Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today’s most noteworthy film, television, and theater actors and creators. This is your guide to every aspect of acting, from voiceover and commercial work to casting directors, agents, and more. Full of both know-how and inspiration, In the Envelope airs bi-weekly to cover everything from practical advice on navigating the indust ...
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The only psychiatrist in New Britain, Connecticut, collected 124 local stories of suicide from 1941 to 1948. Fifty years later, his grandson discovered them, studied them and researched the people in those stories, how they lived and what they left behind. These are stories of the human struggles of forgotten people, and together they create a social history of the city and a fractured snapshot of a world at war. Sound and music by Wilson Vediner and Courtney Sheedy (both of the bands Months ...
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Saoirse Ronan joins Backstage's In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her back-to-back performances in "The Outrun" and "Blitz." The four time Oscar nominee also gets candid about the arc of her career, her best and worst experiences with directors, and why she is determined to step behind the camera herself.…
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Naomi Scott joins Backstage's In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her incredibly committed performance in 'Smile 2.' The actor also dives into her unique process, passion for music, and the myths around working on a horror set. Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s po…
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Katherine Langford joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her West End run as Sally Bowles in "Cabaret." The actor gives a behind the scenes look at her memorable opening night and the prep for her professional stage debut.Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podc…
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Kathryn Hahn joins Backstage's In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss the entire arc of her career, from her earliest days auditioning in New York to leading the Marvel Cinematic Universe series "Agatha All Along." She also digs into the chemistry with co-star Aubrey Plaza that makes the Disney+ show work so well.Backstage has been the #1 …
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Gaten Matarazzo joins Backstage's "In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast" to discuss the pressure, dread, and joys of filming the fifth and final season of "Stranger Things." He also breaks down what it was like to make his Broadway debut at the age of 9, as well as his feelings on joining the "Star Wars" franchise with "LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the …
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Rudy Pankow joins Backstage's "In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast" to discuss how he works on his craft while filming Netflix's hit series "Outer Banks" and rehearsing for his starring role in "Romeo & Juliet" at the American Repertory Theater. Pankow also dives into why aspiring actors need to seek out great writing and his thoughts and what his…
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Walton Goggins joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to look back at his earliest days in the industry and detail the bold decisions that led to his eclectic career. Goggins also discusses how he became The Ghoul in Amazon's adaptation of "Fallout."Door Backstage
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Richard Gadd & Jessica Gunning
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Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning join In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss the emotional highs and lows of bringing the Netflix stalking series to life. The duo also break down the dynamic ending (spoilers ahead!) and why they're determined to keep the show a one-season sensation."Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-…
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Casting Director Kate Rhodes James ("House of the Dragon," "Gladiator II")
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Kate Rhodes James joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss how she assembled the cast of HBO's epic "Game of Thrones" prequel, "House of the Dragon." She also offers her best advice for actors looking to stand out, talks about what it's like to be Ridley Scott's go-to casting director, and reveals what made Paul Mescal perfect for "Gla…
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Maika Monroe joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss Osgood Perkins' 'Longlegs' and the surreal experience of meeting Nicolas Cage in-character as the film's title serial killer for the first time on set. She also discusses the surprising success and impact of her 2014 breakout, 'It Follows,' and what made her agree to do the upcoming…
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Hiroyuki Sanada joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss 'Shogun,' how he broke out in Hollywood, and why he wants to pave the way for a new generation of actors.Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today’s mos…
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Tom Hiddleston joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss his entire MCU arc as the god of mischief, Loki—from his first audition to the enigmatic ending of "Loki" season 2."Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with t…
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Maya Rudolph joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast for a masterclass on comedy. She also discusses season 2 of "Loot" and her return to Studio 8H to host "Saturday Night Live."Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today…
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Jessica Lange joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her Tony nominated performance in Paula Vogel's "Mother Play," taking on challenging material after 50 years in the industry, and why she feels freerer than ever in her work.*This episode is sponsored by LAMDA (lamda.ac.uk)---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent…
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Melissa Barrera joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss the arc of her career, the theater-like quality of shooting the horror feature "Abigail," and her renewed sense of purpose after being let go from the "Scream" franchise.---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s…
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Dakota Fanning joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss the lessons she's learned about acting (and life) over her 25-year career. She also digs into her performance in Netflix's "Ripley" alongside Andrew Scott.---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, featur…
