The Background Scoop

S2 E17: The Catcher In The Rye

In this episode I talk about my Voiceover and Advanced Audition Techniques classes at The Alliance Theatre, a BankofAmerica gig I did, the Love Is Illusion movie I recently shot, Herbal Tea Therapy, coloring my hair for Colorsmith, and my thoughts on Squid Game. If you like what you heard and want to see more, here are my social media links: Linktree https://linktr.ee/Djstavropoulos [https://linktr.ee/Djstavropoulos]

S2 E16: Little Friskies

In this episode, I talk about Snake Oil, a new game show on Fox, my commercial auditions class at The Alliance Theatre, followed by another class called Voiceover: Audiobook Narration. And how I finally, finally, finally landed an agent. Plus my day filming a Popeye's commercial and what happened when I volunteered for the hot seat with Amy Jo Berman. If you like what you heard and want to see more, here are my social media links: Linktree https://linktr.ee/Djstavropoulos [https://linktr.ee/Djstavropoulos]

S2 E15: Cutlers Court

In this episode, I talk about two different court TV shows I worked on recently, a user generated content project I did (otherwise known as UGC), visiting a college campus where a TV show I worked on was set, doing my first web series, and the start of a Commercial Audition class I'm taking at The Alliance Theatre. Since I'm doing much less background and more real acting these days, I should probably rename this "The Acting Scoop," but that would likely be too complicated a thing to do, so I'll just skip it.   Here's the link to the "Final Cut" podcast episode I was in: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finalcutpodcastss-show/id1477744778?i=1000619289220 If you like what you heard and want to see more, here are my social media links: Linktree https://linktr.ee/Djstavropoulos

S2 E14: Ally Bank

In this episode, I talk about an Ally Bank commercial, my Film III Class at The Alliance Theatre, a weird Booth Filler Job I did at a convention in downtown Atlanta, and a few odd background jobs I've done, although I have pretty much stopped doing those. And then there may or may not be content about a documentary series I applied to. It turns out I have what may be confidential information in here, so when I release this, it means I didn't get that job. But if there's nothing in here about it, then it means I've removed that content because I'm actually moving forward. We'll have to wait and see. So, if you hear no details about a docuseries, that's why. Which also means although I've finished recording this episode in mid-June 2023, I may have to wait to release it, until I get a definitive answer on the documentary reality show. [A month later] I was notified on July 26, 2023 that I was not moving forward for the dating show, so I was free to release this episode! If you like what you heard and want to see more, here are my social media links: Linktree https://linktr.ee/Djstavropoulos

S2 E13: Hang Up The Gloves

In this episode, I talk about a student film I just worked on called "Hang Up The Gloves," which I didn't even have to audition for, another student film called "The School Mistress," playing Abraham Lincoln in an independent film called "American Civil War," completing my Film II class at the Alliance Theatre, and my continued group coaching with Amy Jo Berman. Let me tell you that sometimes you get sucked into watching all kinds of television and movies to prepare for a scene. In my case this was several Bernie Madoff productions and a cute TV show on Amazon called "The Summer I Turned Pretty." Not that I ever turned pretty growing up. And there was actually no specific summer when I felt I turned handsome. Finally, a crazy orange bird has been attacking my house for the past 3 weeks, but I scared it away with three plastic owls I bought on Amazon. Similarly, growing up Greek Orthodox, my parents scared me away from Easter service without having to buy anything online.  They were both clever and frugal.