On this episode of The Story & Craft Podcast, we sit down with actor, Dylan Arnold from the Apple TV+ show “Lady in The Lake”, as well as the upcoming film “1992.”  You may know Dylan from his roles in “Nashville”, “You”, and playing opposite Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer.”  Dylan discusses his journey from growing up in Seattle with dreams of playing baseball, to becoming a successful film and television actor.  We also discuss his latest projects and his experience of working with Natalie Portman in “Lady in The Lake.”  

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

03:36 Early Inspirations and Community Theater

04:22 Dylan's Role in Lady and the Lake

16:10 Working with Ray Liotta in 1992

17:59 Auditioning for Oppenheimer

20:27 Christopher Nolan's Directing Style

27:21 Balancing Acting and Baseball

32:34 Travel Adventures in Acting

33:57 Working with Natalie Portman

35:30 Early Career and Momentum

36:37 Nashville and Music Tastes

41:21 Writing and Future Aspirations

43:37 Seven Questions

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Baseball, you know, it's like it, it can be slow, but

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then it almost pays off for those

big, exciting moments, kind of like

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a movie or a TV show, you know,

it's very similar in that way.

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And it also just challenges you

to kind of stay in the moment

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and just kind of keep focused.

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

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Now, here's your host, Marc Preston.

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Marc Preston: Well, welcome back.

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Another episode of Story Craft, you

and I together, uh, for a little fun.

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And if this is your first

episode, my name is Marc Preston.

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Glad to have you checking out the show.

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Thank you very much.

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Today we are sitting down

with actor Dylan Arnold.

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He's in the new Apple TV show called Lady

and the Lake where he co stars alongside

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Natalie Portman and this is a cool show.

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In fact, my son and I were sitting down

watching it and we ended up watching

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the entire series in one night.

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It is a great show.

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Kind of something a little bit

different from Natalie Portman as well.

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Also, you can check him out in

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It's about the post Rodney King verdict,

what was going on in Los Angeles.

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It's going to be a great movie, I'm sure.

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Everything Ariel Vroman

directs, I really enjoy it.

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We had him on the show, oh gosh,

a little over a year ago, I think.

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You might know Dylan from other shows.

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He's been in like Nashville,

also the Netflix series You.

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He was also in Oppenheimer where he

played alongside Killian Murphy as

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Robert Oppenheimer's brother Frank.

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Just a really talented guy.

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Really enjoyed sitting down

and chatting with Dylan.

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We'll tell you what, let's get after it.

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Today is Dylan Arnold Day,

right here on Story and Craft.

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Where you at today?

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Dylan Arnold: I'm in New York City.

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Uh, we got the premiere for

Lady in The Lake tonight.

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So I got in a couple of days ago.

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So I've been, uh.

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Been seeing some friends and you know,

enjoying the city, enjoying the heat.

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Uh, but yeah, it's nice to be here.

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Marc Preston: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It's about that time in New York.

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What about you?

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Where are

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Dylan Arnold: you at?

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Marc Preston: I am.

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I am in a small Island off the South Texas

coast called South Padre Island about.

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35 miles from Mexico.

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So yeah, even when my youngest graduated

from high school, I was like, you know,

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where do I, where do I want to go?

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Uh, let's see back out to the West

coast, back to Dallas where I'm from.

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Like, you know, I'm going for the

Jimmy Buffett lifestyle, so I can work

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from anywhere, this technology thing.

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That's

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Dylan Arnold: beautiful.

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I know that's, that, that, that's the

one benefit, uh, of, you know, the

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pandemic is that we are able to work from

anywhere, although I feel like I do miss

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the in person aspect where you got to

go places, you know, everyone's getting.

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Comfortable being online.

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Yeah.

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You

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Marc Preston: know, it's funny.

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I speak, I forgot who I was speaking with.

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We were talking about on camera interviews

and I, I kind of pulled back from acting

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right about, uh, right about, right before

the pandemic or right at one and a half.

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Cause I didn't want to go.

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And nobody was going in for auditions.

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Everybody was self taping, but there

is something kind of cool about being

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quote unquote, In the room, you know,

with somebody and, Oh, absolutely.

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Do you live in New York or are

you just there for the premiere?

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Dylan Arnold: I don't, I'm

just here for the premiere.

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I'm seeing some friends.

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I'm, uh, I'm going to go out of

town and go celebrate a friend's

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engagement while I'm here.

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So, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm able to

make, make something of the trip.

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Uh, but I live in LA, so I've

been there for about, uh, eight

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years now, which is pretty wild.

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But, um, New York is definitely a place

that I, I could see myself living, though.

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Marc Preston: Whereabouts

are you from originally?

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Dylan Arnold: I'm from Seattle.

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Seattle area.

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Uh, yeah, so kind of west coast.

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I think that, you know, before I, uh,

when I was graduating college, there was

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kind of that discussion of, you know,

go to New York or LA, and I felt like

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I had those roots on the west coast.

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So I, uh, I decided to give LA a shot,

you know, I like it, uh, but you know,

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New York is definitely, definitely

something that I want to experience

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more than just a trip for a week or two.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, every time

somebody says, uh, Seattle, you're

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a little young to remember this,

but I immediately go to grunge.

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Dylan Arnold: Oh, sure.

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Yeah.

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Are there

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Marc Preston: still echoes

of that around, uh, Seattle?

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Like, you know,

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Dylan Arnold: Oh, definitely.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Definitely.

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I think that, I think that they, uh, I

think there's that sort of, um, Feeling

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of that's the roots, you know, they, so

you do kind of, you do definitely feel

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that when you're, when you're there,

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Marc Preston: never had the pleasure

of going there, but, uh, it's on

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the, uh, it's on the agenda, but,

you know, congrats by the way, on, on

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lady in the lake, uh, sitting down.

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My son is also my associate producer.

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Uh, we were sitting down and he's

in, he came in town, uh, from

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New Orleans and we were watching

it and we're only going to go.

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With one episode, you know, to,

you know, just kind of check it

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out, see what it's all about.

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We power watch the

entire season yesterday.

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So it was, and I got to say, we'll

get to a little bit, but the thing

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is I got to be really careful of,

I don't even want to discuss your

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character specifically because, uh,

or the nuances, because I think it's

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a fun dude to like, to discover,

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Dylan Arnold: yeah,

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Marc Preston: that's the word

I was going to say, discover.

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I was like, uh, but we'll get to it in

a moment, but now it's fresh on my mind.

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I got to ask.

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Was there a discussion with

the, the creative team?

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Like this is who the character is,

or was this a construction ground up?

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I didn't even know what to think about,

which I love characters like that.

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I was like, what is

going on with this guy?

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Exactly.

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I can't get my head around it.

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And, uh, Not only just your character,

but the whole show was, I mean, we're

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talking not until the last episode.

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Did you, Oh, this is what's going on.

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And right.

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Did you just kind of come up

with this character or do they

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have some specific notes for you?

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Dylan Arnold: Well, I think that it's,

it's a combination of the two, you know,

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I got the audition and there were some

things that I, I guess I brought to the

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character, uh, in the initial audition

that resonated with Alma, um, who, you

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know, directed and, and, and wrote, uh,

Uh, so I think that there was an element

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that I brought to it, but, but when it

came down to it, when I got the job,

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there was a lot of discussion, a lot

of collaboration with, uh, with Alma

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about how we wanted the character to be,

how we wanted to build the character.

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And, uh, the physicality

was very important.

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Marc Preston: That's, that's

where, that's where it got me.

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You know, I love watching

folks making cool choices.

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And I was like, I don't know where

this guy's coming from, but cool.

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Good on him, you know,

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it was, it was such a well executed show.

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We'll talk about it in a moment,

but it's one of those things that,

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um, whenever somebody says, I don't

want to give anything away, but

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anything that follows the word,

but they're given something away.

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So I want to be very clear.

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You're right.

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No,

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Dylan Arnold: absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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Marc Preston: If nothing else, it's

worth the watch just to go, what

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the hell is going on and where, you

know, but it's, uh, but it was fun.

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I really, I really enjoyed it.

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But, um, but it kind of going

back a little origin story.

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Now you're, you're from Seattle.

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Now, did you come from a creative stock?

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I mean, your folks, or are you kind

of the odd man out and you just

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kind of went in and did this thing?

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Uh,

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Dylan Arnold: you know, my,

uh, my dad, uh, did theater in

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college, but that was kind of.

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You know, the end of his acting career.

