Dawn of the Dead
2004
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Scott Hale Reiniger, Harlan Sahib Bahadur, Prince of Ghor (born September 5, 1948) is an American actor. He is best known as one of the stars of the 1978 classic horror film Dawn of the Dead.
Scott H. Reiniger is an American actor, director and producer who starred in George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) and its 2004 remake. He also worked with many famous actors and playwrights and discovered his royal ancestry in Afghanistan.
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Scott H. Reiniger is an actor, director, and coach who starred in George A. Romero's \"Dawn of the Dead\" and its remake. He is also the prince of Ghor, Afghanistan, and a certified life and career coach for creative professionals.
- September 5, 1948
- How Did You Get Involved in The Movie?
- What Were Your First Thoughts When You Read The script?
- What Was It Like Shooting The Film?
- We Can Imagine It Was A Pretty Strange Experience…
- What Are Your Thoughts on The Character of Roger?
- Why Do You Think He Starts to Lose It?
- Did You and Romero Work on The Character?
- Did Romero Ever Mention The Wider, Satirical Elements of The Film with You?
- Why Do You Think We’Re Still Discussing The Movie Today?
- Did You Have Any Idea How Big The Movie Would Be When It Was released?
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I was an actor in New York, and Chris Forrest (George [Romero’s] girlfriend at the time) and I were in the Theatre Department together in college, and she suggested me to George. She said to me: “Do you know who George Romero is?” and I said: “Well, yeah, he’s the guy who directed Night Of The Living Dead!” She said he had this new film, Dawn Of Th...
The script when you read it on the page doesn’t capture the satire and humour. We only started to get George’s point of view about the entire thing when we started shooting it and that became really interesting to watch…
It was a very, very positive shoot just very, very long hours. When we’re in the mall [we filmed] all night long and slept during the day. But [doing that] that day after day after day after day, I felt after a while we were in The Twilight Zone! Imagine wandering around the mall with all the zombies wandering about! I remember the first day we wer...
It was odd. Not odd in a bad way, it was just kind of surreal. You’ve got to imagine, it’s really late at night like we’re at 2:00 o’clock in the morning and nobody’s in the mall except us, the production crew, all the actors and all the zombies. So it was a very bizarre feeling. Also sleeping during the day and then working all night, it kind of c...
He goes through a major arc. The character has a great range, which is what attracted me to the part. I thought that I had to create a back story. It doesn’t tell you that in the script but as the actor you create that on your own and I said well ‘okay this guy’s a sharpshooter’, that’s what’s in the script, he’s an ex-SWAT cop and so I started fil...
The stress was too great for him, and it was creating a lot of inner conflict with him. He felt he could handle any situation and he actually was deluded about that because he was not being realistic about the full impact of what was really going on. Then gradually it hits him when he starts to make stupid mistakes, which was his downfall.
He would talk about that a little bit, not a lot. He basically trusted you or trusted me, you know, and Kenny. I would talk with him about it, but we didn’t go deep into it because he trusted me. I was going to come up with what he thought was going to work and it did work. He gave a lot of independence creatively. I also heard that the role he cre...
Yeah, he would allude to it sure, never a lot of heavy deep discussion about it because he was clear about what he wanted. He expected the actors to fill in the blanks. So one thing about George is that he doesn’t talk like: “Oh I’m doing this amazing movie. It’s got social ramifications.” He doesn’t have that kind of ego, that’s what I thought was...
It’s still relevant. I think some of it is dated but George tends to put social themes in his work. If you watch his other movies there’s always some shred of that woven into them. So we were very aware of that. There wasn’t a lot of discussion about it though, just because it became very obvious what was happening once we started shooting.
I had no idea! Earlier on [while shooting] the movie I remember seeing a lot of the gore and thinking: ‘Should I have done this movie? Is this going to ruin my career?’ That did go through my thoughts but not for long because I love the part and it was very controversial. Some people liked it, some people hated it.
Scott Reiniger, who played Roger in George A. Romero's Dawn Of The Dead, talks about his audition, working with Romero and the film's legacy. Read the full interview and learn more about the 4K and Blu-ray release of the horror classic.
Nov 10, 2021 · Scott Reiniger played Roger, one of the four survivors in George A. Romero's zombie classic. He turned 73 in 2021 and has mostly retired from acting, but appeared in a few documentaries and a short film.
Oct 24, 2018 · Scott H. Reiniger talks about his role as Roger in George A. Romero's classic zombie film Dawn of the Dead, his acting and directing career, and his love for music and theater. Learn how he auditioned for the part, improvised some scenes, and worked with the director and co-stars.
Nov 7, 2020 · Listen to Scott H. Reiniger, the actor who played Roger in Dawn of the Dead, talk about his experience working with George A. Romero and his views on zombies. This is part of a series of interviews with the cast and crew of the classic horror film.
