Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with Director and Writer Carter Ward and stars Reilly Walters and Carmen Berkeley from the independent feature film “Step Back, Doors Closing.” The romantic drama film is an official selection of the prestigious “Dances With Films” Festival (https://danceswithfilms.com) festival, both in LA and NYC. Carter talks about his inspiration for the film that is shot mostly in Washington DC, the challenges of shooting national monuments, continuity challenges shooting a film that takes place in 24 hours and much more! Reilly and Carmen talk about the casting process, shooting intimate scenes and more! Both Carmen and Reilly have also appeared on Law and Order SVU and talk about their experience on set as well as their other projects! Carter, Reilly, and Carmen also talk about their dream projects and who they would like to work with! BTB’s own Al Sotto, also an actor in this film, talks about his scene in Martin’s Tavern in Georgetown as the wise restaurant server that offers some advice to the young couple! For more information and for tickets for the NY premiere visit https://danceswithfilms.com/step-back-doors-closing-ny/
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring two great interviews from Monstermania (www.monstermania.net)! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to actress Patricia Velasquez best known for The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Patricia talks about working with Brendan Fraser and Dwayne "The Rock Johnson" in The Mummy films. In addition Patricia talks about working on Satanic Hispanics with director Eduardo Sanchez. Patricia also gives some valuable gives advice as well! BTB's own Chachi McFly talks to former actress now substance abuse counselor Stacey Nelkin best known for her role in Halloween 3: Season of the Witch! Stacey talks about her favorite role in the industry and the recent resurgence in popularity of the Halloween franchise with the new films. BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition Mike "The General" Zad, "The Voice of Reason" Michael Jayne, "Sith Lord" Darth Paul Wallis, cosplayer Wes Whitlock and wrestling promoter Phil Stamper joins in on the panel. The crew discusss our Wrestlemania 40 predictions and much more! Song Credits Classic Cut - Rick Derringer "Real American"
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring the rest of our interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. Our featured guest is comic book writer and screenwriter legend, Jeph Loeb! BTB's own Mike "The General" talks to the prolific writer about how his works including Batman The Long Halloween and Hush have influenced Matt Reeves "The Batman". Jeph talks about how he got involved in the industry from reading Archie comics to writing for Teen Wolf starring Michael J Fox. In addition BTB's own Al Sotto talks to professional cosplayers Laney Feni, Joe Colton and Wes Whitlock! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition joining us will be "The King of the 80s" Chachi McFly, "The SIth Lord" Darth Paul Wallis, and actor and podcaster James "Games" Malone. Song Credits Classic Cut - The Smashing Pumpkins "Siva"
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring more interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. Our featured interview is with actor RJ Mitte, Walter White Jr. from AMC's Breaking Bad. In an exclusive interview RJ talks to BTB's own Al Sotto about his Awesome Con experience with his fellow Breaking Bad cast mates, where he would like to see the Walter White Jr. character if there was a spin-off and why we didn't see a cameo in El Camino. In addition RJ talked about his film Triump starring Terrence Howard, upcoming films Isaac (now titled Love Me Dead) and Westhampton and Guardians of Justice on Netflix. Don't miss it! In addition BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to comic book artist and creator Ron Garney, known for his art work in Boom Comic's BRZRKR. Ron talks about working with and collaborating with actor extraordinaire Keanu Reeves, as well as his creative process when working with comic book writers. BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition joining us will be "The King of the 80s" Chachi McFly, "Voice of Reason" Michael Dougherty, model and influencer Sarah "Snuffleupagus" Bentman and for the first time on BTB, cyber security guru Chris Magnan! Song Credits Classic Cut - The Corrs "Breathless"
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring our first interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. It a Breaking Bad special we welcome Breaking Bad actor Steven Michael Quezada and the Salamanca Twins, Luis and Daniel Moncada! In an exclusive interview Steven talks about how Breaking Bad has changed his career, working as a stand up comic and comedy club owner and much more! And in a very entertaining interview Luis Moncada along with his brother Daniel, use let's just say flowery language to talk about their Breaking Bad journey and their career, the experience on the Con circuit. Don't miss it or the Salamanca Twins will off you! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition it's an A-Team panel as BTB Original "The King of the 80s" Chachi McFly, Mike "The General" Zad and "The Once and Future King" Martin Lopez join the panel! The guys talk about the Oscars and much more! Song Credits Classic Cut - Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes"
