Actors With Issues with Juan Ayala

Filmmaker Michael Schwartz, the director, writer and producer of "Snatched" from the latest season of Hulu's Bite Size Halloween, joins us on the show for a deep dive on the fantastic horror short film starring Tatiana Maslany, Brendan Hines and Misha Osherovich, which crosses a coming out story with an alien invasion. Sounds bonkers? It is and it's absolutely fantastic, so go watch it on Hulu now!

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Actor and writer Danielle Pinnock joins us on the show this week to talk all about season 2 of the hit CBS comedy “Ghosts” where she plays the jazz-singing diva Alberta. Danielle shares how she auditioned for the role, how she almost quit acting altogether and then booked one of her first co-star roles on Hulu's "Dollface", and that actors need to remember to “have fun and go for it”, especially when it comes to their comedy auditions.

Watch new episodes of "Ghosts" Thursdays at 7:30pm ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+

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Rising star Brayden Maniago joins us on the podcast this week to talk about all about making his television debut in the chilling hit new Netflix series Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Brayden shares how his audition was initially for one of the other family members than the one he ended up booking, how he prepared for the role’s disturbing storyline, and how the first day he worked on the series was also the day of high school graduation.

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Our first interview in Spanish! 

Actriz y cantante Natasha Dupeyro nos habla de su papel en la pelicula 'Cuando Sea Joven' y como preparar por el personaje. También comparte consejor para los actores jovenees quienes estan empezando en la actuacion.

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Stage and screen actor Yuji Okumoto joins us on the show this week to talk all thing Cobra Kai and the role he first played nearly 40 years ago, the one and only Chozen. Yuji reflects on the early days of his career and working with Ralph Macchio and Mr. Miyagi himself in The Karate Kid: Part II, and how much representation in entertainment has improved for Asian Americans and all actors of color, giving a special shout-out to his co-star Xolo Maridueña who will soon be starring in the DC film Blue Beetle.

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Actor and singer Jason Forbach joins us on the show this week to talk about his role as a standby in the Broadway production of Into the Woods and what goes into covering multiple leading roles in the show, the discoveries he’s made about himself in the process, and the lesson he wish he’d learned earlier in his career: allowing himself to fail.

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Stage and screen actress Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut joins us on the show this week to talk about her latest role on the HBO Max series Rap Sh!t and her experience working with Issa Rae, who created the series. 

Ashlei also talks about the importance of actors to focus just as much on the business side as much as they do the talent side, and why its crucial for behind the scenes representation to increase as it is for actors, from producers and designers to the hair and make up artists.

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Actress, singer and songwriter Eliza Bennett joins us on the podcast just in time for the series finale of The CW’s Dynasty, which airs its final episode TONIGHT! Eliza talks about her journey throughout the two seasons on the reboot, as well as her upcoming film role in Netflix’s Do Revenge, and what she’s noticed having changed the most since she started in the industry as a child actor.

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Broadway actress and singer Sharon Wheatley joins us on the show this week to talk about her 7-year-journey with the musical Come From Away, which after 1500+ performances and 4 years on Broadway, will come to a close on October 2nd. Sharon talks about the biggest differences she’s noticed about pursuing a career on Broadway, in particular how actors audition now, the importance of having self-confidence in your own creativity, and also talks about her book “Drive: Stories From Somewhere In The Middle Of Nowhere” which she wrote during the height of the pandemic on a cross-country trip with her teenager.

If you can, please see the gem of a musical Come From Away on Broadway until October 2nd. If you can’t, you can watch the filmed version on Apple TV+.

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Veteran actor of stage and screen Matthew Rauch joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his role in the hit Netflix series “Partner Track”, a romantic comedy series starring Arden Cho, where he plays head of the firm Marty Adler. Matthew chats with us about the many legal roles he’s portrayed in iconic New York City shows like Blue Bloods and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and how he drew inspiration from the many lawyers and judges in his own family to portray these roles over the years.

He also shares some words of wisdom on how young actors can cope with things like stress, rejection and why he feels it’s particularly hard for young actors today to balance social media and their personal lives.

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