A Chat With A Hollywood Gatekeeper




Gratcast - Taking on Hollywood and telling the tale. show

Summary: Stephen Kilcullen joins us to talk about his time in L.A. as a Hollywood script reader. In our first segment Stephen Kilcullen talks about how he got started in the film industry, when and why he moved from NYC to L.A. and how he got started reading scripts for producers and production companies in Los Angeles. In our second segment we talk to Stephen about the scripts he's read, what stands out when he's reading a script and what he looks for when deciding if it's a pass or fail. Stephen shares is thoughts on what mistake young writers make the most and what area this the hardest for every writer. In our final segment we each choose a current topic for each of us to comment on. Kris brings up the confederate flag controversy and his rather definitive stance on the subject. Joe talks about his time with Batman: Arkham Knight and Stephen brings up his feelings on missing out on seeing the Rolling Stones once again.