MEET UP-AND-COMING ACTORWILLIAM BOAZ! BLF INTERVIEWS A SOON-TO-BE LOCAL CELEBRITY
Do you remember the 2016 Hulu miniseries “11.23.63”? It was based on a Stephen King novel and tells the story of a time-traveling English teacher trying to save the life of President John F. Kennedy. It was headed by executive producer J.J. Abrams, starred James Franco and Sarah Gadon, and featured a friend of our firm: up-and-coming local actor William Boaz!
“At 18 or 19, I thought about becoming an actor, but then I got married early at 19, we had three children, and life just got me busy,” he says.
Now, though, after years as an extra on projects like “11.23.63” and the TV show “Murder Made Me Famous,” William is doubling down. The pandemic threw a wrench in his plans (many projects stopped filming and a mix-up at the passport office
William was an extra on the show and played a reporter who appears on the street behind James Franco. He wasn’t on screen long, but those few minutes gave him a national debut. “On the front page of USA Today, there was a picture of Franco running, and he was running by me!” William says. It was a thrill to pick out his face from the crowd and a rush to know that even without any lines, he was on the cover of a major newspaper.
forced him to turn down a role in Mexico), but this summer, his career is back on track.
“I started getting into going out for speaking roles,” he says. “I’ve gone out for three and gotten all three of them! I started filming [here in Houston] in June. I always play a lieutenant or a cop.”
Acting is a second career for William. He started taking small roles as an extra after a forklift accident at the
shipping and receiving company where he worked left him on disability. The work doesn’t pay much (he made $150 per 14-hour day on “11.23.63”), but William truly loves acting and says it fulfills a childhood dream.
Russell met William at a focus group, and we’ve followed his career ever since. Keep an eye out for him in “Vindication” on Amazon Prime. We’re cheering him on and hope you will too!
A HAPPY ENDING TO A TERRIBLE STORY BLF Gets Closure for Twins Abused at Daycare
Early last year, the mother of our clients (we’ll call her Sarah) saw one of the worst things a parent can experience: video footage of a daycare employee abusing her children. Sarah’s kids, 2-year-old twins who we’ll call Jack and Jill, were physically abused at their Texas daycare on two separate occasions. Both incidents were caught on camera, and neither one was reported. The first time, a daycare worker violently yanked Jack up from his cot, then grabbed him and pushed him down face first. The second time, that same worker struck Jill across the face. Luckily, Sarah caught the first incident on video and discovered the second one while scanning through additional tapes with the daycare director. The daycare was clearly in the wrong: They failed to appropriately supervise the kids, discipline them correctly, provide a safe
environment, report the incidents, or hire competent, properly trained staff. Their negligence caused Jack and Jill emotional and physical distress. They developed a genuine fear of strangers and refused to trust adults outside their family. As a result, Sarah, who works as a nurse, had to fly her mother in from out of state to watch the twins in the aftermath of their trauma. To recoup her expenses and get compensation for her children, Sarah came to us. We went to bat for Jack and Jill in court. The case got complicated when police and state investigators confronted the daycare, and it claimed that the video of the incidents couldn’t be recovered. But we didn’t let those tactics stop us! We kept fighting, and in the end, our team won. The daycare’s insurance company settled for the full policy limits, and now Jack and Jill will have funds in the bank to make life easier when they leave high school.
Ideally, the trauma at the heart of this case would have never happened. But since we can’t turn back time, we’re proud that we got justice for Jack and Jill. If you or someone you know has children in a similarly terrible daycare situation, please come to us. We’re here to help!
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