Michael Johnston Biography, Age, Height, Net worth, Actor, Gay, Movies, Tv Shows, Video games

Michael Johnston Biography

Michael Johnston is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Corey Bryant in the MTV series Teen Wolf and for his starring role in the indie film Slash. He is also a voice actor for anime, animation and video games.

Michael Johnston Age

Michael Johnston was born on February 22, 1996 in North Carolina, U.S. (he is 23 years old as of 2019)

Michael Johnston Height

Michael Johnston stands at a height of 6 ft 1 inches (185 cm)

Michael Johnston Net worth

Michael Johnston has an estimated net worth of $1.01 Million dollars.

Michael Johnston Education

Michael Johnston graduated from R-S Central High School. He later moved to Chicago where he studied acting at The Second City.

Michael Johnston Actor

Michael Johnston began acting as his career after joining the Chicago school. He has voiced characters for video games including: Dust: An Elysian Tail, Bee Wars and Tales of Zestiria. He has also do the voice work for TV series including: A Lull in the Sea, TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise and voiced the lead role for Zak Storm. He appeared in the MTV series of Awkward where he played as Corey, and a recurring character in the final 2 seasons of Teen Wolf. He lead in the role of Neil and in the comedy-drama film of Slash, where he played as a 15-year-old high school student who writes slash fiction. He also appeared in the indie horror film Bornless Ones.

Michael Johnston Gay

Michael Johnston has praised the show of gay relationships. He Spoke to Out, he then hinted that his character could be a potential new love interest for out gay student Mason, played by Khylin Rhambo. “There’s some hope that we’ll start out as friends, but maybe more will happen,” he teased. Speaking about the show’s approach to gay characters, the 19-year-old explained: “When I see relationships on Teen Wolf, they’re all treated the same. “They don’t make a big deal over a gay relationship in the show – it’s just like any other relationship, which is really close to what life is like.”

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How did your participation in SLASH come about?

Michael Johnston: Well, it started out like any other job really. I got the audition to play Neil in Slash, got the script and I started reading it and … I must say that from the point where I first read and auditioned to the actual movie the script changed a lot. But when I started reading the script I just thought ‘wow, this movie is really honest in how it deals with coming-of-age’.

I didn’t feel too comfortable taking on this role at first; I was hesitant because it was just really extreme, but I finished the script and just thought ‘what a cool story’ … it’s definitely a movie that you don’t see very much, it was really different, so that automatically drew me to the film. And I auditioned and then I didn’t hear anything back for almost, it seemed like, months. Honestly when I got the call that they were interested in me for the role it may have been eight months later.

Were you aware of what Slash fiction is?

Michael Johnston:  I heard of it before. Mostly because I’m on a TV show and I’ve actually had Slash fiction written about my character …

That’s TEEN WOLF you’re referring to?

Michael Johnston:  Right, right … Yeah. [Laughs.]

Clay Liford wrote the screenplay of SLASH, and I read in an interview with your co-star Hannah Marks that she’s also very passionate about writing. I was wondering whether you are similarly attracted to the written word or whether there were any other traits that made Neil a relatable character for you?

Michael Johnston:  Oh there were definitely a few things that I could relate to with Neil. I wouldn’t say writing is one of them. I mean, I write a little bit, but I think I’m more of a reader. And then I write songs, sometimes; I’ve been working on music. But I think one of the things that drew me to Neil is … well, Neil in Slash is very inexperienced.

Throughout the course of the movie you see a lot of firsts for him: it’s probably his first kiss, his first time with a girl, his first time at a convention and honestly, for me, the movie itself was a lot of ‘firsts’ as well. I had just moved to Los Angeles not too long before I booked Slash, so a lot of things were really new for me. It was kind of my first time out on my own, and in the movie it’s also Neil’s first time going out on his own. It was my first lead in a movie and, I think all of that – actually me experiencing a lot of firsts – made me really connect with Neil.

What is the main takeaway from one of your first lead roles in a movie? What was the main thing you picked up on set during the filming of SLASH?

Michael Johnston:  Well, this was actually my second movie. The first one I did was a horror movie called Bornless Ones. I was one of the leads but I didn’t really have any lines because my character was paralyzed for most of the movie so, yeah, sometimes I’d like to think of Slash as my first lead just because it was the first time I was actually carrying a project.

With Slash I learned what a collaborative effort it is to make a film and especially when you’re the lead. When I had the opportunity to play Neil it involved me going to set every day and obviously if you’re the lead of a movie, you’re gonna be on set a lot. You’re not gonna get a lot of breaks, you’re gonna be in almost every scene, you’re tired. I have to be on top of my stuff, have to know my lines, I have to be there for my cast members …

On Teen Wolf I’m recurring on the show and I have a few lines here and there and I can just learn my lines and go to set. But with a movie and being a lead in a movie I think I just learned how important it is to read the script over and over and over again and make decisions about my character. The other thing is we don’t film the movie in order, it’s not like we shoot the first scene in the movie on the first day so I have to know where my character is when we’re filming the scenes, you know, we might have filmed one of the last scenes in the movie right at the beginning.

I would just say it was an incredible learning experience as an actor; just seeing how it actually works on set and what a collaborative effort. I remember I had a moment when I was on set and I was just surrounded by the crew, the director, my co-stars, and I was just thinking: ‘wow, all these people are here working together for me … they’re doing it for me, and I’m doing it for them, and we’re all doing something that we’re deeply passionate about’. And I just think it’s really amazing and really beautiful.

It made me really appreciate movies even more … it made me see how amazing my producer, Brock, and how amazing the director, Clay, are.

The way you’re talking about the film is actually very similar to what Clay also mentioned in that it was a collaborative, professional environment with everybody working towards a common goal. I imagine it was a learning experience but also simply a fun set to be a part of?

Michael Johnston: Oh for sure. It was really fun, I mean, some of the scenes in the movie are so ridiculous, interesting, funny and weird … it’s great doing some of these scenes and then there were some that were a little bit harder like, you know, kissing Michael Ian Black in the parking lot …

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