Rock ‘n Roll Ghost S13 E02 - actor James Badge Dale (1923, The Departed, Iron Man 3)
Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor James Badge Dale about his role as John Dutton Sr. on the hit Paramount Plus series 1923 from creator Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, The Mayor of Kingstown), as well as his career which dates back to his appearance in 1990’s Lord of the Flies adaptation.
Dale, who resides in New York City, but spent a good deal of his youth in California, discusses the reasons for both wanting to become an actor, as well as why he didn’t work as an actor after Lord of the Flies for a decade until he grew up.
The conversation also takes a look at some of his more memorable roles and films, including his role in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed opposite Matt Damon, the NBC series The Black Donnellys, HBO’s WWII mini-series The Pacific, Joe Carnahan’s The Grey - where he recounts a story about the cast and crew passing bottles of liquor on the flight to Smithers, British Columbia, and his experience working on Michael Bay’s 13 Hours and Gore Verbinshi’s The Lone Ranger, which ties into 1923 as he dealt with some of the same stunt people on both.
He also previews his work in the upcoming film Balestra, from filmmaker Nicole Dorsey (Black Conflux) and how important family is to him as he’s gotten older.
The first season of 1923 is available to stream now on Paramount Plus.