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JEREMY DOESN'T RECALL MUCH OF HIS MOTHER, NOR DID HE EVER REALLY THINK MUCH OVER THE FACT, GROWING UP. NOT UNTIL OTHER PEOPLE ASKED QUESTIONS, ANYWAY. INSTEAD OF SIMPLY ADMITTING THAT SHE HAD RUN OFF WHEN HE WAS STILL IN DIAPERS, HE OPTING FOR ANOTHER DIRECTION. THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD COME UP WITH ELABORATE STORIES, THAT SOUNDED MUCH BETTER THAN HIS LIFE REALLY WAS. TALL TALES ABOUT HOW HIS MOTHER WAS OFF IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY, MAKING SURE THAT OTHER LITTLE CHILDREN HAD SOMETHING TO EAT FOR DINNER OR SOMEONE TO SING TO THEM AT NIGHT. HOW SHE WAS OFF BECOMING ONE OF THE LAST ASTRONAUTS THERE WOULD EVER BE, TO GO OUT AND SEE THE MOON FOR HERSELF. A SPY, OVERSEAS, SAVING THE WORLD FROM NUCLEAR WARFARE AND THE UNITED STATES FROM BECOMING SOME WAR ZONE. THE LIST WENT ON AND ON, WHILE HIS FATHER WAS CALLED EACH TIME THAT SOMETHING WENT AWRY FOR YOUNG JEREMY, ONCE HE REACHED AN AGE WHERE OTHER CHILDREN DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM. LATER ON, THIS BECAME SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, FEELING THE NEED TO NONVIOLENTLY STRIKE BEFORE THEY DID HIM. ONCE THE STORIES STOPPED, THIS ACTIVITY DID NOT, ONLY MOLDING TO FIT HIM AS HE SAW FIT TO GET OUT OF CLASSWORK. IT DIDN'T SEEM PRACTICAL, JUST ANNOYING FOR HIM. WHY DO IT IF HE WOULDN'T USE IT LATER IN LIFE OR HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE NEEDED IT NOW? ADD HOW IT WAS TAUGHT. HE WAS VERY HANDS ON, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE. THIS AND A DEEP LOVE OF MUSIC, HIS FATHER NEVER SAW ANYTHING GOOD COMING OUT OF THIS. BUT BETWEEN TAKING CARE OF JEREMY AND HIS OLDER SISTER, THE MAN WAS AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO.

UPON MAKING IT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, HIS FATHER PUSHED FOR MORE OUT OF HIM. HOURS OF JEREMY SPENT IN HIS OWN BEDROOM PLAYING ON A GUITAR WASN'T GOING TO FLY. JEREMY NEEDED TO BE LESS DEPENDENT UPON HIM. WHERE HIS FATHER WAS CONCERNED, JEREMY WAS A MAN NOW, AND HE NEEDED TO CHOOSE SOMETHING TO DO FOR HIMSELF, ON HIS OWN. NO MORE STORIES OR LIES TO MAKE UP. UPON THE INSISTANCE OF A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, JEREMY WAS SIGNED UP INTO DRAMA AND ENDED UP TAKING EXTRA TIME IN THEIR CLUB. ENJOYING HIMSELF AND DOING AS HIS FATHER WISHED, EXCEPT IN HIS OWN WAY. THOSE STORIES AND LIES, THEY WEREN'T VIEWED IN THE SAME LIGHT IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. LITTLE DID ANYONE KNOW, IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT JEREMY'S FATHER'S HEALTH WAS DWINDLING. IT WASN'T SOMETHING HE CARED TO ADMIT TO ANYONE, INCLUDING HIMSELF OR HIS OWN CHILDREN. DOCTOR'S VISITS WERE SOMETHING OF THE PAST. THE SORT THAT LEFT HIM NEVER GOING. DEDUCTIBLES WERE TOO HIGH AND WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE CARE, WHY GO? HEALTH INSURANCE WAS REALLY FOR THE KIDS. IF IT WASN'T BROKE, WHY FIX IT? DOCTORS ONLY THOUGHT THEY KNEW EVERYTHING.

