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Happy Holidays Hollywood The first annual ReelShort holiday shoot is here. Your favorite lead stars come together to reflect on their journeys in verticals share dream collaborations and spread festive cheer in this must-watch holiday special.__Featuring__Jesse Morales_Rebecca Stoughton_Seth Edeen_Nicole Mattox_Marc Herrmann_Haley Lohrli _Richard Sharrah_Samantha Drews_Luke Charles Stafford_Adam Daniel_Savannah Coffee_Autumn Noel_Meg Bush_Chris Quartuccio_Maria Barseghian__LISTEN TO REELTALK__YouTube_ https___bit.ly_ReelTalkYouTube_Spotify_ https___spoti.fi_40aLVFg_Apple Podcasts_ https___apple.co_3VVqoOs__JOIN OUR COMMUNITY__Discord_ https___discord.com_invite_JJM5ShkEy5
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00:00And, this is Emily.
00:02Hopefully I got that.
00:08Hey everybody, The Real Short fandom.
00:10It's Richard Shara.
00:11Jesse Morales.
00:12Samantha Drews.
00:13Chris Quartuccio.
00:14Rebecca Stoughton.
00:15Maria.
00:16Savannah.
00:17Meg Busch.
00:18Hayley Lorelei.
00:19Luke Charles Stafford.
00:20Tamara Kerman.
00:21Autumn Noel.
00:22Seth the Dean.
00:23Adam Daniel.
00:24Nicole Maddox.
00:25And some words that describe me, I would say, bubbly.
00:27I'm introspective.
00:28Dad, of course.
00:29I'm a writer.
00:30Actor.
00:31Entertainer.
00:32I'm a sister.
00:33Uncle.
00:34A singer.
00:35Humble.
00:36Artist.
00:37Dreamer.
00:38You know, I just am really grateful to be here amongst everyone that I know.
00:41It's truly a blessing.
00:42It's nice to have everyone gathered and just have a safe space to kind of like reconnect.
00:48It was very much like seeing a just room full of celebrities.
00:53For us to actually all be together and spend some quality time getting to catch up, I think
00:58that's great and I wish it happened more.
01:01I just got done talking to Jesse, just did his, and yeah, everyone's having a blast.
01:04When you run your own show, obviously you're like the male lead of your series, so we don't
01:07really get to see each other until there's events like this where you get to interact.
01:10Folks might believe we see each other all the time, but we don't.
01:12We absolutely don't.
01:13But just being around these people is just the most uplifting and soul nourishing thing.
01:18These crazy people and I love them so much.
01:20It's been amazing.
01:21How many verticals I've done this year?
01:23Maybe 10?
01:24It's probably seven or eight.
01:26I don't know.
01:27I didn't keep track of that.
01:29I'm going to say eight.
01:30Ten.
01:31I'm double digits now.
01:32I think I've really only shot seven.
01:34Twelve.
01:35Fifteen this year?
01:36Twelve.
01:37Or thirteen.
01:38Maybe fourteen.
01:39Ten.
01:40Sixteen, seventeen.
01:41Ten or eleven this year.
01:43Eleven.
01:44Somewhere between eight and twelve.
01:45I've done twenty this year.
01:47I think this year my favorite one was To My Romeo With Love that I shot with Kayla Brady.
01:52We always have a good time working together and this was a very emotional script and it was
01:57fun to be able to tell that story.
01:59I would say probably Undercover Prison King.
02:00I got to do a lot of stunts and action and it was totally different than any vertical
02:05I've ever done or any vertical that I've ever seen.
02:07Wings of Fire and that was the coolest show to this day that I've ever shot.
02:11We battled the elements and that was by far my favorite and most memorable project for this year.
02:17Dungeons of Ecstasy.
02:18I got to shoot in Italy.
02:20I can't not say that.
02:21It was so much fun and it was just good cast, good crew, good food.
02:26Best.
02:27It was amazing.
02:28The first one I thought of was the one we recently wrapped for Real Short called Taming My Bullies
02:32and we just had the best, best, best time ever.
02:34It was like the greatest team.
02:36Cam, my co-star, and Laura, the makeup artist, and Jen, the director.
02:39It was just a dream team.
02:41We're all gonna be friends for life.
02:43I remember when I first started doing verticals, I had no idea what they were.
02:46No one knew what they were.
02:47And I just was like, okay, acting job?
02:49Yes, please.
02:50And had the best time.
02:51And it was one of those things where I didn't know what I was getting myself into.
