{"id":64910,"date":"2025-05-09T08:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=64910"},"modified":"2025-05-09T08:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:39:23","slug":"macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Freddy Macdonald and Calum Worthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64914\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/macdonaldworthy.png\" alt=\"Freddy Macdonald and Calum Worthy of &quot;Sew Torn&quot;\" width=\"273\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/macdonaldworthy.png 329w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/macdonaldworthy-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interview with director Freddy Macdonald and actor Calum Worthy of the film &#8220;Sew Torn&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 4\/30\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Talking to these two was a lot of fun. Freddy is an amazing young guy directing the film he co-created and co-wrote with his dad. They made a short film first. It&#8217;s quite exciting to meet such a young talent who created this fantastic film, and I look forward to what else he&#8217;ll bring in the future. Don&#8217;t miss this movie, which premieres May 9th in theaters. Calum plays a small but important role in the film, so it was great to speak with him, too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview with director Freddy Macdonald &amp; actor Calum Worthy of &quot;Sew Torn&quot; by Suzanne 4\/30\/25\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQLsqBrnA4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>MORE INFO: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/x9Qseu-Ugto?si=kKMmLjMLXBjHc_Nc\">Trailer!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64915\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sunrisefilms.png\" alt=\"Sunrise Films Presents Sew Torn a film by Freddy Macdonald\" width=\"233\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sunrisefilms.png 366w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sunrisefilms-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64913 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sewtornposter.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Sew Torn&quot; poster\" width=\"186\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sewtornposter.jpg 266w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sewtornposter-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNRISE FILMS WILL RELEASE \u2018SEW TORN\u2019 IN THEATERS ON MAY 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>DIRECTED BY<\/h2>\n<p>Freddy Macdonald<\/p>\n<h2>WRITTEN BY<\/h2>\n<p>Freddy Macdonald &amp; Fred Macdonald<\/p>\n<h2>PRODUCED BY<\/h2>\n<p>Fred Macdonald, Barry Navidi, Sebastian Klinger, Diamantis Zavitsanos, Socratis Zavitsanos<\/p>\n<h2>FEATURING<\/h2>\n<p>Eve Connolly, Calum Worthy, John Lynch, K Callan, Ron Cook, Thomas Douglas, Werner Biermeier, Caroline Goodall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run Time: <\/strong>95 min.<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Thriller, Dark Comedy<\/p>\n<h2>SYNOPSIS<\/h2>\n<p>Barbara Duggen, \u2018The Mobile Seamstress\u2019, is struggling to keep her fabric shop alive. After a botched sewing appointment sets her on a quest to replace her client\u2019s lost button, she unexpectedly stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad. Faced with two downed motorcyclists, guns, and a briefcase &#8211; Barbara is completely torn. She is forced to pick between three choices: commit the perfect crime, call the police, or drive away.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative presents the repercussions of all three decisions, and the deadly confrontations that result from each as she gets entangled with the case\u2019s owner. Using thread to free herself, Barbara stops at nothing to save her store.<\/p>\n<h2>FREDDY MACDONALD ON MAKING THE FILM<\/h2>\n<p>A film about the choices we make is my story to tell. I\u2019ve always been drawn to narratives that explore decision making, and Sew Torn is the culmination of this interest; a layered feature that depicts how actions define your path, ultimately shaping you &#8211; for better or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Set in and around a quaint Swiss town, Sew Torn is a thriller \/ dark comedy that takes place over the same afternoon, three separate times. It\u2019s a film about loneliness and home. About grief and redemption. About revenge and love.<\/p>\n<p>With twists and turns driven by an undercurrent of humor, the plot is all but impossible to predict. And with a dexterous seamstress protagonist, liberation from a tangled past is finally achieved&#8230; &#8230;with thread.<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE CAST<\/h2>\n<p><strong>EVE CONNOLLY | BARBARA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eve plays the lead role in the indie feature Sew Torn. It premiered at SXSW to rave reviews, with Eve being described in the reviews as \u201cundoubtedly a star\u201d, a \u201ccaptivating leading lady\u201d and with \u201cthe gravitas of a younger Claire Danes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s releasing internationally this year.<\/p>\n<p>She also plays one of the leads in Netflix\/Universal\u2019s The River Wild, starring opposite Adam Brody and Leighton Meester.