MICHAEL SHANNON - Actor

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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SEASON 2 - EPISODE 142 - Michael Shannon - Actor

Actor Michael Shannon (THE BIKERIDERS, GEORGE & TAMMY, MAN OF STEEL) joins us in this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. We worked with Michael on REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, and we had a wonderful time catching up with him. Michael shares how he first stumbled into acting, which early-career play of his took him from a tiny theatre in Chicago to the West End and Off-Broadway, and why the experience of actors coming up today is so unlike his own. We also discuss his longtime collaborative relationship with director Jeff Nichols (Season 1, Episode 28), and we reflect on his penchant for projects concerning the end of the world. We also discuss his work in TAKE SHELTER, and we learn how Michael coped with sleeping in an abandoned building during the shoot. Throughout the conversation, Michael shares his opinions on rehearsing, remaining in character after a long day, and repetitive takes, and after learning Michael just directed his first film, we ask if his perspective as an actor has changed at all.

Recommended Viewing: TAKE SHELTER

This episode is sponsored by Profoto & Aputure

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Season 2 of the Team Deacons podcast,
0:07.0	a collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and a guest.
0:13.0	We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.
0:19.0	This episode is sponsored by Prophoto. listen in and see where it goes.
0:24.6	This episode is sponsored by Prophoto.
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1:04.3	degree of creative light-shaping possibilities.
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1:47.1	Today we're speaking with an actor.
1:49.3	His credits include Take Shelter, The Iceman, George and Tammy, and the end.
1:54.6	We're pleased to welcome Michael Shannon.
1:57.2	Michael, thank you for doing this.
1:58.8	My pleasure.
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