Thom Mathews - Interview on The RockStop with Chris Contra
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Actor Thom Mathews talks with Chris Contra about his film/TV career, staying sane in Hollywood, his life outside of showbiz and much more. *Timestamps below
0:00 - Intro
2:01 - Current state of mainstream movies
4:49 - TV career
7:12 - Investing into the characters
8:56 - Getting the part of Freddy in Return of the Living Dead
12:43 - The humor in Return of the Living Dead
17:53 - Friendship with James Karen
21:34 - Life outside of acting/Carpentry/The Osbournes
26:42 - Friday the 13th: The Video Game & Famous F13 Coat
29:52 - Ron Palillo/Never Hike Alone
34:20 - Friday the 13th sequels/Jason Lives behind the scenes
39:41 - Soundtracks/Rock music discussion
41:51 - Typecasting discussion
45:53 - Current projects (Killer Therapy/Warpath)
50:21 - Not getting the role
54:50 - Wrap-up
Interview recorded on 4/16/2020
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Fantastic interview Chris! I love the easy-going rapport you have with all your guests! This one has such a relaxed atmosphere; like you guys were just sitting around having a beer and talking about nostalgic Hollywood moments! Your show is really Pure Americana! ~~ Tim
I wish Thom make comeback. Honestly for me Chris. When I watch a movies with all fresh teens is always annoying, always this need of a veteran actor to carry a film...So much details you covered....TQ Chris...
Your voice relaxes me Chris ...you truly make your guests and us listeners feel at home ... guess I now have to rewatch Return of the Living Dead ...a generous interview ...regards to Thom
WOW great guest. You always have only the best... Thank you so much Chris!!! See Dark Tower...Matthew McConaughey 👍👍
"Be calm, be confident, and just relax"....best advice ever!!! Watch/listen in full as always my dear!! Take care Chris!!
He was class in Return Of The Living Dead! He was a great character actor! I’m really hoping you are staying safe my amazingly talented friend!!!! Your calming demeanour on mic is actually really needed right now.... I’m listening to you while in my morning workout in my home gym. I’ve just recovered from the dreaded C virus as I’m a nurse... & I can 100% GUARANTEE you that your channel, YOUR drive for amazing interviews has helped me. I really do respect you Chris as a professional!
Strong work Chris!!!!....always a blast to tune in my friend.....stay safe Amigo....jeff
And once again Contra does not disappoint in finding great people to interview. Loved this. Thanks for these interviews! We all learn fascinating stuff during them.
So incredible! You must have some amazing contacts to get these claasic stars! I would be stumbling, And awe struck! Great interview Chris! You da' Boss!🔥😊
Excellent interview with Thom Mathews! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend ♡
Good morning, Chris. Fine interview with Thom. You've got the perfect voice for making your guests and listeners feel terrific about being with you for the interview. Stay safe out there!
congratulations to 2200plus ,chris..you rock it!always a pleasure to be here
Chris that was a superb interview! You have an awesome and relaxed sounding voice...very nice. You are a great listener and Thom just flowed so comfortably with you. You ask good questions and they all seem to open up to you. Thom's background was interesting with his grandfather doing carpentry in the studio. Hmmm so he has a game? Cool. Seems like a very humble nice guy and famous actor! Great job! LIKE👍😎🙋♀️⚘❤⚘❤⚘❤
Holy smokes ! Return of the Living dead and Friday the 13th ! I have to admit I didn't recognize the name Thom Mathews until I saw his picture . Another great interview Chris ! Stay safe and well buddy !!
This guy sounds like an every day, regular guy, not someone who's been in a string of blockbuster, classic horror films. I haven't seen all of them, those movies actually freak me out too much, but so cool that you got to just sit and shoot the breeze with him! :)
Great interview I find your voice so relaxing reminds of the comfort I feel listening to the radio all snuggled up with the rain outside. Thanks for sharing this Chris x
Chris this is awesome! As a horror flick fan, this interview was KILLER! No pun intended! I remember Thom is these movies and brings back memories of watching these a zillion times growing up. You have a unique way of doing awesome interviews and building that rapport with people. Definitely keeps the viewer entertained. Really enjoy your interviews! Keep up the awesome work! 👊🏻
Great interview, the conversation just flowed. Keep up the great interviews! 🤟😁
Very cool that you got in contact with Thom. We remember hum from Return Of The Living Dead. The industry is changing for sure not just with Netflix but all the new platforms. And now after this situation is over, I wonder what's going to happen with theaters. Glad he has a fall back plan and that he's staying busy.
