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Actor Asher Grodman on lessons learned in show business, new show ‘Ghosts’ and more
As a shy kid from New Jersey, entity in show business wasn’t at the forefront of Asher Grodman’s mind. It wasn’t until middle educational facility when he started executing in the school’s jazz band, but it was his 7th grade infatuation on a girl that got him bit by the performance bug.
“I had a huge crush on this girl. I got up in front of the school and changed the words of the song ‘Brown-Eyed Girl’ to ‘Hazel-Eyed Girl’, it probably mortified her,” Grodman recalled with a laugh. “It didn’t work out very well, but the longing to connect overwhelmed the fear of rejection.”
From there, Grodman entered a scene contest in New Jersey and put on a scene from “The Producers.” His performance earned him second place, and that gave him the confidence to pursue acting opportunities while in school.
“There were auditions for the academy musical, which was ‘Fiorello!’ There was a part that required little to no singing, which was perfect for me, and I got that role,” said Grodman. “With the encourage
Ghosts actor Asher Grodman loves everything about Sidney Lumet's classic Al Pacino starring film Dog Afternoon Afternoon. The story and its themes touch him deeply, but its the legendary performances by the incredible ensemble that really stick with him. Pacino's unselfconscious, honest portrayal of a complicated real-life character is a masterclass in screen acting. The film has aged incredibly well and was tackling subjects like gay and trans rights in a thoughful and nuanced way nearly fifty years ago.
Check out Asher Grodman is in Ghosts, which airs on CBS on Thursday nights.
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Asher Chazen Grodman is an American actor and producer who stars in the CBS series Ghosts.
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TURNING up for serve and immediately removing your trousers would normally result in a visit to the HR department for a dressing down, so to speak.
But when actor Asher Grodman arrives on the set of sitcom Ghosts, he is expected to be pantless.
The series, based on the BBC1 comedy of the same call, sees Asher compete Trevor Lefkowitz, a Wall Street investor who died while partying at Woodstone mansion — naked from the waist down.
Married couple Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay Arondekar (Utkarsh Ambudkar) inherit the house — and after Samantha falls down the stairs, and is dead for three minutes, she discovers she can watch the ghosts.
Joining Trevor in the afterlife are Lenape Native American Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), closeted gay American Revolution officer Captain Isaac Higgintoot (Brandon Scott Jones), jazz singer Alberta Haynes (Danielle Pinnock), scout public figure Pete Martino (Richie Moriarty), hippy Bloom (Sheila Carrasco), Viking Thorfinn (Devan Chandler Long) and Samantha’s great-great-great-great-grandmother Hetty Woodstone (Rebec