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Thrilling sci-fi films, parenthood, and acting in your 60s: The Amazing Story of Ace Thor & Glen Steele
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- Sep 11, 2026
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Summary
Expectations are good in a lot of ways. They hold us to a standard and promote accountability. But they can also be creatively limiting. For actor and executive producer Glen Steele of the film INFINITELY DENSE, who you heard in the intro, he took the shackles off the word expectation and made his art, giving the middle finger to age or any other perceived limitation. INFINITELY DENSE is having its market screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16th, 2026. If you have the ability to go, you should. It's a near-realistic sci-fi look at what happens if a guy unhappy with his life experimented with augmented AI. I'm also joined by writer and director Ace Thor, who met Glen through his mom's acting class. This is an insane story of two people pushing the boundaries of independent film, both through the subject matter of their work and their overall art. And -- Ace Thor & Glen Steele should be in a cop buddy comedy, right? I'd love it, because it would be another opportunity to have them on the podcast. In this episode, Ace, Glen, and I talk about: how they describe the film; the many hats that independent filmmakers have to wear; the crazy story of how they ended up working together and how they got involved in filmmaking; the reality of acting in your 60s; making a scifi film that feels realistic and not having genre as the focus; casting for this film, why Ace watched every single tape, and why Glen kept his hands off the process; Glen's feelings on massive influencers taking over acting -- it's been happening for years in different forms; the process of a market screening at TIFF; should more actors get involved in making their own roles; advice for raising a family while acting and directing; what's next for them. Ace's Indie Filmmaker Hig…