A Ram's Bloom -- In Memoriam

Описание: PSA: This is not a good film by any means, and I would never be uploading it if it weren't for the two main actors. Ultimately, I think that the brightness these boys emanate shouldn't be private nor buried.

The two main actors in this film are Huxley and Cole Gerrard -- two twin brothers who I knew through their older brother. Prior to filming, we had been moderately close; we were on a Discord server together, lived next to each other, and shared memes and played games occasionally. When coming up with this film in my freshman year -- writing began in 2022 -- I was blindly writing a script off this fantastical idea of learning to be human. This roughly translates to "I had no plan for budget, actors, or set". After finishing writing early 2023, I finally had to face this and tweak most of the script for set and money reasons.
What I found, though, was that the actors were so easy to cast. My goal was to have two young boys who could effectively convince an audience of the loving, vibrant, and innocent world the main characters saw -- and this goal was instantly fulfilled when looking at casting the only young boys I knew.
Huxley and Cole, as I'm realizing now, were the inspiration for the characters I had written, even unconsciously. Their spark, humor, and genuine joy to exist was always evident to everyone around them. No matter how stupid one of their jokes were, it was impossible to keep yourself from laughing. Huxley's loud yet kind softness and Cole's commitment-to-the-bit and empathy made them the people the world needs more of.

These two boys passed in a car accident on Thanksgiving in 2025. It seems impossible that somehow that the smiles and laughter and stories they made would at some point stop. However, the one thing I want to emphasize is this: the light they have already shone onto the world has not dimmed. You can see it in the clips here; there is zero chance that the undeniable spirit in each of them has been diminished. Not in the photos their close friends or family documented, not in the videos or game files they created together, and their light has certainly not been dashed in terms of the lives they affected.

Every person they come in contact with left with a little piece of each of them; their hearts a little brighter. Whether you are someone who knew the boys or a stranger on YouTube stumbling across a very amateur film, I hope you understand that the boys barely had to act in these roles because the light they emit comes from Cole and Huxley Gerrard themselves.

Rest in peace, and thank you to everyone in this film.