Kristen Renton On Her New Film “The Crickets Dance,” New Orleans, Music, Television & More
Based on the novel by Deborah Robillard, director Veronica Robledo’s award-winning crime drama The Crickets Dance was released to all major digital and on-demand platforms — iTunes and Comcast included — on October 26, 2021 via Gravitas Ventures. Within the film, a southern attorney discovers a lost diary, one that changes her life and helps her find true love after she is nearly killed in a brutal attac. Kristen Renton (Sons Of Anarchy) stars in the film alongside Emmy winner Bill Oberst Jr., Sandra Ellis Lafferty (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Bobbie Eakes (All My Children), William Mark McCullough (L.A’s Finest), KateLynn Newberry (Widow’s Point) and Kevin Mikal Curry (the upcoming Samaritan).
Beyond Sons Of Anarchy, the aforementioned Kristen Renton portrayed Morgan Hollingsworth on NBC’s soap opera Days Of Our Lives. Her professional acting career began as a teenager, after finding success in modeling, and later got into acting, eventually appearing in the films Ghouls, In The Mix and Come Away Home and on the television programs CSI: NY, The OC, Anger Management and The Glades. Acting aside, Renton is a noted philanthropist and fundraiser within the animal rights world.
On October 29, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kristen Renton via Zoom, as embedded below. Beyond The Crickets Dance, we talked about New Orleans, music, television and future projects for her. More on Renton and The Crickets Dance can be found by clicking here, here, here and here.
