Category Archives: Star Blog

Maile School Grad: Brandon Larracuente on 13 Reasons Why

Maile School Grad: Brandon Larracuente

Maile School Grad Brandon Larracuente plays the role of Jeff Atkins on the popular Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.

The Netflix Original series 13 Reasons Why has quickly become the most popular show in the streaming service’s history after just three weeks of its release.
The show has received quite a bit of attention along with our Maile School Graduate, Brandon Larracuente, who plays Jeff Atkins in the Netflix Original. With his recent debut on Access Hollywood, Brandon has reached the hearts of his fans showing his true personality which doesn’t seem far off from the one portrayed in 13 reasons why.

Brandon’s alias, Atkins, is in a series of flashback episodes as an extremely kind and genuine person who was not afraid to speak up and is always looking out for his friends.

Brandon Larracuente was born in New York. At the age of 4, he was introduced to theatre where he played the part in two operas at the New Rochelle Opera House. Brandon began his acting career at the age of 8, where he starred in an Off Broadway show called “Desire“. Upon moving to Florida, he enrolled here at The Maile School in the Acting Program. Brandon ended up starring in local theatre production “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “It’s a Wonderful Life“.

Brandon made his first television appearance in 2011, in a documentary series called “Got Home Alive.” In 2013, he also appeared in an episode of A&E’s hit series, ” The Glades “(2013), along with Nickelodeon’s popular show, ” Every Witch Way “ (2014) and NBC’s series, Constantine (2014) as well as an recurring appearances as Ben Rayburn in Netflix’s Original Series, Bloodline (2015). Other credits include Max Steel (2016), Rings (2017), Baywatch (2017), and Bright (2017) to name a few.

Brandon Larracuente is a Maile School Star Graduate of the acting program.
We are so happy to hear of his success story and cannot wait to see what is next for this star.

If you’re interesting in starting a career as an actor or model than contact us.

The Maile School

(407) 628-5989.

STAR TALENT: BEN VANDERMEY

Leave a reply

STAR TALENT: BEN VANDERMEY

Ready for a new drama series? Then be sure to watch Atlanta’s hottest new drama titled SKIN DEEP The Series on March 12th at 7:00 PM EST! You will see Maile School acting grad Ben VanderMey as he stars as the role of Whit.

Skin Deep will certainly bring drama and a bit of comedy as well. Be sure to catch the premiere episode on Sunday, March 12th on line at WWW.SKINDEEPTHESERIES.COM

SKIN DEEP the Series is a dramatic web series where 7 characters’ lives quickly become intertwined when a highly publicized brutal attack is perceived as a calculated, racially motivated gay bashing, deeply dividing the city with explosive consequences.

SKIN DEEP The Series parallels some of the social challenges we currently face as a nation. Issues such as race, culture, gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, police brutality, Islamophobia and much more. The cast consists of a diverse group of professional actors including gay, straight, transgender, Muslim, Asian, Latino, Black, and White actors.

Ben is born and raised in Florida and throughout high school he excelled in sports receiving MVP awards in football, wrestling, weightlifting, and track. Upon graduation he was offered a football scholarship to Charleston Southern University. While in the midst of playing sports and training, Ben discovered he had a passion for acting. Ben attended the adult on camera acting program here at The Maile School and after completing the program he went full force into the industry. His impressive resume credits include BET’s Being Mary Jane, House of Cards, Baby Driver, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Fantastic Four, Finding Carter, I’m Not Ashamed, and Troy to name a few. He now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

We are so proud of Ben and all of his industry success. To see more on Ben and SKIN DEEP The Series go to www.skindeeptheseries.com also check out his IMDB page.

The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School has been working with students and training talent since 1982.
Call today to get started at 407-628-5989.

Jackson from Fuller House

Leave a reply

Jackson from Fuller House

Did you know Michael Campion attended acting classes at The Maile School?

Kids acting grad Michael Campion plays to role of Jackson, (DJ’s oldest son) on the popular Netflix series Fuller House starring Candace Cameron Bure. We are so happy that Fuller House was picked up for Season 2 and premiered this past December.

His path to land the role of Jackson was detailed. First, he sent a video audition to LA since he lives in Orlando. He didn’t know what he was auditioning for and they would use code names. After sending in a video once a week for 5 weeks they finally flew him to LA and he was then told it was for Fuller House.

Michael says, “I was a huge Full House fan and cried when I was told I booked the role. It was a magical experience and the next day I started filming.”

