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I fall in love every Christmas. The rest of the year I shoot people and crash helicopters🎄❤️🎥🎬🔫🚁
- Based in NYC

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Found some friends while in Boston filming for an eerie tv show. Love working with these extremely talented ladies. @lindsaynhartley @kristi__murdock 👻👻👻💀💀💀

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No actors were harmed in the making of this apple crisp. Can’t say the same for the apples. 🍎😍😂🍏
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Had an unexpected blast getting lost in an enormous corn maze. Didn’t think we’d make it out, but Joe is really good at corn. 😂
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Thanks to @wilkensfarm for hosting our needed getaway from the city. We already can’t wait to go back! ❤️🍏❤️
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#applepicking #joekurak #shellyshenoy #fallgetaway #couplegoals❤️

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A slice of filming Her Only Way Out and the people who made it all happen 🫶🏻🥹

@haylieduff I’ve said it all before, but I am forever grateful for you. You have changed my life! Thank you for trusting and pushing me with every take- I am without a doubt a better actor because of you.

@sarah_borne , girllll how lucky am I to be best friends with you in real life and now your sister on screen?! A dream we always joked about and it actually happened- God is so good!

@joekurak, @jamesalejandrocorso, @loganshephardofficial, @lexy_lex, @deenadill, @brianspangler and all of of our day players and background actors- I couldn’t have asked for a kinder cast. Thank you for showing up with such amazing energy every day.

@whoisbrown thank you for your tireless work as our DP and producer. Addl producers, Toni Fox, @thisthatthethird , and Terrence Kiriokos! @sarah.x.stunts, our incredible stunts coordinator who literally kept me safe every day! Writers @markusredmond and Jeremy Inman- thank you for writing Kelly.

And the entire crew- y’all were put through the wringer with our fast shoot schedule and the COLD (Kentucky, what’s up with your winter🥶 ) and still managed to show up every day and create this movie. Thank you thank you.

Her Only Way Out is now streaming on the @lifetimetv app!! I’m so honored to be a part of it! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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**Link in BIO for HOTCHKA

TV MOVIE REVIEW: "HER ONLY WAY OUT" - LIFETIME
Director Haylie Duff scores again with another gripping thriller.

https://hotchka.com/her-only-way-out-review

#HerOnlyWayOut #LifetimeTV #SundayNightThrills #Entertainment #Television #TV #Streaming Promotional poster for the Lifetime movie "Her Only Way Out," featuring a serious-looking blonde woman in a dark hoodie with a motion-blur effect and a bearded man in the shadows behind her. A pink diagonal banner across the top corner reads "HOTCHKA REVIEW."

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I want to thank @whoisbrown, @haylieduff, @thekatywilson, @joekurak, @lexy_lex, @deenadill, @sarah_borne, the rest of the cast and crew, and @lifetimetv, and everyone who watched HER ONLY WAY OUT last night. It was a joy to see this story finally play out on screen after 2+ decades. The additional writers made it “Lifetime ready”and everyone involved did their jobs wonderfully.

Now, back to edits on volume 3 of The Blood Saga🙏🏽🩸

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Email sent if we can get @joekurak to come onto the podcast to chat with us!!! So many great chats coming up!

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🎬 Behind Kelly’s fight for survival in Her Only Way Out.

What does it take to play a woman trapped in an abusive relationship who must find the strength to reclaim her life? We talked with Katy Wilson about bringing Kelly’s story to life in Lifetime’s gripping thriller, from portraying the subtle signs of control and manipulation to building Kelly’s inner strength and the powerful bond with her sister.

Katy also shared how a key change in the script strengthened the sisters’ relationship, the direction that helped shape one of the film’s most emotional moments, and the real-life friendship that brought extra chemistry to the screen. ❤️‍🩹

🎥 Our exclusive interview with Katy Wilson is out now on YouTube!

Swipe through, then head to Survived the Shows to watch the full conversation. Link in bio!

