Wed, Jan 29, 2020
After a short hiatus, Hellblazerbiz returns with a bang. Emily Swallow is an accomplished actress of both stage and screen, having started her acting on stage. Her love and passion for the art is evident in the way she talks of her days treading the boards and experiences she has had in the many various shows and voice artist roles. Emily is known for her roles as The Darkness on Supernatural, a being older than time itself, freed after being locked away for millenia by God, which is now on its 15th and final season. She is also the Mandalorian Armourer in the highly successful show The Mandalorian, which is taking the world by storm. The character is fantastic. Emily is also on screen as Natalie, the physiologist, on SEAL Team, brought it to look after the well being of the team but soon becoming entangled in romance with Bravo One, Jason Hayes, played by David Boreanaz.
Mon, May 25, 2020
Once in a while you talk with someone truly inspirational. Will Chesney is one of those. Will served 13 years in the US Navy, 11 of which as a Navy SEAL. He has seen combat around the globe including 4 tours of Afghanistan. The book No Ordinary Dog tells of Will, but more importantly, of Cairo the SEAL dog. Cairo was much more than a service dog. He was a beloved member of the SEAL teams and Will was his dad. Cairo is most famously known for his heroic role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, but he did so much more, including going back on active service after being shot and saving Will's life in retirement, when Will was going through an extremely tough time through injury, both physical and mental. An amazing story of a dog who was, quite simply, No Ordinary Dog.
Mon, Jun 8, 2020
Kenny Johnson is a US actor best known for his roles as Dominique Luca on CBS's hit show S.W.A.T. Kenny has been in many hit films and shows during his career, including many favourites of mine such as The Shield, Bates Motel and Chicago Fire. Listen as Kenny talks about his personal reasons behind the story in SWAT focussing on dyslexia and his passion for making the best product possible and working with excellent people. Listen to Kenny talking of how his daughter was so focussed and ended up with a part she was determined to get, as well as working with her in SWAT. Don't forget to hit like and subscribe.
Wed, Jun 17, 2020
Soundtrack to Sixteen is a new British coming of age film, but rather than your typical Hollywood heir of heiress, it focusses on two main characters growing up in London in the Noughties. However, it could be any era as I watched the film and felt a connection to one of the main characters, in how things were for me at that age, and the experiences I had. It is a sweet and funny film, adding lots of humour and brilliant writing, expertly carried out by the actors. This interview with Anna and Hillary Shakespeare, who co-wrote it, produced and directed as well as Scarlett Marshall who plays Maisy, talks about the film making process, the emotions and feelings of cast and crew throughout and reminiscing on childhood.
Mon, Jul 13, 2020
Actress Susan Gallagher joins me on Hellblazerbiz to talk about her role as "Homeless Lynn" on the hit show Cobra Kai. We talk about her dedicated audition for the role, how it feels to act alongside Ralph and William and being part of the Karate Kid universe and fandom ( so much so, her sassy character Lynn has her own dedicated Facebook page!). We talk about the importance of family and stay to the end to find out what kind of muppet Susan would be.
Mon, Jul 20, 2020
Stephen Manas is a French actor, set to appear in the upcoming Apple+ exclusive show "Ted Lasso" The show stars Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live, The Mandalorian, Angry Birds Movie) and follows US American Football coach Ted Lasso (Sudeikis) heading to the UK to manage a struggling London football (soccer) team in the top-flight of English football. Stephen plays the character of 'Richard Montlaur'. Stephen is a multi-talented individual, who has had roles in France, India and Japan. An accomplished musician also, he plays drums, piano, guitar, saxophone and clarinet and composes his own film scores. Sit back and enjoy this great conversation with Stephen Manas.
Mon, Jul 27, 2020
Matt Lewis is an extremely accomplished actor of both stage and screen as well as teaches the craft. He has appeared in many top shows, such as Dynasty, Ozark and the hit show taking the world by storm - Cobra Kai. In the latter, he plays Ron, the chairman of the All-Valley Karate Championship, made famous in 1984 in Karate Kid, where Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) had his decisive grand final win over Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). Matt's character is a beloved' character who appeared in season 1 of the show and who is hoping to return. Matt is very passionate about the art and craft of acting in this excellent conversation.
Mon, Aug 3, 2020
I welcome back actor Dustin Lewis to Hellblazerbiz. Dustin is a brilliant actor who also teaches the Meisner acting technique at Drama Inc in Atlanta. Dustin has appeared in many shows including Sleepy Hollow, Ozark, The Resident and more recently Cobra Kai, where he plays Mr Palmer. Dustin and I chat about all things acting, with his love of stage as well as on screen. We chat about the brilliant show Cobra Kai and how it teaches us to not be judgemental and understand that people can be going through things that you would never know about. We also talk about Avenue Q with my bad impressions of Trekkie monster, Kermit, Donald Duck and Goofy. You have been warned. :)