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Speaker 1: Since twenty sixteen, I've been blessed with the opportunity to

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share conversations with those that have been featured on NBC's

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The Voice. Sure, we'd put them up on the platform,

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but then most people were going, so where's it at?

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So now we finally centralized it for you. Every performer

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from twenty sixteen forward Aero dot net, a r roe

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dot Net enjoy the exploration. Hey, welcome to missed Opportunity.

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I love sharing conversations. Hosting them requires some show prep.

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My podcasting platforms feature thousands of guests. Now what you

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don't have access to are my missed opportunities. I mean,

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the show prep was done, the conversation did not happen,

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though I keep all my notes, and the reason why

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is because I believe that paths will cross again, which

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they have four different times. Let me explain missed opportunity.

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It's my questions and statements without their answers. I'm leaving

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open enough space at the end of every question, hoping

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they will download the talk and insert their answers. Missed

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opportunity is a piece of history. It's like a message

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in a bottle that's been tossed out to see I

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hope to locate a destination. This week, we're putting focus

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on my missed opportunity with writer and director Troy Duffy,

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the creator of the Boondock Saint films. He burst out

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of the scene in Hollywood in nineteen ninety seven. His

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first film earned him fifteen million bucks. Not bad for

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a first timer, right. Unlike most, Troy Duffy created a

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cult classic that defied the passage of time. It earned

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him a global fan base that continues to grow twenty

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five years later. Troy Duffy got his first bite of

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success in elementary school when he won a local, statewide

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writing contest. What he took home was the Shell Silverstein Award.

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You can't get any better than that. The success of

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Boondock Saints has led to a sequel released ten years later.

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This entire series has generated into comic books, graphic novels,

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and a ton of merchandise, including one point three million

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different tattoos. The invitation to share a connection with Troy

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Duffy arrived on September second, twenty twenty five. I was

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given a twenty minute window that would begin at nine

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forty am Eastern. My response was perfect. The conversation would

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take place on Friday, October seventeenth. What made it even

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more official was the zoom link attached. This was really

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going to happen. Well not really. Within twenty four hours,

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the talk had been shifted. A small note attached talked

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about a future date might be available. We'll keep you

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up to date, and as they always say, we deeply apologize. Hey.

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Coming up next, my questions, my statements without their answers,

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with the one and only Troy Duffy. And always remember,

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I do invite these very creative people to answer the

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questions and send them back. Hey, welcome back to Missed Opportunity.

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This week, my focus is on my Missed Opportunity with

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Troy Duffy. Boondock Saints Volume one, The brothers McManus are

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back and they are headed into Boston's underworld. Before they

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were legends, was their blood. What's your favorite story to write?

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Good versus evil or justice and brotherhood? Boondock Saints has

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introduced the world to comic books, graphic novels, merchandise, and

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even tattoos as the writer of these stories, because it

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starts with you, what is that like? Your father served

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as an open door to pulling classics closer to your imagination.

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That experience is where you stand today knowing how important

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writing has always been, especially in elementary school. What teachers

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stood out the most to you? Right out of the box.

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You created a cult classic movie, one that continues to

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grow in popularity. What does that do to your imagination?

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And is it like Hotel California or Rumors from Fleetwood

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Mac And it's all always that battle to try to

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top your biggest and best. I love how you describe

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Roco a crooked grin with a puppy dog set of eyes.

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Movies versus novels. How did you bring Roco to the

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paragraphs and make it believable for all who were involved?

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The brothers are seeking the truth. So many of us

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can't relay with this because we would rather run from it.

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Under the McMahons name is Vigilante Justice. That's pretty serious, dude.

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You're looking to make this a long series of stories.

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That's writing a story before it happens. What's your projection?

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I mean, what it really comes down to it. This

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book is a love letter to the fans. This isn't

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necessarily about brothers, but it's about two guys that happen

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to have a goal and they're sharing it inside these stories.

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Your fans have always had questions and men you always

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step up to give them answers. When did you know

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that it was time to really bring forward that leadership

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role as a writer. What led you to this new

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level of telling the McMahons story, because I mean you're

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taking a chance. Is that just the creative soul inside

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of you. Doesn't matter where you are in this nation

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or around the world. Every alley hides a threat, every

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handshake hides a blade, every act of justice demands a

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darker response. Writing was once a place of fear. In

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the very beginning. You would sit there and say ah ah,

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But then you set yourself free. Where are you at

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today in thought? And there you have it, another missed opportunity,

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a lost piece of history. You now know the questions,

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so let's locate the reactions. The door is always going

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to be open. If you are or know Troy Duffy,

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please reach out to me at arroc at gmail dot com.

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That's Arrow A R. R Oe c at gmail dot

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com and as always, be brilliant