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Uh, and my mom is a writer.

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So, you know, I definitely

have some sort of that.

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creative energy flowing in the family.

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Um, but for me, I definitely found

acting at a very early age when I was

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in, you know, first or second grade.

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I, I, I really kind of found a home at

the community theater where I'm from.

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Marc Preston: Well, who encouraged that?

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Did you just have a friend that

was involved or did your parents

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say, Hey, do you want to do this

thing during the summer break?

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Or how did you even end up doing that?

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Dylan Arnold: You know, I think

it was so early on, but I'm, I,

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I think it was my parents idea.

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I think that they saw that I was, you

know, I was a very, uh, active kid.

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I had a very active imagination.

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I love play and pretend.

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And I also had a very hard

time sitting still in class.

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You know, I think that I

had, um, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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So I had that kind of energy that

needed to be tapped in some way.

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And I think my parents, uh, I

remember I did a play and I think

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first or second, or I think I was in

like, kindergarten or first grade or

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something like that, some class play.

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And I just, I just

remember loving doing it.

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So my parents, you know, asked me if

I wanted to do some community theater,

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which I was like, sure, why not?

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And then from then on, I think I kind of

found my home there and like, that was

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what I, uh, what felt right for me to do.

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And I felt like I belonged and it was

just kind of an outlet and a place

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for me to be what felt like myself.

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Um, so I definitely think

my parents encouraged it.

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And fortunately they were really

supportive through the whole

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process, which I'm very proud of.

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Marc Preston: Awesome.

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Yeah.

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So, so how did you, did you,

what was the track like?

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Were you, uh, I mean, it was something

you were doing then, but I like

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a lot of folks that talk to that.

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They're like, they never had the cognition

of I can earn a living doing this thing.

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So when you were growing up, was

there something else on your mind?

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Uh, you know, job career school wise, or

was this a bug that bit you like, okay,

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I want to see how far I can take this.

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Dylan Arnold: I think it was more

the latter, although I did, uh,

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love playing baseball as well.

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So I, when I was growing up,

my two careers that I wanted to

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be were a professional baseball

player or a professional actor.

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Which, you know, two very difficult

professions to get into, but, um.

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Marc Preston: Are you, are

you a Mariners guy, or?

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Dylan Arnold: I am a Mariners fan.

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I'm a Mariners fan.

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And I'm, because I've lived in LA for

eight years, you know, I'm a Dodgers fan

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because it's the, my other hometown team,

but no, I'm a Mariners fan growing up.

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Marc Preston: Well, you're talking

to a Texas Rangers guy here.

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So, you know, I'm still basking.

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I'm still basking in the glow.

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Yeah,

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Dylan Arnold: of course.

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Okay.

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And congratulations, you know, and of

course, from living in LA, watching

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Corey Seeger go to the guys got a great,

got a great, uh, uh, get with that guy.

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But, um, uh, no, yeah.

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So for me, I think that I, All through

middle school I was doing theater and then

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I actually went to a, uh, a summer camp.

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In Idyllwild, California, where they kind

of did this acting for the camera class.

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And they also had a boarding school.

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And so, you know, when my parents

picked me up from camp, I was like, I

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want to, I want to go to school here.

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You know, they have a, they

have a theater program.

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And, and fortunately

I was able to do that.

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Um, and that was probably.

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Clicked in because they're they're

really prepping you for college.

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They're really prepping you for to

audition and, and then, and then

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ultimately, you know, I did these

unified auditions for colleges.

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And then really once I went to North

Carolina school of the arts and I went to

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college for it, that's, that's Really when

it was like, okay, this is what I'm doing

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for my, this is what I'm choosing to do.

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You found your tribe of weirdos

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Marc Preston: you wanted to be with,

which is, but when you were a kid,

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especially adolescent, you know,

that's gotta be such a cool experience.

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You, you know, you, you said this was

a, uh, a boarding kind of a situation.

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So you're around people like.

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That are kind of dialed in like you

are, you know, so that's, that's gotta

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be fun to find your tribe like that.

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You were doing the baseball thing.

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Were you playing in high school

or was this just a, yeah,

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Dylan Arnold: I, I, I played, um,

I, yeah, I played middle school.

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I played until my freshman year, but then

when I went to arts boarding school, you

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know, they didn't have a baseball team.

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Uh, they, uh, uh, so no sports teams

there, but yeah, it was definitely, I

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mean, it was something I really enjoyed

doing, but I think when it came down

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to it, I, I just, uh, liked doing it.

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Acting more I put more of my effort

into it And then and then I kind of

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fell away from baseball because there

are kids there were kids who were

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taking baseball as seriously as I was

taking acting and then and then oh,

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you know when it comes down to it.

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They're just Every weekend they're

going to the batting cages They're doing

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all this stuff and I I just had more

interest in in in working on the plays

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that I was doing so it kind of just One

one came into focus more than the other

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Marc Preston: so this is kind of

like year round this that's that's

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kind of cool I thought it was more

of like a seasonal thing like but

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it's like boarding school, you know,

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Dylan Arnold: yeah It's a school

from you know, whenever I haven't

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been out of school for a while.

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I guess, you know September

until June or something.

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Yeah.

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Cool.

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Is, is that, you know,

it's like so normals.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I'd go home for the holidays, live in

a dorm and, and, and you know, like

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you said, it was really exciting to

kind of be in an environment that

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there were other, like-minded people.

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There were also a lot of international

students, you know, 'cause there was a,

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there was a film program, there was a

music program, there was a dance program.

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So I was kind of surrounded by

these really wonderful creatives.

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Early on and I was also away from

home starting my sophomore year

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of high school, which was a really

big learning experience and I feel

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like really Helped me grow and uh,

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Marc Preston: no, no,

were you did you have?

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Siblings or were you the

only were you an only kid?

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Dylan Arnold: No, I have an older brother

who's five and a half years older and

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he he makes Video games so he makes

iPhone games Mobile games and he was

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kind of so we we were very different

kids Uh, growing up, he was, he was

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much more of the business oriented.

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I was much more of the, you know,

eccentric sort of, I, I, I can't imagine

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the amount of times I annoyed him.

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Uh, but, uh, but I think, I think

now that he sees what I'm doing, he

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maybe has a little more appreciation

for, for how obnoxious I was.

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As creative types,

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Marc Preston: we're, we're designed to

be all over the place and just kind of

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bringing our own special light to the

room, you know, nice way of putting it.

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I suppose.

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But, uh, no, like what were you into?

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What, like, what were you into?

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You know, you were in terms of

performance, uh, you were, you were where

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you're at, but what were you enjoying?

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Like, what were you watching?

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What was, if you want to call it

inspiration, I don't know what would

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movies, music, whatever have you,

when you're, when you're coming

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up, even in the college, what

was kind of firing your synapses

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Dylan Arnold: there?

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You know, I think that the community

theater that I grew up going to was

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such an influential place for me.

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You know, I, I would watch these

older actors be on stage and, and I

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would just be captivated and, and they

were really a huge inspiration to me.

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Um, I remember there was this production

of Little Shop of Horrors that I

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saw every single production of it

because I was I was just obsessed.

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Um, I think that an early movie that I

remember watching when I was a kid was

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School of Rock that, that really kind of

made me excited cause there were kids my

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age, you know, being in this movie and

it was done so well that I remember that

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was, that was a clear moment to me that I

kind of wanted to do what they were doing.

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Um, and then throughout that,

I, I think it just happens

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whenever I see a performance

that, uh, I love a performance.

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That you can watch and not know

how they did it, you know Those

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moments where you're like, how did

you would pull off this moment?

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Oh,

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Marc Preston: I that's what I

thought about lady in the lair I

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mean, I don't that mean it sounds

like I'm pushing the movie I'm which

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I think it was another show or at

rather but it It was at every note.

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It was kind of like, what, where

are they coming up with us?

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It's constant forward momentum.

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It wasn't never didn't

never like it really is

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Dylan Arnold: the world's so flushed out.

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It's so uh, beautiful and the imagery is

so incredible and alma of course created

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this world that was So deep with all these

really complex characters that you kind

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of have kind of have sympathy for everyone

in this weird way, you know, that, that

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I think really captivates an audience.

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Marc Preston: It's a real

study in a time and a place.

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And, and it's, it's, it was a

little bit, I like being surprised

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and it doesn't happen often.