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Dan Stevens joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," his earliest days doing Shakespeare with Rebecca Hall, how he feels about persistent James Bond rumors, and much more.---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features in…
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John Bradley joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss what he learned about acting (and life) during his eight-season run on "Game of Thrones," and how he's using those lessons on David Benioff and D.B. Weiss' new Netflix series, "3 Body Problem."---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the E…
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Geraldine Viswanathan joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss starring in Ethan Coen's solo directing debut 'Drive-Away Dolls," her chemistry with Margaret Qualley, and replacing Ayo Edebiri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film, "Thunderbolts."---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the En…
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Lily Gladstone joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her Oscar nominated performance in Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" and the historic Oscar nomination that came with it. Gladstone also looks back at her acting training and explains the various techniques that make her the performer you see on screen.---Backstage ha…
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Elizabeth Debicki joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her journey to Hollywood success, from training at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne to learning on-camera acting from Baz Luhrmann and playing Princess Diana on ‘The Crown.’---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the En…
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Emma Stone joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss the insecurities, doubts, and ultimately triumphs of playing the undead Bella Baxter in Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things." Stone also dives into the arc of her entire career, from the Valley Youth Theatre in Arizona to the Oscar stage.---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and…
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Taraji P. Henson joins In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast to discuss taking on the role of Shug Avery in “The Color Purple,” putting ego aside to audition, and the approach to performing that’s served her well over a three-decade career.---Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s …
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Andrew Scott joins Backstage's In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss his haunting role in "All of Us Strangers," his playful approach to performing, and how he defines chemistry with co-stars like Paul Mescal.___Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features in…
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Paul Giamatti joins In the Envelope: The Actor's podcast to discuss his Oscar buzz-y role in "The Holdovers," reuniting with director Alexander Payne, and how he's changed as a performer over the years. We also get to the bottom of why, exactly, the 1989 slasher "I, Madman" is listed as Giamatti's debut credit on Wikipedia.---Backstage has been the…
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Emerald Fennell joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss her sultry sophomore feature, "Saltburn," starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi. Fennell also dives into how she gets such unique performances from actors, and why she has high hopes for the future of original cinema. "I think we're ready to be close to each other again," she s…
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The Marvels" director Nia DaCosta joins In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to discuss what it's really like to make an MCU movie and how she gets unique performances from her actors on a blockbuster set. "The biggest thing is realizing I can do it and also realizing how hard it is," DaCosta says. "But that's the way films are supposed to be hard,…
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Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart joins In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast to discuss leading back to back musicals with ‘A Wonderful World’ and Broadway’s ‘Spamalot’—and why he’s not taking his busy schedule for granted. “I never want to get too big for my britches. I never want to think, 'that's right, I deserve this. I'm booked all the time,’ …
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Constance Wu joins In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast to tell us about playing her dream role of Audrey in the Off-Broadway revival of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Wu also dives deep into her life in the theater, as well as the mindset that got her to where she is. “The second that I think ‘this is my process and this is how I do it,’ that’s the sec…
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Yuri Lowenthal joins ‘In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast’ to tell us how he’s racked up more than 200 video game voice acting credits, including his biggest role: Sony and Insomniac’s Spider-Man. Yuri also details why, even with the ups and downs of the industry, his voiceover career has given him longevity as a performer. “You want to be a worki…
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On this episode of In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast, Odom Jr. takes us behind the scenes of his Broadway homecoming in “Purlie Victorious,” the Tony winner’s first time on stage since “Hamilton.” “Theater as a whole really is fighting for its place on the American stage, for its usefulness and its value to us. But it feels as necessary and as v…
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Sebastian Stan (From the Vault)
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In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast” is looking back at one of our favorite guests—Emmy nominee and the MCU’s Winter Soldier himself, Sebastian Stan. (Originally released April 2022)--Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage’s podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with t…
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Casting Director Eric Dawson ('Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story')
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Casting director Eric Dawson is almost as responsible for Ryan Murphy’s vast TV empire as, well, Ryan Murphy himself. Along with his partners Robert J. Ulrich and Carol Kritze at Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting, Dawson has been in the audition room with Murphy since the late 1990s; he’s cast “Glee,” every season of “American Horror Story,” and, most …
