Roar - The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made W/ special guest David Dastmalchian
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Who is David Dastmalchian and which of his roles do the hosts reference?
Hello everyone. Welcome to tooth and claw podcast. We are a wildlife podcast. We have a wildlife biologist who knows everything about bears and most things about all the other animals too. And then I'm his brother, Jeff Larson. Um, and we have Mike Smith, uh, who really needs no introduction. And we have a very special guest today, David Del... I knew I was going to... I practiced your name. I love it. Got nervous. David Desmalchen.
Don't you dare cut this out either.
Yes. David Desmalchen. We're keeping it. And you may know him from a variety of different things. I typically go like, Suicide Squad, you're Mr. Polka Dot. And then you were Mr. Three in the One Piece live action. Wes and Mike, what do you think of when you think of David?
I honestly go to Late Night with the Devil. That was one of the ones that I think about first. And then Dune and Prisoners, I think, are the other two that I think of right off the bat. I also just watched Boogeyman this week. And you were really good in that. I really enjoyed that movie, too.
Thank you. I think of you getting dangled off the ledge in the dark night because that's the first time I remember seeing your face. And I was like, that guy has a good face. And then little did I know, the next 30 years of my life would just be like, David. So I... randomly this past week i started watching a movie with mads mickelson dust bunny and you showed up in that and i was like oh wow this is meant to be and then just last night i started watching um murder bot which you were also in i'm like i can't get it i can't escape i can't get away from this guy well but it's always such a pleasure to see you as a super fan of
To Tooth and Claw podcast, I'm glad that I can stalk your viewing experiences. The thing that I probably still get recognized for the most, which was the first time I was ever even on a film set. If you think about it, it's kind of mind blowing is the Dark Knight still to this day, people will be like, you're the guy from Batman. And I and I, I want to say like, and many other things, but yeah, so much more. So, um, but, and then, okay. And late, late night with the devil West, you win because that is my most, like my dearest and dearest to my heart. It was a starring role. It was also the first time I got to co-produce a feature film with my company, good feed films. Um, And it was every role has been honestly a dream from the first one all the way through what I'm doing today.
I've been so lucky and getting to make a living as an actor is like winning Powerball. It's so you can be the most talented, well-trained, beautiful, hardworking person in the world. And if you just aren't in the right place at the right time at the right role in front of the right casting director, the trains just keep going. It's so hard to like time that and get lucky enough to start building a career. And so I, I do genuinely like I've loved and I've gotten to play so many, like so many directors have given me so many opportunities to like bring life to like real oddballs. And, um, Yeah, I really credit all of it with going back to like my Chicago theater days and the experience that I had in training there and just being like you fully invest because I grew up as a fan of like genre and horror and sci fi and comic book stuff.
So I always thought like the coolest stuff was when people just went whole hog and committed 110%.
I think late night with the devil. That was a really smart role of you to take because like, You can transition maybe into a late night TV host when you're done being like the premier character actor of our generation, you're set for life, you know?
It is funny. I feel like it's such a crap shoot. If like someone walked up to you and was like, Hey, I know you from like, you're known from so many different things. So it's like, um, actually, uh, Danielle, our friends with national park after dark, I was like telling her that you're coming on our podcast. and telling her the movies I know you from, and none of it was ringing a bell.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who is David Dastmalchian and which of his roles do the hosts reference?
0:12–11:21
2
What is the true story behind Roar and why is it called the most dangerous movie ever made?
11:21–1:06:00
3
What happened to cast and crew during Roar’s dangerous production (maulings and hospitalizations)?
1:06:00–1:09:02
4
How did the 1978 flash flood impact the Roar set and the animals?
1:09:02–1:11:53
5
Why did Roar fail commercially and what were the long-term consequences for those involved?
1:11:53–1:17:12
6
What does David Dastmalchian reveal about working with animal actors and his career passions (interview & personal anecdotes)?
1:17:12–2:04:06
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