Episode 11: From Amnesia to Black Panther: A Conversation with Cranston Johnson
Acting: Conversations on Craft
English - February 16, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts acting act auditions auditioning actor actress Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
When a friend signed him up to be a featured extra on the movie the 5th Quarter, with Andie MacDowell and Aidan Quinn, Cranston Johnson was mad. He had no desire to be in the movies and had no idea what he was doing. That experience, however, changed his life.
In 2011 he started studying at Actors Group with Burgess Jenkins and since then he has been on Atlanta, Wu Assassins, The Fix, P Valley, and Filthy Rich. He is appearing in the upcoming films, The 24th, Son, and Women is Losers. His breakout role came in 2016 when he was cast as Detective Hanson on the television series, Hap and Leonard.
In our conversation we talked about how being an athlete has informed his acting, what he learned at Actors Group, what he continues to struggle with, and the impact Black Panther had on the industry for actors of color. Cranston’s advice to all actors is: continued study, persistence, and being a joy to work with. That trifecta, according to Cranston, will almost always guarantee any actor more work.
Find out more about Cranston Johnson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4044252/
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