‘The North Tonawanda native was a bit surprised by how much the production team wanted him to be a part of making his vision a reality. "I think they wanted me to be involved, but they didn’t want to force me," he said. "I did have some say. There were times where I just sat out in the driveway outside of the house where we shot some scenes and watched on the playback monitor. Then the director Joe Pytka would yell out, ‘What do you think?’"’