Adam Minarovich is making a name for himself on many levels. He is currently co-starring in the new AMC series “The Walking Dead”. Minarovich has also written, directed and starred in his own projects, including “Ankle Biters,” “Wiseguys vs Zombies” and “Exhibit A-7.” He also wrote and co-stars in the upcoming film “Chop.” Movie Mikes had a chance to talk with Adam about working on “The Walking Dead” and what’s coming in the future.
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Mike Gencarelli: Tell us about your role of Ed on “The Walking Dead”?
Adam Minarovich: It’s awesome. As an actor living in the southwest it was right in my backyard. It’s something I would have killed to be on. I read for a lot of the parts that were in the graphic novel and I didn’t really fit any of them for various reasons. But they wrote the character of Ed into the show and I was lucky enough to get to play him. Ed is not a nice guy (laughs). He’s married to a member of the survivor camp, Carol, who is in the graphic novel. He’s not the nicest guy and he just hangs out at the camp. I mean it’s an honor to play any character in anything Frank Darabont has anything to do with.
MG: Were you a fan of the comic series before working on show?
AM: A friend of mine has been telling me about “The Walking Dead” for some time but I never had the chance to check it out. But when I heard 
this was coming up I started reading it and I’ve never read so long in my life! I sat in a chair and just read one story after another. I couldn’t put it down. It actually gave me a new hobby. Now I’m obsessed with graphic novels.
MG: What was one of the scariest things that happened on set?
AM: The experience itself was really awesome but I’m trying to think it anything really weird happened. To sit in the makeup chair with Greg Nicotero was awesome. He’s really a funny guy. I’m so used to working on low budget stuff where everything messes up and it’s funny to talk about later but on this set nothings has screwed up so I don’t have any funny stories. I mean usually somebody catches on fire or someone breaks a leg or the director freaks out but none of that happened so I really don’t have any cool stuff to say.
MG: I am just guessing but you are a big horror fan, right?
AM: I love all genres of movies. I mean I’m not a real big “date movie” fan (laughs) but I love them all. And I love horror. That’s why it was so kick ass to meet Nicotero. Meeting Michael Rooker on set was awesome too.
MG: You just wrote, directed and starred in a film called “Exhibit A-7.” What can you tell us about it?
AM: It’s kind of a POV (point of view) film. I describe it as “Blair Witch meets The Strangers.” It’s about two couples going to New Orleans. One of the ladies is pregnant. The decide to take a road trip and they video tape the trip. The movie is the “found” tape of their trip. Half way through they end up in Georgia and come across the wrong group of people. My 
character is Adam. We all just used our real names. It made it easier to stay in character by not having to remember different names. My character wants to, for various reasons, document what’s happening to us. He wants to show the police what these people are doing to us. But halfway through the film the bad guys take over the camera. And then they…document the rest.
MG: You also have another film coming up called “Chop.” Tell us about how that came about?
AM: Trent Haaga at Troma liked the script, got some cash and optioned it. I went out to Los Angeles and played a detective in the movie. He did a great job, I just saw a cut of it a while ago and it looks fantastic.
MG: Anything else you have planned upcoming?
AM: I wrote a script called “The Pawnshop Chronicles”. It has been optioned by a great director, can’t say much more though. My last few projects I have really been able to work with people I admire and look up to and I’m so pumped about that.
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