BEING NOTICED BY AN AGENT, HIS FATHER THOUGHT IT WAS A TRICK, A GIMMICK TO GET THEIR MONEY. BUT EVEN WITH HIS OWN RELUCTANCE OF EVERYTHING, HE DIDN'T WANT HIS SON THINKING THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HIM. DOING HIS OWN RESEARCH AND AT LEAST MAKING AN ATTEMPT, AND AFTER SOME ARGUMENT, HE TOOK ON EXTRA WORK FOR THE SAKE OF JEREMY TO GET ACTING LESSONS. THE MOMENT THAT JEREMY COULD WORK HIMSELF, HE DID SO, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE SAME LESSONS AND ANY FEES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN NEEDED. AND THIS WAS A PROUD MOMENT FOR HIS FATHER, FINALLY SEEING SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE OUT OF ALL OF THESE LECTURES AND MOMENTS HE ENDURED WITH THE YOUNG MAN GROWING UP. IT WOULDN'T BUT UNTIL AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND HIS FATHER'S PASSING THAT HE WOULD MOVE TO LOS ANGELES AND PURSUE AN ACTING CAREER. HIS MUSIC STILL VIGILANTLY BEING PLAYED ON THE SIDE WITH FRIENDS AND ANYWHERE NEEDED TO PICK UP EXTRA MONEY.

HIS FIRST LANDED ROLE BEING THAT OF ACHILLIES' COUSIN, PATROCLUS, ON TROY LEAVING HIM TO GAIN THIRTY POUNDS TO KEEP THE ROLE. EXTREMELY EXCITED, HE WAS ALL TOO NERVOUS OF THE CAST HE WAS ABOUT TO WORK WITH. THIS CHANGED SLIGHTLY AS HE MET A WOMAN WHILE WORKING ON SET. FOR AS MUCH OF OPPOSITES AS THEY WERE, THERE WAS A CONNECTION. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET HER OUT OF HIS HEAD. SHE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF ALL OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS HE CARED FOR, WOULD STRIVE TO BE LIKE, AND FAIL HORRIBLY. HITTING IT OFF SO WELL, HE COULDN'T HELP BUT PURSUE HER, WINNING HER OVER WITHOUT REALLY NEEDING TO START. THEY HAD A GOOD HANDFUL OF HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER. TWO IN A RELATIONSHIP, THEN TWO MORE MARRIED. ALL WITH STEADY WORK. ONCE THEIR DAUGHTER CAME INTO THIS WORLD, EVERYTHING FELT TOO PERFECT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY SIGNALED THE END.

THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS FELT AS NORMAL AS ANY PARENT MAY FACE. AS THEIR DAUGHTER, CASSIE, GREW OLDER, EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN THE EXCUSE OF AGE OR TEMPERMENT WERE NOW BEING RELOOKED AT. FIRST TIME PARENTS, THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY IN THE KNOW OF THESE THINGS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED TO FLOW RIGHT. SHE SEEMED SO HAPPY AND HEALTHY. SHE WAS RIGHT ON TARGET, IF NOT AHEAD ON HER MOTOR SKILLS. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE WERE FURTHER BEHIND. REAL QUESTIONS AND SEEING HOW OTHER FRIENDS CHILDREN WERE DOING, LEFT EVEN MORE QUESTIONS. DOCTORS CLAIMED THAT THEY SHOULDN'T WORRY, IT WAS PROBABLY NOTHING MORE THAN A DELAY. TESTING WASN'T DEEMED A NEED THEN, AT LEAST UNTIL PRESCHOOL CAME INTO PLAY. CERTAIN BEHAVIORS TIPPED OFF TEACHERS AND THEY POINTED AT AUTISM, LEAVING JEREMY AND HIS WIFE TO TURN BACK TO DOCTORS, WHO DID FINALLY TEST HER AND ACTUALLY GAVE THE DIAGNOSIS. BEING FLOORED, THEIR PERFECT LITTLE GIRL WAS NO LONGER AS MUCH. THEY BOTH ARGUED AND FOUGHT OVER THINGS DUE TO THE STRAIN ON HOW THEY NEEDED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BETTER SUIT HER NEEDS. VISUALS WERE NEEDED, OVER SIMPLY STATING THINGS. SENSORY ADJUSTMENTS HAD TO BE CREATED, SO THAT SHE HAD A SAFE PLACE TO ALLOW FOR THIS. EVEN THERAPIES SET ASIDE AND PRIVATELY DONE TO HELP HER.

