Veteran actor Brian Austin Green (“Beverly Hills, 90210” fame) chatted about his new movie “Golden,” which was written, produced, and directed by Nick Leisure.
Green stars alongside Glenn Plummer, Massi Furlan, Robert Miano, Josh Gilmer, and Alena Savostikova.
The synopsis is: In a high-stakes world of deception and desire, master counterfeiter Frank Swain is drawn into a dangerous web of crime when the wrong people learn about his forging skills.
Pursued by ruthless criminals and a relentless detective alike, he must navigate greed, seduction, and shifting loyalties to pull off one last golden heist.
Experience making ‘Golden’
On his experience in “Golden,” Green remarked, “It was good! We were coming out of the pandemic. So, it was nice to be working. We were in Rosarito, Mexico, which was both great and it was difficult at the same time.”
“It was a difficult town to shoot in,” he admitted. “There was a lot going on there. That’s a big college town for vacations with a lot of bars, people, and noise. So, it wasn’t the easiest shooting, but it was a great location.”
“We shot at the Fox lot, which is where they shot ‘Titanic.’ We were the last production actually that shot there before they tore the whole thing down and built something new,” he explained.
“So, it was pretty cool to be a part of the history there. Nick Leisure is such an awesome director. I loved working with him,” he added.
Playing Frank in ‘Golden’
On playing Frank, Green stated, “Frank is turning 50 and he’s unhappy with his life so far. He really imagined that he would be in a better place than he is.”
“His dad owns a copy shop. So, he starts printing counterfeit money and taking it to Mexico and cashing it in for the currency there, and then buying property and cars,” he said.
“Frank is going to build the life that he always wanted there. While I don’t want to give away too much of the story, he ends up getting caught up in this sort of mafia ring, and there is gold that is attached to it,” he elaborated.
“It was a fun summer movie to work on and we all had a good time. It’s really entertaining and not super hard to follow,” he said.
Working with Josh Gilmer and the cast
On working with Josh Gilmer and the cast, Green said, “It was great! Every single person I worked on this project was great! We had an incredible group of people. We were a pretty small run and gun group.”
“They were all completely focused on making the best film they possibly could. Everybody worked really hard and it shows, especially when you watch the movie,” he observed.
“For the little budget that we had and the little amount of time we had, it looks really good,” he added.
‘Abominable’ film
Green revealed that he is in post-production on a movie called “Abominable,” which they shot in Spain. “We filmed that three hours north in the mountains of Barcelona,” he said.
“That was a really cool project as well. So, I have all these really fun kind projects coming out this year,” he foreshadowed. “I did a really fun, romantic comedy with Malin Akerman, which we shot on a cruise ship that was super fun.”
“I honestly couldn’t be happier and feel more blessed with my career right now,” he acknowledged.
Sharna Burgess in ‘Pen Pals’
Green also spoke about Shana Burgess and her acting performance as Mags in the Off-Broadway show “Pen Pals.” “Sharna was amazing in it,” he said. “It was really great to see her in a Broadway show. Sharna and Paige Davis were fantastic!”
“They worked so well off of each other,” he said. “Sharna learned the entire script, which apparently nobody does for that show, because you can just sit and read all of it.”
“The fact that Sharna is really getting outside of dancing at this point in her life is really great. To me, she is so much bigger than ‘Dancing with the Stars’ ever was… she’s an unbelievable dancer and she’s an incredible artist,” he said.
“Being an artist, I think there are more ways for her to be a storyteller as opposed to solely being a dancer. The fact that she did this play was really cool,” he noted.
“‘Pen Pals‘ is a great show performed in a great little theater. I love that space. While I’ve never been a big theater guy myself — it’s not a medium that I really connect with — but I have so much respect for the people that do theater,” he elaborated.
“Sharna was really great, and she kicked ass. I am so proud of her doing it,” he exclaimed.
Green on his son Kassius Marcil-Green
Green had great words about his oldest son Kassius Marcil-Green.
