Episode Summary
On this episode of “Story and Craft,” Marc sits down with actor and voiceover veteran DB Sweeney (“The Cutting Edge,” “Eight Men Out,” “Memphis Belle”) to talk career pivots, creative choices, and the long game of working in entertainment. DB shares what it was like training for “Memphis Belle” with retired SAS guys, flying in real B-17s. He opens up about growing up on Long Island, chasing baseball dreams at Tulane, discovering acting through theater, and getting launched by Francis Ford Coppola in “Gardens of Stone.” They also dig into DB’s work in voiceover run (Bud Light, Lincoln, Oprah’s network, and “Mountain Men”), his love of cooking, directing projects like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” and what he’s working on now, including “Red Ink,” and his current film, “Protector.”03:20 Memphis Belle Bootcamp05:13 B17 Death Star Tactics10:03 Voiceover Career Highlights12:34 Origin Story Long Island13:21 Tulane Baseball And New Orleans15:39 Cooking Signature Dishes19:54 Broadway Breakthrough21:10 Coppola Casting Break22:44 Baseball Roles and Heroes26:15 The Cutting Edge28:30 Movies Then and Now31:33 Directing and Next Projects33:52 The Seven Questions
