Find out what happens when a young actor is forced to sit in a makeup chair for hours to become a vampire and then ends up playing the younger version of an Oscar winner in a psychological thriller.

Armen Nahapetian is the breakout star who portrayed the younger version of Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s mind-bending film Beau Is Afraid, following his early experience on American Horror Story: Hotel.

Armen shares the "weird" self-tape technique that landed him the role of Young Beau and what he observed while watching Joaquin Phoenix stay in character between takes. He clears up the misconceptions about Hollywood being purely glamorous, detailing the physical toll of being airbrushed and fitted for wigs as a child actor. We hear the story of his nervous encounter with Jenna Ortega and why he continues to work at a local restaurant to keep a "human element" in his acting.

An honest look at the grind behind the scenes of an A24 production.

Thanks to Jasper Vogel for co-hosting!