Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with Director and Writer Carter Ward and stars Reilly Walters and Carmen Berkeley from the independent feature film “Step Back, Doors Closing.” The romantic drama film is an official selection of the prestigious “Dances With Films” Festival (https://danceswithfilms.com) festival, both in LA and NYC. Carter talks about his inspiration for the film that is shot mostly in Washington DC, the challenges of shooting nationa...
Dec 06, 2024•39 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring two great interviews from Monstermania (www.monstermania.net)! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to actress Patricia Velasquez best known for The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Patricia talks about working with Brendan Fraser and Dwayne "The Rock Johnson" in The Mummy films. In addition Patricia talks about working on Satanic Hispanics with director Eduardo Sanchez. Patricia also gives some valuable gives advice as well!...
Nov 14, 2024•3 hr 23 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring the rest of our interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. Our featured guest is comic book writer and screenwriter legend, Jeph Loeb! BTB's own Mike "The General" talks to the prolific writer about how his works including Batman The Long Halloween and Hush have influenced Matt Reeves "The Batman". Jeph talks about how he got involved in the industry from reading Archie comics to writin...
Nov 05, 2024•3 hr 11 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring more interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. Our featured interview is with actor RJ Mitte, Walter White Jr. from AMC's Breaking Bad. In an exclusive interview RJ talks to BTB's own Al Sotto about his Awesome Con experience with his fellow Breaking Bad cast mates, where he would like to see the Walter White Jr. character if there was a spin-off and why we didn't see a cameo in El Cam...
Oct 16, 2024•2 hr 48 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring our first interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. It a Breaking Bad special we welcome Breaking Bad actor Steven Michael Quezada and the Salamanca Twins, Luis and Daniel Moncada! In an exclusive interview Steven talks about how Breaking Bad has changed his career, working as a stand up comic and comedy club owner and much more! And in a very entertaining interview Luis Moncada along ...
Sep 08, 2024•2 hr 27 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another great show as we welcome back one of BTB's first ever guests and good friend, podcaster, reality TV icon and star of E! Network's House of Villains and CBS Survivor, Jonny Fairplay! The Fair talks about his experience on the wild and dramatic reality show House of Villains, the newest season of Survivor and the latest in WWE including the Vince McMahon controversy. Don't miss it! BTB’s host with the most Al Sotto brings to you anoth...
Jul 31, 2024•2 hr 21 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an interview that's out of this world! We present an exclusive interview ahead of the upcoming Shore Leave Con (https://www.shore-leave.com/) with actor extraordinaire Greg Grunberg who will be appearing at the Con! Greg, known for his many of his roles in the genre of sci-fi and superheroes talks to us about his career past and present! We talk to Greg about his friendship with JJ Abrams, and working on Star Wars The Force Awakens and The ...
Jul 25, 2024•40 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another show that's out of this galaxy! We present our final interview from the Far Point Con (farpointcon.com/) with actor J. Lee best known for his role of Lt. John LaMarr in the sci-fi series "The Orville"! In an exclusive interview, BTB's own Al Sotto asks J. about the future of the series and whether we can expect a Season 4, as well as his thoughts on the shift of tone of the show from season 2 to 3. In addition we ask J. about which ...
Jul 09, 2024•2 hr 21 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to director and writer Antonina Kerguelen from the selected short film "Salsa!" which is about a deaf American tourist Liana who falls for Margarita, at a small town salsa club. In addition we discuss how the 14 minute film took seven years to produce, the casting process and working with a deaf actress in Isabelle Troupe, shootin...
Jul 01, 2024•19 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to director Mdhamiri Nkemi to discuss his Tribeca selected short film "Original Skin" (https://tribecafilm.com/films/original-skin-2024) which is a dramatic sci-fi project that takes place in a world where those who have sex swap bodies. Mdhamiri talks about working with writer Eve Hedderwick Turner about the film's mind-blowing l...
