What came first the chicken অথবা the egg? This long-standing paradox has been around a long time and has a lot of variations.

For actors trying to rise up the ranks in Hollywood, one such conundrum revolves around the demo reel. It goes something like: আপনি can’t get roles without demo reel footage, but আপনি can’t get demo footage without booking some roles.

This is the premise for the new comedy web series “Character Flaws,” created দ্বারা and starring M. David Christman and now playing on YouTube. Originally from Indiana, Christman based the 6-episode প্রদর্শনী on his own struggles and turned to his বন্ধু to get it done.

To find out more, M. David Christman recently answered some প্রশ্ন for FanPop:

Tell us about the premise of your new web series “Character Flaws”.

M. DAVID CHRISTMAN: The প্রদর্শনী is centered around the absolute bottom-rung of the অভিনয় career path, an already almost impossible pursuit, and a lead character with no perceptible talent অথবা awareness of his station in life. Matt can’t book a job to save his life, so he has to make his own reel, which is just the minimal tool আপনি have to have to compete. It’s going that badly.

What would আপনি consider Matt’s best quality? His worst?

MDC: Best quality….um… he shows up on time? Tom Hanks ব্যক্ত that’s important, and he’s doing pretty great. As for his worst qualities… how much time do আপনি have? He’s completely oblivious to his own behavior. He’s anxious, calloused, and prone to stupidity. Plus, he smokes. People don’t like that much anymore, I’m frequently told. Not a bad dancer, though.

How was it to work both as “creator” and “star?”

MDC: F*ckin’ awesome. I learned a million things from our DP, Joey Krulock - couldn’t have done this without him. I had literally no experience. And it was the first thing I ever wrote. I had to - no one else would do it for me. I found out I absolutely প্রণয় writing. Plus, the entire cast and crew are friends, so working together was just incredibly fun.

Why did আপনি want to create the প্রদর্শনী and is it based on your own experience?

MDC: Everything in the প্রদর্শনী is very, very close to my real life. Shockingly, sadly close. Any sane person would have প্রদত্ত up দ্বারা this point. But with comedy, I think the আরো specific আপনি are, the আরো interesting it is. So you’ve really gotta expose some vulnerabilities… for better অথবা worse.

Any interesting stories from the set আপনি can share?

MDC: We shot the final two episodes the week before the pandemic lockdown, so that was in the air. The whole outdoor shoot was a goddamn disaster. We blew the power to the house and that took hours to fix. Then there was a surprise outdoor wedding party next-door that killed our audio. Then it started raining, then we blew the power again… all of this with a hard deadline to get the hell off the property. Joey shot four pages in like forty মিনিট and it looks great. I still can’t believe we pulled it off. But, that’s what makes it fun.

And, now just for fun:

Who’s your পছন্দ actor?

MDC: I really dig the older guys… Pacino, De Niro, Nicholson, Beatty. From this generation, I think Christian Bale, Joaquin, Fassbender all obviously do amazing work. Bobby Cannavale - প্রণয় him.

What role from the past do আপনি wish আপনি could’ve played?

MDC: Well, আপনি remember those roles because the people who played them did so perfectly and আপনি could never imagine anyone else doing the part. I don’t know, Bill Murray’s character in What About Bob? seems fitting. He’s just a complete pain-in-the-ass. অথবা Bale in American Psycho. Absolutely hysterical.

Favorite চলচ্চিত্র from childhood?

MDC: the Police Academy movies. 100%.

Tell us one thing that would surprise our readers to learn about you.

MDC: I won a trip for two to LA from peeling the ব্যাটম্যান thing off the side of a টাকো ঘণ্টা cup when I was a kid. In retrospect, I think that was the moment I peaked.

How can অনুরাগী keep up with you?

MDC: Just দোল দ্বারা the house. I’ll make আপনি tea.


Watch now on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCrsAz45rhtwmmxyx0YVI4vw link

Visit: Character-Flaws.com link
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