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Matt Cohen Opens Up About Exciting New Projects – With Lots of Supernatural Connections!

Matt Cohen Opens Up About Exciting New Projects – With Lots of Supernatural Connections!

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Matt Cohen is one of my favorite people in the whole world. I got to know him after he guest starred on Supernatural, then had the pleasure of sitting down with him at fan conventions to talk about his role on that show, and eventually about everything from pop culture to health to happiness. Matt wrote a personal and powerful chapter about his own journey in Family Don’t End With Blood and we’ve stayed in touch ever since, through his stint on Entertainment Weekly to his fabulous short film Mama Bear and
now his MC On The Mic podcast with his brother and his positive health posts on Instagram.

And through lots of different hairstyles…

with Supernatural writer Jenny Klein, Richard Speight Jr. and me

We sat down a week ago to chat about the latter (not the hairstyles, the health and wellness posts) for an article I’m working on for Psychology Today, and before we ended our zoom chat I asked about new projects. I was not expecting something as totally effing exciting as what Matt disclosed, so I’m sharing that here first.

Lynn: You said you have something new brewing, what is it?

Matt: I’m launching a crowdfunding campaign, and I’m also – simultaneously, because when it rains it pours, and we can’t wait for Hollywood or we’ll have no careers left – financing, directing and starring in a movie with my cowriter Lee, who wrote Mama Bear. He’s financing and I’m financing, for pennies because we have no money so we took out loans against our houses to make a movie.

Lynn: Tell me more!

Matt: The film will star Briana Buckmaster in a role that you’ve never seen her in yet, but you could never imagine anyone else playing. She’s an anti-hero. You hate her, but you love her.

Lynn: Well, I love Briana, I love anti-heroes, I mean I love The Boys, so…

Matt: I’ll be playing her ex, who’s very straight edge, kind of like Jason Bateman. And it’s an hour and half long car chase movie, details to come.

Lynn: That sounds amazing, I can’t wait to hear more. And the other project?

Matt: The crowdfunding project is very exciting – I think I’ll go live with it at the next convention in Chicago (this weekend). We’re trying to raise 50 to 100K to make an adult animated series called ‘Public Domain’.

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Happy Birthday to Supernatural Actor – and Director – Matt Cohen!

Happy Birthday to Supernatural Actor – and Director – Matt Cohen!

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Today rounds out the trifecta of birthdays that happen in the month of September – Richard, Rob and Matt, otherwise known to con-goers as R2M!  So, in the spirit of this being the last year of the little show that brought the three of them together being on the air, a look back at what makes Matt Cohen so special, and such an integral part of Supernatural.

Kathy and I first met Matt ten years ago at his first Supernatural convention. He didn’t really know what to expect, so he just went with his instincts. That is, he attempted to hug every single person who wanted a hug from him. I remember turning to Kathy and saying oh, we need to interview this guy, he really knows how to interact with fans (And also? He’s gonna have to not keep hugging every single person or he’s never going to get anything else done ever again!)

We sat down with Matt for the first time shortly thereafter, and found out that he was in fact every bit as warm and genuine as he seemed – and just as appreciative of the fans as his hug policy had suggested. In those early days, when Matt was onstage with Richard Speight, Jr. he was the quieter one. Richard’s quick wit and ability to riff off the cuff had to be intimidating – for anyone! But little by little, Matt developed the same ability, and soon he was keeping up with Richard and making us all laugh.

I have enjoyed all our thoughtful chats, and a few times when we weren’t all that serious – what were we doing this day?? I can’t remember but it was undoubtedly fun!

When Rob joined Richard and Matt onstage at cons, the kinetic energy between the three of them onstage was incredible. I don’t think I’ve ever sat through an R2M panel without laughing so hard there were tears in my eyes. They are hilarious together, and at the same time, the depth of their genuine affection for each other is always clear. Who knew I’d be missing Matt’s traditional leap off the chair onstage that kicks off every R2M panel so much right now?

As some of the few ‘regulars’ at the early Creation conventions, Matt and Richard also were the natural options to revamp the convention karaoke. When they realized it wasn’t as egalitarian as they wanted, they recreated karaoke and made it something amazing – something no other show’s conventions had. They had costumes, they had themes, we all dressed up and got silly together, and they played all the songs we loved from the show.

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