Send us Fan Mail This week in The Actor’s Waiting Room, I’m joined by actor and host of the The 98% Podcast, Alexa Morden. Alexa has been speaking openly about the realities of the acting industry for years, creating space for honest conversations about the parts of this career that don’t always get talked about. In this episode, we chat about her work with The 98% Podcast, why these conversations matter for actors, and the importance of honesty, community, and perspective in an industry th...

Send us Fan Mail This week in The Actor’s Waiting Room, I’m joined by actor and host of the The 98% Podcast, Alexa Morden. Alexa has been speaking openly about the realities of the acting industry for years, creating space for honest conversations about the parts of this career that don’t always get talked about. In this episode, we chat about her work with The 98% Podcast, why these conversations matter for actors, and the importance of honesty, community, and perspective in an industry th...

Send us Fan Mail This week in The Actor’s Waiting Room, I’m joined by actor and filmmaker Malcolm Modele. Before moving into acting and filmmaking, Malcolm served in the military, and in this conversation we talk about the journey that took him from that world into the creative industries. We also talk about his work both in front of and behind the camera, the realities of creating your own opportunities as an artist, and what it takes to carve out space for yourself in the industry. It...

Send us Fan Mail It’s time for another Movie of the Month, and this time I’m looking at Fury, directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, and Shia LaBeouf. In this episode I break down the performances at the centre of the film and look at how the actors create such a believable sense of tension, hierarchy, and shared history within the tank crew. We talk about ensemble acting, authority on screen, and how restraint can sometimes be more powerful ...

Send us Fan Mail What does it actually feel like to be an actor in your late 20s? In this episode, I sit down with Jay and we talk honestly about the strange space that is your late 20s as an actor. The pressure starts to feel more real, the timelines get louder, and suddenly you’re very aware that other people seem to have “figured it out.” We chat about comparison, identity, money, stability, and how your relationship to acting shifts as you get older. Is it scarier? Is it clearer? Are yo...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s talk about the thing most actors have… but don’t always love admitting. Day jobs. Whether it’s hospitality, retail, freelancing, or something completely outside the industry, day jobs are often the reason we’re able to keep going while we wait for the work we really want. But they can also bring up a lot of feelings. Guilt, comparison, frustration, relief. Sometimes all at once. In this episode, I talk honestly about my own experiences, the pressure to prove your an act...

Send us Fan Mail This week in The Actor’s Waiting Room, I’m joined by actor John Altman. John is best known for playing Nick Cotton in EastEnders, a role that made him one of the show’s most recognisable and talked-about characters. In this conversation, we go far beyond one part. We talk about John’s acting career as a whole, including the early days, the realities of long-running TV, being associated with an iconic role, and what it’s actually like to sustain a life in acting over many ye...

Send us Fan Mail This week I’m trying something new with the podcast and introducing Movie of the Month, where I watch a film and talk about it purely from an actor’s point of view. For the first one, I’ve chosen Babylon, starring Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, and Diego Calva. It’s a film that’s loud, chaotic, uncomfortable, and completely obsessed with the industry and the people trying to survive inside it. In this episode, I chat about the acting, the direction, and the casting, and how all ...

Send us Fan Mail January always makes me feel like I should be doing more - setting huge goals, getting my life together, and somehow knowing exactly where this year is going. And every year, that energy lasts about five minutes before I feel exhausted. So in this episode, I’m talking about why I’m not going full steam ahead this January. Instead, I’m letting it be a slower start - a bit of a warm-up - so I don’t burn myself out before the year’s even properly begun. I chat about why tradit...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Christmas special of The Actor’s Waiting Room! It’s just me this week - armed with a festive drink, Christmas film recommendations and an actors survival toolkit for the holidays. In this solo episode, I’m diving into what Christmas actually feels like when you’re an actor - the joy, the chaos, the family interrogation, and the annual “should I retrain?” moment that always hits somewhere between the leftover’s and the Boxing Day sales. I’ll be chatting ...