前进，您真的想完成什么？

对我来说，最终的梦是让观众看电影后感觉到某种东西。创造者可以做的最有影响力的事情是让听众思考，无论他们是同意还是不同意电影中所说或做过的事情。我希望我的工作能够在未来的几年中继续（去做）。对我来说，成功就是要满足 - 而不是浮华和华丽的方面 - 但希望您的听众也能看到工作中的热情，并感觉到这种方式。

目前可购买或租用“非凡的普通”YouTube电影。

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