9 Kinda-Normal Ways Paul Cram Characters Met Their End
Movie directors love to throw Paul Cram under the bus. Not the metaphorical bus either. Which is just fine with Paul. “All the characters in a horror movie can’t survive. Someone’s gotta go. What actor doesn’t like a dramatic death scene?” Paul says during an interview with a local newspaper reporter. It was the reporter …
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6 Clips That Prove Paul Cram Is A Very Quiet Person
According to these commercials, one would be led to believe that actor Paul Cram is a rather shy and introverted type of person who never utters more than a bit of a grunt. Perhaps the saying is true, and silence truly is golden. Watch & see… This one is the exception, I grunt a bit. …
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Summer Acting Hightlights & Moving Into Autumn
For those that haven’t seen me (I understand, Summer’s get busy!) my hair was bleached out during July & August. I had it this way during the filming of horror movie director Todd Cobury’s next short post-apocalypse film “Eden.” In which my character isn’t quite a Zombie, but nearly. I’ll say this, because I was …
Unitard Dillema: An Actor’s Tale – Paul Cram Talks With Underwear Expert
Original Article Underwear Expert Underwear reveals a lot about a guy. This realization smacks me between the eyes as I stare at my reflection in the mirror of my dressing room.A few minutes before, the wardrobe gal hands me a unitard. I chuckle a bit while stretching the fabric between my fingers. “I can see …
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Human to Sci-Fi Alien: Getting My Head Cast in Plaster
Working on a Sci-fi themed shoot in North Carolina. Not far from where they filmed The Hunger Games. I am being outfitted as a galactic Alien creature for it. Complete with green skin & an ultra green space suit. Which is made to fit my wiry frame like a glove without resorting to spandex. The …
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The Male Unitard & The Emperor’s New Clothes…
Unitards, like speedos, reveal a lot about a guy. This realization is unavoidable as I am looking at my reflection in the mirror next to the row of porcelain sinks on the 5th floor office building men’s room. How I Got Here When the wardrobe gal handed me my unitard costume a few minutes ago, …
Actor’s Skin Care: Warding Off Dry Skin
Am hyper-aware of the state of my skin lately. Seeing that I am making a trip out east in two days, where I’ll be on-set playing a sci-fi Alien, this is a good thing. The Alien costume/full body suit requires a lot of special effect make-up and rubber. So there is a good amount of …
Got Busted After Being Plastered, Now It’s Up To Movie Special Effect Artist to Work His Magic
From left: Wearing bald cap as prep for plaster. Drying out. Finished bust of head & neck. Photos courtesy: Crist Ballas Special effects artist Crist Ballas molds my head, neck, and hands. Using the mold, he makes a plaster bust. It’s all for an upcoming project in which I play an Alien, filming down in …
Becoming A Horror Creature, See Time Lapse Camera Footage of Special FX Makeup
Horror fans, take a look at behind-the-scene footage of how “The Keeper” creature was made for the short pshycological thriller/horror film Dope Sick. (Along with footage of bloodied beauty Ladonna Craelius.) The film has Todd Parker (played by Paul Cram) in a Heroin addled haze, lost in the maze of a run down hotel where …
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