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Cause there's so many great things out

there, but you start as you, you know,

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going back to when you were studying, uh,

acting, There are certain structure to

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different kind of stories and whatever

have you and you're so used to it.

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You're like, I kind of

see where this is going.

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I had no clue where this was going.

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So yeah, good on you.

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Dylan Arnold: No, same.

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I mean, I remember when I watched the,

uh, watched it for the first time, you

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know, I obviously read the script and

work on it, but, but seeing the final

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product, it really does keep you on

your toes and it keeps you wanting more.

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And, and, and, uh, yeah, I think

Alma just does that so well.

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That it's not predictable.

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You don't know where it's going to go.

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Yeah.

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And

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Marc Preston: this day and age, it's

so nice to watch something that you

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can get fully immersed, you know, but

I noticed you were, uh, you're, you're

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also in 1992 and, uh, I just, one of my

favorite guys, uh, spoke with him when

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I say the other day, I'm at the age

where that could have been a year ago.

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I don't know, but Ariel

Roman, love that guy.

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Uh, he and I are born

just a few days apart.

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I think he's out there doing these DJ

gigs, you know, and I know he's, I look

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at him like, yeah, man, we're 51, but

you know, he's still got the energy.

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I can see my kids.

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See, I can still be cool.

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You know, uh, what would, yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.

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Did you have a chance?

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Uh, I, I adored Ray Liotta.

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One of the first interviews

I did, I think I was like 21.

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I don't want you to give anything

away about, about the film, but

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did you have a chance to act with

him or to work with him at all?

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Dylan Arnold: Oh yeah.

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So, so I actually, I played his son

in one of his sons in the movie.

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Scott Eastwood and I played as played

his, uh, So, uh, I got to work very

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closely with him, uh, and I mean, that

was a really incredible experience.

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He's a very, uh, a very lovely man,

a very obviously incredible actor,

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and, and, and really brings this,

like, intensity to set that kind

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of, uh, I think everyone else does.

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Felt like it made them better.

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Um, and I mean, get, getting

to work with Ray Liotta,

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Marc Preston: he was such a cool guy.

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I think, I think Ariel was telling

me kind of test you a little bit, you

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know, kind of what, but he's just,

he's got a, he had a good, really good

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heart and everybody loved him, but

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Dylan Arnold: yeah, he's definitely an

actor that when you get on set, it's like,

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it does feel like you're going toe to toe.

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It does feel like a, you know, he's

challenging you, he's right there and he's

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forcing you to rise to his level, which

is, you Exactly who I love to work with.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, it's funny.

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I just happened to cross cocaine beer the

other day I was like, I'll watch it again,

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you know It's just he's one of those

guys like gone too soon gone too soon.

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You know that now Do you know

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Do you know when that's coming?

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It's really soon, isn't it?

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Dylan Arnold: Yes Next month

August 30th, I believe is is

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when it's gonna Yeah, I think I

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Marc Preston: talked to Ariel like a year

ago and I was sitting there going like

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I wish I had his energy I remember him

telling me no, he took Kevin Costner To

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go listen to some EDM music one night, I

was like, I would love to have been, you

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know, cause that's, that's what he DJs.

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But, uh, but that's one of the films I've

been looking forward to checking out.

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But, um, but I, you know, and I'm

not trying to go through the resume

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here, but I'm curious Oppenheimer,

was it just an audition or how'd

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that come together for you?

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah, I mean, that, uh,

that was started as a, as a self tape.

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I think I, I got an audition for,

uh, Generic scientist role that had

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two scenes that were fake scenes,

you know I think everyone auditioned

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once we get on got on set We kind of

compared notes and we were like, what

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did you what audition did you do?

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And we realized everybody

did the same monologue.

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Um about how stars die, you know, it was

this kind of uh, Classroom setting did

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Marc Preston: you know what

you were auditioning for?

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Did you know what um,

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Dylan Arnold: right?

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Yeah, I know I knew that it was

I actually did say Oppenheimer.

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It said Killian was attached.

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I think it said Matt

Uh, Damon was attached.

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Uh, and, but in terms of the

role, it was just very loose.

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It was just about the life of J.

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Robert Oppenheimer, you know?

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And the, and the, uh, the role

was just, you know, scientist.

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And so, uh, so yeah, I did that, um, did

that audition and then a couple months

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later got an in person callback with

Chris, which was pretty wild because

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that was right after the pandemic.

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And that was my first in

person audition in two years.

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And I'm going to the, to the

universal lot to, to, uh, read

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in front of Chris, uh, and Emma.

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So that was a pretty wild experience,

but, um, but yeah, that, that was just

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kind of something that I, I kind of

auditioned for it and I really didn't.

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Think anything of it.

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I remember when I got the audition I was

with my buddy and I was like, I just got

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an audition for a Christopher Nolan movie

Okay, this is cool Like you know and then

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I really kind of let it go as you often

do with these things you kind of audition

433

and just put it out there and If it

happens it happens and then right, right.

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Marc Preston: Yeah, that's that's one

of the hardest things to do You know

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back when I first started I remember

calling my agent going did I get it?

436

Did I get it?

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Like yeah, listen, if you get it,

believe me, we'll let you know.

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Dylan Arnold: We'll tell you.

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Yeah There's so much out of your control,

you can really only, you know, it

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really doesn't matter when it comes down

to the talent at the end of the day.

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It's like, it's, there's so much that

has to fit in for things to work.

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Right.

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That there's no point

in trying to control it.

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Marc Preston: Christopher Nolan, his

stuff, it's, I can't half pay attention

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to, you know, I can't be working on

the computer and some things I can

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watch and you know, that thing kind of

like you're doing two things at once.

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You gotta be focused, you know, and then

you have to watch it again, you know?

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Um, but one thing surprised me, I think

I've heard, he actually is kind of a

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funny guy, which is, is that accurate?

450

Or his disposition isn't, I would,

I would imagine he's a serious

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analytical, cold kind of, you know.

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But what is it like working on set with

him as far as kind of, for lack of a

453

better way of putting it, directing style?

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah, he, I mean,

I had no idea what to expect.

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I mean, I knew, I had seen all his

movies and I knew he was an incredible

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director and I heard, But he's a very

just like, he is a very funny guy.

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He's a very dry sense of humor.

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He, uh, he honestly, in my experience,

like there's this, he's very nonchalant

459

in this way where he just kind of,

you know, every morning I'd show up

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on set and he'd just go, hi Dylan.

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Hi.

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You know, ready to get to work.

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You know, it's like, he wouldn't give a

lot of notes, but he, it was clear that

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every single, uh, moment I looked at

him, he just loved what he was doing.

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Like, that is so, that you, you just,

I mean, you can't help but feel excited

466

about what you're doing because he is

just, it's like, it's like he's a kid,

467

you know, and, and, and everything's so

just Exciting and, and, and wonderful.

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Like I remember there was a scene

where we were doing this rain

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machine and he was testing out the

rain machine and he was standing,

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getting soaked, just, just looking

up, testing where he wanted the rain.

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And he was just getting drenched and

he was loving every second of it.

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You know, like there's also nothing

that he would ask an actor to do that he

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wouldn't do himself, which is just such

an, which you don't always have that.

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I think that he really

genuinely loves the process.

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Genuinely loves and respects actors.

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And, um, yeah, it was really

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Marc Preston: nice to hear when

you have one of the more creative,

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I can't remember the interview.

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I heard, uh, somebody who'd

acted in, in, in operant hybrid.

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I can't for the life of me.

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I can't remember who it was, but they

were like, They didn't say it lightly,

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but this is like, this guy's legit genius

when it comes to the thing he does,

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you know, and he can't really say it.

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Everybody throws that word around,

but there are very few people out

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there that they put stuff out.

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It's like, Oh my God,

what's going on here?

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I like it kind of, kind of like we're

talking about a lady in the lake.

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You know, you don't know where it's

going, but I mean, Oppenheimer, Well,

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we all know the history, but what's

it like to be on a set like that when

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you've got casting that, that involves

so many folks who are at a certain level?

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Is it intimidating to walk onto a set?

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You know, you got Matt Damon

here and Kelly Murphy, and is

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it just intimidating at all?

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I mean, I know it wouldn't be for me, but

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Dylan Arnold: I think that, um, it

was, I think, I think it was, but that

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intimidated, like leading up to it, it

just forced me to prepare so much because

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I knew You know, it really felt like

I was kind of in the big leagues now.

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I, I, I felt like I really

needed to be on my A game.

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So I, I, I prepared really intensely.