“Kassius is the best… he is such a sweetheart. He is doing so good! The content he is doing on YouTube is awesome! He has really done this on his own. Nothing was handed to him.”
“We did a western together, ‘The Night They Came Home,’ where he ended up doing nine days on it. He was on there way longer than I was,” he noted.
“Lately, Kassius is writing, producing, directing, and he’s lighting. He is doing everything far more than I ever did at that point in my life, and he is just leaps and bounds beyond me career-wise,” he elaborated.
“Kassius is one of the nicest people to be on set with. Everyone always sings me praises about him. He treats everyone with just absolute respect and love and kindness. As a father, I couldn’t be more proud of him,” he expanded.
Stage of his life
On the title of the current chapter of his life, Green revealed, “Being present.” “Mindfulness,” he underscored.
“I’m really in a place now,” he admitted. “I’m trying to be present in every moment and be as mindful of the choices that I make. I’m 52 now and I’m really in a place where I feel blessed to have this opportunity for this second act in my life.”
“I genuinely believe that you don’t learn from your successes in life… you learn from your failures. So, I’m open to them. I love the fact that I can be completely present in all the moments that happen,” he elaborated.
“It’s really amazing because now, I get to choose the person I want to be. The more I practice being who I want to be, the more that becomes who I am,” he added.
90s Con in Connecticut
Green recalled being a part of 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut. “It was such a cool experience. These fan conventions are really great. I only started doing them last year,” he said.
“I didn’t know what they were going to be like. I initially thought they were going to be pandemonium. I had never done any of these conventions with the audience from ‘90210’ being the demographic that they are now,” he elaborated.
“So, to go from the ’90s with all the screaming young girls to 2026, where those young girls are parents with kids themselves. It’s a very different perspective,” he noted.
“I’m getting to connect with people in a really cool way because it’s amazing when you get into conversations with them, and you are continually reminded that our lives aren’t very different. It’s all relative,” he said.
“I may live in the house that I live in and I’ve had the past that I’ve had, but it’s all relative. We are all human beings at the end of the day, we all have the same things going on, the same concerns, and we’re stumbling over the same way,” he explained.
“In particular, I love it when so many people tell me that they learned English because of our show ‘90210.’ It’s unbelievable the impression that our show has made on people,” he added.
Success
Regarding his definition of the word success, Green said, “Success is the legacy that I leave and it’s not the work that I do. It’s not the money that I make. It’s not the things that I have. It is the impact that I make on the lives of the people that are around me.”
“So, it is of absolute important to me that when I step of of this planet, the people speak of me about the person that I was, not the things that I did. People may remember the things I did for a minute and then, they would move on,” he elaborated.
“My legacy is the wake that I leave behind the boat and who I was to people. When my grandkids someday remember me for being a ‘great guy’ and someone who ‘really tried to help people’ and it was so important to him to be kind overall,” he expanded.
“That’s what is most important to me at this point in my life,” he said. “I love being kind whenever I can, and I make a point of it. If I only have 15 seconds with someone, I want to make it a really great 15 seconds.”
“You never know how those 15 seconds are going to affect somebody. Those 15 seconds may mean very little to me, but to the other person, it could mean the world to them,” he explained.
“Who knows what they are going through in life. I could say some little thing in passing that is a light bulb moment for them that helps them through something that they were really stuck on in life,” he added.
Closing thoughts on ‘Golden’
For fans and viewers, Green expressed, “Honestly, I want people to be entertained. I want it to be a fun ride for them.”
“Movies, these days, have gone down a road. I think so many of them are very serious and they take themselves so seriously,” he observed.
“People can watch this with their family and they can have fun… they can watch it with popcorn, candy, and do all those things,” Green noted. “It’s not too dark and it’s not so deep that it alienates a certain demographic.”
“I really want this to be something entertaining, especially with what’s happening in this country right now. I think it’s important to have a little fun in 2026. I hope it becomes a good escape for people,” Green concluded.
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