VARIOUS DOCUMENTS 6

 Chapter 6: Justin Hartley is Colter Shaw in "After the Winter" (2019)

Summary: Excerpts from a promotional interview with actor Justin Hartley about his work on the film "After the Winter"

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Part 5 of: The Lies We Told Each Other

Fandoms: Actor RPF, Heat (1995), Tracker (TV 2024)

Characters: Tom Cruise, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley

Additional Tags: Fake interviews, Movie Industry, Entertainment Industry

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Please, Justin, tell us how you found out about the “After the Winter” project.

Well, one afternoon in June 2017, Milo called me, Milo Ventimiglia, who plays my father in "This is Us", and he asked me without saying hello or anything.

“Justin, do you know how to surf?”

I'm confused, you know? What kind of question is that? So I say.

"To surf? Well, more or less. Let me think, when I played Oliver Queen I learned not to fall off a board. But it was more than ten years ago. I'm not…"

Milo interrupts me, all nervous.

"Oh shit. Oh, hell. You have to learn. I don’t care what you’re doing, go to your personal trainer tomorrow morning and tell him to connect you with a surf coach.”

He's talking all fast and nervous, which is very unusual for him, you know?

“Milo, Milo, calm down. Why do I have to learn surfing?”

It occurred to me that since Milo is a producer of "This is Us", maybe there are some ideas for the series' second season. After all, my character, Kevin Pearson, is an actor; they can do anything with him. So I asked him.

“Hey man, does this have to do with Kevin?”

“No, no,” he answers immediately. “Tom is looking at new people for a film and he called me to ask if you knew how to surf and I said yes.”

I think it is a great opportunity. I immediately start thanking him.

"Man, thanks. I won't make you look bad. Tomorrow I'll start surfing. Is he working in another sports drama?"

There is an awkward silence. I get a little scared. Had I said something inappropriate?

"What are you talking about?" Milo finally asks.

"Well, about the film. You just told me that Tom Ackerley, the producer of "I, Tonya", asked you about me."

More silence. I'm really starting to freak out.

“No, who talked about Tom Ackerley?” he says finally. “Tom, Tom Cruise called me to ask if you knew how to surf.”

And the phone fell out of my hand.

A week later, my agent received the script for "After the Winter." They wanted me to play Colter Shaw. I read the script, Shaw is a tracker, a private detective specialized in missing persons, who moves around the country in a trailer and likes to surf. I fell in love.

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