IT WAS DURING THESE YEARS THAT HIS BAND PULLED TOGETHER AND SET OUT TO MAKE AN ALBUM AND GO ON TOUR. THE WAY THAT HE AND CASSIE WERE ABLE TO BOND OVER MUSIC, IT FELT LIKE TO HIM, THE ONE REAL WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND HOW HE LIKED TO SPEND HIS TIME WITH HER THE MOST. TO WATCH HER GROW AND PLAY IN THE WAY THAT EVERY LITTLE CHILD DESERVED TO. THE EXPERIENCE LEFT HIM FEELING MORE THE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR AUTISM RESEARCH AND THAT IT IS A REAL ISSUE THAT SHOULDN'T BE OVERLOOKED. MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE DIFFICULT AFTER TRYING SO HARD TO KEEP HIS LIFE SEPARATE FROM THE PUBLIC FOR AS LONG AS HE HAD. BUT THE NEED FELT BIGGER THAN HIMSELF AND HE BECAME MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

IN 2014, HE FELT CONFIDENT IN HIS OWN SKILLS TO ATTEMPT HIS OWN DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. TAKING SOME TIME IN ORDER PULL IT ALL TOGETHER, HE FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS. THIS FILM AND HIS DAUGHTER. IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THIS WORLD, HE DID WHAT HE COULD TO PROVE TO HIMSELF AND WHAT HE BELIEVED SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIS FATHER IF HE HADN'T PASSED AWAY. HIS OWN STORYTELLING ABILITIES BACK IN THE DAY WEREN'T AS ON PAR AS THEY WERE NOW. FOR ALL THOSE LITTLE PIECES HE HAD GIVEN OF HIMSELF OVER THE YEARS, THIS FELT LIKE THE ONE THAT NEEDED TO HAVE ITS OWN TIME NOW. WHERE IT DIDN'T RECEIVE THE BEST AND HIGHEST RATINGS OR MONETARY GAIN, HE STILL HOLDS PRIDE OVER THE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

jeremy edwards jeremy scott edwards • born scottsdale, az • los angeles, ca • 32 • june 29, 1984 • actor/musician • cancer • entertainer • divorced biography facts credits
JEREMY DOESN'T RECALL MUCH OF HIS MOTHER, NOR DID HE EVER REALLY THINK MUCH OVER THE FACT, GROWING UP. NOT UNTIL OTHER PEOPLE ASKED QUESTIONS, ANYWAY. INSTEAD OF SIMPLY ADMITTING THAT SHE HAD RUN OFF WHEN HE WAS STILL IN DIAPERS, HE OPTING FOR ANOTHER DIRECTION. THIS IS WHERE HE WOULD COME UP WITH ELABORATE STORIES, THAT SOUNDED MUCH BETTER THAN HIS LIFE REALLY WAS. TALL TALES ABOUT HOW HIS MOTHER WAS OFF IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY, MAKING SURE THAT OTHER LITTLE CHILDREN HAD SOMETHING TO EAT FOR DINNER OR SOMEONE TO SING TO THEM AT NIGHT. HOW SHE WAS OFF BECOMING ONE OF THE LAST ASTRONAUTS THERE WOULD EVER BE, TO GO OUT AND SEE THE MOON FOR HERSELF. A SPY, OVERSEAS, SAVING THE WORLD FROM NUCLEAR WARFARE AND THE UNITED STATES FROM BECOMING SOME WAR ZONE. THE LIST WENT ON AND ON, WHILE HIS FATHER WAS CALLED EACH TIME THAT SOMETHING WENT AWRY FOR YOUNG JEREMY, ONCE HE REACHED AN AGE WHERE OTHER CHILDREN DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM. LATER ON, THIS BECAME SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, FEELING THE NEED TO NONVIOLENTLY STRIKE BEFORE THEY DID HIM. ONCE THE STORIES STOPPED, THIS ACTIVITY DID NOT, ONLY MOLDING TO FIT HIM AS HE SAW FIT TO GET OUT OF CLASSWORK. IT DIDN'T SEEM PRACTICAL, JUST ANNOYING FOR HIM. WHY DO IT IF HE WOULDN'T USE IT LATER IN LIFE OR HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE NEEDED IT NOW? ADD HOW IT WAS TAUGHT. HE WAS VERY HANDS ON, EVEN AT A YOUNG AGE. THIS AND A DEEP LOVE OF MUSIC, HIS FATHER