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“I had never sat across from anyone like Bruce Willis before, so I was stressed out,” she said.Ĭhatham County native Kelly Reiter is in the cast of the film 'Deadlock,' which stars Bruce Willis (pictured) and Patrick Muldoon. When she walked onto the set on that day, she said others in the cast could sense how nervous she was. Reiter avoided cast dinner parties and outings until it was time to film her scenes with Willis. “If I got there, shot some scenes and then tested positive for COVID, they could still send me home - so until I got my scenes with Bruce, I was not leaving my hotel room.” “I knew that until I got scenes with Bruce, I could still get cut out of the movie,” she said. She also knew one way to stay in the production was to be on set long enough to film the scenes she had with Willis. Reiter said she was careful to safeguard her health while filming she knew if she tested positive for COVID, she’d be sent home and might lose the role. Primary shooting took place in the middle of the pandemic, in January and February of this year.ĭeadlock’s set required daily temperature checks and regular COVID testing. Reiter made the trek to Georgia, where she spent more than a month in filming. “We got back to the house, I’m trying to pack, my mom is yelling at my dad (Michael) trying to explain what is going on, my dad is so confused - it was quite the scene.” 'Never sat across from anyone like Bruce Willis before'

“I started hysterically sobbing,” Reiter recalled. She said she accepted the role over the phone, then dropped to her knees and started crying. Reiter was expected to be on set - which was eight hours away - by the next morning. Reiter, as Rakestraw, would be one of the key players in the story she’d get several scenes with Willis, and in fact is shown with his character in Deadlock’s official trailer. Rakestraw is the love interest of actor Patrick Muldoon’s character, Mack, who portrays the hero in the story. She was asked to play the role of Rakestraw, the female lead and a welder at the nuclear plant in which the film is set. “He asked how fast could I be on set,” Reiter said. An actor in the cast had just tested positive for COVID, so they were looking for a replacement - and fast. “I messaged him that I was in North Carolina with my family in quarantine if he needed me for anything,” she said.Ĭohn and one of the film’s producers called Reiter the next day while she was out for a walk with her mother, Patricia. She kept in contact with Cohn and in January, after learning he was in Georgia for Deadlock’s production, reached out to him once more. The disappointed Reiter understood, but didn’t lose hope. “I said to Jared to please keep me in mind - if there is anywhere I fit, if there is anything I can do, please let me know,” she recounted.Ĭohn asked the film’s producers about casting Reiter in a role, but was told she “wasn’t a big enough name” to be cast in the film. Reiter reached out to Cohn to ask if there were any roles for her in the film, whether as an extra or a lead.

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The movie poster for 'Deadlock,' which premieres on Dec. In “Deadlock,” a crew of mercenaries - led by Willis’ character, Ron Whitlock - hold nuclear power plant workers hostage, and it’s up to some of the hostages to try to save the day. The film, which turned out to be “Deadlock,” features Willis as the antagonist - very different from roles he has taken previously, including his wisecracking action hero turns in the “Die Hard” film series, comedies like “Look Who’s Talking” and the gripping thriller “The Sixth Sense.” “I knew he (Cohn) was doing this movie with Bruce Willis, and I was so happy for him because he was so talented and this was his biggest movie at the time,” Reiter said. Reiter knew Cohen from one of the first films she did when she moved to Los Angeles, where Cohn was an up-and-coming director in the independent film industry.

Reiter got the role of “Amy Rakestraw” in the film in a rather untraditional way, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and her connection to the film’s director, Jared Cohn.

Reiter appears near the top of the cast list on the 's cast list of the film.

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