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2018 – Finn Robbins

Finn Robbins played the role of Liam McBain on the Prospect Park version of One Life to Live. Since then he has gone on to do episodes of The Deuce, What Would You Do? and more. He can also be seen on Ray Donovan this season!

1. What is the best part working on What Would You Do?
The excitement of tricking the people. I was really nervous at first but then it was so fun.

2. Is it challenging trying to keep in character during the segment?
Sometimes. When I was doing the Free Range parenting episode, people would offer to buy me food or something and I felt bad and wanted to tell them I was just an actor.

3. Do you have a favorite moment from one of your scenarios that didn’t make it to air?
During the Hot Sauce one, a few people asked to have their table moved instead of getting involved. When they told them it was a tv show they didn’t want to sign a release to be on tv, which I thought was funny.

4. How did you like working on the Prospect Park version of OLTL?
I got to meet Corbin Bleu a few times on set and that was fun. That was also my first premier and the party was super cool.

5. What has the experience been like filming for Ray Donovan?
It was fun. The guy that plays my Dad, Dom Lombardozzi is so nice and super cool. One time we had our holding and catering in a prison which was really crazy. Then we filmed in a house and the guy that owned the house was a real police officer. I also filmed in a boxing ring in Tribeca which was awesome.

6. How did you enjoy working with Liev Schreiber?
He’s really nice. His scenes are super intense but as soon as he’s off set he’s funny and really chill.

7. What’s it like filming in a boxing ring? Did you get to train during filming?
I didn’t really get to train for real but it made me want to take boxing lessons. Maybe at the Tribeca studio we filmed in. The owner had a pit bull that he carried around on his neck. In that scene I got in and out of the ring like 100 times. Ha.

8. What was your time on set like filming The Deuce?
The Deuce was fun. The costumes were cool. Maggie was so nice and Caroline who played my grandmother was also great. We would ride home together and she would tell lots of stories. One time we had a really late shoot in a pizza shop. In my scene I had a coke and pizza. They kept filling up my cup and giving me a new slice of pizza every time the did another take. I started to fell a little sick to my stomach. I think my mom or someone jumped in and told them to give me water instead of coke and told me to fake eat the pizza. We filmed that night until about midnight and I was sooooo tired.

9. Do you have a favorite scene you did for the show?
In one of the scenes I was playing an old game called Mouse Trap. In between takes I would set the game up again. It was a game I had never played before.

10. Which character has been the most fun to play so far?
It’s a toss up between the character Jimmy in Ray Donovan and playing “Finn” in both episodes of What Would You Do .
Jimmy – got to have cool black eye and he was a darker character. It was a recurring role so I got to be in four episodes. But I really loved What Would You Do. It was so nerve racking having no idea what was going to happen. The producers talk to you through an ear piece and there is just so much going on, I would do that show 100 times if they let me.

Is there anything else you would like to add?
I’ve gotten to do so many cool projects. But I’ve also lost out on many things I wanted to do. The good thing is, I have my friends, I love sports, I really like my school and I have a whole other life outside of acting. So some times I’m disappointed in roles I’ve lost but I know I have friends that I get to hang out with and games I get to play. It’s definitely give or take. When I’m filming there are things I have to give up – but I really do love working so I don’t mind.

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