Wednesday, November 10, 2010 7:40pm PST

We Know JOB: Jamie O'Brien On "Who Is Job"

By: Surfer Magazine

"I know before this movie came out people had forgotten about me or just stopped paying attention, but I'm back," said Jamie. But after three years of filming Who is JOB, Jamie has put himself again in the spotlight. And judging from the finished product, it was well worth the wait. Unlike Jamie O'Brien's first two movies--Freak Showand Freak Side--his new film, Who Is JOB, is a blunt look into what sculpted this barrel-riding virtuoso. We caught up with Jamie to find out how he came from nowhere this month to become a top contender for this year's Best Performance Award at the 2010 SURFER Poll.

Describe the feeling of going to your own film premiere having never seen the finished version?
I was really nervous, because they didn't show me anything. I came into town four days early to watch it, and they started giving me every excuse in the book for why I couldn't see it. And then Charlie [Smith, Who Is JOB Director] told me, "Some of the interviews are pretty harsh. You might want to change some of them, but you can't."

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