Acting for Battlefield: Hardline, working with Vanilla Ice, and Audiobook Narration with Scott Levy


Scott Levy was a Stinger Missile Gunner in the Persian Golf war.  Since then Scott has had a lead role in ‘Helix Loaded’, played in ‘Ayn Rand: Who is John Galt?’.  and many other rolls in movies and television Scott has used his vocal and motion capture talents for multiple video games.

In this podcast Tom Morkes, Trevor Scott and Justin Sloan discuss with Scott:

  • His professional history as an actor and time in the Marine Corps
  • How Scott got his start doing audio at Full Sail University and working for George Lucas
  • What Scott’s experience was like transitioning from working audio with George Lucas to being an actor
  • How Scott dealt with the fear of starting over, beginning at the bottom of the acting profession
  • Scott talks to us about the ups and downs of ‘making it’ in the acting business
  • Scott discusses the importance of saving your money and why you should never stop hustling for jobs
  • We ask Scott what a day in his life is like
  • Trevor and Scott explain how shooting a film on location is similar to running a military exercise
  • We talk about some of Scott’s experience that have been out of his comfort zone or required going through challenging experiences
  • Scott gives his advice on how to capitalize on success and his tips for self promotion
  • We talk about how the number of veterans and how vets where treated in Hollywood has changed since both 9.11 and the advent of the internet
  • Scott tells us about his experience of narrating audio books
  • Trevor and Scott give us some advice on how to get over the stigma of being an actor

Get the book he narrated, with the same name as the podcast (written by Justin Sloan): Military Veterans in Creative Careers. 

Additional Links:

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002800/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealScottLevy

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScottLevy

Sovereign: https://youtu.be/huZvmVegx8c

Linkin Park – Castle of Glass: https://youtu.be/ScNNfyq3d_w

Battlefield 4: Second Assault: https://youtu.be/s9x0dE1WHFU

Battlefield 4: Final Stand: https://youtu.be/cC2bsG4vVG4

 

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