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another great show as we welcome back one of BTB's first ever guests and good friend, podcaster, reality TV icon and star of E! Network's House of Villains and CBS Survivor, Jonny Fairplay! The Fair talks about his experience on the wild and dramatic reality show House of Villains, the newest season of Survivor and the latest in WWE including the Vince McMahon controversy. Don't miss it! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition BTB Original "The King of the 80s" Chachi McFly returns as co-host in this rare two panel panel show that kicks it old school! Song Credits Classic Cut - Alabama 3 "Woke Up This Morning"
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an interview that's out of this world! We present an exclusive interview ahead of the upcoming Shore Leave Con (https://www.shore-leave.com/) with actor extraordinaire Greg Grunberg who will be appearing at the Con! Greg, known for his many of his roles in the genre of sci-fi and superheroes talks to us about his career past and present! We talk to Greg about his friendship with JJ Abrams, and working on Star Wars The Force Awakens and The Last Skywalker, thoughts on the death of his character Snap Wexley, a possible return in a Poe Dameron series and the souvenier that he took from the Millenium Falcon! We also talk to Greg about the possibilty of reviving his role as Matt Parkman in the Heroes Eclipsed series, a sequel or reboot of the famed Heroes show. Greg also discusses working in the upcoming Duster series produced by JJ Abrams, producing the Pete Rose documentary and appearing on the upcoming Lost documentary! In addition, Greg talks about his band, The Action Figures Band (https://www.theactionfiguresband.com/) performing and collaborating with other fellow actors! Don't miss this great interview!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another show that's out of this galaxy! We present our final interview from the Far Point Con (farpointcon.com/) with actor J. Lee best known for his role of Lt. John LaMarr in the sci-fi series "The Orville"! In an exclusive interview, BTB's own Al Sotto asks J. about the future of the series and whether we can expect a Season 4, as well as his thoughts on the shift of tone of the show from season 2 to 3. In addition we ask J. about which Orville technology would he like to see today as well as directing in his upcoming feature film! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you another entertaining program! In addition BTB welcomes Mike "The General" Zad as well as the "Voice of Reason" Michael Jayne! Also joining the first half of the show is Vince "Vinny Mac" Eisenson to talk about his episode of the ABC hidden camera series "What Would You Do?" Song Credits Classic Cut - Goo Goo Dolls "Two Days In February"
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to director and writer Antonina Kerguelen from the selected short film "Salsa!" which is about a deaf American tourist Liana who falls for Margarita, at a small town salsa club. In addition we discuss how the 14 minute film took seven years to produce, the casting process and working with a deaf actress in Isabelle Troupe, shooting in a small town in Colombia and much more! Don't miss it!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to director Mdhamiri Nkemi to discuss his Tribeca selected short film "Original Skin" (https://tribecafilm.com/films/original-skin-2024) which is a dramatic sci-fi project that takes place in a world where those who have sex swap bodies. Mdhamiri talks about working with writer Eve Hedderwick Turner about the film's mind-blowing logline that is definitely not a family friendly Freaky Friday! In addition Mdhamiri talks about casting Olive Gray (Halo) and Sorcha Groundsell (His Dark Materials), the planned feature length film version, the production process and much more! Mdhamiri also talks about working with Emma D'Arcy (House of the Dragon) as an editor in last year's selected Tribeca Festival film "for people in trouble" and much more!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to creators and co-writers/co-directors Julia Aks and Steve Pinder from Jane Austen's Period Drama about the short film where Jane Austen gets proposed to and gets her period at the most inopportune time! In addition we discuss their inspiration for the film, the possibility of the feature length adaptation, how an American cast portrayed English accents, as well as their other projects that deal with bodily excretions! Don't miss it!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (https://tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to Australian filmmakers Nick Russell (director/co-writer) and Nick Musgroves (co-writer)from the short film "Favourites" (https://tribecafilm.com/films/favourites-2024). We talk to the creators about their thoughts on being selected for Tribeca, whether the film could be adapted into a feature film, their inspiration and much more! The duo also talks about how Australian actors do well in the U.S, the possibilty of Margot Robbie appearing and even Star Wars! Dont miss it!