Meet
A Hard Working Performer
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CARSEN WARNER,
14 yr old
is a professional TV, film and voiceover actor. He is best known for his
lead role in the film LOVESICK (2014) and for his lead roles
in Super Bowl commercials (2012 & 2013) as well as his
recurring roles on Disney XD's KIRBY BUCKETS (2016)
and Nickelodeon's INSTANT MOM (2014 - 2015). Carsen
has performed twice for Noah Wyle's The Blank Theater's
Young Playwrights Festival (2012 & 2013), with each role
considered their most difficult child roles in their 23 year
history.
ACT: Do you recommend professional acting training? Yes. There are many
different classes and taking them helps to keep you moving forward even when
auditions are slow.
ACT: Who would you say was your biggest influence in getting into the entertainment business? Myself. I was three years old when I declared to everyone "I'm an
actor". I bugged my mom about finding me work every day after school. I love it.
Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Kevin McIntyre)
ACT: What was it like to work alongside Matt LeBlanc in the film LOVESICK? I
enjoyed working with Matt LeBlanc. He is cool. I worked as a lead opposite of
him on a feature film, LOVESICK. It was nice working with a seasoned actor.
He'd make sure we rehearsed before stepping in front of the camera. I hope I get
to work with Matt again.
ACT: Please describe your favorite 'on-set' story: The end of the DORITOS
SLING BABY commercial was originally to have the grandma and baby sling a
bowl of oatmeal at me, so we filmed that. I had oatmeal splat all over my face and
body over and over again. The last take the Director, Kevin T. Willson, said that
I could splat him with oatmeal after filming. Production got it ready for me and I
splat Kevin! We filmed that too. Kevin decided to go with a different ending and
the commercial won the million dollar prize in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl
contest, so I can't complain.
ACT: How has your family inspired/encouraged you to continue? My family has
been great. All my family and my friends, too. I think because I told everyone for
years that I'm an actor that they knew I was serious. My parents have been huge
supporters. They also want to make sure I have a childhood, so they work hard to
balance that. I love working, but I also love playing video games with my friends
and going airsofting.
Director, Frank Darabont, left, with actor Carsen Warner on the set of MOB CITY in May
2012 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Darci Warner)
ACT: How do you handle school with your busy schedule? I usually do school
first thing in the morning. I'm also in classes for violin and wheel pottery that are
flexible. In my spare time, I'm learning LUA programming and how to mod video
games.
ACT: Can you please share your best advice to remember at an audition? Focus
on yourself and block out others. Their performance doesn't matter to you. Only
what you do matters.
ACT: Can you offer any general advice for aspiring actors/performers who want to
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Benjamin Royer, left, Carsen Warner, middle, Matthew Royer, right, on the set of
Hyundai's Super Bowl Commercial "Team" in Dec. 2012 in Los Angeles. (Photo by
Darci Warner)
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