But inDixieland, a gritty Southern trailer-park drama from writer/director Hank Bedford, Zylka is the unquestioned star.

You cant really be picky and choosy for your first lead role, says Zylka, 30.

I just happened to get lucky.

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It was something that was hard tonotdo, you know?

If you dont know theres something better out there, you dont realize that you have it bad.

I think thats why I kept Kermit as naive to the outside world as possible.

So the smallest decisions [he has to make] werent small decisions they were large.

The film premiered at Tribeca in April and opens in theaters and VOD on Dec. 11.

EW has the exclusive trailer (above) and it captures the films raw and potent story.

Not knowing whats going to happen.

Good luck getting Zylka to spill some details about the seasons final two episodes.

He knows the routine, after two seasons of working with producer Damon Lindelof.

But you wont be disappointed.