Season 4

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. The most unforgettable moments on screen often ask the most from performers. Ashley Landrieu—actor, writer, director, stunt-trained performer, and intimacy coordinator—pulls back the curtain on how intimate and emotionally heavy scenes ...

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. Dean unpacks the turning point that changed his work: an acting class with Aaron Speiser that replaced “how should this look?” with “what does this human believe right now?” We dig into the “moment before,” the trap of starting scenes i...

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. Ever notice how the best performances feel unforced, like the camera just wandered into a real moment? That’s the core of our time with actor and coach Dean West, who makes a compelling case that presence beats performance every time. W...

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. A meme tried to tell our story for us—so we brought in the person at the center of it. Ann Mahoney sits down with us to unpack a viral rumor about a Walking Dead scene, why it’s completely false, and what gets lost when the internet mis...

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. A 48-hour film sprint on a horse rescue ranch. Cowboy kung fu. Seven hours of beautiful footage left on the floor. That’s where our talk with New Orleans filmmaker Scott Nielsen kicks off—and it only gets wilder from there. Scott breaks...