Mike's Moment Of... Dramatic Exploration

About this episode

Michael Sean Harris engages in a deep conversation with actor Marcos James about his career journey and creative evolution.

Mike's Moment Of… Dramatic Exploration Season 2 | Episode 3 Guest: Marcos James In this deeply engaging episode of Mike's Moment Of… Dramatic Exploration , host Michael Sean Harris reconnects with longtime friend, collaborator, and internationally successful actor Marcos James for an expansive conversation about craft, culture, discipline, and creative evolution. From their formative years with Cathi Levy's Little People and Teen Players Club and Ashe , to Marcos' rise on the West End , this episode traces a journey rooted in Jamaican training and global ambition. Marcos shares how a chance audition led him from Carmen to Disney's The Lion King in London—making him one of the first fully Jamaican-trained performers cast in the West End production. The conversation moves through pivotal career moments, including: His transition from dancer to leading actor in The Mahabharata at Sadler's Wells Grueling physical training and stage combat with Royal Opera's Aida Landing the role of White Rat (Unsullied) on HBO's Game of Thrones —a casting that changed his life overnight Navigating identity, ambiguity, and accent as tools rather than limitations in casting His leap from London to Los…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Sean Harris

Guest: Marcos James

Topics covered

• acting
• creative evolution
• cultural identity
• theater
• Hollywood
• career transition

Keywords

• Marcos James
• Michael Sean Harris
• acting career
• West End
• Hollywood
• theater training
• cultural identity
• Game of Thrones

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO

Books & works: The Mahabharata, Carmen, Disney's The Lion King, Keeping Up with the Joneses, The Family Business, Days of Our Lives, Cabin Pressure

Places: West End, London, Los Angeles, Jamaica

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