The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 20

4c WEDNFSDAY MAY 4 1989 shrsveport bossifr city la Shreveport journal John Aprea just wants to keep working Journal ohoto by Gwin Grown Part of the movie Trigger" was filmed In Shreveport Here director Andy Sidaris (center) and his wife producer Arlene Sidaris (left) guide former Playboy playmate Roberta Vasquez In a scene from the film "I was surrounded by the best in 'The Godfather' Coppola is a perfectionist and everything about the movie had to be just right No expenses were spared They spent $1 million redoing a street in New York so that It would take the audience back to 1915 They used all this gravel brought in chickens The period details were Surprisingly enough Aprea didn't get to speak one word of English in the film "All of my scenes were with De Niro and I played the younger version of Abe Vigoda's character I was one of the key people who knew the 'Godfather' at the very beginning of his rise We were both directly from On television he has starred as the sheriff in "Falcon Crest" and will continue to play a gun-runner and drug-smuggler on "Knot's Landing" in the coming season "That's another of my villain roles" he said Mills thinks I'm a nice guy but Is she ever wrong!" Viewers may also remember Aprea from Houston" and as Olympic gold-medalist Mitch Gaylord's troubled and concerned father in "American Anthem" Obviously Aprea is open to a wide array of roles "I think it's counterproductive to turn down a role because it may not be Academy Award material My goal is to keep working and to keep getting better as an actor It's hard to get better if you're not He calls "a fun movie" "Andy had a small budget and he got a lot out of it It looks really good and the locations are beautiful" Those locations included Hawaii Las Vegas East Texas and yes LA His looks have also boosted his acting career One TV critic called him "the handsomest man in prime Shreveport The Louisiana Bank Tower was turned into the New Museum of Contemporary Art in Paris Picasso Trigger also happens to be an art collector and patron to cover up his dirty dealings "We had a great time In Shreveport" he said "Southern hospitality is real and the food is wonderful" It's a long journey from Englewood N' where Aprea grew up to A While still in his teens he thought about becoming an actor but "that's not the kind of thing you talk about with the guys on the street in Englewood" Still the ambition grew and he left college to study acting with Joshua Shelly in New York City He also made contacts working as a bartender at fashionable clubs in the city and in Cy By DAVID CONNELLY Entertainment Editor "Picasso Trigger which was partly filmed in Shreveport returns home for a special screening Thursday at the St Vincent Six Theaters It will open at both St Vincent and Pierre Bossier Friday This will also be a homecoming for riter-director Andy Sidaris a native Shreveporter who worked for ABC Sports before moving into feature films He will attend a reception and the screening with John Aprea who has the title role and Donna Speir a former Playboy playmate who wears tight clothes swims a lot (providing a classier version of the wet T-shirt contest) and can be lethal not just with her body but with a loaded speargun This woman carries a phallic symbol Speir plays one of the seven deadly agents most played by former playmates They range from Hope Mane Carlton as Taryn motorcycle stuntwoman and weapons expert partial to Uzi machine to Kym Malin and Patty Duffek as Kym and Patticakes Las Vegas country dance team and cowgirls with a rapid-fire rendition of 'Dueling Roberta Vasquez the California State police officer ho created a stir when she posed for Playboy in 1984 stars as Agent Panterra Sidaris clearly has an eye for playmates and violence The movie is armed to the teeth There's even an explosive boomerang Needless to say a "Citizen Kane" has yet to be filmed in Shreveport McLains to The McLain Family Band one of the foremost ensembles devoted to blue-grass music will perform at 5 Sunday at First United Methodist Church of Shreveport The concert is part of the Texas Street Arts Series Tickets are J6 The band hails from Eastern Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains where they hold a yearly Festival for Family Bands That festival has been broadcast by National Public Radio and Kentucky public television The McLains have appeared on the show the "CBS Morning and the Johnny Cash Christmas Special and have performed at Carnegie Hall the Metropolitan Museum of Art Kennedy Center Chicago's Orchestra Hall the Grand Ole Opry and the 1982 World's Fair They have also performed with a host of major orchestras including the Cleveland the Pittsburgh and the St Louis In 1984 the McLains joined the Baltimore Symphony for the world premiere of Away From written especially for them by Peter Schickele the inventor of PD Bach tears 3896 Lalri'ore Or As for the future Aprea just wants to keep working "This is a very competitive business Getting the role is only the first step Then you have to do the role well and the movie has to do well financially for you to continue getting good parts Being part of a successful movie is very important "I do see more opportunities opening up with the expansion of cable video and the making of small independent films like 'Picasso There are a lot of exciting things happening right Though admittance to the early reception and screening is by invitation only Aprea Speir and Sidaris will go to Cowboy's afterwards A-l Rue" Mi piAifhltb A I ill i Att SHOWS BMURf PM RttTU JUICE (PG) (6 16 7 2 6 26 SUNSET (HI (6 261 7 36 46 THE INVISIBLE KID (PG) 6 161 2 16 6 16 CRITTERS JPG-13) 46 36 7 46 9 36 CASUAL SEX (R) 1 LH ABOVE THE LAW (R REDUCED PRICES Ml MILAGHO Bt ANHfcLO WAR (H) I 45) no 4 THE UNHOLY JR) (6 201 7 30 40 NIGHT AU IP013) 14 40 I SO 0 COLORS IR) (4 30 7 16 30 RiiTU JUICE (PG) 6 30) 7 40 9 SO RETURN TO SNOWY RIVE PART IPG) 16 OO) OO 4 OO lord Alejandro Phillipe Salazar ing is an ort is billed as "the movie that proves killing is an art (All quoted information comes from the publicity provided by Malibu Bay Films Sidaris' production company) Aprea plays the villain international crime lord Alejandro Phillipe Salazar whose code name is Picasso Trigger He battles the hunky hero Travis Abilene portrayed by Steve Bond Jimmy Lee) I've gotten kind of stereotyped as the bad Aprea said in a phone interview from Los Angeles "Because perform The band draws on the talents of father Raymond McLain (guitar) Raymond McLain (fiddle and banjo) Ruth McLain Riopel (mandolin and bass) A1 White (mandolin and lead guitar) Alice McLain White (bass and mandolin) and Michael McLain (guitar and banjo) Auditions set Auditions for the summer musical at the Performing Arts Center will be held from 1 to 5 May 21-22 in Bain Hall of the Hunter Activities Building at First United Methodist Church of Shreveport Performance dates for the Rodgers and Hammerstem classic are July 29-31 and Aug 4-7 Richard Folmer will direct The cast calls for 22 men 1 5 women and two children Everyone should be prepared to sing a show song An accompanist will be provided but each person should bring his own music For more information call the irst Methodist music office at 424-4373 0innr4LL YOU CAR EAT! $29J- wrh pt mm Mure hot freed 6 to 9pm Wed orVy HAPPY HOURS to 6:30 special prices all drinks 1 ijmi a a yj rtr tr 'A FUNNY AND ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL COMEDY 'Milagro' is wonderful Don't miss it!" 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