4. Jordan Beswick on Montgomery Clift You Gotta Act

Casting director and acting coach Jordan Beswick (who often works with YGA's first guest, Denis Ménochet) talks to Manuela about his first favourite actor, Montgomery Clift, and how his modern approach to acting changed the game forever. Monty's good looks were secondary to his talent for finding the honest truth in his characters, at a time when Hollywood wasn't yet obsessed with realism, as it would become with the founding of the Actors Studio. Jordan tells us about his own journey, starting out wanting to be an actor and discovering the pleasures of teaching, and shares his passion for Clift, going far beyond the gossip surrounding the actor's sexuality and tragic death to instead focus on his almost subtle yet groundbreaking talent.