💬 What makes a thriller truly powerful for you: the twists, the characters, or the emotional journey?

#KatyWilson #HerOnlyWayOut #LifetimeMovies #LifetimeThriller #SurvivedTheShows ExclusiveInterview TVInterviews ThrillerMovies MovieBehindTheScenes WomenInFilm

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They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. In this movie, I’m the tree! Watch to find out why! 😈🍎

HER ONLY WAY OUT premieres this Sunday, October 11th at 8pm ET on @lifetimetv! 🎬🍿

💪Beneath the suspense and twists, this is a powerful story about a woman finding her voice, reclaiming her life, and having the courage to choose herself. I’m proud to be a small part of it.

🙏Huge thanks to @haylieduff, our fabulous director and an amazing human being, who somehow makes telling dark stories so much fun... even in snowy Kentucky weather!

So grateful to have shared this experience with @thekatywilson @sarah_borne @joekurak @jamesalejandrocorso @brianspangler @lexy_lex @loganshephardofficial @jamesalejandrocorso and all the wonderful people behind the camera who made it happen! @mollya.morgan @sarah.x.stunts @andreaahlmua @boundlessbeautystudiocincy @rileysrealm_ @cassish3r3 , Bob Cook, Toni Fox, and our talented and tireless DP/producer @whoisbrown , writer @markusredmond and so many more!! ❤️❤️

🎬 And here’s a fun little Hollywood tidbit: @thekatywilson played my daughter in a previous movie, also directed by the incredible @haylieduff, where I was also a not-so-great mother (and ended up dead). This time, I play the mother of the man who’s terrorizing her. Clearly, Katy and I have some unresolved family issues. I guess we’ll just have to keep making movies together until we work them out!

⚠️ A little heads-up: This film deals with domestic violence and some pretty intense moments, but at its heart it’s a story about courage and resilience! ❤️

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@joekurak @haylieduff and a few others i will be reaching out to see if we can get any of them to chat with us!!!! #podcastinglife

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#HerOnlyWayOut premieres this Sunday at 8/7c on @lifetimetv

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Just in time for spooky season, Her Only Way Out is premiering this Sunday, October 11th at 8pm ET on @lifetimetv!! Getting to work with @haylieduff (again!) and play sisters with my real life bestie @sarah_borne was a DREAM come true!! Also starring the incredibly talented @joekurak, @jamesalejandrocorso, @lexy_lex, @loganshephardofficial, and @deenadill. Super proud of this one!! Many more BTS to come! 🎥🎬

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HER ONLY WAY OUT premieres this Sunday 8pm on @lifetimetv 🎬

I really loved directing this film. HOWO is centered on a woman finding the strength to take her life back - a story about control, finding your voice, and having the courage to choose yourself. I was deeply inspired by the strength of our female leads (two, actually!) and the story we got to tell through them.

Endlessly grateful to our incredible cast and crew for bringing so much heart and talent to this one. @thekatywilson @sarah_borne @joekurak @deenadill @jamesalejandrocorso #alexisprewitt @loganshephardofficial - you are all beyond & some of my favorite humans!

Big love to our stunt team @sarah.x.stunts for keeping everyone safe and handling this material with such grace. Our AD team for navigating every wild weather pivot with ease, our production team for taking such amazing care of us 🌟 and the camera + G&E boys - always the BEST dept. 😎 Art doing the most! PA’s for keeping us entertained & warm & fed.. hmu & wardobe for the quick changes and creativity… sound keeping the mics GOING and us laughing! The amazing people of Kentucky- who welcomed us and treated us like family… The list goes on & on.

Suspense, twists, and women you’ll be rooting for until the very end. Watch with us Sunday on Lifetime - don’t miss this one. 🤍🎥 (fun fact! Sarah & Katy are bFF’s IRL, and I have had the honor of working with them or two different projects.. so this was a dream come true!)

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