02:54And I think stepping on set and realizing, oh, this is a real set and everybody's here to work and do their jobs was the best surprise.
03:00And here I am still doing it two years later.
03:03I was on the very first vertical.
03:05That's probably the more unique thing about my journey.
03:08And I remember I turned to my co-star and I was like, if I did this the rest of my life, I think I'd be happy.
03:14I got the booking for Billionaire Baby Bargain.
03:16And I was like, what is this?
03:18Hold on a second.
03:19It was totally new.
03:20And then I showed up on set and I was like, these guys are gonna take over the world.
03:23Through teaching tennis, I met someone who's friends with someone who works at Real Short.
03:28And after a few months of playing with them, they said, hey, you should audition for my friend, you know?
03:34So I sent my tape in and that was it.
03:39I met Erica. She's my agent at Real Short and she met me when I was working at a meal prep company.
03:45And she had walked in there and I was working there and she's like, you should come work at Real Short too.
03:48And I was like, all right.
03:49My first ever vertical I was on, I was backgrounding a Real Short vertical that Rebecca was starring in.
03:57And it was very sweet because I almost like looked up to her.
04:00I was like, oh my gosh, this girl isn't so many.
04:03But I sat there as a background watching her get married.
04:06And, you know, it was just so sweet and beautiful to like be working with her now.
04:10I got an offer for a show, gosh, two years ago now.
04:15And it was a little bit more risque in nature.
04:20I was reading through the script and it wasn't something at the time that I felt like I could really do and make it look authentic and real.
04:25And so I told them I couldn't take it.
04:28And they were so good to me and so sweet and literally were like, not a problem at all.
04:34We have another script that's more, you know, PG-13.
04:38I was part of like kind of the first wave of people that started doing these verticals.
04:42Luckily, I got put on a Real Short production.
04:44That's when I was like, okay, yeah, like I can, I can do a Real Short.
04:47To see where they were and to where they are now, like, it's absolutely mind blowing how far they've come in just two years.
04:54And it's crazy to think where they'll be two years from now.
04:57I was at USC and my agent sent me this thing and I didn't know what it was.
05:02So I went and I talked to a lot of people who had already been in a few verticals at that point.
05:07So they were kind of helping me through, explaining it to me.
05:09And then it just kept going.
05:11You know, I did my first vertical not knowing it was a vertical.
05:15It was labeled as a web series on one of the acting sites.
05:18And I showed up and the cameras were sideways and I was like, sick.
05:21What are we doing here?
05:22And then they explained it and I was like, that's actually incredible.
05:24Let's do it.
05:25I was cast in my very first one, which was called You Fired a Tech Genius.
05:30And when I spoke to the head of production and she offered me the lead role, this changed my life.
05:38Is there anyone here that you would like to work with that maybe you haven't worked with before?
05:43Oh, I want to work with Rebecca.
05:46I don't think we've done a project together and she's such a sweetheart and she's so cute.
05:50I definitely, I would want to do a project with her.
05:52I've been interviewing a couple now and most of them have said they want to work with you.
05:57Oh, oh my God.
05:59I feel I've worked with everybody here, but I will say I would absolutely love to do one with like Meg and Sarah and Haley and
06:07like all the girls.
06:08Like if we could get like a girls one together, that would be so fun.
06:12That's what we need to do.
06:13Can I say the girls?
06:14I want to work with Meg and Haley so bad.
06:17I want to work with all the girls.
06:18I really want to work with Meg and Haley though.
06:19I just met Richard for the first time.
06:21I've seen his face before, but I've never like actually talked to him.
06:24So that could be cool.
06:25Honestly, anyone would be nice.
06:26Actually, I saw Chris.
06:27I haven't worked with him.
06:28I don't know much about him actually, but someone recently asked me if I've worked with him before.
06:33And I said, no, and they were like, you should.
06:35There's a handful of people here.
06:37I think I have not worked with Chris.
06:39I think that'd be really fun to work with him.
06:41I haven't worked with Jesse yet or Richard.
06:44I haven't worked with either of them.
06:45That would be cool.
06:46I have not worked with any of the other male leads.
06:48So I would love to do one with one of the other male leads like Mark, Richard, Jesse, Chris, any of the boys.
06:56Like I would love to shoot one with one of them.
06:59Because I see Seth all the time and we're friends.
07:02I think it'd be really fun if we played brothers in a vertical.
07:07I think that'd be a lot of fun.
07:08I think that's one of the really cool things about when I got to do American Sniper is we had a cast full of like leading men.
07:14And that never happens.
