What came first the chicken 或者 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: 你 can’t get roles without demo reel footage, but 你 can’t get demo footage without booking some roles.

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

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

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

M. DAVID CHRISTMAN: The 显示 is centered around the absolute bottom-rung of the 表演 career path, an already almost impossible pursuit, and a lead character with no perceptible talent 或者 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 你 have to have to compete. It’s going that badly.

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

MDC: Best quality….um… he shows up on time? Tom Hanks 说 that’s important, and he’s doing pretty great. As for his worst qualities… how much time do 你 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 爱情 writing. Plus, the entire cast and crew are friends, so working together was just incredibly fun.

Why did 你 want to create the 显示 and is it based on your own experience?

MDC: Everything in the 显示 is very, very close to my real life. Shockingly, sadly close. Any sane person would have 给 up 由 this point. But with comedy, I think the 更多 specific 你 are, the 更多 interesting it is. So you’ve really gotta expose some vulnerabilities… for better 或者 worse.

Any interesting stories from the set 你 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 分钟 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 最喜爱的 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 - 爱情 him.

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

MDC: Well, 你 remember those roles because the people who played them did so perfectly and 你 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. 或者 Bale in American Psycho. Absolutely hysterical.

Favorite 电影院 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 蝙蝠侠 thing off the side of a 塔科, 炸玉米饼 钟, 贝尔 cup when I was a kid. In retrospect, I think that was the moment I peaked.

How can 粉丝 keep up with you?

MDC: Just 摇摆, 秋千 由 the house. I’ll make 你 tea.


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

Visit: Character-Flaws.com link
Instagram: @character_flaws link