Daniel Franzese
Entertainer and Actor on Recovery Road & Looking. Previously in Mean Girls & I Spit on Your Grave
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
Hi everyone Daniel Franzese here. I'm very excited to be answering your questions today. join me for a conversation about film, television, pop culture and more.
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Hannah Hunt
@hannah_hunt · I am in theater and I barrel race
I think it's cool cause I've always wanted to talk to famous people, I just hope this isn't another one of those fake things
Jeff Needles
@jsneedles · BI @ Meerkat & Maker of Things
Hi Danny! What's the one app you absolutely cannot live without?
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
@jsneedles Instagram. I think of it as a breadcrumb trail of memories. I wanna be like 90 in the old movie stars home watching 4 pics from everyday of my life.
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
What's one of the funniest stories (that you can tell us about) from working on Mean Girls?
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
@bentossell I don't know if I have time to go into the whole story but one time Lizzy Caplan and I were goofing off and kinda simulating sex lol. We were just letting off some comedy steam waiting for our time to act to come up. I hear " WHAT ARE YOU DOING ASSHOLE?!" I turned to the side and realized Micheal Lohan was watching and he started to scream at me and seemed like he wanted to fight me because his kids were around but it was an adult set and we had no idea they were there!
Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@whatsupdanny hahahahaha great!
Jacqueline von Tesmar
@jacqvon · Community, Product Hunt ✌️😻
Where is one place you want to visit that you haven't been before?
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
@jakecrump Martin Scorcese. He used to know my uncle and cast him in a few movies ( Mean Streets, Raging Bull) he's one of the reasons I became an actor and I haven't even met him yet.
Andrew Ettinger
@andrewett · Product Marketing, Twitter (ex-PH)
What do you want to be remembered for?
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
@andrewett being a good entertainer and a good person. A representation of underrepresented people and a voice for people who may not often be heard.
Corley
@corleyh · COO @ Product Hunt
Hi there. Thanks for joining. What is an example of a mistake you made and what did you learn from it?
Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
Yo Danny!
What's one thing you used to fervently believe that you now see fundamentally misguided in your professional life? in your personal life?
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
@eriktorenberg tbh I would have to say GOD. Its weird to be in Hollywood and be a believer but its even weirder to be gay and do so. I find myself having to make sure that is a part of my life because if I didn't there aren't a lot of professional reminders.
Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
@whatsupdanny i didn't know this!! can you talk more about how you came to a stronger belief in God as a gay person? Did religious groups ostracize you in the past and, if so, how did you overcome it?
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Daniel Franzese
@whatsupdanny
@eriktorenberg I actually did gay conversion therapy by accident! its awful and should be outlawed. It wasn't until i realized. God didn't love be in spite of me being gay ...He loved me because of it. This is how I was meant to be. God's love is unconditional.
