Hunter Payton Mendoza is a 16-year-old actor. You might recognise Hunter from his guest star role as ‘Jordan’ on the Disney Channel hit series Raven’s Home, or for appearing in other popular TV series such as LA’s Finest, A to Z, and Criminal Minds.
In 2020, Hunter has also starred in the feature film A Genie’s Tail, playing the role of “Ryder”. He appears alongside an ensemble young cast including Jake Paul and Laura Marano.
Actress Keilani Elizabeth Rose discusses her role in 2020 film The Sinners (also known as The Color Rose) and creating her new comedy series Flimsy, in which Keilani also stars as ‘Cadence’.
Thank you to Keilani Elizabeth Rose for taking the time to chat with Courageous Nerd.
Actor/musician Dallas Hart is perhaps best known for his starring role as ‘Leo Cruz’ on Netflix’s The Greenhouse Academy, which ran from 2017 to 2019. Away from the hit series, Dallas has appeared as a guest star on other shows such as Rizzoli and Isles, Astrid Clover and The Fosters.
Additionally, Dallas is a musician known under the name HÆRT, with his songs being available to stream on Spotify.
Thank you to Dallas for taking the time to chat with Courageous Nerd.
Canadian-born Bobby Del Rio is a true multi-hyphenate – although trained as an actor, he has also gained experience as a playwright, screenwriter and director. In this interview with Courageous Nerd, Bobby discusses his film The Market, which he wrote and directed, based upon one of his plays.
Outside of our recorded discussion, Bobby also mentioned that he is in early stages of developing a film with a major studio. A well-known actor has been attached to the project, however, it is too early at this stage to release any specifics on the matter.
Although not necessarily a familiar name to the casual UK television viewer, John Yorke is among the country’s most successful writer-producers. Most notably, he has served as Executive Producer of BBC soap opera EastEnders across three separate stints, most recently from 2017 to 2019. One of John’s most memorable contributions to the show was Kat and Zoe Slater’s infamous “You’re Not My Mother!” scene from the early 2000s.
Additionally, John has also worked on the original UK versions of Shameless and Life on Mars, as well as Waterloo Road, Hustle and New Tricks.
Away from his television career, John Yorke also authored Into The Woods, a popular screenwriting book. Published in 2013, The Guardian described the book as taking a “scalpel to narrative structure – dissecting protagonist, antagonist, inciting incident, crisis and so on – before asking how and why this underlying shape still holds audiences spellbound like a fairytale witch.”
Thank you to John for taking the time to speak with Courageous Nerd.
Mark Pellegrino is an actor, known for his roles on hit television series such as Lost, Dexter, Supernatural and 13 Reasons Why. Andrew Rossow is an ‘internet attorney’, journalist and media consultant. Mark and Andrew have come together for The Guardian Project, a new reality docuseries described as a “multi-tiered attack on the epidemic problems of public bullying and the spreading of libelous narratives on social media.”
In this Exclusive Interview with Courageous Nerd, Mark and Andrew discuss The Guardian Project, how they came to work together and the damage that creating false narratives can have on an individual.
In his career so far, Cooper Friedman has appeared in accalaimed television shows including Shameless, Colony and Girl Meets World. More recently, the 12-year-old star has a major role in Niels Mueller’s new film Small Town Wisconsin, as “Tyler”.
Read on for Cooper’ Friedman’s Exclusive Interview with Courageous Nerd where he chats about the movie, how his acting career got started and what advice he would offer during the ongoing pandemic.
Atlanta-based actress Cassady McClincy is perhaps best known for playing Lydia on AMC’s The Walking Dead. Cassady joined the long-running apocalyptic horror-drama in 2019 as a recurring cast member, becoming a series regular for the following season.
Aside from TWD, Cassady also appeared opposite the likes of Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel in 2018 feature film Love, Simon based on the novel Simon vs The Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.
Thank you to Cassady for very kindly taking the time to chat with Courageous Nerd over email.
Actress Mary Kate Wiles is best-known for her involvement in web series. This includes the Emmy-award winning Lizzie Bennet Diaries, in which she played ‘Lydia’, the title character’s sister and School of Thrones, which featured Mary Kate Wiles as Sansa Stark. Her comedic group, Shipwrecked, is also the driving creative force between YouTube series Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party.
Most recently, Mary Kate Wiles stars in the lead role in another web series; Wayward Guide for The Untrained Eye, created by the Tin Can Brothers (Joey Richter, Brian Rosenthal and Cory Lubowich). The cast also includes Sean Astin, Darren Criss and Steve Zaragoza.
Mary Kate Wiles sat down for a chat with Courageous Nerd to chat all about Wayward Guide, as well as some of her past projects.
Alphonso Romero Jones stars on Grand Army, a new drama series that dropped on Netflix in October 2020. The former Broadway actor plays the role of ‘John Ellis’ in the series, which was inspired by playwright Katie Cappiello’s 2013 stage play Slut. Fun fact: Cappiello’s later play, Now That We’re Men, featured Alphonso Romero Jones as part of the original cast.
In this interview, Alphonso discusses his experience of playing the role of John as well as why he believes the issues raised by Grand Army are very much timely. He also reveals which scene was the most impactful to shoot.