BA #095: Mike Castle

September 6, 2015

 

On the ninety-fifth Box Angeles actor / improviser Mike Castle (Clipped, Sirens) stops by Studio 309. He discusses growing up as what he thought to be a cool kid on the Southside of Chicago, landing a manager at age 13, booking eight commercials before graduating high school, love of performing improv, and more!

 

 

the BA #095 breakdown
– Box rants sliced chicken.
– Drinking and rituals.
– Growing up on the Southside of Chicago and walking around the neighborhood being ‘cool’.
– Mom being a big advocate and starting in theatre & Second City classes.
– Attending an all boys Catholic high school and being obsessed with studies.
– Having an LA-based manager at 13 and booking eight commercials before 18.
– Going to the University of Illinois for rhetoric and starting doing sketch.
– Driving to Los Angeles and living with friends from Cambridge College in England.
– Getting involved at iO / UCB through classes & performances and writing pilots.
– Booking the untitled Mandy Moore pilot and doing a commercial directed by Christopher Guest.
– Favorite improv space and the dream.

For more Mike, catch him in ‘Clipped‘ and follow him on Twitter @magicmikecastle.

 

Guest Beer – Lagunitas, Maximus IPA