NEVER SAW ANYTHING GOOD COMING OUT OF THIS. BUT BETWEEN TAKING CARE OF JEREMY AND HIS OLDER SISTER, THE MAN WAS AT A LOSS OF WHAT TO DO. UPON MAKING IT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, HIS FATHER PUSHED FOR MORE OUT OF HIM. HOURS OF JEREMY SPENT IN HIS OWN BEDROOM PLAYING ON A GUITAR WASN'T GOING TO FLY. JEREMY NEEDED TO BE LESS DEPENDENT UPON HIM. WHERE HIS FATHER WAS CONCERNED, JEREMY WAS A MAN NOW, AND HE NEEDED TO CHOOSE SOMETHING TO DO FOR HIMSELF, ON HIS OWN. NO MORE STORIES OR LIES TO MAKE UP. UPON THE INSISTANCE OF A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, JEREMY WAS SIGNED UP INTO DRAMA AND ENDED UP TAKING EXTRA TIME IN THEIR CLUB. ENJOYING HIMSELF AND DOING AS HIS FATHER WISHED, EXCEPT IN HIS OWN WAY. THOSE STORIES AND LIES, THEY WEREN'T VIEWED IN THE SAME LIGHT IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. LITTLE DID ANYONE KNOW, IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT JEREMY'S FATHER'S HEALTH WAS DWINDLING. IT WASN'T SOMETHING HE CARED TO ADMIT TO ANYONE, INCLUDING HIMSELF OR HIS OWN CHILDREN. DOCTOR'S VISITS WERE SOMETHING OF THE PAST. THE SORT THAT LEFT HIM NEVER GOING. DEDUCTIBLES WERE TOO HIGH AND WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE CARE, WHY GO? HEALTH INSURANCE WAS REALLY FOR THE KIDS. IF IT WASN'T BROKE, WHY FIX IT? DOCTORS ONLY THOUGHT THEY KNEW EVERYTHING. BEING NOTICED BY AN AGENT, HIS FATHER THOUGHT IT WAS A TRICK, A GIMMICK TO GET THEIR MONEY. BUT EVEN WITH HIS OWN RELUCTANCE OF EVERYTHING, HE DIDN'T WANT HIS SON THINKING THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HIM. DOING HIS OWN RESEARCH AND AT LEAST MAKING AN ATTEMPT, AND AFTER SOME ARGUMENT, HE TOOK ON EXTRA WORK FOR THE SAKE OF JEREMY TO GET ACTING LESSONS. THE MOMENT THAT JEREMY COULD WORK HIMSELF, HE DID SO, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE SAME LESSONS AND ANY FEES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN NEEDED. AND THIS WAS A PROUD MOMENT FOR HIS FATHER, FINALLY SEEING SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE OUT OF ALL OF THESE LECTURES AND MOMENTS HE ENDURED WITH THE YOUNG MAN GROWING UP. IT WOULDN'T BUT UNTIL AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND HIS FATHER'S PASSING THAT HE WOULD MOVE TO LOS ANGELES AND PURSUE AN ACTING CAREER. HIS MUSIC STILL VIGILANTLY BEING PLAYED ON THE SIDE WITH FRIENDS AND ANYWHERE NEEDED TO PICK UP EXTRA MONEY. HIS FIRST LANDED ROLE BEING THAT OF ACHILLIES' COUSIN, PATROCLUS, ON TROY LEAVING HIM TO GAIN THIRTY POUNDS TO KEEP THE ROLE. EXTREMELY EXCITED, HE WAS ALL TOO NERVOUS OF THE CAST HE WAS ABOUT TO WORK WITH. THIS CHANGED SLIGHTLY AS HE MET A WOMAN WHILE WORKING ON SET. FOR AS MUCH OF OPPOSITES AS THEY WERE, THERE WAS A CONNECTION. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET HER OUT OF HIS HEAD. SHE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF ALL OF THOSE CHARACTERISTICS HE CARED FOR, WOULD STRIVE TO BE LIKE, AND FAIL HORRIBLY. HITTING IT OFF SO WELL, HE COULDN'T HELP BUT PURSUE HER, WINNING HER OVER WITHOUT REALLY NEEDING TO START. THEY HAD A GOOD HANDFUL OF HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER. TWO IN A RELATIONSHIP, THEN TWO MORE MARRIED. ALL WITH STEADY WORK. ONCE THEIR DAUGHTER CAME INTO THIS WORLD, EVERYTHING FELT TOO PERFECT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY