Ep 447 - Interview with Tess Higgins - Writer, Actor, Producer from the Indie film "HIM"
Reality Steve Podcast
Reality Steve
4.3 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
(SPOILER) I begin by previewing today’s talk with Tess Higgins from “HIM,” and discuss what was posted earlier on the Daily Roundup. Then Tess joins me (7:30) to discuss where she came up with the idea to write “HIM,” how big of a Bachelor fan is she, how long did it take this project take to make it to film, what reality show she’s diving into now and much, much more.
Music written by Jimmer Podrasky (B'Jingo Songs/Machia Music/Bug Music BMI)
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Reality Steve podcast with your host, Reality Steve. |
| 0:14.0 | He's got all the latest info and behind the scenes juice on grand season of The Bachelor |
| 0:19.2 | and interviewing some of your favorite reality stars. |
| 0:22.9 | Now here's Reality Steve. |
| 0:34.1 | What's up, everybody? Welcome to podcast number 447. I'm your host, Reality. Steve. Thank you all for tuning in a very, very good interview today. |
| 0:44.0 | It is with Tess Higgins from the movie that was just released a couple weeks ago called Him, which is a take on the Bachelor franchise. |
| 0:53.5 | We will get into all that momentarily. |
| 0:57.0 | So in case you didn't know, there is a movie that was released on Apple TV and Amazon Prime on May 30th, and it's called Him. |
| 1:06.1 | And it is a movie, an indie film, loosely based on the Bachelor franchise. |
| 1:15.2 | It's basically down to five women on a reality dating show where there's one suitor. |
| 1:21.5 | But it all takes place in one night of what happens to these women. |
| 1:29.1 | Five left on the show. |
| 1:32.7 | They're talking about who's going to get a hometown date, stuff like that. |
| 1:40.8 | But then they find out something in regards to production that is the big twist of the film. |
| 1:42.0 | I don't want to give it away. Well, one of the five women is an actress |
| 1:47.0 | named Tess Higgins, and she joins me today to discuss it. And we don't really go over |
| 1:52.7 | spoilers in regards to the movie, because I want you guys all to see it. One of the executive |
| 1:57.6 | producers on this is Nick Thompson, who started the You Can Foundation. |
| 2:02.9 | And the other thing is Tess actually wrote him as a play back in 2018. |
| 2:10.4 | And then they developed it into a screenplay, and it just came out a couple weeks ago. |
| 2:15.7 | But this is a long time in the works. |
| 2:18.2 | Tess is also a Bachelor Nation officiantado, as she describes herself on the Upright |
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