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The actor answers your questions, from his memorable impersonation of a sloth at Rada to what it was like having to execute one of his son’s best friends

I’ve heard there’s a module at Rada about becoming the embodiment of an animal. Legend has it you were incredible and people would strive to witness it. What animal were you and what process did you go through? spikeboy

I remember I wasn’t that particularly keen on it, so I think I was a sloth so I could just curl up in the corner and pretend I was on a tree and just shift up a bit every 20 minutes. We had a wonderful teacher but I’d had enough of some of the more modern dance stuff, so I used the animal thing as an exercise in having a bit of a kip.

We really enjoyed the Turner and Lowry films.

After working for four years in New York for "corporate America," Irene Park decided to return to Los Angeles and pursue her true love. Thanks to a casting notice in Back Stage, she recently booked the role of Brittany in the short film "Without Sanctuary." Written, directed, and shot by Robert Terry II, the film deals with racism in an alternate United States where tensions haven't decreased over the years but have escalated.Park was a little concerned about her audition when the camera they were using to record the session wouldn't work. "I was like, 'Oh, great, they won't be able to go back and pinpoint if I'm good for the role or not,' " she recalls. "Some casting directors base their decisions on how you come across onscreen versus your actual presence in the audition room," she says. But that was not the case with her audition."I knew she was the one,...

Dear Jackie:i found your response to Committed but Careful (Sept. 10–16) a little odd. In the past six years, I have auditioned for many plays and musicals in New York, attended quite a few callbacks, and performed with several companies. I have never expected to see a full script of a new play at auditions. With my current company, the scripts are made available to members before auditions, which I consider a wonderful advantage to working with a small, dedicated group. Not being a playwright, I wouldn’t know if the writer of a new play would want his or her entire script made public before it’s produced (especially since so many changes can occur in a first production), but perhaps that’s part of the reason you don’t usually see them.Maybe I’m too eager to work, but if I’m not interested in a project, or...