At the beginning of every Actor Awards (the kudocast formerly known as the SAG Awards), actors give a speech from their chairs in the room, sharing their origin stories. It’s usually about their big break, or how they first got their SAG-AFTRA card. The anecdotes can be amusing, serious or emotional, but they always end the same way: With the performer sharing their name, then proudly declaring, “I am an actor.”
That’s the inspiration behind “I Am An Actor,” a new podcast from SAG-AFTRA that launches on May 7. The show, available on all podcast platforms, will be hosted by Actor Awards showrunner Jon Brockett and actor Jamie Chung (“Dexter: New Blood,” “Lovecraft Country”).
Initial guests for the first season of “I Am An Actor” include Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”), Sherry Cola (“Shrinking”), Colman Domingo (“Michael,” “The Four Seasons”), Justin Hartley (“Tracker”), Sofia Carson (“The Life List”), Katherine LaNasa (“The Pitt”), Tony Hale (“Veep”), Phil Dunster (“Rooster,” “Ted Lasso”), Mariska Hargitay (“My Mom Jayne,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Kate Hudson (“Running Point”), Chase Infiniti (“The Testaments”), Michael Peña (“All Her Fault”), Carrie Preston (“Elsbeth”), Timothy Simons (“Nobody Wants This”), Jackie Tohn (“Nobody Wants This”) and Kerry Washington (“Imperfect Women”), among others.
The podcast will be produced by SAG-AFTRA and digital production company SickBird Productions. New episodes of “I Am An Actor” will drop every Thursday, including on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Each episode is between 40 and 60 minutes long, and features a single guest — who starts off with their “I Am An Actor” story. Per the logline, “conversations will explore what being an actor means to them, tracing the full arc of their career from early beginnings and breakthrough roles to personal milestones and their most current work.”
Said co-host and exec producer Brockett: “I’ve spent 20 years in a room full of actors and this is my chance to finally get them to talk to me.” Added co-host Chung: “I’ve admired so many of these performers for years. Getting to sit down with them to dive deeper into the craft, the moment they fell in love with it and what keeps them going is the part of this job I could do forever.”
“I Am An Actor” is executive produced by Jon Brockett, Jade Watson and Diona DaCosta. Talent producer is Sarah Cowperthwaite, and producer is Sarah Stoecker.
variety.com
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