From rock bottom to Hollywood billboards | with Travis Jeffery
5/20/202640 min
Hollywood billboards, a $160 million franchise, and a film with Tom Hanks ... and yet the most interesting thing about Travis Jeffery is none of that. In this episode he talks about rejection, the grief and self-destruction, and his own creative project that cracked open and onwards into the slow quiet work of building a life that actually holds. On day two of filming Birthright, Travis got a call that changed everything. His new film Birthright is in cinemas now!
Guest:
Travis Jeffery (Birthright, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Unbroken)
Insta - @travjeffery
*Hosted by Sam Frost and Sarah Roberts, Cracking On is a podcast about the beautiful chaos of picking yourself up, resetting, and getting on with it. Each episode explores the funny, messy and inspiring ways people navigate change, whether that's a career curveball, a personal setback, or an unexpected new direction.
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First 90 secondsTravis Jeffery· Guest0:00
[pen scribbling] Be happy here and now, so then you can be happy there and then.
Sam Frost· Host0:06
Once when I was DJing, uh, someone came up and tried to high-five me for playing their song, and they just flat-palmed me in the face There's not one job that is gonna change your life or make you happy.
Travis Jeffery· Guest0:16
I feel like that was on them, though.
Sarah Roberts· Host0:17
[laughs] Really? Mm, probably on Sarah. [laughs] Our next guest has been on Hollywood billboards, but despite that, he's still the most humblest, sweetest, kindest guy you'll ever meet.
Sam Frost· Host0:28
His talent is out of this world. He's a writer, producer, actor, and is now the lead actor in feature film in cinemas everywhere, Birthright. Please welcome Travis Jeffrey. Your new film, Birthright, is coming out 21st of May.
Sarah Roberts· Host0:45
Mm-hmm, it's very soon.
Sam Frost· Host0:47
Very exciting.
Travis Jeffery· Guest0:48
Very soon, and thank you for having me. I'm very, very excited to be here.
Sarah Roberts· Host0:50
Thanks for coming on, and it's so cool 'cause, like, you and I did bootcamp, and, uh, we would always go for a swim after- Yes ... and we would say, "What are you doing today?" And like, I'd be like, "I'm trying to get this podcast off the ground." And now you're finally here.
Travis Jeffery· Guest1:02
And now here we are. Congratulations.
Sam Frost· Host1:04
[laughs] Thank you.
Sarah Roberts· Host1:04
Oh, thank you. [laughs] Um, tell us about Birthright.
Travis Jeffery· Guest1:07
So Birthright is a pretty wild, dark comedy. Uh, I play a character called Corey in Birthright. Corey has just been evicted. He's jobless, and him and his wife, Jasmine, played by the amazing Maria Angelico, move back in with Corey's parents, played by the amazing Linda Cropper and Michael Hurst. As the parents start to worry that their disappointing son, that's me, Travis Jeffrey, uh-