TOM PAYNE: Living an American Lie, Leaving the Walking Dead & Hitting His Mental Breaking Point

Tom Payne (The Walking Dead, Prodigal Son) joins us this week to share his journey in becoming an actor along with the unique pride and sacrifices he’s made to fully invest in his career coming over to America.

Tom shares difficult lessons he’s had to learn about managing expectations, after certain projects that he believed were shoe-ins didn’t live up in the eyes of fans or people in the industry.

We also talk about his nerves while joining the biggest show at the time in The Walking Dead, the differences in traffic violations in the UK and US, and how unfortunately we often don’t make changes until we hit rock bottom.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
3:05 - Tom Payne
5:45 - Introduction to acting
8:15 - HUGE misunderstanding in makeup trailer
12:41 - Torn between career and family
14:14 - Shopify
16:33 - Betterhelp
17:54 - Practical horror
21:30 - Pscyhed out during auditions
24:10 - Living an American lie
30:10 - THE WALKING DEAD impact
32:25 - Bad luck with LUCK + NICK NOLTE
35:11 - Rocket Money
37:49 - Neurohacker
41:20 - Too young to take it all in
43:50 - Lack of industry love on WALKING DEAD
46:51 - Nerves and egos on TWD
50:55 - Shock of his send off on THE WALKING DEAD
52:01 - Emotions working with KEVIN COSTNER
55:46 - Discover
56:35 - Tom Payne shares his BIG breakdown
1:02:48 - PRODIGAL SON mental health importance
1:04:10 - Outro
1:11:57 - Couldn’t do it without you

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