Do we get blown out?. We are walking 50 miles from Kaneohe to Pearl Harbor to honor the 81st anniversary of the attack on #PearlHarbor, and our brothers and sisters who have paid the ultimate price. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter exitPopMobile: true, 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Birth Place: Shoreham, New York, USA. He also found a niche in fantasy and science fiction projects like "Fire in the Sky" (1993) and the television series "Strange Luck" (Fox, 1995-1996), "Harsh Realm" (Fox, 1999-2000), and "Jericho" (CBS, 2006-08). Spotlight International Film Festival: Best of the Festival - Volume 1 (undefined), D.B. But you know, he didn't do my last one. He has played Jackie Willow, a Vietnam-era soldier, in Francis Ford Coppola 's Gardens of Stone (1987), navigator 1st Lt. Phil Lowenthal in Memphis Belle (1990), and Travis Walton in Fire in the Sky (1993). He has made several theater appearances on both Broadway and in L.A. productions. is active on his social accounts on which he loves to post food hunts and daily activities. When youre the director, youve gotta fight for the movie, and when youre the producer, you have to fight for the budget. Sweeney who played cocky ex-hockey star Doug Dorsey, opposite Moira Kellys snooty ice queen Kate Moseley about the making of the film, the impossible physics of its climactic bounce-spin-throw (the Pamchenko), and its truly wretched sequels. var params = Marshal Sam Kassmeyer on Criminal Minds. #BeThere, 24/7 anonymous phone, chat and referral service using a Marine to Marine approach. MGM rented out a space there for us to go skate. Marshal Sam Kassmeyer in the Season Five episode "Nameless, Faceless", and reappeared in "Reckoner" and "100". They hired me knowing I couldn't skate, but there was three months until we started filming. He was like, Im never on skates this long in my life.. Initially, my character rides off into the sunset by himself, and it was a little unsatisfying. D.B. D.B. DBS: but it has some somber roots. Its a little too schizophrenic for me. An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. Their Cutting Edge bond lives on, though. Its a late coming-of-age story in a way, so that was the intention of that. DBS: It was really hard to do that. Sweeney and wife Ashley Vachon attend the FOX Television Up Front Celebration on May 20, 1999 at Lincoln Center in New York City, New York. It was Woody Harrelson who ultimately landed the role of Billy Hoyle opposite Wesley Snipess Syd Deane in Sheltons basketball hit. Its very intentional. But with figure skating, when you fall, you tend to land on those hip bones, and once you have a bruise there, you get bruises on bruises. 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Actor who played hockey player Doug Dorsey in the film The Cutting Edge alongside Moira Kelly and appeared in Miracle at St. Anna. "So it was easy for both of us to say no," he adds. Did Roy Dotrice ever speak in his Russian accent when you werent filming? "I thought it would be good to echo these characters without aping it too much." Otherwise, I think the music companies have been so battered with a lot of these older songs, especially. After a year of their marriage, they got blessed with two beautiful children, Cade and Cody. And when I was spinning her around, it wasnt actually Moira it was a mannequin. Sweeney) and his team of commandos must prevent an alien race from destroying Earth. Its just too dangerous, spinning somebody around like that with their head, almost hitting the ice. All rights reserved. DB Sweeney. Island. Drama. On Instagram, he has more than 1888 followers and on his Twitter, he has 6,674 followers. But now, a lot of it was going to be me with her stunt double [Sharon Carz]. They look that bad. BE: From the looks of it, Im guessing you had her on the set for a day, Ed Harris on the set for a day, M.C. Is that fair? Movie Info. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sweeney Danica McKellar The ladies, they kinda like you. I think Ive been in about 75 movies, and its one of the only ones Ive let her see. ACTOR I was glad that everybody saw the movie, but I didn't realize that it had already immediately sort of embedded itself into the general consciousness.. 'https' : 'http'; Believe me, I'm gonna do it., I remember my agent pitched him and he said, I love D.B. And they said, No, no way. I think thats what the movie mines very successfully: What kind of a sport is there where they judge your outfits? When you see the shot of, it looks like Moira. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. So I guess I felt like I could learn it as well as I could, and then they would just have to use stunt doubles and trick photography and whatever else. Yeah. Yellow. She was living in North Carolina at the time, which was a stroke of luck because we ended up filming there. I loved hanging out with Roy and Kate, his wife. That guy has the greatest stories ever. Well never understand musicians. Actor D.B. 2h Synopsis. 87% Daniel Bernard Sweeney is an American actor best known for his role as 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson in Eight Men Out and Doug Dorsey in The Cutting Edge . Gary Sinise Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity (federal tax ID #80-0587086). Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Craig Hansen, Leverage - The Miracle Job (2008) TV episode - Father Paul, Crash - 4 episodes (2008) TV episodes - Peter Emory, Miracle at St. Anna (2008) - Colonel Driscoll, Heatstroke (2008) - Captain Steve O'Bannon, Jericho - 6 episodes (2006-2008) TV episodes - John Goetz, Vegas: An Opulent Illusion (2007) - Narrator, House M.D. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Bullz-Eye caught up with Sweeney as he was promoting the darkly comical road movie Two Tickets to Paradise, his directorial debut which he made four years ago, but is getting re-released on DVD with a big marketing push from Paramount and chatted about the perils of working with untamed reptiles on a small budget, MGMs reissue, repackage, repackage tendencies with his biggest hit, and how Eddie Moneys people said theyd be happy to let Sweeney use his namesake song in the movieif Sweeney changed the title of the movie. A temperamental figure skater and an arrogant former hockey player attempt to win the Olympic Gold Medal as a figure skating pairs team. Sweeney's net worth in 2019 is estimated to be around $2.6 million. Sweeney has played hockey ever since. D.B. '"And people came to us with 'Cutting Edge II' and 'Cutting Edge III.' }; Sweeney Robert Patrick Craig Sheffer Before acting came along, D.B. I just thought it was such a funny setup and such a well-written script, and I thought Moira was just so good in that scene. Action Horror Sci-Fi Gradually people notice the heat index is rising, and that all life on Earth is at risk, for a hoard of alien dinosaurs want to take over; until a soldier and a ex-model step in to take back planet Earth. BE: I noticed something else peculiar about this movie: nobody uses a cell phone. DBS: Yeah, the script was a little more morbid, a little darker. You know who won the football game by the score, but not in skating. Office Max was great, and Hooters especially was our greatest sponsor, and now theyre helping us with some promotional stuff with the re-release of the DVD. Your actions could help save a life. Thats actually what happened in the game a year later, but that year we went out to USC and said, We need to get the rights to use your logo in the movie, put it on the tickets and everything. And they said, Well, who wins the game? And we said Texas is going to win the game. Cutting Edge 2: Going for the Gold. We had made a deal during The Cutting Edge that well never do the sequels, unless we both do it. We want to support it. And they gave me great deals on all the music. Im gonna try. And all these years laterI used to make fun of people who said, I spent eight years making my movie. I thought, Come on, you shoot it in three months, you edit it, you put it out there. "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial". DB Sweeney is a voice actor known for voicing Aang (Adult), Aladar, and Sitka. All the scenes I had with Moira were fun. Sweeney did much of his own skating, but Kelly primarily relied on a stunt double after breaking her leg during the first week of filming. We all know these guitar players who are really not good, and should not take the guitar out late at night at the party. Well, I dont know about that. To this day, the most embarrassing scene for me is where she and I go out to have some drinks and were dancing. "She's a very good looking26-year-old." They said, Yeah, we can lose. Later on, Sweeney guest-starred on House playing an ex-band-mate of Dr. Gregory House's named Crandall.He is also the voice-over artist in Beyond the Glory and guest-starred on Jericho playing John Goetz, a mercenary. Sweeney. Sweeney, D.B. Everything had to be cleared. Director: Andrew Prowse. I had such good fortune with the music; I dont want to complain, because we got Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan and Dire Straits and Stevie Ray Vaughans estate, they all saw the movie or knew enough about the movie to say, This movies for us. I thought it was a fun little shout to people who were fans of The Cutting Edge.. But, he started his career since 1985 in the movieOut of the Darknessas Mike. Sweeney saw himself as a professional baseball player. Usually, the artist controls the writing of the song, and then the recording of the song is owned by the record company. Just a great, great character, a total trooper. Why dont you go bowling, or go to a movie? And they had the biggest laugh theyd had since September [11]. You get out here in L.A., and sometimes youre with some really good studio musicians, and people are hanging out at the end of a party, and one night this fella whos really big, a former football player, took out his guitar and started playing a song. Pam Grier reflects on her most iconic roles, from Coffy to Jackie Brown. DBS: We tried to [add it]. But he starts banging this circus tent pole into the ground, and hes stepping things off, and he says, How close do you want the alligator? I said, They have to be close enough so that in one shot, you can see theyre right by my feet. So he steps it off, and he puts this rope around the alligators back leg, and he ties the rope around a peg. Its like having the worlds greatest training wheels. We became very good friends, stayed in touch after the movie was over. Some of those days where we were filming, youd be on skates for 10 hours, with a short break. Well, the hockey scenes were really fun. [Note: In the movie, Sweeney, who plays a past-his-prime rock star wannabe, does the single worst version of Blue Collar Man in history.]. So Ron Shelton, when I tried to lobby to be the guy in White Men Can't Jump, he said, No, he's just gonna turn me down again. I was like, No, I'm not. Shoreham, Long Island, New York, US He said, Thats about it there, I think thats tied up pretty good. What do I do if they get out? If I go to a baseball game, I hear Shoeless Joe, but otherwise, I hear toe pick five times a day. Theyre kinda glossy and distinctive, and I thought it would be great to have that. Birth Place:Shoreham, New York, United States, Profession Sweeney at The SkiHouse at The Canyons Actor D.B. If we win the game, you can use our logos.", All content 2000-2014 Bullz-Eye.com | All Rights Reserved. BE: And Im guessing the name change was too late to add the Eddie Money song of the same name to the soundtrack. But they wouldnt go for it, so we changed it. He is known for being a Movie Actor. Sweeney interview, Two Tickets to Paradise, Cutting Edge, "Id love to direct again, but next time with somebody elses money. Well, I had a lot of friends in hockey, and before the movie came out, I told them, Its really great, Im doing this hockey movie. One of them, Chris Chelios, hes in the movie just for a second in the Olympic scene. Shes sitting on a camera dolly with her foot in a cast, and shes just dancing with her upper body, and Im dancing with everything that God gave me. Ever since 1992's "Cutting Edge" brought a romantic comedy on skates, a legion of fans has called for movie's stars D.B Sweeney and Moira Kelly to reunite on film. The two kept the project on the hopeful "back burner" until Sweeney saw his moment with his film 'Two Tickets to Paradise.' Being a popular actor, D.B has maintained his healthy body. Sweeney was born of an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. 2008 Production Company. So she landed funny on a jump, and she broke her leg. BE: As soon as I heard the Springsteen song, I thought, Oh, that couldnt have been cheap. Tell us about what you learned about that side of the business while putting this movie together. 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