Sean Whalen

"Twister" \ "Batman Returns" \ "got milk?" commercial \ "that thing you do"

Prior to this shoot, Sean and I had been chatting back and forth for about a year tossing ideas around, waiting for the moment our schedules worked together. We had kicked around all kinds of ideas. At the time of this shoot, Sean was a week away from releasing his own movie, "Crust" which we knew some of the shoot needed to be dedicated to. Then we decided to do some fun "goofy" shots (as Sean is quite the fun personality), as well as some more serious portraits, and even a few throwbacks to his role on Twister, where we recreated a pose and wardrobe (including the actual hat he work in the movie), as well as a retrospect series of shots geared towards his famous "Got milk?" ad, which he credits the demise of his commercial career (long story, we'll tell you another time).

I went to his place, we got acquitted while setting up and just dove right in! I knew from the get-go, Sean was going to be fun. He's been in damn near everything, and much of the conversation was about many of those roles and experiences. Including getting him back in touch with a fellow "That Thing You Do" star, Johnathon Schaech.

I couldn't be happier with the photos we got. He definitely wasn't running low on creativity and his openness to just play around was what made this shoot so successful. See you soon Sean!