Yaziwa ukuba uOveva uqinisekisile ukuba nenxaxheba yakhe ekothuni "ovuthayo", oya kuba ngomnye uhlobo lwembali ye-Hollywood yembali yaseFrankenstein. Kwifilimu esekwe kwi-comics stephen stephen, i-ovation iya kudlala i-viktor franklin - umfundi wasekholeji oqhuba iimvavanyo ezinzima ezivela kumda wokufa komntu. Umlawuli wepeyinti uya kuba nguJay Russell ("ukungafi", "Iqela 49: Iteyimi yomlilo").
"Ukuvuka kwabafileyo" uphawula "ukubuya komlimi kwimovie enkulu emva kweholide ende, ehlala ihleli ngo-2003. Iminyaka eyi-8 edlulileyo "usana olungunaphakade" lathintela uthotho lwemidlalo "Ubukumkani beentliziyo" kwaye amaxesha obuya kumaxesha awaziwayo ngo-2007), ngokuhambelana nezifundo zakhe kwikholeji. Ngoku i-36 yoku-odola iminyaka engama-23 ubudala ibuyela eHollywood ngeDiploma yeDyunivesithi yaseNew York, iindidi zemithwalo kwiiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo. Ukujonga incwadi ethi "Vusa Abafileyo", kubonakala ngathi emva "kwengqondo yesithandathu" ukulungele ukusikhathalela.
Ukuma kwakhe kukukhathazeka kwakhe nge-Bruce Willis kunye nendima yerobhothi yepinacchio "yengqondo ye-ardatical" iphinde ibuyiselwe ifilimu ye-hollywood ikhulu leedola. Ukuba uthelekisa ezi zixa-"zebherenic rustic", eqokelele i-18 yezigidi, yonke into icacile kakhulu. Iindima zezidalwa ezingaphezulu kwendalo zeyokufumana i-osten ye-sallopaev yephondo. Ke iminyaka eqolileyo, ngokuqinisekileyo, ayithinteli uHiyeli Joel ukuba aqhubeke ngempumelelo nomsebenzi wakhe.