This is Dead Eyes, a podcast about one actor's quest to find out why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. This is a story about something that happened almost 20 years ago.

And as far as I know, I may be the only person involved who even remembers that it happened.

Now this isn't an important story.

In fact, I'm not sure that this story could be less important,

but it does involve one of the most popular and successful movie stars of all time, and me.

And there's a mystery at the heart of it.

A mystery I am determined to solve because I think I can.

This is the mystery of my dead eyes. I should start by telling you who I am. My name is Connor Ratliff and I'm a working

actor primarily in comedic roles. You probably have never heard of me but there's a slight

chance you may have seen me in a film or TV show at some

point over the past few years. You might have watched me in the second season of the

marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I played Chester, the creepy guy who says Chris Cross to

Susie when she's in the Catskills pretending to work at a summer resort.

Now I've been hanging around this resort for seven years and this is the first time I've ever encountered a like-minded person.

We are not like-minded. I know you, you know me. I don't

fucking know you. I'm kind of length now, aren't we? No. Chris-cross.

Go away. I was Black Cindy's attorney on the penultimate season of Orange as the new black.

Involving into hissterance and changing your testimony at the 11th hour will not help Miss Jefferson's case.

Listen to me. You won't help her.

I also recently did a White Castle commercial dressed up in green paint like I'm a

founding father on a three dollar bill. Today I stand in this three dollar bill

for value for, for freedom.

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