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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15713 BILL WHITE SPEAKS AT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE NEWCOMERS LUNCH, C-2 FINDS A NEW HOME, C-3 www.parkrecord.com C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, AUGUST 24-27, 2019 PCHS grad lands role opposite John Travolta THE 2019 WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S The 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Summit/Wasatch County will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, 1388 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. The event will raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease research. Registration for the walk is now open by visiting act.alz.org/site/ TR/Walk2019/UT-Utah?pg=entry&fr_ id=12231. Registration will also start at 9 a.m. the day of the walk. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE Friends of the Park City Library seeks volunteers for its annual used book sale that will run from Saturday, Aug. 31, through Monday, Sept. 2. Volunteers are especially needed for setup on Friday, Aug. 30. Volunteers are also needed throughout the sale. To sign up, visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e49aca82ca13-library2. PARK SILLY SUNDAY MARKET RESUMES Park Silly Sunday Market, the annual open-air green street fair, will open at 10 a.m. on every Sunday on Main Street. The event features live music, arts, crafts, new businesses and a farmers market. Admission is free. For information, visit www.parksillysundaymarket.com. PEACE HOUSE’S WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES Peace House, an anti-domestic abuse nonprofit, will host its annual Walk a Mile In Her Shoes event that will start at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at City Park. Men and boys are encouraged to don heels, as well as dress up flamboyantly for the mile hike that will start at City Park and weave through Park Silly Sunday Market and back. Walk a Mile In Her Shoes is an international event that raises awareness and funds tp domestic violence. The cost is $25 per walker. Registration can be completed by visiting peacehouse.org. HOPS ON THE HILL AT STEIN ERIKSEN LODGE Hops on the Hill, featuring live music, and beer and appetizer pairings, will continue its 2019 summer season from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Stein Eriksen Lodge. The music will be performed by Lazios with beer from the Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Drie Fronteinen. The cost is $20 for food and an additional $20 for drinks. For information or to make reservations, visit steinlodge. com/hops.html. PARK CITY FARMERS MARKET ON WEDNESDAY The Park City Farmers Market will run from noon to 5 p.m. every Wednesday at the Silver King lot at Park City Mountain Resort. Admission is free and open to the public. For information, visit parkcityfarmersmarket.com. PHOTO BY BRIAN DOUGLAS John Travolta, left, who plays street performer Moose in Fred Durst’s thriller “The Fanatic,” has his hands full of Park City High School graduate Jacob Grodnik’s neck in this production still. The film will be released on Aug. 30 in select theaters. Grodnik landed the role of Todd after actor Emile Hirsch turned it down. Director Fred Durst’s ‘The Fanatic’ opens Aug. 30 for limited run SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Jacob Grodnik remembers the first time he met John Travolta. Grodnik, a Park City High School alum, appears in Travolta’s upcoming film, “The Fanatic,” which will be released in select theaters on Aug. 30. On their first day of filming, the Golden Globe-winning actor – Travolta – wanted to rehearse a few scenes for the R-rated thriller about a street performer who stalks an action hero played by Devon Sawa. “We go into a tent and he turns to me and says, ‘What do you think?’” Grodnik said. “I was caught off guard. My mind was like, ‘I’m working with John Travolta, and he just said it was OK for me to think.’” That experience showed Grodnik, who graduated from Park City High School in 2009, that Travolta was a team player. “We started working on the scenes and changed a few lines here and there,” Grodnik said. “After I threw out a couple of funny lines, John would say, ‘Yeah, let’s go with that.’” Travolta plays Moose, the stalker, and Grodnik plays Todd, a fellow street performer who tries to recruit Moose to join his act. “Todd uses his act as a distraction while his friend goes around and steals things from the people who stop to watch,” Grodnik said. “Moose, on the other hand, respects the crowds and tries to put on good performances. But he’s a crazy, off-kilter stalker.” Travolta wasn’t the only one on set who was open to suggestions, according to Grodnik. Director Fred Durst, known for fronting the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, is also a collaborative artist. “Since Fred had written the screenplay, he had a good understanding of the characters and knew what would work,” Grodnik said. “He made the shoot fun, and it was great working with someone of their caliber and feel that I belonged there.” Grodnik landed the Todd role after he sent in a self-taped audition. “I wanted to stand out, so I actually made a short film,” he said. “I shot images of me reading the script in a studio, and then intercut them with scenes of me walking down Hollywood Boulevard in character.” To tap into Todd, Grodnik plastered himself with fake tattoos and sprayed the top of his head yellow. “The first friend I asked to film the scenes told me he wasn’t comfortable with me looking like that and walking down the street,” Grodnik said laughing. “The second friend I contacted agreed to do the shoot. So I took my shirt off and screamed at people.” A few days after he sent the tape in, Grodnik learned he was the No. 1 choice for the role if veteran actor Emile Hirsch didn’t want it. Grodnik found out Durst was a practical joker after Hirsch passed on the role. “I got a message telling me to call Fred Durst, and I didn’t know if it was a good news or bad news,” he said. “After I got ahold of him and he led me on and said my tape was good, but in this business FARM STAND COURTESY OF JACOB GRODNIK Jacob Grodnik graduated from Park City High School in 2009, and moved to Los Angeles where he graduated with a degree in theater from the University of Southern California. sometimes the best person doesn’t get the part. Then he stopped and said, ‘Just messing with you. You got the part.’” Landing a part opposite of John Travolta was surreal at first. “I’ve always wanted to work in film, and it’s something that I’ve always done growing up in Park City,” he said. “That idea could have been influenced by the Sundance Film Festival coming in every year, but I remember even when I was in elementary school how my friends would make funny videos and shoot our own little films.”. Please see Parkite, C-7 WED 8.21.19 - Tues 8.27.19 . . wednesday friday + saturday • • • • • twO f one GRAPPA VALID WED, THURS, SUN & TUES 435.645.0636 grapparestaurant.com WAHSO VALID WED - SUN 435.615.0300 wahso.com CHIMAYO VALID WED, THURS, SUN - TUES 435.649.6222 chimayorestaurant.com GHIDOTTI'S NOT VALID ON $5 THURSDAY 435.658.0669 ghidottis.com WINDY RIDGE CAFe restaurant group NOT VALID ON TACO TUESDAY 435.647.0880 windyridgecafe.com Not valid with other promo offer or menu. Valid on 2nd entrée of equal or lesser value. Must present coupon to receive offer. 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