Hello Lonesome

Sabrina Lloyd is Magic

The pink robe Sabrina Lloyd is wearing belongs to my wife Nell. Sometimes life is awesome that way.

Sabrina Lloyd is such a gifted actress it’s absurd. This isn’t just lip service. I cast her in Hello Lonesome to play a character based on my sister Lisa and her performance just breaks my fucking heart.

Like all the great actors of our time, Sabrina started her career portraying Patrick Swayze’s daughter.

This was followed by her true introduction to mouth breathing nerds everywhere as “Wade Wells” in the cult scifi series Sliders:

And long before Natalie Portman wore a goofy helmet in Garden State, Sabrina was the very essence of a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” in Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night, proving you can be both adorable and smart at the same time. See for yourself:

This was followed by an eclectic mix of roles in TV and film including the NBC series Ed, Sundance hit Dopamine, Hal Hartley’s The Girl From Monday, and the TV series Num3ers among many many others.

There are three stories at the center of Hello Lonesome and one of them is about “Debby”, her new relationship with a guy she met online and the war with breast cancer that followed. Sabrina brings such light, grace, beauty, humility and humor to a character in a really shitty situation and I love her for it. The trailer doesn’t do justice to her performance, but you do get to see her make out and jump rope.

Thanks Sabrina for being you, and joining our little film, and trusting me with your talent. Full confession: I’ve had a major crush on you since Sports Night. I’m clearly not alone, the net seems to be crawling with fan sites dedicated to adoring you. Ironic perhaps that you would play my sister, but oddly enough, it really feels just right.