Stay Gold - C. Thomas Howell's 50 Years In Hollywood

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Actor C. Thomas Howell joins with incredible behind-the-scenes stories from The Outsiders! Hear how he landed the role of Ponyboy Curtis, the unique workshopping they did that served as auditions, what it was like working with Francis Ford Coppola, Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, and Ralph Macchio, and how some of the most iconic moments in the film were improvised (like the famous “There’s a monster” moment outside the church)! Tommy also talks about appearing in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at just 13-years-old, and why filming that movie was like stepping onto a top-secret movie set run by the C.I.A.! He reveals the unbelievable story about being cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future for two weeks before the role ultimately went to Michael J. Fox. And he discusses his brand-new action films One Mile: Chapter One and One Mile: Chapter Two, shooting two movies simultaneously, playing the villain, and working alongside Ryan Phillippe. Plus, stories about Celebrity Cadabra, filming with Elizabeth Taylor, lessons learned from Rutger Hauer, the underrated film That Night, and the real secret to longevity in Hollywood! ONE MILE: CHAPTER ONE and ONE MILE: CHAPTER TWO are available on Digital now! Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🎵 TikTok: @chrisjericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho, baby.
0:05.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:07.0	Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me.
0:13.0	Here with C. Thomas Howell, and you've been a working actor for so many years.
0:19.0	I've been involved in a lot of projects as well. And sometimes,
0:22.3	as you know, some things just don't work out. One of the projects I always wanted to do
0:27.4	didn't work out was Celeb Cadabra. Oh, were you sort of up for that? I was up for it and it didn't
0:33.8	work out. Because I thought, how much fun would would that be you did it and you won the damn
0:38.3	thing you know so basically setting it up it was a magic show it was one of the first um reality
0:44.5	shows back in the day was probably 20 years ago yeah i was on vh1 which doesn't even exist anymore
0:51.7	right you know somebody approached me and said hey do you want to this magic show? You can learn a few tricks and have a good time. And let me tell you something, brother. That was the freaking hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It was so stressful. You know, they set you off for the train wreck. They're always looking for the train wreck. And I'm a perfectionist. And, you know, they give you 48 hours to come up with a routine, a costume, a trick, get the people involved that you need to have involved. And God dang, it was so stressful, man. It was so stressful. I almost got kicked off the very first
1:28.4	episode and I ended up winning it. So I went from worse to first, but I'm a fighter and I'm not a quitter.
1:37.0	And it was hard. It was hard, man. I'm not going to lie. And I can't find it anywhere. My
1:43.0	kids love it. They ask me all the time.
1:44.8	They're like, Dad, I want to find.
1:46.7	Yeah.
1:47.3	Celebric cadaver.
1:48.2	Where can I find that show?
1:49.6	And I just, you know, I think it went down with VH1. And I don't think it's available anywhere, to be honest with you. Yeah, it was this time when there was this phase of you would get celebrities to do different tasks.
2:01.3	I know there was a celebrity high diving one and there was this phase of, you would get celebrities to do different tasks.
2:01.3	I know there was a celebrity high diving one and there was,
2:04.7	you know,
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