Adult Film NYC Pod

We present: Peter Rinaldi, our most prepared guest to date. Peter — filmmaker, sometimes actor, and host of the @backtoonepodcast — came with a list of questions, critiques, and concerns. Once he’s done grilling us, it turns into one of our most acting-process-heavy episode ever. Is the smoke in the basement immersive or obnoxious? What is the difference between an actor imagining vs pretending? And Ryan’s absolute disgust for people who seek his approval.IWe talk about how teaching has changed us as actors. Ryan and David have very different answers. Also: • Peter’s transcendent night doing The Seagull and trying to recreate it. • Ryan’s upcoming dream play in Boston with @arlekhinplayers • The critical reception of AF productions Friend of the pod. Interrogator of the pod. Peter Rinaldi, ladies and gentlemen.

Mike and Josh from Creative Risk really got us talking. About acting process, and building a community at AF, and so many other things we dont necessarily get to talk about when its just us. This is a good one.

We commemorate the legendary Dame Maggie Smith.  Ryan draws a wild artistic parallel between Maggie Smith and Carrie Coon.  Honestly, he’s got something.  We talk acting styles, outlooks on life, and the 4 year period they both took of playing great roles in great plays without any possibility of acclaim or exposure.  Also.  Ryan saw Carrie Coon at Steppenwolf in ‘The March’ and ‘Three Sisters’ long before he knew who she was.  And now she’s his favorite contemporary actress.  Ryan learned of some not so nice things being said.  We have an open conversation about something that some of our peers might be struggling with in private.  Non sexual, career related.   There’s a lot more in there.    Xo

We present the testiest episode in the AF Pod’s history! W/ our friend Cynthia Robinson. Hear David get very defensive while proclaiming his lack of defensiveness! Is he afraid of his own sensitivity? Is his accent shtick a layer of defensiveness? Hear Ryan defend his strong opinions, intensity of his texting style, and gnawing need for validation. Who’s at fault for the pods inconsistency? Why doesn’t David ever bring guests onto the pod? We discuss the Kim Kardashian and Chloe Sevigny Actors on Actors interview. Is David.. Kim? What roles are Ryan and David playing on the pod, and how’s that working for them? Cynthia Robinson, our resident psychoanalyst brings it all out of us. Friendships have ended over much less.

We had a surreal conversation with the legendary Austin Pendleton. Austin’s credits would never fit in a caption. He’s been in over 250 movies and worked with Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Elia Kazan. His recent Broadway credits include acting in Choir Boy in 2016 and The Minutes in 2022, and directing Between Riverside and Crazy, also in 2022. We talked Williamstown, receiving reviews bad enough to make you quit acting, mic dropping acting advice, and stories from the short lived Lincoln Center Repertory Theater (headed by Elia Kazan). Oh. Austin saw Adult Film’s production of the Seagull, and Ryan offers him a role in AF’s production of The Cherry Orchard.