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By Rosie Marder
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Travis Kelce is discussing his first venture into acting, marking his official debut in Ryan Murphy's Grotesquerie, and he candidly shared his insecurities, even calling himself an "amateur."
During the Wednesday, May 15 episode of New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, Travis opened up about his first-time acting experience.
"It's been so much fun," he remarked to his brother and podcast co-host, Jason Kelce, before expressing admiration for the director's guidance and support throughout the process.
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"Ryan Murphy is [an] unbelievable writer, director, producer, all of the above, man. He's just, there's nothing he can't do and everybody's just been so helpful in making me feel comfortable," Travis said. "Even on top of that, just giving me kinda the direction I need and the coaching I need to portray the part that I'm in."
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Although it's been fun, the Kansas City Chiefs player has had his fair share of insecurities. "I feel like a jabroni. I feel like an amateur. And, uh, I haven't gotten fired yet so we're doing good. ... They haven't told me to f**king kick rocks after the first week, so it's been awesome," he shared.
Although Travis' role in the film and the plot are not yet disclosed, he will be starring alongside Niecy Nash-Betts. "It's such a cool and unique show," he also shared. "I don't want to give too much away, but the name itself can tell you it's quite a mystery and every scene has just been so much fun to be in."
The tight end continued: "I'm just taking it scene by scene and trying to make sure that I remember my lines," he said. "I'm very amateur at this."
He further elaborated on his process of learning how to act, "I started off thinking, 'Man, just memorize your lines. Memorize your lines.' But in the reality of things, you want to be able to take that scene from one point to the next and portray, you know, exactly what the scene's meaning is."
Thanking Murphy immensely for including him in the series, Travis went on, "I was kinda blown away and kinda, like, shocked that he was willing to give me a role like this, because it is a big role on the show... He seemed very confident that I'd be able to do this and he kinda injected that in me the first conversation that we had. So hopefully I don't bomb this for him."
As for his brother, Jason was very supportive and even said, "No, you're gonna do good!"
According to sources, Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville will also be involved in the upcoming series.
"It sounds like everything is going as planned and I can't thank him enough for just this opportunity," Travis continued. "I'm sure there's actors out there that have been in the acting world that would die for an opportunity to work with Ryan, and I'm getting it in really my first gig ever so it's pretty unique and pretty cool."
Despite this being his first official acting gig, Travis is slated to host 20 episodes of the upcoming spinoff of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, called Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?.
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