Are actors just vapid, self-involved schmucks? James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Mark Devine (Sex and the City) reunite to give their warped take on questions of the day, pull back the curtain on the life of acting for stage and screen, and attempt to disprove the idea that all actors are idiots. Go to Schmactors.com to submit your question for the show!
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Are actors just vapid, self-involved schmucks? James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Mark Devine (Sex and the City) reunite to give their warped take on questions of the day, pull back the curtain on the life of acting for stage and screen, and attempt to disprove the idea that all actors are idiots. Go to Schmactors.com to submit your question for the show!
18 - From Coldplay to Core Values: A Schmactors Redemption Arc
Schmactors
37 minutes
4 months ago
18 - From Coldplay to Core Values: A Schmactors Redemption Arc
In this episode of Schmactors, James and Mark crack open a fresh six-pack of emotional baggage and Red Bull to revisit James’ Buffy-era fitness routine—spoiler alert: it involved starvation, rollerblading disasters, and enough sugar to trigger a Canadian health minister.
But it doesn’t stop there. The guys detour into tragic photography gigs, baby handling on British TV sets, and the unspoken truth about producing: most scripts are bad, and even actors don’t trust actors with money. There’s a whole segment on the emotional chaos of trying to get films made as a “nobody with a dream”—and why they now prefer just showing up to play.
Also on deck: spike thirst traps, puppy thirst traps (not like that, Mark clarifies), piggyback crushes, and the surprisingly wise words of Mark’s kid Jackson, who’s clearly the only one with moral clarity or a functioning heart. James cries to Coldplay, Mark’s gym teacher steals his girlfriend, and somewhere in there, they almost redefine what it means to be a good person.
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Schmactors
Are actors just vapid, self-involved schmucks? James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Mark Devine (Sex and the City) reunite to give their warped take on questions of the day, pull back the curtain on the life of acting for stage and screen, and attempt to disprove the idea that all actors are idiots. Go to Schmactors.com to submit your question for the show!