Kevin Smith

Kevin Patrick Smith is a filmmaker, writer, director, actor, comedian, author, and podcaster. He wrote and directed the films Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. During a show in Milwaukee in 2009, production manager Eric Wescott on The Amateur Monster Movie requested of him during a Q&A to make a phone call to Cece Mallinckrodt (the original actress in the role of Ashley Valinski who had quit after filming all but 3 of her scenes) and ask her to finish the film. He agreed, the call went to voicemail, and he left her a message. A recording of the voicemail can be heard in The Amateur Monster Movie behind the scenes featurette included on the DVD and Vimeo On Demand release.