Leftover 69: An Excerpt from Jon Hart’s ‘Unfortunately, I was available’

Leftover 69: An Excerpt from Jon Hart’s ‘Unfortunately, I was available’

I submit to play an upstate New York townie for The Leftovers, then in its first season. The shoot is in Nyack, New York, about fifty minutes north of the city. Rockland County, where Nyack is located, is often used to portray rural America. It’s just not feasible to transport the entire production to the sticks. I hear back from casting in minutes. They want me, or rather they’re willing to hire me because I’m willing to “self-report” to Nyack,…