Actors With Issues with Juan Ayala

‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ star Matt Cornett joins us on the podcast this week to talk all about the show’s third season, now streaming on Disney+!

Matt talks about the welcome changes he, the cast and crew experienced as they moved production from snowy Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, some of the things on his career bucket list like joining the MCU, and why young actors should learn to not put so much pressure on themselves when pursuing an acting career.

Season 3 of ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ is now streaming on Disney+

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The hilarious actor, musician and comedian Flula Borg joins us on the show this week to talk about his role as Jeff the Unicorn in the upcoming animated film from Apple TV and Skydance Animation, "LUCK". Flula shares that he hopes audiences find a fantastical escape from the crazy world around us and why actors "can't sit and wait on people" and should "do stuff!".

LUCK will be available to stream on Apple TV+ starting August 5th.

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Stage and screen actor Matthew August Jeffers joins us on the show this week to talk all about his feature film debut in “Unidentified Objects” where he stars as Peter, who sets out with his alien-obsessed neighbor to find their place in the universe.

Matthew shares his insight in how he recovered getting sidetracked in his acting career after feeling rejected, his experience working on the the NBC series “New Amsterdam” from co-star to recurring guest star, and what he learned working on his first film, which was also the first time he played the lead in a project.

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Emmy and Oscar-nominated actress and singer Annette O’Toole joins us on the show this week to talk all about the upcoming fourth season of Netflix romantic drama series Virgin River. Annette shares what it was like returning to Vancouver to film the show after her absence in season three, how much she admires young actresses for their sense of confidence on set, and some of the fondest memories from filming Smallville.

Season four of Virgin River premieres July 20th on Netflix

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Actor and model Logan Macrae joins us on the show this week to chat about his roles in the upcoming thriller Where The Crawdads Sing, based on the best-selling novel, as well Apple TV+ series Blackbird, and Korean War-era film Devotion.

Logan talks about his experience filming Crawdads in Louisiana, reflects on the transition from working as a professional model to becoming an actor, and how his practice of stoicism has helped him with auditions and tackling new characters.

Where The Crawdads Sing is in theatres everywhere July 15th.

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Welcome back, folks! We are back from our midseason break with a new interview and have a great lineup of guests coming up!

Joining us on the show this week is Broadway and television actor Jake David Smith who is here to chat with us about his role in the Off-Broadway musical Between The Lines, where he stars as Prince Oliver, a role he booked in March 2020 before Broadway was forced to shutter all productions. Jake talks about how he’s learned to keep such a fantasy character grounded and relatable, how he handles audition anxiety and how he brings as much of himself to each role as he can.

Between The Lines is now in performances at the Tony Kiser Theater in New York City.

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Joining us for a special Pride Month episode of Actors With Issues is a delightful group of actors from across the LGBTQ+ community: actor Terry Hu (‘Zombies 3’, Disney+); advocate and recording artist Layke; actor, writer and director Max Talisman (‘Things Like This’); Broadway, television and TikTok star Ian Paget; and Broadway and television actor Troy Iwata (Netflix’s Dash & Lily, Apple TV+ series WeCrashed)

The group discusses the personal meaning that Pride has for each of them, the biggest LGBTQ+ influences they had growing up, and reflect on how some of their upcoming projects are spearheading representation for future generations. These five artists were so gracious, insightful, hilarious and just plain lovely to chat with and I’m so excited to share this conversation with you all! Happy Pride!

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The hilarious hosts of the podcast Reality Gays, Jake Anthony and Matt Marr join us on the show this week for a delightful conversation about acting, podcasting, reality TV and so much more! Reality Gays covers a bunch of different reality TV shows, from TLC’s 90 Day Fiance and Bravo’s Below Deck, to and Netflix’s Too Hot To Handle and Love is Blind!

Jake and Anthony went to college together, and were eventually roommates after moving to Los Angeles to become actors, creating various theatrical productions together all over the city. They started podcasting in 2015 and created Reality Gays in 2019 and have since recorded and published over 500 episodes!

The two hosts share a ton of insight and advice about creating content that’s connected to something you’re passionate about, and we also dig into the latest episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars and we give our predictions of who may take the Queen of All Queens crown.

You can listen to Reality Gays wherever you get your podcasts and see them on tour in a city near you! Get more info at realitygays.com.

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Actress and writer Amanda Cordner stops by to chat with us about the upcoming second season of their CBC/HBO Max series 'Sort Of', where she plays the character 7ven (pronounced as ‘seven’), a gender-fluid ‘sort of’ art curator who is best friends with series protagonist Sabi. Amanda shares how she’s handled burnout, her journey from theater artist to series regular, and how people in the LGBTQ+ community have felt represented in the show.

Season one of 'Sort Of' is streaming now on CBC Gem and HBO Max.

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Actor and writer John Hartman joins us on the podcast this week and shares his insight and advice when it comes to career satisfaction, and the changes in the importance of content creation for actors, from short films and web series on YouTube to micro-content platforms like TikTok. John also talks about his experience working on shows like Disjointed, Two Broke Girls, and Ghosts!

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