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So when I showed, showed

up on set, I, I felt ready.

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And, and there was honestly,

it's, it's interesting.

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I, I think that, Myself and a lot

of people struggle with this sort of

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imposter syndrome, but uh funny enough

like on Oppenheimer because Chris is so

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Incredible and deliberate and um, and

I mean you use the word genius, which

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I agree with There was almost this like

sense of ease because I was like I trust

506

him so much because he's clearly so

incredible that If i'm here, he's kind of

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Marc Preston: carrying

the weight, I guess right.

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Yeah.

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Dylan Arnold: Yeah if he says good moving

on You I gotta trust that it was good

510

and we can move on, you know what I mean?

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Where some directors You work with and

you're like, do they know what they want?

512

Is that and then you start second guessing

yourself So I actually think that or they

513

Marc Preston: say oh, what do you

think or you want to give another?

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yeah, exactly

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Dylan Arnold: and it's like I I don't

know or I have directors that i've worked

516

with that that that you know, I do a

couple takes and uh, they're not giving

517

any notes and and I walk up and I say hey

Is there anything that you want to try?

518

Is there anything I can do differently

and they'll be like, you know what?

519

Yeah on second thought Yeah, try this

and in my mind i'm like, okay if I had

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never said anything, would you just have

You Let me go and you know, whatever.

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So I, I love collaboration.

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I love getting notes if it applies.

523

Um, but yeah, I think

with Chris, it's like.

524

You just trust him so much that

you're like, you can almost relax.

525

Marc Preston: Now, where did you,

did y'all shoot that in New Mexico

526

Dylan Arnold: or?

527

Yeah, yeah, we shooted that, we shot

that, uh, in, uh, Abiquiu and a little

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Albuquerque, uh, and, uh, yeah, so we,

we kind of bounced around New Mexico,

529

shot a little bit in LA, but it was very

cool to be on location in the desert.

530

And I, and I grew up, Going to Santa Fe.

531

So that was also very cool to

have that sort of, uh, connection.

532

Well, I gotta

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Marc Preston: ask you, I gotta ask

you the enchiladas, the red and

534

green, which way are you going?

535

Dylan Arnold: You know, I, I, I

lean, depends where I'm going.

536

If I go to the shed, uh, I love

the red, uh, the red sauce, but

537

you know, I'll go Christmas.

538

Although I do red and green quite a

bit, you know, best of both worlds.

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Marc Preston: I always end up talking

about food at some point in time.

540

I'm sitting going, damn,

that sounds good right now.

541

Um, well then again, I'm

35 miles from Mexico.

542

So, you know, maybe I'll, you know,

we got, we got good stuff here, but,

543

um, but the diversity of the stuff

you've been up to, is there any kind

544

of preference in the kind of projects

you'd like to do or genre, if you will?

545

Dylan Arnold: You know, I, I just love, I

honestly love everything that I've done.

546

I love the variety that.

547

This career offers, you know, I love

that nothing is the same I think whether

548

it's a different character or different

director or whatever, you know I think

549

that there's new things that you can

explore and experience with each each

550

thing I I kind of want to I really want

to gravitate towards things that scare

551

me and When I read it, I'm like, I don't

know how I'm gonna do this because I

552

think that I When I'm too comfortable,

I'm not, I'm not making interesting

553

choices, but if I'm uncomfortable, then it

forces me to kind of get in a different,

554

in a different pocket, if you will.

555

Um, so I, I just want to challenge

myself, you know, I would love

556

to work with different people.

557

I, you know, I will say I've never

done, I've done episodic stuff.

558

I've never done multiple seasons.

559

of, uh, a television show

playing the same character.

560

I think that would be really interesting

to kind of have, have that sort of,

561

have that sort of growth over the

multiple years exploring the same

562

character and how they develop.

563

Um, I always thought that was

564

Marc Preston: interesting because

it's a, you know, film is director's

565

medium where a TV is a writer's medium.

566

So if you're, if you've been

doing something for a number

567

of years as a character, you've

already built this person.

568

So you have, They cycle in

different directors, but

569

it's like you have ownership.

570

I can see where that would be very cool.

571

And I always wonder how people navigate

that with a director they disagree with.

572

It's like, no, I know who I am.

573

And you know,

574

Dylan Arnold: yeah, I've thought about

that because directors come in with their

575

ideas, but you're like, no, I've spent

the last few years with this character.

576

So there is this sort of push and

pull, I imagine where it's like.

577

You go with their vision, but

they got to trust you because

578

you, you've been there every day

579

Marc Preston: when you

do get some off time.

580

And I mean, you've been working,

you know, consistently doing

581

awesome stuff, but when you do get

a break, like what are you up to?

582

Well, what do you, how do

you like to spend your time?

583

Dylan Arnold: Uh, I really,

so I actually, last year I

584

joined a baseball league in LA.

585

I kind of was hard.

586

I was,

587

Marc Preston: is a hard ball league.

588

Yeah.

589

Dylan Arnold: Fast pitch, uh,

would bat baseball league.

590

Uh, I actually am in two.

591

It's, it's, it's really, uh.

592

It's really a nice outlet in my downtime.

593

So that's been kind of, that's

been really fun to rediscover

594

that because I hadn't played for.

595

Yeah, like over a decade.

596

Um, and so is this

597

Marc Preston: something really competitive

or is this a lot of guys getting out with

598

their igloo coolers and beer on a sundae?

599

Or is this something which

guys are like really,

600

Dylan Arnold: you know, in one of the

leagues, it's very chill, very fun.

601

It's a coed league, you know, it's it's

but then the other one that's kind of the

602

intense people are really coming to play

and they're both fun in their own right.

603

You know, I think it's a good balance.

604

Um, but yeah, it's just

605

Marc Preston: what position

are you playing though?

606

Yeah,

607

Dylan Arnold: I'm playing, I'm

playing second base shortstop.

608

I'm playing, I pitch in one

of the leagues, you know,

609

I, I play a little outfield.

610

I basically do it.

611

I, I don't catch You're a utility guy.

612

Yeah, I don't catch, I

don't play first base.

613

I will play third base as someone

asked me to, but they call it the

614

hot corner for the, for a reason.

615

You know, it's, it is an, it is an

intimidating position to play, but,

616

um, yeah, I think it's just, it's

honestly a nice outlet because it to.

617

Work towards a goal with a team.

618

It, it, it feels similar to being on set,

but in a different way, you know, and, and

619

being able to, uh, battle within myself

of the sort of uni, you know, going into

620

a game and if you're nervous, if you

want to play well, how to quiet that.

621

And I think it translates to acting

because I think there are moments

622

that there are very high pressure

situations in both acting and baseball.

623

And I think figuring out how to.

624

Calm your nerves and just approach it, you

know, one one moment at a time one pitch

625

at a time is is a really fun Challenge.

626

Marc Preston: Yeah, some people

say baseball is too slow, but I

627

did I enjoy the ebb and flow of it.

628

Dylan Arnold: Yeah

629

Marc Preston: is a Fan I mean to

be able to eat a hot dog drink a

630

beer and watch somebody else work.

631

It's pretty cool.

632

Dylan Arnold: Absolutely

633

Marc Preston: I've had a Dodger dog yet.

634

I want to get one of those Dodger dogs.

635

Oh, yeah, you gotta come

636

Dylan Arnold: out You know, you

know, it actually, it actually, it

637

feels like a really good baseball.

638

You know, it's like it, it can be

slow, but then it almost pays off

639

for those big, exciting moments.

640

Kind of like a movie or a TV show,

you know, you kind of get into a

641

lull and then there's those moments,

you know, I feel like it's, it's,

642

it's, it's very similar in that way.

643

And it also just challenges

you to kind of stay in the

644

moment and just kind of keep it

645

Marc Preston: But who

was your guy growing up?

646

Like, who was your, who was the

player that you were like, he's the

647

one I want signing my baseball cards.

648

Dylan Arnold: Uh, Edgar Martinez was

my, was my favorite player growing up.

649

I remember I, uh, one of the first

Mariners games I went to, I got a, I

650

got a, uh, during batting practice,

I got a, I got a ball hit by him.

651

And that was very exciting.

652

Really?

653

Yeah.

654

Yeah.

655

But I, I think Edgar

Martinez was probably my guy.

656

I love Jamie Moyer.

657

I loved all the, I love that

whole old Mariners team.

658

There's kind of this, and I talk

about this with other people

659

who grew up watching sports.

