From Deseret News archives:
Acting up: Local thespian making a name for himself in LDS flicks
For those who don't recognize Heyborne's name or face here's a quick role call:
In "The Singles Ward," Heyborne co-starred as a would-be missionary waiting for his call.
In "The R.M.," he starred as the title character, a returned missionary.
In "The Work and the Story," he had a bit part as a member of a film crew.
In "The Book of Mormon Movie, Vol. 1: The Journey," he was Sam, the brother of Nephi.
In "The Best Two Years," which opens today in local theaters, he plays yet another missionary.
And two upcoming films in which he'll appear are "Saints and Soldiers," a World War II drama, and "Sons of Provo," a boy-band spoof.
"I was not in '(The Legend of) Johnny Lingo,' " he quickly points out, adding with a laugh, "Also, you may not have noticed this, but I'm in the background in Richard Dutcher's movies. I'm playing 'the set.' "
"The Singles Ward" was his first film; before that, he was selling insurance in Utah County.
Heyborne said he is thankful for the breaks he's received in mostly local feature-film productions. Though he admits that it also led to him being typecast as a missionary. (In real life, he served an LDS mission in the Dominican Republic.)
In "The Best Two Years," Heyborne plays Elder Calhoun, a newly arrived LDS missionary in Holland whose enthusiasm for his work rubs off on his jaded companion, Elder Rogers (KC Clyde). "I'm what they like to call in the industry a 'plot device,' " he said during a telephone interview from Southern California.
Actually, Calhoun, a bit of a naive rube when he first arrives in Holland, is something of a departure for Heyborne. "He's the least cool character I've played or maybe he's the most cool one, I'm not exactly sure."
Most of "The Best Two Years" was shot in Alpine, with Heyborne shooting just a few days of exterior footage in the Netherlands. "That was really nice. And the film itself ain't too bad."
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