Question 1

How are the creators of Pop-Pop Is Dead connected to its setting?

Accepted Answer

Creators Catherine Dee Holly and Fray Forde grew up thirty minutes apart—Forde in Greenville, SC and Holly in Gaffney, SC—but never knew it.

Question 2

Is Pop-Pop Is Dead based on a true story?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the story is loosely based on Catherine Dee Holly's upbringing in Gaffney, SC.

Question 3

Where was Pop-Pop Is Dead filmed?

Accepted Answer

The entire production was shot on location in Gaffney, SC, including in Catherine Dee Holly's real-life childhood home with her brother's permission.

Question 4

Who plays the on-screen couple in Pop-Pop Is Dead?

Accepted Answer

Catherine Dee Holly plays Layla Bailey and Fray Forde plays Desi West. They are also a couple in real life and played an on-screen couple in their short film Good Hair.

Question 5

What is the premise of Pop-Pop Is Dead?

Accepted Answer

Millennial couple Layla Bailey and Desi West live comfortably in LA. When Layla's Pop-Pop dies, they travel to Gaffney, SC for three days with her family, trying to make it out alive.

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