Second Team Stories

Second Team Stories goes behind the camera to spotlight the people who bring film and television to life but rarely get their names on the poster. Hosted by background casting director Jeff Woolf, the show features candid conversations with background actors, ADs, casting directors, stunt performers, filmmakers and crew about what really happens on set, the strange realities of working in entertainment, and the overlooked work that makes the worlds on screen feel real. Everybody knows the stars. Second Team Stories is about everybody else.

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  Second Team Stories

  Episode 3 | Anastasia Folorunso

  Sep 9, 20261h 9mS0

  <p>In Episode 3 of Second Team Stories, I sit down with Assistant Director and filmmaker Anastasia Folorunso to break down the controlled chaos behind film and television production.</p><p><br></p><p>Anastasia takes us inside the AD department, from working directly with background actors and bringing the director’s vision to life to solving the constant problems that come with keeping a set moving.</p><p><br></p><p>But her story doesn’t stop on set.</p><p><br></p><p>Anastasia also found a way to combine her filmmaking experience with her love of tennis, creating Offs...

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  Episode 2 | Rob Stats

  Sep 2, 20261h 4mS1

  <p>Rob Stats has spent nearly two decades working across background, stand-in, acting and stunt work, and he’s got the stories to prove it.</p><p>In Episode 2 of Second Team Stories, Rob breaks down the dos and don’ts of background work, set etiquette, what makes a great stand-in, and the lessons he’s learned from years of watching incredible actors work up close.</p><p>We also get into his stunt career, including his memorable role as the naked guy in Hustlers, and how he eventually became known throughout the New York stunt community as the go-to guy fo...

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  Second Team Stories

  Episode 1- Eddie Griffith

  Aug 20, 20261h 17mS0

  <p>In the first episode of Second Team Stories, I sit down with Assistant Director and filmmaker Eddie Griffith to talk about the world of background acting, casting, and production from an AD’s perspective.Eddie shares his journey from starting as a PA to becoming an Assistant Director and filmmaker, what an AD actually does, how the AD and background casting departments work together, and why background actors play a bigger role in storytelling than many people realize.We also talk about his evolution as a filmmaker and the journey that took @baldyfilm all the way to Cannes.Plus, pl...

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  Second Team Stories

  Aug 19, 20261 minS1

  <p>Second Team Stories goes behind the camera to spotlight the people who bring film and television to life but rarely get their names on the poster. </p><p>Hosted by background casting director Jeff Woolf, the show features candid conversations with background actors, ADs, casting directors, stunt performers, filmmakers and crew about what really happens on set, the strange realities of working in entertainment, and the overlooked work that makes the worlds on screen feel real. </p><p>Everybody knows the stars. Second Team Stories is about everybody else.</p>

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