Jul 01, 2024•18 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to creators and co-writers/co-directors Julia Aks and Steve Pinder from Jane Austen's Period Drama about the short film where Jane Austen gets proposed to and gets her period at the most inopportune time! In addition we discuss their inspiration for the film, the possibility of the feature length adaptation, how an American cast p...
Jul 01, 2024•26 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews with 2024 Tribeca Festival (https://tribecafilm.com/) selected films' creators and actors! We talk to Australian filmmakers Nick Russell (director/co-writer) and Nick Musgroves (co-writer)from the short film "Favourites" (https://tribecafilm.com/films/favourites-2024). We talk to the creators about their thoughts on being selected for Tribeca, whether the film could be adapted into a feature film, their inspiration and ...
Jul 01, 2024•27 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an incredible interview with actress, writer, director and educator Jenn Harris who talks about her award winning short film "She's Clean". She's Clean logline is as follows: "From the comfort of her bathroom, a resilient woman tries to marry her desires for sexual freedom with emotional intimacy by showering with all her dates." We talk to Jenn about topics that definitely go "Below The Belt" including the casting process for her dates, he...
Jun 25, 2024•27 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents a special interview with actors Clint Jordan and Faryl Amadeus and director Joe Maggio from the Slamdance 2024 selected feature film "Bliss"! Bliss is a sequel of the film "VIrgil Bliss" that also premiered at Slamdance 22 years ago! We ask the director Joe about the production that was completed in 10 days as well as the reason for the sequel 22 years later which many compare to the film "Boyhood". Don't miss this incredible interview!
Jun 20, 2024•32 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an interview with a four time BTB guest, actor extraordinaire James Dumont who can be seen in the Holiday film exclusive on Amazon Prime Video, "Candy Cane Lane"! In an exclusive interview we talk to James about portraying Tracie Ellis Ross' Boss, working with CGI chickens, meeting Eddie Murphy and much much more! In addition James talks about working on HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, how the series was renewed for a fourth season, working ...
Jun 19, 2024•53 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents and exclusive interview with actor Ahmed Mawas who can be seen the fantasy Christmas rom-com, "Rescuing Christmas" on Hallmark! In an exclusive interview, Ahmed talks to us about working with Rachel Leigh Cooke in the Holiday film, shooting in Duluth, MN, and much more! Ahmed also talks about his work in the Netlix animated series "Human Resources", Netflix "The Recruit" and Amazon's "The Terminal List." What was Ahmed's impression of Chris...
Jun 19, 2024•26 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) an exclusive interview with actor Dakota Shapiro, known for his role as Billy Taupe in the blockbuster Hunger Games "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". Dakota talks about working on the prequel film, working with Rachel Zegler and director Francis Lawrence, the audition process, experiencing the red carpet premiere and much more! In addition we talk to Dakota about his experience on the "Lost Boys" pilot and what we would have expected if the pilo...
Jun 19, 2024•23 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with writer and actress Stephanie Sanditz! Stephanie wrote, produced and starred in the award winning pilot "The High Life" which was selected from our friends at the Baltimore Next Media Web Fest (www.bnmwebfest.com). Stephanie talks about her pilot as well as her recent work on "The List" starring Halston Sage. Stephanie also discusses her recent writing endeavors including a script for the popular indie comic "Shi"...
Jun 19, 2024•30 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents our final interviews from the 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to popular comic book creator and founder of Image Comics, Erik Larsen! In an exclusive interview we talk to Erik about his current relationship with the rest of the Image Comics founders, bringing back the Sinister Six to Marvel, and leaving Marvel for Image and creating Savage Dragon. We also ask Erik the reason for Sava...
Jun 19, 2024•14 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents more exclusive interviews from the New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to writers and creators of the Disney animated show Kiff, in Nic Smal and Lucy Heavens! Zad asks about the inspiration of the popular series, and how the show got picked up by Disney. Which animated series inspired Nic and Lucy to create Kiff? Find out in our exclusive interview!
