…On a completely different note, the stunning Eagle Eye starlet Michelle Monaghan is thinking less about directing, and more about…driving. She told me at the awards that she actually has a license to drive tractor-trailers! She got it when she was making Trucker, her upcoming drama in which she plays a truck driver who reunites with her estranged son.

“I was driving a 53-foot trailer,” Monaghan boasted. “It’s the biggest you could drive. I was out on the 405 and 10 freeways [in L.A.]. It was so much fun.”

Full Article: eonline.com

We recently had the opportunity to ask Trucker’s writer and director James Mottern some questions about the film and thank him for taking some time out of his busy schedule to respond.

If you could use one word to describe “Trucker” what would it be?

James Mottern: One word? Oh, dear, um, well – beautiful? Maybe you should ask me what kind of tree I would be. I could answer that more easily. But, yeah, “beautiful” – to me at least. (more…)

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Jimmy Bennett has a list of credits to his name that’s longer than a lot of actors twice his age and in his six years of acting has demonstrated an ability to play a variety of roles. Jimmy has starred opposite some of the best known actors of our time including Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis. TruckerMovie.net asked Jimmy about his experience with “Trucker”

TruckerMovie.net: What did you enjoy most about filming “Trucker”?

Jimmy Bennett: All the variety’s of jerky and pocket knifes at the truck stop we filmed at.

Was there something in particular about the character of Peter that stood out for you above everything else?

JB:I liked that Peter had a bit of an attitude and wasn’t just the typical 11 year old kid. (more…)

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TruckerMovie.net were grateful for the opportunity to catch up with Nathan Fillion today and chat with him briefly about “Trucker” while he was in Australia attending a Firefly/Serenity convention..

TruckerMovie.net: When you were approached to work on Trucker as the character Runner, was there something about the character that immediately appealed to you?

Nathan Fillion: I love stories about people that aren’t something special, you know there’s the homicide detective, cop on the edge, there’s those big big roles that are a lot of fun but I like the non-adventures roles, I like the regular average Joe roles. What I liked about Runner was his relationship with this 9 year old boy that his own mother didn’t know how to connect with him, yet Runner had a very very easy way about him that connected with this kid. The two of them just found it very very easy to be honest. Even in my own life, I love kids, I just hate it when I see people talk down to kids or talk in a high voice… I hate that it just drives me nuts so the that..the fact that he’s just a real guy I liked. (more…)

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[For full interview click the link at the bottom of this post]

IFC: The other thing that was interesting in the film was how gender roles was defined — having Monaghan play a role that usually would be reserved for man and you have dialogue referring to what makes a good man — was that a thread you wanted to follow through?

Mottern: A lot of this film is about identity, that you live your life and you think you have free will. But as you walk around in the day, whether it’s the way you look, your gender, the way you behave, the sound of your voice, you’re immediately identified and categorized by people. They’re trying to tell you who you are at all these points and you begin to believe it, it chips away at your freedom until you have no free will. You’re beholden to these people who are identifying you. [Monaghan's character] Diane says “That’s not who I am. That’s not who I am.” To me, that’s why she’s a hero — she does resist that categorization by other people. It wasn’t so much role reversal, because I never thought of this movie as being a woman’s movie. It was always [about] a human being first. (more…)