Oct 12, 2026 · 44 min · 11 segments
We sit down with Vertical drama star Nicole Mattox on apps using AI to alter actors' performances, being buried alive, Super Punchy Studio & the rom-com Perfect Date. Nicole Mattox has been acting…
Nicole MattoxGuestMike WinsonHostSo as someone that has, was called the vertical queen of 2025, which is, it's funny in the sense of, I have friends who call themselves the vertical Queens, by the way.
But so that's, What does it feel like to go from someone who thought, I want to do this, to hit a point where you were called the vertical queen?
Because it's just one of those things that's like, you do it because you love to do it.
And so then when you get things from it, it's just like, it's mind blowing because you don't think about like kind of where everything goes, I guess.
And so when people are coming to me like, hey, this made an impact on me, or I love your things specifically.
It's just like, it's one of those things like, wow, like I, one, I'm making a difference to people, which is just kind of all you could ever want in life.
And two, it's like, I, this thing that I've thought I could do forever, like people also think I can do.
And it's just like, It's just like that little five-year-old me who was in the first play in her whole life where it's like other people support you too.
And that girl who was like, I'm not going to be an actor because it's not feasible.
It's just – it's really – It's humbling also because the other part of that is I'm like, whoa, now I want to, it puts the pressure on me.
Like, I guess I put the pressure on me, but to like keep making content that's good and that people can connect with and that people who have already seen me would like still be proud of and be like, yeah, no, see, I knew I liked watching her stuff.
So that's, it's, it's humbling and it, it, it keeps me working hard, which is really nice.
Well, you have definitely been working hard and you're taking a break from working hard for a whole month.
I'm doing an acting intensive, which is going to be pretty much every day of that month also just to kind of get back into like my acting.
So as someone that has, was called the vertical queen of 2025, which is, it's funny in the sense of, I have friends who call themselves the vertical Queens, by the way.
But so that's, What does it feel like to go from someone who thought, I want to do this, to hit a point where you were called the vertical queen?
Because it's just one of those things that's like, you do it because you love to do it.
And so then when you get things from it, it's just like, it's mind blowing because you don't think about like kind of where everything goes, I guess.
And so when people are coming to me like, hey, this made an impact on me, or I love your things specifically.
It's just like, it's one of those things like, wow, like I, one, I'm making a difference to people, which is just kind of all you could ever want in life.
And two, it's like, I, this thing that I've thought I could do forever, like people also think I can do.
And it's just like, It's just like that little five-year-old me who was in the first play in her whole life where it's like other people support you too.
And that girl who was like, I'm not going to be an actor because it's not feasible.
It's just – it's really – It's humbling also because the other part of that is I'm like, whoa, now I want to, it puts the pressure on me.
Like, I guess I put the pressure on me, but to like keep making content that's good and that people can connect with and that people who have already seen me would like still be proud of and be like, yeah, no, see, I knew I liked watching her stuff.
So that's, it's, it's humbling and it, it, it keeps me working hard, which is really nice.
Well, you have definitely been working hard and you're taking a break from working hard for a whole month.
I'm doing an acting intensive, which is going to be pretty much every day of that month also just to kind of get back into like my acting.
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