07:15Like I don't normally get to work with like the other leading men in the vertical space.
07:18Who was on the list today?
07:20And well, just not all of them.
07:22Verticals have done so much for me.
07:24I obviously some of them are campy and silly, but really what they've done for me.
07:29I'm a very visual learner.
07:30And for my acting, for example, people that aren't in the industry might not know, but when you film a feature film or you're filming in a television show, you film it and it doesn't come out for years sometimes.
07:41And so by the time you get the chance to watch it and critique your acting ability and learn from it, it's two years down the line.
07:48You fix most of those things that you that you're watching and you're like, oh, that's not working.
07:52But with verticals, the good thing about it is it's it's like a boot camp.
07:56You're on all the time.
07:57You're in every scene.
07:58You get the chance to develop these characters and take them one way or another.
08:01And then you get to see it within two months.
08:04So you know exactly where you're at in your acting ability.
08:06It completely changed it.
08:07I was in a place during the the writer's strike was going on and I had no I was no work going on.
08:13My agency went bankrupt.
08:15And then I was just working these constantly.
08:18And these I feel like a lot of actors have kept them afloat when they wouldn't normally have been able to because it's just so slow.
08:24It feels like.
08:25And I think I've just gained a lot of good experience with being in front of the camera and good experience with turning around scripts really quickly because we move really fast.
08:35And I guess I've gotten a great amount of exposure and I've gained people that like watching me, which is which is great.
08:42It's been an overall very grateful experience and I hope it keeps going.
08:47What are your goals for 2026?
08:50I don't know.
08:51I got to get through this year.
08:53I think just keep working and take the projects that really inspire me, make time for friends and be better about planning out those little breaks where I get to feel me and embrace my hobby.
09:04And remember the things that I love and therefore who I am at my core.
09:09Prioritize my health a little more.
09:11Get back into Taekwondo and work on more exciting projects that make me happy.
09:17I want to continue to be a greater walk of masculinity.
09:21I want to continue to be a man that's trustworthy, who's strong but kind, who's a good leader but not because he demands to be and continues to serve other people.
09:32I definitely want like a mixture of both.
09:35I want to ground myself more, but I also want to work on way more projects, meet new people and just continue doing what I love.
09:43But I also want to make sure that I make time for myself.
09:46Kind of try out some different roles than what y'all are used to.
09:49Definitely, you know, something edgier, a little more fun.
09:52Wink wink.
09:53Dare I save Ellen?
09:54I don't know.
09:55My goal is honestly to keep working.
09:58So I'm hoping, which it's looking good.
10:00I'm hoping to do at least one project a month in 2026.
10:03That would be amazing.
10:04And to just, and to travel somewhere.
10:06I want to travel somewhere I've never been before.
10:08Those are my two main goals.
10:10I think we can like branch out and start doing all the other crazy, you know, genres would be fun.
10:14I'd love, I'd love to do like a Jack Reacher, James Bond kind of version and stuff.
10:18You're taken for instance, I would love to actually take the action and mix it with my dad kind of like, you know, CEO dad thing is like, they got my daughter.
10:26I'm coming for you with my unique set of skills.
10:28I'm writing a short right now.
10:29It's like my, I did a few in college, but this is the first time post college, which is much harder because no one's forcing you to do anything.
10:37So I'm doing that.
10:38And it's kind of like a passion project.
10:41I see myself in a new place.
10:43I'm planning a move in 2026, which can be a little bit hard when you're working in.
10:47This kind of industry when you just take what comes up, but I'm very excited.
10:53Moving feels almost like a reset.
10:55Like we're starting new at the beginning of the year.
10:58And I hope that just brings like even more like bright ideas, whether it comes to social media.
11:05Outside of verticals, really, I'm very excited for this cartoon to come out because that is just something so, so unexpected.
11:14I think from what fans will see as far as verticals like to find a home with real short.
11:22It's such a rare thing.
11:24I plan on staying with this family for as long as possible and keep working and keep making people happy.
11:34I just want to say thank you all for supporting me and the rest of us here at Real Short.
11:42We couldn't do this without you guys.
11:44Thank you so much. It's thanks to you guys that I get to chase this dream. So thank you.
11:47Thank you guys for watching. Thank you for supporting.
11:49And I hope to keep bringing some fun new content.
11:53And I just, I love all of you. Thank you for interacting with me and supporting me.
11:58And I could go on and on and on, but I love you guys.
12:00I love you guys.
12:30Happy Holidays!
12:32Happy Holidays!
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