FOLD co-writer and co-producer POLLY FROST talks to actor FRANCESCO PALADINO, who plays BRENT ASHWOOD, an ambitious, yet vulnerably kinky geek about what it was like to work on THE FOLD.

POLLY FROST writes: I’ve worked with Francesco for several years. He was a more than an important part of our SEX SCENES evenings in Manhattan. Let me put it this way: Francesco was the go-to guy whenever we wrote a really bizarre, completely insane character that we also needed an actor to make hot.

That’s Francesco’s specialty — the psycho-stud. I don’t know how he does it. I’d rather not inquire into his process, actually. It’d be too scary.

I asked Francesco what it was like to work with us on THE FOLD. It was … well, the term “low budget” doesn’t begin to apply to what the shoot was like.

POLLY FROST: How do you see your character, BRENT ASHWOOD, in THE FOLD?

FRANCESCO PALADINO: He is a fatter and less stylish version of me, but gets laid so much more. Actually, he is that guy that you stumble upon at the random “X-Files” convention, or in an adult theater in midtown buying midget porn. A mastermind nerd who wears polyester and has chair sex … What else can I say?!?

POLLY: What was the experience of working on THE FOLD like? I.e., filming in winter, working with Matt, working on a sci fi movie. Be kind, Francesco, be very kind.

FRANCESCO: Matt Lambert is the spawn of Matthew Barney and John Waters, with better facial hair and less Vaseline. He has such precision, and he keeps everyone honest. He has no time for divas unless they’re giving him head. My most memorable moment was filming on the coldest day in February outside in Poughkeepsie. I only do that for Matt, Ray, and of course Polly!

POLLY: Thanks for remembering me. What are your current projects?

FRANCESCO: I have been working on “The F Word,” a show that takes a look at America’s obsession with celebrities and how it cuts across cultural and socioeconomic lines. Future episodes include obsessions with plastic surgery and sex. (Ms. Polly Frost can expect a call.) It airs on my website twice a month and is presented in short segments with a music video flair. This has been a project I have been trying to inject into the planet somehow — and now that a production company is behind it nobody cares about America’s next top model!

Treat yourself to more of the uniqueness that is FRANCESCO PALADINO by visiting his website — and, of course, by returning here to watch Francesco as Brent Ashwood in THE FOLD.

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