Michael’s other industry credits include Finding Eden (2017), Christmas Trade (2015), with Billy Baldwin (aka William Baldwin), Tom Arnold and Denise Richards. He also starred in the feature films, Robo-Dog (2015) that was filmed right here in Central Florida and also starred other Maile School grads as well as Robo-Dog: Airborne (2017). He has been featured in many local and national commercials. Michael enjoys live theater productions and has performed lead roles with Magic Curtain Productions in “The Wizard of Oz”, “Annie” and “The Little Mermaid”, just to name a few.

Michael is 14 years old and lives is Florida with his parents. When he isn’t auditioning or working on set he enjoys Star Wars movies, building his own computer and playing video games.

Stay tuned and watch Michael this season. Also if you missed the first season it is available on DVD February 28th.

Be sure to watch Michael as the role of Jackson on Netflix. You can also see him on IMDB here.

If you are interested in breaking into the industry like Michael call

The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School to set up an appointment to visit our school and find out about our many programs.

Don’t wait call today at 407-628-5989.

Did you know Mandy Moore is a graduate?

Leave a reply

Did you know Mandy Moore is a graduate of

The Maile School?

Mandy Moore is a singer, songwriter and actress. Mandy first came out on the scene with her 1999 debut single, “Candy“, which peaked at number 41 on the BillboardHot 100. After signing with Epic Records, she released her first album, So Real and in the year 2000 her single, “I Wanna Be with You“, became her first Top 30 song in the US, peaking at number 24 on the Hot 100 chart.

Outside of her music career, Mandy perused acting and was in films such as Dr. Dolittle 2, The Princess Diaries, alongside Anne Hathaway and her first starring role as Jamie Sullivan in the 2002 romantic hit film A Walk to Remember. She also starred in other films, including How to Deal (2003), Chasing Liberty (2004), Saved! (2004) and co-starred in the 2006 comedy American Dreamz.

The following year, Mandy co-starred in the romantic comedies Be cause I Said So and License to Wed. In 2010, she was the voice of Rapunzel in Disney’s animated hit film Tangled, in which she performed the duet “I See the Light” with Zachary Levi; the song won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. She later reprised her role in the short film Tangled Ever After, and will do so again on the Disney Channel TV series based on the film in 2017.

Mandy currently can be seen playing the role of Rebecca on Tuesdays nights in NBC’s popular new show This is Us. The TV dramedy series is created by Dan Fogelman which and stars Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan and Ron Cephas Jones. This is Us is about the family lives and connections of several people who all share the same birthday and the ways in which they’re similar and different.

Mandy Moore attended the on camera kids acting program here at The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School. The Maile School has been working with students and training talent since 1982. Call the school at 407-628-5989 to find about our exciting programs.

Man Down Justin Smith

Leave a reply

Man Down Justin Smith

Former Maile School acting instructor and professional modeling and acting grad Justin Smith is an actor, known for his role on ABC’s hit soap General Hospital as Holt and the feature film Man Down as Stanton. Man Down will premier in theaters December 2nd.

Maile School’s President Debbie Wisner says, “Justin was great to have here on our staff. First as a student then as an instructor. He gave a lot to all the students and he just had that ‘it’ factor. We all knew it was a matter of time.”

Man Down takes place in post-apocalyptic North America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer (Shia LaBeouf), searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, Jonathan, and wife, Natalie (Kate Mara), accompanied by his best friend (Jai Courtney) and a survivor (Clifton Collins, Jr.). Justin landed a lead role the film Silent Fall (2007) where he traveled all the way to Cape Town, South Africa where he spent four months filming throughout Cape Town, and also gained some much appreciated life experience. After returning from South Africa, Justin found himself in New York where he was cast in his first major television role on the CBS soap opera, As The World Turns. This led to other roles on television such as Army Wives (2007), Burn Notice (2007) and The CW’s The Vampire Diaries (2009). He also landed film work in A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) starring Bruce Willis, and the comedy Walk of Shame (2014). Justin was also a host and a popular face on the syndicated morning news and entertainment show The Daily Buzz.

To see more on Justin Smith check out his IMDB page here.

The Maile School offers classes in Image & Confidence Development, On Camera Acting for TV, Commercials and Film and Professional Modeling. Call the school at 407-628-5989 to get your career stared today!

Star Talent at The Maile School

Leave a reply

STAR TALENT AT THE MAILE SCHOOL

The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School is always happy to brag about our students and graduates booking jobs in the business.