660

There is this special place in your

heart that you will always have for

661

the guys that you watch growing up,

you know, it's, I love watching.

662

The guys now, obviously, but yeah,

growing up, there's this nostalgia

663

and there's this sort of thing

that you would look up to them.

664

So I think all those, especially

665

Marc Preston: the stadium plus the

original stadium, like, you know,

666

like the Rangers have had that.

667

I love the new stadium they've got.

668

It's amazing.

669

That's retractable route, all that,

all the stuff that you want the

670

real contemporary stadium to have.

671

But I like the previous one

they had is about 20 years old.

672

It just felt like.

673

An out classic outdoor baseball

stadium, but my guy was Nolan Ryan.

674

Dylan Arnold: Oh, awesome.

675

I mean, what a guy, what a

guy to, what a guy to have.

676

Marc Preston: Oh God.

677

When I was 17, I know when I was 18, I

was working at a radio station in Dallas

678

and I was abusing my press passes.

679

I'll admit it.

680

You're I think statute of

limitations has passed.

681

I think you're probably not

682

Dylan Arnold: the only one.

683

Uh, but

684

Marc Preston: yeah, I brought my best

friend with me and we went to the, to

685

the, uh, uh, locker room and Nolan Ryan

buck naked is coming out of the shower

686

Dylan Arnold: and

687

Marc Preston: we've got a baseball,

our little commemorative baseball bats.

688

They gave out that day and we like,

you know, I'm like, dude, I'm not

689

going to have this chance again.

690

So he's sitting there, you

know, in a towel now and I'm

691

asking him to sign my bat.

692

I was just like, you know, giddy, like

a, like I was like, you know, six or

693

something, but, but yeah, that was, um,

that was, it was very, it was very cool,

694

but no, that's, that's a lot of fun.

695

Dylan Arnold: You still have it.

696

I imagine.

697

Oh, yeah, yeah, of course.

698

Marc Preston: Yeah, we just moved in

a little while ago and I'm trying to

699

figure out where I'm going to hang it.

700

I got two bats, one the team

I was the announcer for.

701

It was a good group of guys and

they, they all signed a bat,

702

uh, for me, uh, the last game.

703

So I got this cool black wood bat

with all their signatures on it.

704

So I have them hanging next to each

other, which is, you know, kind

705

of, I don't know where I'm going

to hang it now in my new place.

706

Cause it doesn't really fit this,

the tropical vibe we got going on.

707

You're fine.

708

You'll find a spot.

709

Now what?

710

Now, when you're doing your thing,

are you preferring to work around L.

711

A.

712

or do you, you said you

like going out on location.

713

You like traveling.

714

And I'm curious, kind of a second

part of that question is where, where

715

did they shoot a lady in the lake?

716

Dylan Arnold: So yeah, we shot

lady in the lake in Baltimore

717

and that's where it takes place.

718

Um, and yeah, I mean, I think that that's,

that's a really wonderful part about this

719

career is that it does take you places.

720

It allows you to travel, like I remember

721

Uh, believe it or not.

722

So, yeah, yeah, yeah.

723

Well, Ariel didn't tell me that.

724

Yeah.

725

I don't know if it's a secret.

726

Probably not.

727

Yeah, yeah.

728

Oh, that's cool, though.

729

Yeah, we got to go out to Bulgaria for

some of that, which was, which was wild.

730

I would never have gone

there on my own, probably.

731

So I think that that's a really wonderful,

um, uh, Part about this is that you get to

732

see new places and it also I feel like it

especially when you're on location where

733

the story takes place like when we were

shooting lady in the lake in baltimore it

734

kind of just Uh invigorates you and it and

it and it just makes everything feel alive

735

when you're actually there and you're on

location You're in the environment because

736

Marc Preston: it has the history of like

the racial tension and all that stuff.

737

Absolutely.

738

Yeah.

739

Yeah If I was a younger man, I would love

to travel to do different stuff, you know?

740

Dylan Arnold: Oh yeah,

and I want to travel more.

741

I feel like that's something that

I can incorporate more in my life.

742

But, speaking of what you were

saying about working in L.

743

A., I think like, when I was

filming, I filmed, uh, the third

744

season of You, and that filmed in L.

745

A., and that's where I was living.

746

So that was also very cool, to be

able to go back to my own house

747

and kind of have that sort of, uh,

job in my, where I lived, you know?

748

That was also really wonderful, so.

749

I feel like if I'm lucky, I'll

have a combination of all of it.

750

Marc Preston: You know, one of the things,

go back to Lady in the Lake, you and

751

Natalie Portman had this interesting,

I really liked what she, who she did,

752

kind of the character she created, it

was, it was different than anything

753

else she's ever done, which I thought

was cool, but experience like working

754

just generally with her, because y'all

had some really cool interactions at

755

different levels at different times.

756

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

757

I mean, the, the.

758

Yeah, the relationship between the

two characters is, like you said,

759

it's very complex, very interesting.

760

I, I think, yeah, two of them are

seeing very different sides of each

761

other, um, and thinking that it's one

thing when maybe it's another thing.

762

That's as vague as I'll be.

763

But, um, yeah, I mean she, working

with her was a really wonderful

764

She's a very generous actor.

765

She's someone that you go on set

and it feels like she's there

766

to collaborate and try things.

767

And, uh, you know, you feel safe.

768

You feel safe to explore and

like, I She didn't I didn't feel

769

intimidated because she didn't, she

didn't make herself intimidating.

770

She was just such a sweet,

genuinely nice person and clearly

771

loves what she does so much.

772

And so I think

773

Marc Preston: she has such

a memorable laugh too.

774

But I mean, we figure she's

been doing this for so long.

775

I mean, the professional, how

can you be a younger actor and

776

watch a professional going weird?

777

Where did she come from?

778

You know, like how can she be this

little kid who's never done this before?

779

And just like

780

Dylan Arnold: you almost forget that

she's been in the industry for so

781

long because she's so down to earth.

782

You know, it's like you, you.

783

But yeah, you're like, Oh wow, she's

been doing this since she was 12.

784

Marc Preston: My kids grew up with her

being, you know, Luke Skywalker's mom.

785

Of course, Padme.

786

Just kind of go back.

787

What were the first things

you work on in professionally?

788

Now, after college, when did

you start feeling the momentum?

789

Like when was it taking off for

790

Dylan Arnold: you?

791

You know, it.

792

Honestly, I don't know.

793

It's such an odd profession that I feel

like you feel waves of momentum and

794

then it kind of goes into a lull and

you feel in the other wave of momentum

795

and it kind of goes into a lull.

796

Like they say, you know, in this, in this

career, like when it rains, it pours.

797

Wow.

798

I activated Siri accidentally

on my, on my computer.

799

Uh, so, uh, no, but yeah, they

say when it rains, it pours.

800

And, and, and that's what I felt.

801

I felt like I've had ups and downs,

you know, but after graduating.

802

I was kind of in this mode of

just saying yes to everything.

803

Of course, you want experience on set.

804

You want to build your resume.

805

And then as time goes on, you're

fortunate enough to work on, uh,

806

interesting projects that you, and you

kind of get a sense of what you want to

807

look for and like you have very little

control over what you do, but, uh, but

808

you can definitely try to, I think.

809

Uh, encourage the sort of

things that you want to invite

810

Marc Preston: now, going back

to like Nashville, for instance,

811

that was, you know, you had

multiple episodes of, uh, of that.

812

So doing something like that, were

you a country music fan or was it

813

just how, you know, what was it,

what was that experience like?

814

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

815

I, you know, I didn't know

much about country music.

816

I think I gained more of an appreciation

for it after I did the show.

817

And again, that was another one where

I got to go to Nashville and film

818

in Nashville, which was really cool.

819

And I'd never been there.

820

And I, I kind of went back and forth on

and off for about, Six or eight months.

821

Uh, it was kind of a, Perfect

job for me at the time.

822

I was going to Nashville for a week

and filming and then coming back to

823

LA for three weeks and then go out and

kind of once a month, just go into,

824

go into Nashville for a little bit.

825

So, um, that was a really, and that

was, again, that was probably, that

826

was the first job that I had that

allowed me to explore a character

827

arc over multiple episodes.

828

Um, uh, so that was really cool, but

yeah, that was just, that was another

829

audition that just happened to work out.

830

And, uh, yeah, I, I definitely had a.

