And eventually you ended up back in NYC tending bar. How was the change? Was it good to have less responsibility or was it more of a shitty feeling? Waiting tables and bartending was great; it gave me the flexibility in my schedule to follow what I was most passionate about. Any truth to that?
I look back on my time bartending as a fun time… a little crazy adventure that I would not trade for the world. When was the last time anyone came out of a crowd and called you Mitchell? A great cast, an amazing production team and a little magic is all it takes. Did you really decide to move there based on proximity to surf and low cost of living? Right on BRA! I do not surf as often as when I moved here many years ago… I am now a runner.
Galveston has been good to me; I met my wonderful wife who is now pregnant with my rst child Mitchell 2… Ha and live a good life painting, selling real estate and being very active in local politics. I am currently running for the Navigation District and working aggressively to get young adults registered to vote. We need you guys to participate. My friend Mike Opalek did stunts on the lm and recalled one night years later when he went to a house party at some big spread in Holllywood.
He said he was walking around the party, not doing much of anything, when he saw you sitting at a table in the backyard. There was even snow on the ground when he landed just like when Mitchell gets his surfboard off the airplane. Two scenes have stuck with him.
First, the scene in which Seth Green tries on a number of different outfits before a double date. The sequence ends with Mitchell getting philosophical about Popeye, one of many similar soliloquies. I remember being so impressed by that," McDermott said.
McDermott said people still approach him about "Airborne. Sometimes you find yourself in difficult situations and you just have to power through it and stay positive. Mitchell Goosen was one of the most positive, and being positive is catching. McDermott would go on to act in the soap opera "All My Children" for five episodes in and He continued to pursue acting into his early 20s but was then drawn to art and painting. McDermott is living in Galveston, Texas, and selling a real estate in the region.
Show all 9 episodes. Jamie Anderson. Related Videos. Height: 5' 9" 1. Spouse: Laura Hughes 2 children. Edit Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on why he quit acting] It was time to move on, I wanted a family and simpler life Trivia: He placed 15th in the National Junior Olympics gymnastics.
See more ». Nickname: The Breck Boy. Star Sign: Taurus. And actually, at the time, I very much looked it. Because it was summer time, I was tanned. Had my rollerblades.
I think I actually rollerbladed to the audition. Who knows, maybe the producers and directors got a kick out of that. Shane McDermott: But I do remember auditioning for the part. And I did have my rollerblades with me because afterwards I went out and skated through the city for a bit and the director was there. Rob Bowman.
And just kind of started off And the next thing you know they booked me. Which was crazy for me because I'd never done a feature before. And to star in a big film like that I mean, I had no idea what to expect. Harris: So obviously you're excited: you're 16, you're about to star in a Hollywood movie Shane McDermott: Oh yeah. The nerves were definitely But I think a lot of times when you get around to the people who have the experience—guys like Seth Green, or the director Rob Bowman or even the producer Steve McEveety—when you're around people with that experience you just kind of watch what they do and get into that same mindset.
And I'm gonna have to say that that support there is what really helped me through it. Because when I walked in, I didn't know what to expect. So of course I was nervous. But then you see them and they're not nervous, and they're just a pleasure to work with, the next thing you know it has a life of its own.
It just creates a good product, or a good movie; and in this case that's exactly what happened. Shane McDermott: He was great.
He gave the attention needed. But also he seemed to be He would work with me on lines, but not only that: he'd create that environment to really allow you, without even working that hard, to fit into what you needed to do.
And you know of course in Airborne the way it played out So any of that uncomfortableness kind of played in to the character. Shane McDermott: And it ended up working. So, yeah, Rob was great. And actually, I'm not as involved—I'm definitely not as involved in Hollywood these days—but he's gone on to do a large amount of work. A lot of good films and so forth. It was nice working with him. Him and all the other actors. Most recently, Bowman served as an executive producer on Castle , during which he directed 29 of the show's episodes.
Harris: A few of those actors also went on to big things. One, of course, being Seth Green. What was he like to work with? Shane McDermott: Oh I mean, Seth's the best. As you know, Seth is probably one of the most experienced guys out there. And funny. He kept me laughing throughout the whole time.
And the way that the movie was shot; I didn't spend as much time with the other actors as I did with Seth. Seth and I were together almost every scene.
Shane McDermott: It just seemed wherever you went with Seth, and I mean wherever you went with Seth—if you went out to a restaurant or just the lobby of a hotel—there were always people smiling because Seth was always doing something.
Either making jokes or just And I spent a good deal of time after the film in LA. Just, you know, flying in for reshoots and stuff like that. We definitely had a lot of fun. Definitely had a lot of fun. Harris: What about during the movie, off set? Any camaraderie or nightlife amongst the cast? Shane McDermott: Well, first of all, we were still pretty young.
And also we shot in Cincinnati, Ohio so there were just so many things going on. Shane McDermott: So that definitely kind of limits you on what you can do. And also I worked a lot.
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