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Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Zachary Horwitz's desperate attempt to become a movie star led him down a path of deception and fraud, seduced by the allure of fame and wealth.

Director

Joslyn Jensen

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Production

XTR,NEON

Awards

1 nomination total

Auditioner

Hannah Elizabeth Alexander

Self

Mallory

Emily Beth Beacham

Zach

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I'm calling about
the documentary film. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I'm calling about the documentary film.

And I was hoping
that Zach would talk to me - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And I was hoping that Zach would talk to me

The FBI arrested actor
Zachary Joseph Horwitz, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

The FBI arrested actor Zachary Joseph Horwitz,

I took a kind of not
straight path into acting. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I took a kind of not straight path into acting.

I want to understand because
I've spoken to another person - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I want to understand because I've spoken to another per...

The FBI says Zach Horwitz, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

The FBI says Zach Horwitz,

Do a little entrepreneur stuff
on the side as well, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Do a little entrepreneur stuff on the side as well,

And how could he
possibly have done - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And how could he possibly have done

I could tell
from the beginning - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I could tell from the beginning

More than $700 million - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

More than $700 million

That's a staggering
amount of money - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

That's a staggering amount of money

We have this treasure trove
of clips of Zach's acting, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

We have this treasure trove of clips of Zach's acting,

There are times watching this
when his lines are like - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

There are times watching this when his lines are like

It's almost like
he's answering for his crimes. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

It's almost like he's answering for his crimes.

He might just be playing
multiple characters, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

He might just be playing multiple characters,

I can't ask a pathological
liar for his life story - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I can't ask a pathological liar for his life story

Especially in a movie
that's all about scamming, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Especially in a movie that's all about scamming,

How is somebody able
to concoct a scheme this large - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

How is somebody able to concoct a scheme this large

So this is
the real Zach Avery, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So this is the real Zach Avery,

Yeah, and then
this is our re-creation, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Yeah, and then this is our re-creation,

So we're going to hire
an actor to play Zach Avery. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So we're going to hire an actor to play Zach Avery.

But I just want
to see these guys - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

But I just want to see these guys

So I think
it's kind of interesting - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So I think it's kind of interesting

But I could see
how the desperation - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

But I could see how the desperation

And everyone will tell you,
if you're not confident, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And everyone will tell you, if you're not confident,

You know, put on that...
that façade or that mask - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

You know, put on that... that façade or that mask

Do you know
when we're gonna find out, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Do you know when we're gonna find out,

Here was an actor
nobody had ever heard of, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Here was an actor nobody had ever heard of,

And he was accused
of pulling off - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And he was accused of pulling off

There's this idea
that Hollywood is a place - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

There's this idea that Hollywood is a place

And I think that can have
an allure to it - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And I think that can have an allure to it

And when they can't
do it legitimately, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And when they can't do it legitimately,

It's not usually as hard
as it was in this case - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

It's not usually as hard as it was in this case

There's kind of
a mad scientist quality - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

There's kind of a mad scientist quality

So I just set out right away - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So I just set out right away

He grew up
in Fort Wayne, Indiana. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

In terms of who he was
as a kid and what he was like, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

In terms of who he was as a kid and what he was like,

Generations
of Fort Wayne youth - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Generations of Fort Wayne youth

He moved to town when
he was in his early teens. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

He moved to town when he was in his early teens.

What are the odds that you'll
go to school with somebody - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

What are the odds that you'll go to school with somebod...

So what was your reaction - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So what was your reaction

Like, I did plays
all four years of high school. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Like, I did plays all four years of high school.

And Zach and I never
crossed paths once. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And Zach and I never crossed paths once.

When I read all the coverage
about what he did, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

When I read all the coverage about what he did,

And classmates and I were all
there for his origin story. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And classmates and I were all there for his origin story.

So it seems like
what you're telling me - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So it seems like what you're telling me

All you have to do is, like,
crack open a yearbook - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

All you have to do is, like, crack open a yearbook

Interestingly,
Zach actually had - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Interestingly, Zach actually had

Basically, it was...
before even the first season, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Basically, it was... before even the first season,

Yeah, I got my knee
folded back - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Yeah, I got my knee folded back

But the embellishing,
like saying, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

But the embellishing, like saying,

But my brother
probably knows, like, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

But my brother probably knows, like,

Did Zach ever
actually play football - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Did Zach ever actually play football

Yeah, so that was training
before freshman year, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Yeah, so that was training before freshman year,

Did he ever go
to, like, a tryout - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Did he ever go to, like, a tryout

He was never on
the football team. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

He was never on the football team.

She fully was,
"You need an education - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

She fully was, "You need an education

"I'm gonna follow the arts
and I'm gonna be an artist, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

"I'm gonna follow the arts and I'm gonna be a...

How did that kind of train
your mindset for acting? - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

How did that kind of train your mindset for acting?

As the actor,
you need to be empathetic - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

As the actor, you need to be empathetic

And in psychology,
you kind of want - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And in psychology, you kind of want

Psychological expertise
and acting and ruthlessness... - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Psychological expertise and acting and ruthlessness...

These various ingredients
that just together - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

These various ingredients that just together

And psychology was a really
big part of Zach's talents, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

And psychology was a really big part of Zach's talents,

My research is mostly
about personality - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

My research is mostly about personality

So I'm really interested
in sort of what kind of traits - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So I'm really interested in sort of what kind of traits

Extreme confidence,
I think, is a pretty big one. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Extreme confidence, I think, is a pretty big one.

I mean, folks,
I think, who are, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I mean, folks, I think, who are,

I just want to have
a little bit of a talk - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I just want to have a little bit of a talk

How do I get
into this character?" - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

How do I get into this character?"

He's just living his own life, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

He's just living his own life,

So our job as the actor
is to ask ourselves, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So our job as the actor is to ask ourselves,

Well, a lot of crime
is about, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Well, a lot of crime is about,

So it's not about, like, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

So it's not about, like,

We all have the ability
to do those things. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

We all have the ability to do those things.

If you're pushed,
if you're prodded, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

If you're pushed, if you're prodded,

When you start to take
those sorts of barriers away, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

When you start to take those sorts of barriers away,

As an actor, I feel like - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

As an actor, I feel like

I want people to be able
to see me on a screen - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I want people to be able to see me on a screen

This kook's brother ripped - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

This kook's brother ripped

Did you know that Zach
has a blog? - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

Did you know that Zach has a blog?

"From one
of my favorite movies, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

"From one of my favorite movies,

"He says, 'Don't ever let
someone tell you - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

"He says, 'Don't ever let someone tell you

"'People can't do
something themselves, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

"'People can't do something themselves,

He leaves Indiana University
and moves to Chicago. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

He leaves Indiana University and moves to Chicago.

I have to assume
that Chicago is - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I have to assume that Chicago is

You're leaving college
and going to the big city, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

You're leaving college and going to the big city,

One of the mysteries
about his time in Chicago - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

One of the mysteries about his time in Chicago

The question was,
who gets out of college - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

The question was, who gets out of college

I've actually heard
both versions, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

I've actually heard both versions,

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Zachary Horwitz's desperate attempt to become a movie star led him down a path of deception and fraud, seduced by the allure of fame and wealth.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Joslyn Jensen

Writer: David Darg, Joslyn Jensen, Shea Weekley

Production: XTR,NEON

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 Oct 2024

Awards: 1 nomination total

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