831

Had a really good time on that met a

832

Marc Preston: lot

833

Dylan Arnold: of wonderful people

834

Marc Preston: Well begs the

question, uh, like what kind of

835

music what kind of artistically?

836

What are you taking in like music

wise or yeah, well anything creative

837

that that's your jam if you will

838

Dylan Arnold: I've honestly i've really

been on a kick of the music that I

839

remember my mom listening to when I was

a kid uh, uh some dido, uh some uh Like

840

that that's honestly that's i've been

listening to that recently and it's just

841

it brings this nostalgia Nostalgia You're

842

Marc Preston: hitting like

that mid 90s kind of, uh, yeah,

843

Dylan Arnold: exactly.

844

Um, uh, but yeah, I don't know.

845

I really, I have a pretty

eclectic music taste.

846

I feel like I, I kind of, uh, get in, get

in modes of listening to specific artists.

847

I love, you know, I love, I love jazz.

848

I love Bossa Nova.

849

I love some classic rock.

850

I, I think that for me, what I love about

music is, is the ability to transport

851

you into different, Times and different

emotions and different memories.

852

And I think that that's

what I'm really like a

853

Marc Preston: smell.

854

It brings it back to you immediately.

855

Yeah,

856

Dylan Arnold: yeah, yeah, yeah.

857

I think that that's what I've been really,

uh, enjoying about kind of exploring that

858

old, uh, kind of that, that you said Dido.

859

Marc Preston: It's like,

cause that was like the Haiti.

860

I was working on the radio

in Dallas and this is about.

861

I was there till like 98, I think.

862

And that was like right there.

863

Like you had Duncan Sheik.

864

That was another big one that

your mom probably was like.

865

Yeah.

866

And Joni Mitchell.

867

I haven't heard.

868

Dylan Arnold: Joni

Mitchell's another big one.

869

Marc Preston: Was it one of those things?

870

Like as a kid, you're always riding in

the car, whether she's playing your music.

871

Is that kind of what keyed you into

the stuff your mom was listening to or?

872

Dylan Arnold: I think probably,

I think it, I think it made an

873

impact on me without knowing it.

874

I, uh, and.

875

Again, like I, I think I had forgotten

about all that, all that kind of music.

876

And then when I had heard it

recently in the last few months,

877

it just, it was a pretty profound

experience of just listening to it.

878

Just almost being ripped out of this

reality and thrown into the previous one.

879

And I was like, that's crazy.

880

Yeah.

881

So I've been kind of, I've been

kind of searching for that a little

882

more, uh, and, and inviting that

into my life, that nostalgia.

883

Marc Preston: Somehow I was cruising

through the channels in my, uh, my kids,

884

my, my oldest is 21 and she was, uh, they

always watch Disney, you know, wizards of

885

Waverly place and all that kind of stuff.

886

And, uh, so anytime I hear one of

those, uh, I got a tear in my eye.

887

Like I'll immediately go back to when

they're like little teeny tiny people,

888

you know, it's kind of the same thing.

889

Like when a smell, it

hits you immediately.

890

You're awash with subconscious emotion.

891

Do you play any instruments or do you,

do you have any, uh, musical ability?

892

Dylan Arnold: I know a

few chords on the guitar.

893

I, uh, I was gifted a banjo recently

by my friend that told me I needed

894

to learn it, which I've not done yet,

but that's on the, that's on the list.

895

Uh, I have a lot of really talented, So I

feel like I just kind of enjoy when they

896

play, but I, um, No, I think, I honestly

think that is something that I want.

897

In my life a little more, uh, I think

it'd be, I think it'd be, I would love

898

to be incredible at an instrument.

899

It does take a lot of work and I respect

the hell out of people who are talented

900

musicians because you know how much

effort they put into getting that good.

901

Marc Preston: It sounds like you got

an eclectic, you know, you have a

902

desire for something eclectic, you

know, where you're just not acting.

903

I like a little bit of

904

Dylan Arnold: everything, you know.

905

Marc Preston: Now what's

kind of on the horizon?

906

What are you, are you working on

something now or is there, you know,

907

are you taking a little break or

are you angling trying to get into

908

doing a certain thing at the moment?

909

Dylan Arnold: I mean, I, you know,

the strike and all that stuff.

910

That was, that was a pretty,

that's kind of created this sort

911

of interesting experience in this

industry in the last, in the last year.

912

Um, you know, I have some stuff that,

that, uh, is percolating that I,

913

that I could potentially be working

on towards the end of this year.

914

Um, but no, I mean, as for

now, I think I'm I write a

915

little bit just for enjoyment.

916

I don't know if anything

will come of that.

917

But I really enjoy doing it.

918

Um, and you know, I'm, I'm

919

Marc Preston: Like poems?

920

Short stories?

921

What kind of stuff do

922

Dylan Arnold: you write?

923

Right now I'm kind of, I'm working

in more of a like narrative feature

924

element, because I think that's

probably it's probably because

925

that's what I read a lot of.

926

You know, I read a lot of scripts.

927

So I think that And like, the reality

is like, I think that is something that

928

I would, you know, whether it happens

sooner or later, I, I would love to

929

be able to write something and, and,

and manifest and put that into, you

930

a final product or direct something.

931

I think that I just, I

really love this medium.

932

I love what it has to offer.

933

And I, uh, I would love to participate

in every aspect that I can.

934

So I think that is definitely some,

some of the, uh, an aspiration that I

935

have for myself is to be able to write

something and, and, and put it on screen.

936

Marc Preston: As you write, one of the

things I learned is that you understand

937

the casting process is not really about

you as an actor, you know, no, truly.

938

Yeah.

939

You get a sense of like, this is this

person and you want to find if you

940

were, if you were theoretically casting

this role, I don't know about you,

941

but whenever I'm writing something,

I always get somebody in mind.

942

I know they say you're not really

supposed to, but I get kind of a,

943

kind of like a totem, a certain

character, you know, in mind.

944

No, you're

945

Dylan Arnold: absolutely right.

946

And it kind of, it's.

947

It's so hard.

948

Casting directors will say this.

949

It's not about the talent.

950

It's about how you fit into the role.

951

And it's, it's so hard to

trust that, but it is so true.

952

You know, I, you know, I'm, when

I'm writing something, I think

953

about the kind of actor that

I would want to have play it.

954

And there are a list of hundreds of

actors that I think are extraordinary

955

actors that just, in my mind, I'm

like, they're a great actor, but

956

they wouldn't be right for this part.

957

So, yeah, just like you said, like

it is, it is freeing in a way,

958

and it is, you know, Interesting

to be on the other side of it.

959

It's kind of like cooking, you know,

960

Marc Preston: you may love an ingredient,

you know Chocolate may not necessarily

961

go with Tequila or maybe it does.

962

I don't know, but you know, maybe

963

Dylan Arnold: it does.

964

I don't know.

965

Marc Preston: Maybe I just

created something to know.

966

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

967

Marc Preston: Well, today as we kind

of head towards wrapping up here, I

968

guess it might call the seven questions.

969

I always like to kind of throw in

on the back side, a little fun told

970

you we're going to talk about food.

971

So first question is always, uh,

what is your favorite comfort food?

972

Dylan Arnold: Ooh, my

favorite comfort food.

973

I think It's between two.

974

I would say, uh, a breakfast burrito, love

a breakfast burrito, or chocolate chip

975

Marc Preston: cookie.

976

Now you, oh, there you go.

977

Okay.

978

You say breakfast burrito, but

I gotta know the ingredients.

979

How do you define a breakfast burrito?

980

Dylan Arnold: Okay, so eggs

for sure, cheese, some onion,

981

uh, I'm gonna be a snob,

982

Marc Preston: I'm gonna ask

you what kind of cheese.

983

Dylan Arnold: Cheese, uh,

usually like a cheddar.

984

Yeah, yeah, yeah, like a cheddar.

985

Uh, I love a salsa.

986

I love, uh, the onions important.

987

You know, if you want to

throw some potatoes and greens

988

in there, I won't be mad.

989

Uh, there is a breakfast burrito that

I get near my house that they put

990

this aioli in it that's delicious.

991

So, but I think that breakfast

burritos, there's a lot of variety.

992

There's a lot of different kinds

of breakfast burritos you can have.

993

Um, but I think in general, I

think to me it's just, it's a

994

perfect vehicle to start the day.

995

Queso Fresco, try crumble up Queso Fresco.

996

Queso Fresco is actually, that is,

that is the, that is the cheese.

