How to play Iconic Characters with Ross Mullan - The White Walker from HBO's Game of Thrones

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Hi, I’m Jim Eaves and you are listening to the honest filmmaker podcast, career advice from people in the business.

Today I’m talking to Actor and performer Ross Mulan. Ross is an accomplished stage and screen actor. He’s toured with big theatre productions, he’s a voice over artist and has played iconic characters in television and film in Doctor Who, Antman and The Wasp Quantamania and as the White Walker in HBO’s Game of Thrones.

I had a great chat with Ross about what it’s like to be an actor, in particular when acting with heavy prosthetics make up as fantasy characters. He gave me some great tips for actors and the make up sfx team that looks after them.

Enjoy!

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Chapter

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. How Ross started acting (00:00:54)

3. Theatre acting training (00:02:44)

4. Can you make a living out of theatre acting? (00:03:56)

5. What is theatre touring life like? (00:05:00)

6. Jumping in and going for it (00:10:58)

7. Does theatre training prepare you for screen acting? (00:11:37)

8. The power of figuring out who you are (00:17:43)

9. Why does Ross end up playing bad guys? (00:21:59)

10. How much of a part do your agent and headshots play? (00:25:04)

11. How are parts described to you? Like Doctor Who? (00:26:27)

12. Tips for dealing with long make up hours and performing (00:29:35)

13. Tips for working with actors in prosthetics make up sfx (00:33:42)

14. Burnout (00:38:50)

15. Game of Thrones - The Epic Moment (00:42:59)

16. Doctor Who acting (00:50:12)