Benjamin Mainville recently graduated from The Maile School’s Professional Modeling program this past August. He never considered modeling until meeting local models on film sets. These models helped give him the push needed and Benjamin became one of our students this past summer. Since graduating he has walked the runway at the Seminole Town Center’s Back to School fashion show, modeled unique costumes for Orlando Vintage Clothing & Costume’s upcoming campaign, and personally worked with The Stig (from Top Gear) at this year’s AIMExpo for Simpson Performance Products. He has also participated in a secret project with some other Maile School professionals which he looks forward to sharing once released!

The client for Simpson Performance Products was so impressed with Ben’s professionalism said, “Ben was fantastic he went well beyond a warm body in the suits and played the character well. We were very pleased and would book him again”.

When not working on his newly found modeling career, Benjamin is a hotelier by trade. Additionally, he works with local filmmakers (both on screen and behind the scenes) and is also an author. He has currently released three short-stories and has additional projects being revealed soon.

We look forward to seeing how our program has shaped Benjamin’s future.

For more info on The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School call 407-628-5989 or email us at info@lisamaile.com to explore our exciting programs.

Killing Reagan

Leave a reply

Killing Reagan

Congratulations goes out to Maile School’s Acting Instructor and Vocal Performance Coach Jim Braswell. He landed a role on National Geographic’s Killing Reagan. Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the shocking assassination attempt on newly elected President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr., starring Tim Matheson as President Ronald Reagan and Cynthia Nixon as Nancy Reagan. Jim plays Dr. Manfred Lichtman. The filmed premiered on Sunday, October 16th but be sure to check your local listing for other Killing Reagan additional airtimes.

Jim says, “The life of an actor is hard and sometimes the victories are few but they are victories nonetheless. The struggle is real. Now on to the next audition!”

He received the Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Male Performance and Best Play—Drama for Thomas Jefferson: My Master, My Slave, My Friend at the 2016 Fringe Festival. His performance was nothing short of incredible.

Jim has over 25 years of experience in the industry and was a judge for 5 ½ years at Disney’s American Idol Experience. He offers one on one vocal performance coaching here at The Maile School helping talented singers take their performance to the next level. If you are interested in working with Jim call The Maile School at 407-628-5989 to book your private lesson.

We are happy to have him on our team here at The Maile School.

Check out what we offer by visiting our website at www.lisamaile.com or email us at info@lisamaile.com

Tony Robinette lands role on Fresh Off The Boat

Leave a reply

Tony Robinette lands role on ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat

Exciting news for Maile School Acting & Advanced Acting graduate Tony Robinette. He landed a role on the ABC comedy hit show Fresh Off The Boat.
Tony was happy to share his good news and said, “I just booked an awesome funny co star on a prime time TV show that’s has been on my target list for 3 seasons. Whoop Whoop!”
We are so proud to help spread the word on Tony.

It’s the ’90s and 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie (Hudson Yang) just moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents (Randall Park and Constance Wu). It’s culture shock for his immigrant family in this comedy about pursuing the American Dream.

Fresh Off the Boat stars Randall Park as Louis, Constance Wu as Jessica, Hudson Yang as Eddie, Forrest Wheeler as Emery and Ian Chen as Evan.
Fresh Off The Boat is based on Chef Eddie Huang’s memoir Fresh Off the Boat and airs on Tuesdays nights at 9pm on ABC.

Tony can also be seen in the comedy film The Best Thanksgiving Ever playing the role of a cashier.
His other industry credits include Spring Breakers (2012), Robo-Dog (2015) and commercials for Aflac, Honda, Hungry Howies and Universal to name a few.

For more information on Tony Robinette contact The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School at 407-628-5989 or email us at frontdesk@lisamaile.com. The Maile School has been training talent since 1982 offering programs in Image & Confidence Development, On Camera Acting and Professional Modeling for adults, teens and kids.

999 S Orlando Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789

Maile School Teams Up with Ms./Mrs. Corporate America

Leave a reply

The Maile School is teaming up with Ms./Mrs. Corporate America.

Inviting ALL Executive Business Women and Dynamic Entrepreneurs to be a Contestant and a Part of Her-Story for the 6th Annual Ms./Mrs. Corporate America Pageant

Competition Begins:
Thursday, February 28, 2013 – Saturday, March 2, 2013
Live Competition: Saturday, March 2, 2013
Venue: Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Drive, Orlando FL 32819
Show Time: 7:30pm

Please contact the school if you are interested in becoming a contestant! (407) 628-5989 ext 11