BA #305: Oscar Montoya, Returns

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Actor Oscar Montoya stops by the bungalow and discusses booking Minx after one audition, how has being a series regular changed his position in the business, his fear he is a terrible actor, and more!

Oscar's IMDb and Instagram @ozzymo.

00:00 - Introduction.
01:31 - Oscar slates his name.
02:50 - Auditioning for Minx and getting yelled at beforehand.
06:00 - Doing one take for them and one take for me.
07:35 - Doing four callbacks and a producer session for an Apple+ show.
09:55 - Booking Minx post-covid months after his only audition.
11:45 - Show runner Ellen Rapoport knowing Oscar was their actor and Jake Johnson is very cool.
15:25 - The Apple+ shows callback process.
16:05 - Has booking series regular role resulted in more auditions.
17:10 - Climbing the actor credit ladder and not being able to go backwards.
21:00 - Auditioning for Superstore but not being "middle America" enough.
22:40 - Manicures when auditioning and booking a job due to a Jurassic Park tattoo.
25:00 - Oscar's audition numbers.
28:40 - Never setting out to be an actor and trying to not care as much.
32:35 - Coaching for auditions.
34:50 - Oscar's fear of being told he is a terrible actor.
41:00 - How Oscar combats memorizing struggles.
45:15 - Does Oscar budget his time.
52:10 - Oscar's hobbies.
53:50 - Who took a chance on Oscar?
59:45 - Oscar's worst audition of all time.

The full video and pics -- boxangeles.com/305

Oscar's first Box Angeles -- boxangeles.com/199

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