Harrison Page on Sledge Hammer! and Russ Meyer’s Vixen!

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 679.4: Ed welcomes Harrison Page, the actor known around the world as Joshua in Lionheart, Captain Trunk on Sledge Hammer!, CPO Robinson on CPO Sharkey, and Niles in Russ Meyer’s Vixen! Topics this segment include how Meyer first cast Harrison in Vixen!; working with Erica Gavin in Vixen! (and, particularly, how she and Harrison approached playing the controversial scene in the film in which Niles rapes Vixen); how Harrison came to be cast in Sledge Hammer!, and how he drew on some of his training with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio to ground his performance as Trunk, especially whenever the script called for Trunk to yell at Hammer. Severin Films has just released Russ Meyer's Vixen!, Russ Meyer’s Supervixens, and Russ Meyer's Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens on Blu-ray for the first time as part of a landmark partnership with the Russ Meyer Trust. The Blu-ray release of Vixen! includes more than three hours of extra features (including a brand-new audio commentary by Erica Gavin, plus archival interviews with Erica Gavin and Harrison Page), while both Supervixens and Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens are likewise chockful of extra features. In addition, both Russ Meyer's Up! and Russ Meyer's Motorpsycho are now available for pre-order at SeverinFilms.com.