An Interview With Director Jason Croot

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Sometimes when you get the chance to review a movie, you'd like nothing more than to sit down with the creative team and learn more about the behind the scenes process and more about the people who brought the motion picture to life. Often times that opportunity doesn't arrive since those folks are so busy. But thankfully for us, we had the opportunity to sit down with Director Jason Croot, who is the brains behind a film we recently reviewed, Le Fear II: Le Sequel, to learn more about this unique motion picture.

GOG: What got you into filmmaking? 
Jason Croot: I wanted a fresh challenge after acting for 9 years, I decided to try out filmmaking with Le Fear and enjoyed it so much so I made it my new focus.

GOG: What are some of your influences when it comes to writers/directors?
Jason Croot: I love improvisation, I find many scripted films too predicable, so I would have to say Curb Your Enthusiasm stands out for me, Larry Charles and Larry David rock. Other directors would be Jim Jarmusch and Woody Allen. Also, John Sullivan, a great British comedy sitcom writer created some wonderful shows Only Fools and Horses being his best.

GOG: Tell us a little more about the Le Fear franchise. 
Jason Croot: Le Fear 1 was a real whirlwind one month after the idea the feature film was in the bag, I wanted to make a sequel fortunately I had a good team behind me with Julian Lamoral-Roberts and Steve McAleavy. They both helped make Le Fear 2 happen in many ways, both are producers and Julian is a an actor (Dr. Strange in Le Fear 2) and Steve is more savvy and works on the camera side of things both guys want to keep pushing to make Le Fear 3 happen.

GOG: Where is the "Le Fear" series headed from here? 
Jason Croot: We have a few options including making Le Fear 3 in France but we have not locked down anything yet. We hope to make at least 3 more in the series, bringing in some actors from previous Le Fear's also bringing in fresh faces, Ideally we would like a few named actors to join us, we intend keeping them all Micro budget, simply because the challenge of creating Movies on a shoestring budgets is at the heart of the Le Fear series.

GOG: What has been your proudest moment in filmmaking to date? 
Jason Croot: I must say before our release of Le Fear 2: Le Sequel receiving so many outstanding reviews, by the way your review is up there with the best, I'm really proud on what we all achieved in creating the movie, in all I mean the cast who were outstanding, the crew who were troopers and the post production team.

GOG: Is there a particular story that you are dying to tell? 
Jason Croot: I have a few stories in mind and would like to make some of them into a movie, I have come up with an idea to make a comedy movie around these stories, sorry to be so vague, it is all at early stages of development.

GOG: Outside of Le Fear what else is next for Jason Croot? 
Jason Croot: I have taken some time away from acting for various reasons and hope to make a comeback at some stage, the beauty of acting and filmmaking is that you can continue doing both as long as the passion and drive is strong. Finally I would say if people out there who love comedy horror movies, film within a film movies and improvisation movies then be sure to join us on twitter and Facebook we will keep you all updated on all the Le Fear news, @lefear2lesequel.

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