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an incredible interview with actress, writer, director and educator Jenn Harris who talks about her award winning short film "She's Clean". She's Clean logline is as follows: "From the comfort of her bathroom, a resilient woman tries to marry her desires for sexual freedom with emotional intimacy by showering with all her dates." We talk to Jenn about topics that definitely go "Below The Belt" including the casting process for her dates, her thoughts on nudity and sexual situations in the film, and if any of the actors were turned on during the shoot. You can view "She's Clean" exclusively on Vimeo here at the following link: https://vimeo.com/742901443 In addition we talk to Jenn about working with Jeffrey Wright and Issa Rae in the Oscar nominated film "American Fiction" and portraying the extreme liberal Ailene character in the film. Don't miss it!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents a special interview with actors Clint Jordan and Faryl Amadeus and director Joe Maggio from the Slamdance 2024 selected feature film "Bliss"! Bliss is a sequel of the film "VIrgil Bliss" that also premiered at Slamdance 22 years ago! We ask the director Joe about the production that was completed in 10 days as well as the reason for the sequel 22 years later which many compare to the film "Boyhood". Don't miss this incredible interview!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an interview with a four time BTB guest, actor extraordinaire James Dumont who can be seen in the Holiday film exclusive on Amazon Prime Video, "Candy Cane Lane"! In an exclusive interview we talk to James about portraying Tracie Ellis Ross' Boss, working with CGI chickens, meeting Eddie Murphy and much much more! In addition James talks about working on HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, how the series was renewed for a fourth season, working on the show with his son who plays the middle son of the Gemstone Family, and overall working with Danny McBride. James also promotes his pilot "That Guy" about being an actor in fame purgatory along with sharing an interesting story working with Tom Cruise with something you may not expect! Don't miss it!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents and exclusive interview with actor Ahmed Mawas who can be seen the fantasy Christmas rom-com, "Rescuing Christmas" on Hallmark! In an exclusive interview, Ahmed talks to us about working with Rachel Leigh Cooke in the Holiday film, shooting in Duluth, MN, and much more! Ahmed also talks about his work in the Netlix animated series "Human Resources", Netflix "The Recruit" and Amazon's "The Terminal List." What was Ahmed's impression of Chris Pratt? Find out in our interview!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) an exclusive interview with actor Dakota Shapiro, known for his role as Billy Taupe in the blockbuster Hunger Games "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". Dakota talks about working on the prequel film, working with Rachel Zegler and director Francis Lawrence, the audition process, experiencing the red carpet premiere and much more! In addition we talk to Dakota about his experience on the "Lost Boys" pilot and what we would have expected if the pilot become a series. Great interview not to miss!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with writer and actress Stephanie Sanditz! Stephanie wrote, produced and starred in the award winning pilot "The High Life" which was selected from our friends at the Baltimore Next Media Web Fest (www.bnmwebfest.com). Stephanie talks about her pilot as well as her recent work on "The List" starring Halston Sage. Stephanie also discusses her recent writing endeavors including a script for the popular indie comic "Shi" and much more!
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our final interviews from the 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to popular comic book creator and founder of Image Comics, Erik Larsen! In an exclusive interview we talk to Erik about his current relationship with the rest of the Image Comics founders, bringing back the Sinister Six to Marvel, and leaving Marvel for Image and creating Savage Dragon. We also ask Erik the reason for Savage Dragon evolving to get more adult and racy over the years. An entertaining interview not to be missed! In addition, General Zad talks to creator Ghezal Omar from "Pimpkiller" and "357 Magnum Opus" and the first mainstream Afghani in the U.S.! Ghezal talks about how her screenplay was developed into "357" and her filmmaker influences including Martin Scorcese, David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino. She discusses her works as well as whether we could expect a live action version.
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents more exclusive interviews from the New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to writers and creators of the Disney animated show Kiff, in Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens! Zad asks about the inspiration of the popular series, and how the show got picked up by Disney. Which animated series inspired Nic and Lucy to create Kiff? Find out in our exclusive interview!