Reality Miniverse | Competition Reality TV Interviews
Jun 18, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 10 segments
I am joined by Jack Atkins from The Circle Season 2 on Netflix. Jack talks about his time on the show, how online reality games prepared him, and his work as a reality tv casting producer now…
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But I think that the thing is the people that are... like if your first reaction is to be really nice about everything, that, that could, that might not be the thing that gets you cast, which is, you know, kind of a conundrum, but, um, well now not to say that there's not like really sweet and genuine people in the circle, but I don't think me, like the archetype that I was, was what they wanted to deliver that, you know what I mean? That was more of like a Lee AKA river.
Who's this like sweet old gay man, like, and that, and he's like really wholesome.
Um, but I think as time wore on, I like settled in more built, like felt like the relationships were more real.
Like it's easy to talk shit about a screen that you, you don't even know the person that's there.
why online bullying exists right yeah i
you know what you remind me a lot of tyson actually it's like big tyson energy if tyson were to go on the circle this might
be the nicest thing anyone could say i mean that's amazing yeah um yeah the only thing i really remember from like the opening is like making fun of Brian for being a breathwork instructor.
Yeah, there's a little bit of that.
You did, you made a, I think it was a reference in the beginning, a Survivor reference, like almost immediately when you're picking out your photos.
Was it the
Yeah, exactly.
From LJ, from Survivor.
I totally liked it.
I was like, that was cool.
Was there anything else like that you were like trying to throw in, like Easter eggs or?
But I think that the thing is the people that are... like if your first reaction is to be really nice about everything, that, that could, that might not be the thing that gets you cast, which is, you know, kind of a conundrum, but, um, well now not to say that there's not like really sweet and genuine people in the circle, but I don't think me, like the archetype that I was, was what they wanted to deliver that, you know what I mean? That was more of like a Lee AKA river.
Who's this like sweet old gay man, like, and that, and he's like really wholesome.
Um, but I think as time wore on, I like settled in more built, like felt like the relationships were more real.
Like it's easy to talk shit about a screen that you, you don't even know the person that's there.
why online bullying exists right yeah i
you know what you remind me a lot of tyson actually it's like big tyson energy if tyson were to go on the circle this might
be the nicest thing anyone could say i mean that's amazing yeah um yeah the only thing i really remember from like the opening is like making fun of Brian for being a breathwork instructor.
Yeah, there's a little bit of that.
You did, you made a, I think it was a reference in the beginning, a Survivor reference, like almost immediately when you're picking out your photos.
Was it the
Yeah, exactly.
From LJ, from Survivor.
I totally liked it.
I was like, that was cool.
Was there anything else like that you were like trying to throw in, like Easter eggs or?
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