Jun 19, 2024•6 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) more exclusive interviews from the 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to popular comic book writer Jason Aaron! Jason is known for his work on The Avengers and Thor and is a co-creator of Gorr the God Butcher, and the Jane Foster Thor storyline we saw in Thor Love and Thunder! Zad talks to Jason about his upcoming work with DC including Batman: Off-World and Once Upon A Time At The End Of The Wo...
Jun 19, 2024•7 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents more exclusive interviews from teh 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Al Sotto chats with creators and showrunners of Disney's Phineas and Ferb, Swampy Marsh and Dan Povenmire! The creators talk about their much anticipated upcoming new season after many years as well as how they envision a live action version of Phineas and Ferb.
Jun 19, 2024•5 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents more exclusive interviews from the 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Al Sotto talks to popular comic book cover artist David Nakayama! David talks about working for both Marvel and DC, currently providing the covers monthly for Catwoman and Poison Ivy. David talks about what goes behind the ideas for cover art, his inspiration from artist J Scott Campbell, his upcoming hardcover art book "The Marvel Art of David N...
Jun 19, 2024•7 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews from the 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to voice actor extraordinaire Lenore Zann best known as the voice of Rogue in the X-Men Animated Series! Lenore first talks about the early days and how she landed the role of Rogue, her past career before show business, her current projects including reprising her role of Rogue in X-Men 97 on Disney Plus!
Jun 19, 2024•9 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents exclusive interviews from the 2023 New York Comic Con (www.newyorkcomiccon.com). BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to some very talented guests affiliated with the X-Men Universe! First, The General talks to comic book writers extraordinaire Al Ewing and Chris Claremont. Al Ewing talks about what he is able from the NYCC Marvel Next Big Thing panel which includes the upcoming Resurrection of Magneto. Chris Claremont, childhood hero of ...
Jun 19, 2024•18 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another show that's out of this universe! We present our next interview from the Far Point Con (farpointcon.com/) with Star Trek Techical Consultant Dr. Erin Macdonald! In an exclusive interview BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad talks to the renown astrophysist on how she became a consultant for the Paramount Plus Star Trek shows, how she contributes to the scripts, and much more! In a special surprise actress Tawny Newsome (Star Trek Lower ...
Jun 19, 2024•3 hr 34 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another "x-citing" show! We present our first interview from the Far Point Con (https://farpointcon.com/) and it's none other than voice-actor "x-traordinare" Cal Dodd best known for voicing Wolverine in the original X-Men the Animated Series and the new X-Men 97 series on Disney Plus. In an exclusive interview Cal talks to BTB's own Mike "The General" Zad about his thoughts on X-Men being rebooted for Disney Plus, working with the rest of ...
May 17, 2024•2 hr 41 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another epic show! This week we welcome two accomplished actors from the feature film Float in Andrew Bachelor and Michelle Krusiec! The film "Float", based on a book by Kate Marchant is a romantic drama that is the perfect date movie as we approach Valentine's Day. First we talk to Andrew about production on the film, his comic relief character, how he joined the project and his friendship with actor Robbie Amell and more! In addition Andr...
Apr 30, 2024•3 hr 15 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another epic show! This week we welcome accomplished director Sherren Lee from the feature film Float. The film, based on a book by Kate Marchant is a romantic drama that is the perfect date movie as we approach Valentine's Day. We talk to Sherren about production on the film, casting of Robbie Amell and Andrea Bang, how the film was loosely based on Sherren's life, directing Kim's Convenience and much more! BTB’s host with the most Al Sott...
Apr 06, 2024•3 hr 23 min
Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) present another incredible show! This week we welcome actress Francesca Capaldi and actor Ken Arnold from the horror film "Last Night at Terrace Lanes." Francesca talks about going from Disney child star to horror actress as well as how she got involved with the project. Francesca talks about working with CG dogs (Dog Days Who Saved Summer and Max 2), which actors she would love to work with and much more! Ken Arnold talks about his involvement in t...
Mar 29, 2024•2 hr 53 min
