Dead Eyes

02 - Tristesse

Jan 30, 2020

39:52

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Episode notes

Show Business Success

02:51

Is This Podcast a Bad Idea?

03:25

Do You Have Dead Eyes?

06:03

Introduction

6min

Is This Your First Acting Job?

5min

We Can't Use You a By

2min

Is Dead Eyes a Term That You've Ever Heard?

5min

Is It a Story About You?

2min

Is That a Typewriter?

1min

I'll Read the Scene Directions Just for the Listener

2min

Is That Ito?

2min

Show Business Success

3min

10.

Is This Podcast a Bad Idea?

3min

11.

Do You Have Dead Eyes?

6min

12.

Dead Eyes

4min

A 10-year-old Connor acts onstage in a 1985 production of Oliver! and has a seemingly disastrous first television interview. Years later, a 17-year-old Connor stars in a production of Ordinary People across from Emmy-winning actor Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Town, Baby Driver), who was a senior in college at the time.

Connor and Jon look back on their time working together and recount their highs and lows in various audition rooms.

Plus, a recreation of Connor's Band of Brothers re-audition scene featuring Nicole Drespel (UCB, Broad City, 30 Rock), and a candid conversation about the audition process with a real New York City casting director.