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Paul Haggis on the set of The Next Three Days, in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, train yard
“I just want you to know I’m no longer in Scientology,” Beghe told Haggis when he
called. “Actually, I’m one of its most outspoken critics. The church would be very
unhappy if you hire me.”
“Nobody tells me who I cast,” Haggis responded, but he decided to look at the lengthy
video Beghe had posted on the Internet, in which he denounces the church as
“destructive and a rip-o.” Haggis thought the actor had gone over the edge, but he
asked if they could talk.
The two men met at Patrick’s Roadhouse, a pleasantly shabby coee shop on the
Pacic Coast Highway. Beghe was calmer than he had been in the video, which he now
called “a snapshot of me having been out only three months.” He could see that Haggis
was troubled. Even though Beghe had renounced the church, he continued to use
Scientology when dealing with former members. In his several meetings with Haggis, he
employed techniques based on Hubbard’s Ethics Conditions. These range from Confusion
at the bottom and ascend through Treason, Enemy, Doubt, Liability, Emergency, and so
on, up to Power. Each of the conditions has a specic set of steps to follow in order to
advance to a higher state. Assuming that Haggis was in the condition of Doubt, Beghe
knew that the proper formula required him to provide information.
He told Haggis that in the late nineties he began having emotional problems. The
church prescribed more auditing and coursework. In retrospect, Beghe felt that it had