Hey Chris! Awesome interview! I remember Thom from all the Friday the 13th movies! Hope you’re having a great and safe week buddy! 🐼🐾👍
Excellent interview. You really do a wonderful job and you can tell everyone is so comfortable working with you! I love hearing behind the scenes about music and movies as I worked in the music industry also. Great job man😎
This is literally so cool! I love hearing about behind the scenes👏 and you are definitely a good host, the convos always seem so causal and natural🤩
Wonderful interview of Thom Mathews. Really enjoyed this Chris. Hope you have a great week my friend.
That was another excellent interview Chris, a down to earth, relaxed conversation between two great guys, I love the quote Be calm, be confident, be yourself and relax, it's good advise for me! take care,
Wow he born on Hollywood Boulevard?!!! Wow!!! Great interview as always so far Chris!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great interview and I really like how you break down all the sections with the timestamps! Yes these are very uncertain times right now and we really have no idea what's to come so its hard to plan events
Great interview Chris. Thom is cool. Loved Return of the Living Dead and yes. this world at the moment is just like a movie Thom would star in 🙂🙂🙂
Very cool interview Chris. It's amazing that he worked with the Osbournes that's very cool. And make quite a few movies. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and healthy out there. Greetings from Texas 👍
Earlier in this interview, you talked about how Thom would really invest into his characters. I had never really thought about that too much, but I have wondered if that ever happens with actors. Sounds like it does. Makes me wonder if that contributed to Heath Ledgers passing. It was pretty cool that he has a video game based on a character he played. Fun interview.
Great interview as always.. and you have a great voice.. keep it up Chris.. have a great day.. stay safe and God bless🙏💗
You never disappoint💖💖💖
Great interview Chris... Nice to listen and get some great information about the music industry....Great... Keep up the great work 👍 👍 👍 Tom Dandy
OMG, it's Tommy Jarvis & Freddie haha. Great interview. I always love it when celebrities are nice and funny in interviews, it makes them more relatable and down to earth. You always have a way to make people feel comfortable and open up to you. Awesome job! 👍LIKE #55
You always do a great job with your ROCKStop videos Chris. Keep on ROCKING IT. LIKE 29 for you my friend.👍👍👍
great behind the scenes stories.. love the movies he was in...New Wave Dave
Chris, Great interview my friend enjoyed the wonderful questions you asked. Big like 48 here hope you have a wonderful day my friend. 👋😀
Great interview. Always good to hear from these actors and what they've been up to. Enjoyed Return of the Living Dead. 🎥 Thumbs up. 👍 . 🤗
@HerDestiny
4 жыл бұрын
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Hello my friend, I am glad to hear you are doing well and thank you for this interesting interview! Blessings to you!
Although I am not familiar with his work, it is really cool to learn more about them as people rather than seeing them as characters. Now I really want to watch Return of the Living Dead! Also very cool segmenting/timestamps!
@ChrisContra
4 жыл бұрын
That's really cool to hear! Thanks a lot!
Another excellent interview Chris. i really enjoy the rapport you have in your interviews, which puts the interviewee at ease. Keep up the great work my friend, and stay safe 🙂🎸🎹🎵
I like this dude! Return of the Living dead had an awesome soundtrack!
@ChrisContra
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, totally! Thanks for listening
Cool to listen to Thom. Interesting about being born on the boulevard and things.
I love the return of the living dead the movie! Thom Mathews is such a great actor 😘 nice Interview cris! I love your voice
I like Thom's quote " Be calm, be confident, sit back and relax." Things will fall into place. Nice how he decided to do the horror film conventions. He likes to interact with the fans. That was a cute story about that young fan who found him on the set and gave that message. Cool he's still involved with a ton of projects. I have seen his character in The Friday the 13th games. Gave a full view. Chris will you call him back tomorrow? Lol
Hey Chris! Awesome interview!! Sounds like Thom has had some good times in Hollywood! Hugs
Cool interview! I definitely remember Return of The Living Dead, I watched it a lot on VHS but forgot he was in Jason movies.
It's great how you get all these great people for interviews. Awesome interview and awesome channel. Cheers Chris.
Good stuff! Always insightful! I hope you guys are doing great and staying safe. Love to you.