997

Marc Preston: Yeah, that stuff is so,

I mean, we get good stuff down here.

998

So I'm like, I've been going bonkers,

but not on, I'll, I'll sit there

999

and go to refrigerator next thing.

00:45:03,525 --> 00:45:05,905

You know, out of the blue, I'm

like, why am I just sitting here

00:45:05,905 --> 00:45:07,425

eating chunks of queso fresco?

00:45:07,425 --> 00:45:09,995

Dylan Arnold: If I get to go to New

Mexico, throw a green chili on there.

00:45:10,335 --> 00:45:10,565

Absolutely.

00:45:11,145 --> 00:45:12,285

New Mexican green chili.

00:45:12,285 --> 00:45:13,085

That's, that's awesome.

00:45:13,275 --> 00:45:13,585

That's awesome.

00:45:13,775 --> 00:45:15,115

Marc Preston: You mentioned

the chocolate chip cookies.

00:45:15,125 --> 00:45:17,365

So did you have any specific vibe on that?

00:45:17,505 --> 00:45:17,825

Dylan Arnold: Oh,

00:45:20,270 --> 00:45:22,350

I love all kinds of

chocolate chip cookies.

00:45:22,350 --> 00:45:24,200

I'm not gonna, I'm not

gonna, I'm not prejudiced.

00:45:24,210 --> 00:45:27,270

But I, uh, I, I've

recently, the brown butter.

00:45:27,470 --> 00:45:31,180

If you brown the butter beforehand, it

really makes it, it really makes it rich.

00:45:31,180 --> 00:45:32,300

A little sea salt on there.

00:45:32,695 --> 00:45:34,945

A lot of chocolate, big chunks.

00:45:34,985 --> 00:45:36,025

It's basic in the

00:45:36,025 --> 00:45:37,815

Marc Preston: most

elemental and awesome way.

00:45:37,815 --> 00:45:38,655

You know, it's, it's right.

00:45:38,655 --> 00:45:38,995

If you can

00:45:38,995 --> 00:45:41,315

Dylan Arnold: get a crispy and gooey,

I think that's a perfect combination.

00:45:41,355 --> 00:45:43,195

Marc Preston: Crispy on the edges,

a little chewy on the inside.

00:45:43,205 --> 00:45:43,705

We're good to go.

00:45:43,715 --> 00:45:43,925

Yep.

00:45:44,085 --> 00:45:44,265

Yep.

00:45:44,295 --> 00:45:45,985

Now, now next question.

00:45:45,985 --> 00:45:47,935

If you're to sit down, you're

going to talk story with

00:45:48,125 --> 00:45:49,635

three people living or not.

00:45:49,715 --> 00:45:51,735

Uh, you can sit down and

have coffee few hours.

00:45:52,695 --> 00:45:55,365

Who would those three people be that

you would like to sit down with?

00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,950

Dylan Arnold: Honestly, the first

person that came to mind is my great

00:46:00,950 --> 00:46:04,310

grandfather who I never got to meet

His name is Henry Blankfort, and he's

00:46:04,310 --> 00:46:09,710

a screenwriter in In LA and he was

blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:10,330

Really?

00:46:10,910 --> 00:46:14,570

Yeah Yeah, he he has a really I mean

I could I could talk for a long time

00:46:14,570 --> 00:46:19,040

about him, but he he He's a he was a

really interesting guy and apparently

00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:23,130

just had the best sense of humor So

I think I would really enjoy kind of

00:46:23,210 --> 00:46:27,710

talking to him about his approach of

to writing and and how he experiences

00:46:27,710 --> 00:46:29,060

that I think it's funny because

00:46:29,060 --> 00:46:31,750

Marc Preston: I always mention my grant

and people have asked me My grandfather's

00:46:31,750 --> 00:46:34,900

always in there for a different reason

just kind of yeah You know, but my

00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:38,310

great grandfather is the one he always

references when he talks about the wisdom

00:46:38,310 --> 00:46:43,320

He called, you know, he came over from

00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:48,375

and and uh, Especially when you got

somebody who in your family did your, you

00:46:48,375 --> 00:46:51,485

know, is in the same ecosystem that, that

would have been, that would be very cool.

00:46:51,845 --> 00:46:52,085

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

00:46:52,085 --> 00:46:55,265

Well, I was thinking about this the

other day that I'm like, our family is,

00:46:55,325 --> 00:46:57,775

is a big reason of who we are today.

00:46:57,795 --> 00:47:00,915

But unless you hear the stories

so much get lost, it gets

00:47:00,915 --> 00:47:02,425

lost, you know, over time.

00:47:02,745 --> 00:47:05,525

So there is so much that I don't

know about my family, which

00:47:05,535 --> 00:47:08,975

have probably played important

factors into who I am today.

00:47:08,975 --> 00:47:11,405

So I think that would be

cool to kind of bridge that.

00:47:12,460 --> 00:47:17,730

But I think another one, I mean, one

of my favorite actors, who's not around

00:47:17,790 --> 00:47:19,130

anymore is Philip Seymour Hoffman.

00:47:19,250 --> 00:47:20,360

Oh yeah.

00:47:21,050 --> 00:47:22,830

Marc Preston: It it's

heartbreaking to watch anything.

00:47:22,830 --> 00:47:26,870

He's in, he just lights it up, you

know, uh, it was like pirate radio.

00:47:26,980 --> 00:47:28,890

I don't know if he ever, did you

ever see that where they had the

00:47:28,900 --> 00:47:32,130

pirate ship off the coast of, in

the UK and they're broadcasting.

00:47:32,190 --> 00:47:32,890

No, I didn't,

00:47:32,990 --> 00:47:33,840

Dylan Arnold: but I'm writing it down.

00:47:33,970 --> 00:47:36,060

Marc Preston: That, that anything

he did is like, God, where is he?

00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:36,450

Where is he?

00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,790

Like we were talking about making

choices before he just watch him.

00:47:38,790 --> 00:47:41,690

Like, I don't know where he got

that from, but it's so cool.

00:47:42,210 --> 00:47:46,070

But, uh, but yeah, so, so you'd have your

great grandfather, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

00:47:46,090 --> 00:47:49,110

Oh, I have to ask you what your

favorite role, uh, he played was.

00:47:49,420 --> 00:47:50,220

Dylan Arnold: Oh, God.

00:47:50,260 --> 00:47:55,100

I, he's, it's honestly so hard to pick.

00:47:55,100 --> 00:47:56,090

He is genuine.

00:47:56,090 --> 00:47:59,500

And the reason why I love him

so much is he brings something

00:47:59,530 --> 00:48:01,200

so different to each role.

00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:05,160

And it's just, he is someone that I watch

and I'm like, how are you doing that?

00:48:05,170 --> 00:48:11,100

How are you, Uh, because he's

able to just fold into anything

00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:12,210

that he does so seamlessly.

00:48:12,260 --> 00:48:15,670

I, I, I mean, I saw Punch

Drunk Love recently.

00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:19,750

So that's the thing that's kind of

fresh in my mind, uh, his role in that.

00:48:19,750 --> 00:48:22,870

But I, I, I think, I mean,

he's, he's just incredible.

00:48:22,870 --> 00:48:26,170

And the Master, like, I, I,

I think that he's just, yeah,

00:48:26,170 --> 00:48:27,910

he's, he's just one of the best.

00:48:27,910 --> 00:48:28,750

Well, even something subtle,

00:48:28,750 --> 00:48:30,009

Marc Preston: kind of like, uh, uh, Almost

00:48:30,009 --> 00:48:30,219

Dylan Arnold: Famous.

00:48:30,219 --> 00:48:30,429

Yes.

00:48:30,770 --> 00:48:31,470

Exactly.

00:48:31,550 --> 00:48:35,240

The, the, the, producer, producer,

I think, I think he was a,

00:48:35,260 --> 00:48:38,720

Marc Preston: he was a writer for a

music review writer guy, you know.

00:48:38,730 --> 00:48:39,410

Dylan Arnold: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:48:39,430 --> 00:48:44,310

But yeah, I think that he's, he's

able to just, uh, steal any scene

00:48:44,310 --> 00:48:48,610

that he's in and, and he is such,

his, the, the, his ability to create

00:48:48,610 --> 00:48:51,010

a character, I think that's the

thing that I'm most impressed by.

00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:51,640

Um.

00:48:53,195 --> 00:48:59,065

But then, um, I think the last one, and

I'll be honest, I don't, I don't know.