SIGNALED THE END. THOSE FIRST FEW YEARS FELT AS NORMAL AS ANY PARENT MAY FACE. AS THEIR DAUGHTER, CASSIE, GREW OLDER, EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN THE EXCUSE OF AGE OR TEMPERMENT WERE NOW BEING RELOOKED AT. FIRST TIME PARENTS, THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY IN THE KNOW OF THESE THINGS, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMED TO FLOW RIGHT. SHE SEEMED SO HAPPY AND HEALTHY. SHE WAS RIGHT ON TARGET, IF NOT AHEAD ON HER MOTOR SKILLS. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE WERE FURTHER BEHIND. REAL QUESTIONS AND SEEING HOW OTHER FRIENDS CHILDREN WERE DOING, LEFT EVEN MORE QUESTIONS. DOCTORS CLAIMED THAT THEY SHOULDN'T WORRY, IT WAS PROBABLY NOTHING MORE THAN A DELAY. TESTING WASN'T DEEMED A NEED THEN, AT LEAST UNTIL PRESCHOOL CAME INTO PLAY. CERTAIN BEHAVIORS TIPPED OFF TEACHERS AND THEY POINTED AT AUTISM, LEAVING JEREMY AND HIS WIFE TO TURN BACK TO DOCTORS, WHO DID FINALLY TEST HER AND ACTUALLY GAVE THE DIAGNOSIS. BEING FLOORED, THEIR PERFECT LITTLE GIRL WAS NO LONGER AS MUCH. THEY BOTH ARGUED AND FOUGHT OVER THINGS DUE TO THE STRAIN ON HOW THEY NEEDED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BETTER SUIT HER NEEDS. VISUALS WERE NEEDED, OVER SIMPLY STATING THINGS. SENSORY ADJUSTMENTS HAD TO BE CREATED, SO THAT SHE HAD A SAFE PLACE TO ALLOW FOR THIS. EVEN THERAPIES SET ASIDE AND PRIVATELY DONE TO HELP HER. IT WAS DURING THESE YEARS THAT HIS BAND PULLED TOGETHER AND SET OUT TO MAKE AN ALBUM AND GO ON TOUR. THE WAY THAT HE AND CASSIE WERE ABLE TO BOND OVER MUSIC, IT FELT LIKE TO HIM, THE ONE REAL WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND HOW HE LIKED TO SPEND HIS TIME WITH HER THE MOST. TO WATCH HER GROW AND PLAY IN THE WAY THAT EVERY LITTLE CHILD DESERVED TO. THE EXPERIENCE LEFT HIM FEELING MORE THE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR AUTISM RESEARCH AND THAT IT IS A REAL ISSUE THAT SHOULDN'T BE OVERLOOKED. MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE DIFFICULT AFTER TRYING SO HARD TO KEEP HIS LIFE SEPARATE FROM THE PUBLIC FOR AS LONG AS HE HAD. BUT THE NEED FELT BIGGER THAN HIMSELF AND HE BECAME MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. IN 2014, HE FELT CONFIDENT IN HIS OWN SKILLS TO ATTEMPT HIS OWN DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. TAKING SOME TIME IN ORDER PULL IT ALL TOGETHER, HE FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS. THIS FILM AND HIS DAUGHTER. IMMERSING HIMSELF IN THIS WORLD, HE DID WHAT HE COULD TO PROVE TO HIMSELF AND WHAT HE BELIEVED SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIS FATHER IF HE HADN'T PASSED AWAY. HIS OWN STORYTELLING ABILITIES BACK IN THE DAY WEREN'T AS ON PAR AS THEY WERE NOW. FOR ALL THOSE LITTLE PIECES HE HAD GIVEN OF HIMSELF OVER THE YEARS, THIS FELT LIKE THE ONE THAT NEEDED TO HAVE ITS OWN TIME NOW. WHERE IT DIDN'T RECEIVE THE BEST AND HIGHEST RATINGS OR MONETARY GAIN, HE STILL HOLDS PRIDE OVER THE ACCOMPLISHMENT. FACTS DAUGHTER, CASSANDRA (CASSIE) EDWARDS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AT THE AGE OF THREE. SUPPORTS AUTISM SPEAKS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. OWNS A DOG, HE FIRST PICKED UP FOR HIS DAUGHTER BUT KEEPS WITH HIM. MORE COMING SOON. 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