The Rock stop So wonderful And good Interview Boss
Great interview - really enjoyed this Chris 👍 22 - Have a very happy day! Take care! 🦋🐝
Chris - enjoyed listening to this. It was a great interview and I appreciate how easy the conversation always flows between you and your guests. It feels very natural and unforced. You always ask them great questions (like the - do you take characters home with you?) You have a relaxing voice and keep up the great interviews! Something I’ve wondered with all the interviews you’ve done - is it hard to link up and convince people to be interviewed or are most guests open to being interviewed?
Chris you really get some cool people on, always interesting learns taking a peak in here. bless Huge shouts to Thom for sharing some big moments here. Friday the 13th is all time fav for me in the genre' classics
Loved The Return of the living Dead it was funny as hell lol and of course Friday the 13th I love em all great interview brotha Chris Rock On 😎🤘✌️❤️ stay safe!!Shudder is a great App for Horror movies I have that big horror fan👍
Awesome interview as always Chris. Love these. Big like and a full watch from me.
Cool interview!....wow, born on Hollywood Boulevard!...that is cool...he was destined to be an actor.....Conan was born on a battlefield.......I remember enjoying Return of the Living Dead.......gonna put that on my re watch list.......my Grandma loved Falcon Crest....... .......I love horror movies...some recintish great ones are Devil's Candy and Terrifier......peeps are raving about Midsommer.....I'm gonna watch that soon.....I'm gonna listen to more of this later..
Awesome interview Chris I remember him from the Friday 13 th movie I hope your staying safe
That’s really awesome he’s stayed close with cast members
Great video. I enjoyed this interesting interview. Thanks friend. Stay safe and well !!!
love this movie "Return of the Living Dead" I can watch it over and over Thom Matthews is an awesome horror flick actor enjoying all these back stories fantastic interview
I've got a chance to know Thom Mathews with your show, cool guy :)
Really cool interview🤩👍super
Hey Chris!! Great interview, I love all those zombies movies!! Another good one!!
Return of the Living Dead! Omg..that movie lol Great interview😊
Great interview Chris! I would love to hear something from Metallica, Placebo, Garbage or Slipknot!!! 😉👍🏻
Nice interview, totally enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!
Great interview. Thanks
This is so cool. I had the biggest crush on Freddie in Return of The Living Dead. My step sister, her in-laws are in the credits somewhere in the original VHS release because they contributed money for this movie. I don’t know if you can find that original thing but their last name was Kash. I still have this movie on VHS… even to this day....this movie still scares the heck out of me. I love it!!! I think we were able to get a copy before its release. Because I never actually saw it at the movies. I think I was 13 or 14 years old when I saw it. What an impact it had. The medical examiner in this film did a fantastic job! I’m gonna Google him in a second because he was so good so amazing😅 I wanted to be a medical examiner after that. and I actually rode with the M.E’s office at the age of 19. That was here in Austin Texas. And then I realized what dead people actually smell, look like and die from .and then I was over it. Yikes ... what a horrible sad experience I wouldn’t wish on anybody. But I definitely give kudos to those who do that kind of work.
@ChrisContra
3 жыл бұрын
That's an awesome story! I'll check the end credits, next time I watch it.
Awesome interview! Hope u guys stay safe and healthy.
Always a well presented and professional interview bro. Be safe and stay healthy 👍
another great piece~
Great topic! Great Interview! #64!
You always do great interviews. Great job.
Wonderful interviews here, this is my fifth video on your channel that I've seen, I keep track! ;)
@ChrisContra
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
Awesome interview.. Enjoyed ! 😊👍
Great interview. Enjoyed from start to end. :)
Awesome interview dude ✌🏻
Awesome Chris
Interesting interview. Yeah it's cool to check out some original stuff over remakes sometimes.
Awesome interview!
Hey Chris, rocking channel my friend... Here to support! I hit the sub, awesome interview! Like 77
Great interview! 👍
that was really fabulous
Cool interview! 👍
Really entertaining video . Nice to hear
awesome interview, you're so good, take care
super interesting interview chris, nice chat :)
This is so good! I hope your having a nice day😁
well done my friend awesome ;))
great video👍🏻👍🏻 keep up
Great video😊💟
Good job 😍👏
Hi there. Wow your channel is amazing!!!!!
@MarisasMoonlitCreations
4 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisContra you're very welcome👍😊
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I agree about movies right now. I am sick of Marvel movies.