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Alex Brigthman is no stranger to diving headfirst into Broadway shows based on beloved titles—after all, he’s a two-time Tony nominee for leading roles in “School of Rock” and “Beetlejuice.” But his latest project is in a bigger boat altogether. “The Shark Is Broken,” a new play that opened August 10th, captures the behind-the-scenes turmoil of Ste…
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*This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike*Ayo Edebiri is everywhere in 2023, a year that includes five film roles, appearances in eight TV series, and her first ever Emmy nomination for playing sous-chef Sydney in Hulu’s “The Bear.” So it’s taken a bit to get used to the downtime she’s in now, thanks to careful planning (plus conc…
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On this episode of In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast, Byrne guides us through her acting career, from getting rejected from drama school to her busy 2023, which includes two Apple TV+ series—Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller’s “Platonic” and Season 3 of Annie Weisman’s “Physical,” premiering August 2—plus a return to horror in Patrick Wils…
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Ben Platt really loves live theater—and now, that passion for the stage is on full display in “Theater Camp,” the Christopher Guest-inspired mockumentary Platt co-wrote with longtime friends and collaborators Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, and Noah Galvin. Platt also co-stars alongside Gordon, who also co-directed with Lieberman. The film is a real …
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Jessica Williams found her dream job in the Apple TV+ dramedy “Shrinking”—and now she wants to ensure the next generation of performers has that same opportunity. “When I'm acting, and I'm doing a good scene, and I feel like I'm in my bag, quote unquote, it feels like flying,” Williams tells us. “I feel very comfortable when I'm acting on a really …
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Natasha Lyonne has generative AI on the mind. “I would say almost at all times,” the star and executive producer of Rian Johnson’s “Poker Face” tells us. “I am agog that that is not the headline conversation on everyone's minds, considering it's so obviously about to change the world so radically for all of us, in all of our fields, so quickly.” In…
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Bella Ramsey is quickly becoming a household name talent thanks to hits like “Game of Thrones” and “The Last of Us.” It was only recently, though, that they admitted they might just be able to make a career out of this. “I used to say to people when they asked what I did, I'd say, ‘Oh I do acting,’” Ramsey tells us. “That eventually shifted to me s…
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Jodie Comer scored a Tony nomination for Suzie Miller’s ‘Prima Facie,’ the one-woman show in which she plays a barrister, Tessa, whose sense of self is upended by a sexual assault. It’s an astonishing, 100-minute whirlwind where Comer doesn’t leave the stage once. To watch her take audiences on that journey night after night, it’s easy to forget th…
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Haley Lu Richardson, best known for playing Gen Z poster-child Portia in “The White Lotus” season 2, has been angling to dance in a musical for at least 12 years. “I've been putting this out into the universe since I was 16. That's my biggest dream, for sure,” Richardson tells us. (She’s currently “talking to people about it,” she adds. There are “…
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Charlie Day is the co-creator of TV’s longest-running live-action sitcom, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the voice of Luigi in the box office hit “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” and writer-director of the star-studded new comedy “Fool’s Paradise.” And he wants any creatives looking to emulate that success know that the doubt never goes away—yo…
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The role of intimacy coordinator is a relatively new one in the entertainment industry; at its core, it's designed to make sex scenes on set and stage safer and more comfortable for the actors involved. While the professionals shaping this position come from different backgrounds and have adopted their own unique approaches, the origins of intimacy…
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How did Jessie Mei Li go from teaching assistant to West End alum and lead of Netflix’s “Shadow & Bone” in just a few short years? Besides a bundle of talent (always helps!), the young actor comes equipped with a laser focus on what they want. “When I feel like I'm on the right path, it's almost like you're not going to stop me from doing it,” Li t…
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Stephanie Hsu is a newly minted Oscar nominee—one of 11 historic nods for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the madcap multiverse epic with a primarily AAPI cast. But for the NYU Tisch graduate, this recognition from the Academy is far more than a personal milestone. “Ever since I was coming up in New York, I was taught that anytime you have a v…
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Brendan Fraser was never really that far away—but when you’re as beloved as he was, any retreat at all feels like a loss. Luckily, the actor is back in a major way with Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” a role that earned him his first Oscar nomination, and a renewed sense of self. “I know how wanting this profession can make people become… it can re…
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Anyone familiar with Paul Walter Hauser from lighthearted romps like “Cobra Kai” and “Cruella” might be surprised to learn his performance in the Apple TV+ true crime series “Black Bird'' is genuinely one of the most unnerving in recent history. But for Hauser, taking on the role of serial killer Larry Hall—which has earned him Golden Globes and Cr…
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Ke Huy Quan found instant success as a child actor with “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies”—and then he stepped away for decades, unsure if he’d ever return. Now? Quan is an Oscar nominee for the role of Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” just one of 11 nominations for the universe-hopping A24 action-comedy. "…
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Barry Keoghan woke up the morning after his first Golden Globes ceremony—where his latest project, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” took home three wins—to learn that “Banshees'' had also nabbed five Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, including a supporting actor nod for himself. But even as a newly crowned awards season favorite, the native of Su…
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