<\/p>\n<p>Her feature credits include Meet Me By The Sea opposite Charlotte Hope, Irish feature film The Other Lamb which premiered at TIFF, a series regular role in AMC\/Netflix\u2019s Into The Badlands and a great role in Vikings.<\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>CALUM WORTHY | JOSHUA<\/h2>\n<p>Calum Worthy is an actor\/writer (Hulu\u2019s Golden Globe winner The Act, Disney\u2019s Austin &amp; Ally, Netflix\u2019s Peabody winner American Vandal, Hulu\u2019s Reboot). Beyond his work in entertainment, he is a passionate advocate for climate education and gender equity, with a particular focus on advancing women\u2019s economic empowerment in developing countries. He will next be seen in Sew Torn and Cliff Dorfman\u2019s 86.<\/p>\n<p>He has collaborated closely with Vice President Al Gore and The Climate Reality Project, and for the past five years has partnered with the ONE Campaign to drive international investment to girls&#8217; education and women-led economic initiatives in East Africa. His advocacy has also extended to working alongside the Gates Foundation to promote global gender equity.<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS FREDDY MACDONALD | DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER, EDITOR<\/h2>\n<p>Freddy Macdonald is a Student Academy Award winner, and the youngest Directing Fellow ever accepted<\/p>\n<p>to the AFI Conservatory. His feature film debut, Sew Torn, will premiere at SXSW 2024. Freddy\u2019s AFI admission film, the Sew Torn proof of concept short, was acquired by Searchlight Pictures. It received an Oscar-qualifying theatrical release nationwide alongside Ready Or Not. Freddy&#8217;s AFI thesis film, Shedding Angels, won a Student Academy Award and was shortlisted for a student BAFTA. Freddy also directed 4 music videos for 3x Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito (including his performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), and 3 viral documentaries following hardware hacker Joe Grand. Freddy is represented by UTA.<\/p>\n<h2>FRED MACDONALD | PRODUCER, CO-WRITER<\/h2>\n<p>Fred Macdonald is a writer, producer, and founder of several entertainment and media companies. Over the years his companies have partnered with The Walt Disney Company, DreamWorks Animation, Lionsgate \/ Summit Entertainment, and Viacom. Macdonald was CEO and Chairman of Olive Jar Studios, a film production company with studios in Los Angeles and Boston. While helming the company, Macdonald creative directed theme park media (The Walt Disney Company, Universal Studios), and<\/p>\n<p>television commercials (Levi Strauss &amp; Co., Samsung Electronics, and a Coca-Cola CLIO Gold winner that Macdonald creative directed with Spike Jonze).<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Cast<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Barbara EVE CONNOLLY<\/p>\n<p>Joshua CALUM WORTHY<\/p>\n<p>Hudson JOHN LYNCH<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Engel K CALLAN<\/p>\n<p>Oskar RON COOK<\/p>\n<p>Beck THOMAS DOUGLAS<\/p>\n<p>Melvin \u00a0WERNER BIERMEIER<\/p>\n<p>Rosie VERONIKA HERREN-WENGER<\/p>\n<p>Grace CAROLINE GOODALL<\/p>\n<p>Mom \/ Young Barbara PETRA WRIGHT<\/p>\n<p>Taxi Driver VIKTOR HOJAS<\/p>\n<p>Dog Walker JUDITH PFISTER<\/p>\n<p>Dog\u00a0 ZOEY MACDONALD<\/p>\n<p>Diner Guests MARGRIT JENNI<\/p>\n<p>ROMANO GEES<\/p>\n<p>RITA J\u00c4GER<\/p>\n<p>HILDEGARD SPRECHER<\/p>\n<p>MAX BUCHLI<\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Crew<\/h1>\n<p>Directed by FREDDY MACDONALD<\/p>\n<p>Written by FREDDY MACDONALD, FRED MACDONALD<\/p>\n<p>Produced by FRED MACDONALD<\/p>\n<p>BARRY NAVIDI<\/p>\n<p>SEBASTIAN KLINGER<\/p>\n<p>DIAMANTIS ZAVITSANOS<\/p>\n<p>SOCRATIS ZAVITSANOS<\/p>\n<p>Co-Produced by TIMOTHY ROSS<\/p>\n<p>ALEXANDER STRATIGENAS<\/p>\n<p>Executive Produced by RONNIE LOTT<\/p>\n<p>JOHN ZAVITSANOS<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL ZILKHA<\/p>\n<p>BAIRD CRAFT<\/p>\n<p>TRISTAN AUFIERO<\/p>\n<p>ELENA KOURKOUMELIS<\/p>\n<p>JOHN DILLON POWELL<\/p>\n<p>AMY LIN<\/p>\n<p>WILLIAM LIN<\/p>\n<p>DIDI WONG<\/p>\n<p>GARY MACDERMID<\/p>\n<p>OLIVER KELLER<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64912\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sew1.png\" alt=\"Eve Connolly stars as Barbara Duggan in the movie &quot;Sew Torn&quot;\" width=\"712\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sew1.png 1068w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sew1-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sew1-1024x288.png 1024w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sew1-768x216.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The characters and events depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.<\/p>\n<p>This motion picture is the property of Sew Torn, LLC and is protected under the copyright laws of the United states and other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Unauthorized duplication, distribution, or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed on location in V\u00e4ttis and Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Interview! &nbsp; Interview with director Freddy Macdonald and actor Calum Worthy of the film &#8220;Sew Torn&#8221; by Suzanne 4\/30\/25 Talking to these two was a lot of fun. Freddy is an amazing young guy directing the film he co-created and co-wrote with his dad. 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