00:48:59,095 --> 00:49:05,410

I mean, I know a few of his movies,

but I, but Paul Newman, I just, Any

00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:10,540

story that I hear about him, I really

appreciate how he carries himself and how

00:49:10,550 --> 00:49:15,880

he seemed to, uh, his attitude that he

seemed to have towards life in general.

00:49:15,910 --> 00:49:18,330

And I think that I would, I don't know.

00:49:18,340 --> 00:49:18,360

He

00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:19,740

Marc Preston: was as mince as my people.

00:49:20,020 --> 00:49:20,920

Yes, exactly.

00:49:20,970 --> 00:49:21,630

Dylan Arnold: Exactly.

00:49:21,860 --> 00:49:25,960

And I don't know a tremendous amount

about him, but I would love to learn

00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:28,460

if I was going to sit down with

him, I would love to be able to.

00:49:30,265 --> 00:49:32,125

Marc Preston: He's the real deal,

I guess you can say, you know?

00:49:32,125 --> 00:49:32,405

Yeah,

00:49:32,655 --> 00:49:33,015

Dylan Arnold: yeah.

00:49:33,135 --> 00:49:35,625

Marc Preston: The next question I got

for you here is, uh, when you were

00:49:35,625 --> 00:49:39,205

a kid, growing up, you gotta know, I

gotta know your first celebrity crush.

00:49:39,975 --> 00:49:40,195

Dylan Arnold: Oof.

00:49:42,825 --> 00:49:44,275

Marc Preston: Don't make it

awkward to say Natalie Portman.

00:49:44,285 --> 00:49:45,385

No, I'm totally kidding.

00:49:46,425 --> 00:49:50,455

Dylan Arnold: Uh, I mean, I feel like she

was, you know, many people's celebrity.

00:49:50,505 --> 00:49:51,645

Oh, Star Wars

00:49:51,645 --> 00:49:53,065

Marc Preston: did it for,

yeah, most certainly.

00:49:53,075 --> 00:49:53,585

Dylan Arnold: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:49:53,585 --> 00:49:56,065

I mean, I honestly think

that's a, that's a fair one.

00:49:56,205 --> 00:50:01,580

Um, I think probably that or, you

know, Emma Watson in Harry Potter.

00:50:01,580 --> 00:50:06,310

I think when I was a kid, Hermione was,

was another, was another big one for me.

00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:08,660

Marc Preston: You were kind of right in

that sweet spot of age where that was an

00:50:08,660 --> 00:50:11,470

influential, uh, you know, a big thing.

00:50:11,490 --> 00:50:12,570

Dylan Arnold: Yeah, it

was actually interesting.

00:50:12,570 --> 00:50:15,985

Cause my brother is, although older

than me, he, The way it worked

00:50:15,985 --> 00:50:17,885

out is he grew up with the books.

00:50:17,885 --> 00:50:21,645

So he was basically the age that

Harry was when the books came out.

00:50:21,865 --> 00:50:24,605

And I was the age that Harry

was when the movies came out.

00:50:24,905 --> 00:50:28,965

So we kind of had this sort of,

sort of relationship with how

00:50:28,965 --> 00:50:32,965

the series was being released and

how we felt like we grew with it.

00:50:33,025 --> 00:50:33,985

Marc Preston: You ever seen the movie?

00:50:33,985 --> 00:50:35,875

This is the end, uh, with Seth Rogen.

00:50:37,025 --> 00:50:40,660

And her, somebody says, you know, Hermione

stabbed me or something like that.

00:50:40,660 --> 00:50:42,885

Like she was, she, she showed up

and she was shot somebody or killed.

00:50:42,915 --> 00:50:45,215

I forgot exactly what I thought.

00:50:45,215 --> 00:50:45,695

That was funny.

00:50:45,715 --> 00:50:46,075

Dylan Arnold: Yeah.

00:50:46,125 --> 00:50:48,475

Marc Preston: Um, now the next question

I got for you, if you're going to

00:50:48,485 --> 00:50:51,405

go live on an exotic Island, uh,

somewhere you want to be somewhere

00:50:51,405 --> 00:50:54,095

nice whole year, you're going to be

there, but you don't have internet.

00:50:54,435 --> 00:50:56,845

So if you want to listen to

music, you got to bring an album.

00:50:56,915 --> 00:50:58,895

And if you want to watch a

movie, you got to bring a DVD.

00:50:58,905 --> 00:50:59,235

You got to go.

00:50:59,265 --> 00:51:01,735

Oh, gee, what would that album be?

00:51:01,735 --> 00:51:04,645

And what would that DVD, what

would that, what would the music

00:51:04,645 --> 00:51:05,625

and what would the movie be?

00:51:07,125 --> 00:51:10,535

Dylan Arnold: Oh man,

that is a tough question.

00:51:11,315 --> 00:51:13,525

Okay, okay, uh,

00:51:15,735 --> 00:51:22,604

Hmm, hmm, Okay, so movie, I think, uh,

00:51:24,685 --> 00:51:28,325

Oh my god, that is like, it's

almost impossible for me to answer.

00:51:28,385 --> 00:51:33,305

I, um, Well, if there's like a trilogy,

let's say, or if there's like a series.

00:51:33,535 --> 00:51:33,855

Okay.

00:51:33,855 --> 00:51:37,955

So, so if I can bring us, if I can bring

a trilogy, I'm bringing Lord of the Rings.

00:51:37,955 --> 00:51:39,755

I'm bringing all three

Lord of the Rings movies.

00:51:40,105 --> 00:51:43,175

That is, especially if I'm on an

island, I think that I would just

00:51:43,225 --> 00:51:48,135

growing up, I watched those movies

religiously and I would, if I

00:51:48,135 --> 00:51:49,495

wasn't watching them, I was out.

00:51:50,910 --> 00:51:55,070

Pretending that I was in them, so I think,

you know, I think that, uh, that would

00:51:55,070 --> 00:51:57,050

definitely, you know, keep me entertained.

00:51:57,050 --> 00:52:00,960

I would probably revert back to my

childhood roots and just, just run

00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:03,810

around the island in the woods and

pretend I was in Lord of the Rings.

00:52:03,810 --> 00:52:05,630

I think that would keep me

entertained sufficiently.

00:52:05,820 --> 00:52:07,030

Yeah, a little secret, you know,

00:52:07,030 --> 00:52:09,844

Marc Preston: I have

only seen one of them.

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And not the whole thing.

00:52:10,605 --> 00:52:11,485

It's one of those movies.

00:52:12,075 --> 00:52:13,105

There's so much stuff out there.

00:52:13,105 --> 00:52:16,545

I'm going, I haven't, I haven't

watched Game of Thrones.

00:52:16,615 --> 00:52:18,725

I look at it like, you know what,

there's gonna be a day or a weekend or

00:52:18,725 --> 00:52:21,665

I'm just going to sit down and be able

to experience it for the first time.

00:52:21,665 --> 00:52:23,014

You know,

00:52:23,015 --> 00:52:24,835

Dylan Arnold: I really think

it's the perfect trilogy.

00:52:24,835 --> 00:52:28,064

I really think it's, it's,

it's so they're so well made.

00:52:28,585 --> 00:52:32,195

Uh, beyond just the story and

the directing, but like the, the

00:52:32,195 --> 00:52:35,905

makeup and the, it just, the world

is so, is so, is so beautiful.

00:52:35,915 --> 00:52:36,975

Everybody likes it, is very

00:52:36,975 --> 00:52:37,715

Marc Preston: passionate about it.

00:52:37,715 --> 00:52:37,945

Yeah.

00:52:37,945 --> 00:52:39,485

So I definitely need to check it out.

00:52:39,765 --> 00:52:42,085

Dylan Arnold: Um, and then an album.

00:52:43,665 --> 00:52:47,305

See, my problem is, is that I have such

an eclectic music taste that I don't have

00:52:47,305 --> 00:52:49,025

one album that I really, that I really

00:52:49,105 --> 00:52:50,995

Marc Preston: particularly

See, I, I'm the same way.

00:52:50,995 --> 00:52:53,425

I think if somebody looked at my

Spotify playlist, it'd be like,

00:52:53,445 --> 00:52:55,205

wow, this guy's got some issues.

00:52:55,485 --> 00:52:56,784

Uh, yeah, cause I'm all over the place.

00:52:56,785 --> 00:52:59,455

I really, you know, I'll get in

different moods of what I want to.