Review Fix Exclusive: Zara Phillips Talks Somebody’s Daughter And More

Review Fix chats with Zara Phillips, about her new film, “Somebody’s Daughter.”

About Zara Phillips: 

As she celebrates the release of her extraordinary autobiographical film Somebody’s Daughter, Zara Phillips offers up some tough love truths that fly in the face of the often cheery, sanitized way adopted children (and other beings) are depicted in Disney films and other media. 

From her years of advocacy, studying contemporary sociological research and personal experiences as an adopted person herself, the passionate lifelong advocate for adoptees knows that even well into adulthood, their existential struggles of feeling like outsiders with little known stories of their history and birth parents makes them at least four times more likely to attempt suicide. 

Review Fix: What inspired this film?

Zara Phillips: The film is based on my memoir ‘Somebody’s  Daughter’ .  I then wrote and performed a one-woman show as my story kept changing and I felt the best way to get the story out was by making a film.

Review Fix: Why is this topic so pertinent?

Phillips: There are a lot of Disney story myths around adoption .I am not discounting the love many adopted parents have to give but the adoptee can struggle at many milestones in ones life and there needs to be more education and help available.

Review Fix: How did you change through its production?

Phillips: At first I was just going to film the one woman show and then we decided to bring in other actors,which really made the story come to life.

Review Fix: How did it feel to get that quote from Richard Thompson?

Phillips: Even though I am married to Richard,  I really admire him as an artist so i know when he says something complimentary he means it!

Review Fix: How do you want this film to affect people?

Phillips: I want them to understand that adoption is not a one time event, it is lifelong.! There are many layers to the experience for all involved.

Review Fix: What are your end goals for it?

Phillips: My goals are to get the film on streaming sites and out to as many people as possible so that it may help others with their stories.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Phillips: I will continue to do screenings and workshops/talks on the lifelong impact of being adopted.

I also have a new book in the works – a. coming-of-age story set in the 1970’s/80’s in the UK.

Review Fix: Where can people find out more?

Phillips: www.ZaraPhillips.net

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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