Justin Baldoni
Work in Progress with Sophia Bush
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🗓️ 17 August 2021
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Summary
Justin Baldoni is a director, producer, and actor-- who you might recognize as Rafael Solano from Jane the Virgin. Justin joins Sophia on the podcast to talk about how the greatest activism is self activism, his production company, Wayfarer Studios, and their philanthropic efforts, navigating the film industry and the stories he wants to tell, and so much more.
Executive Producers: Sophia Bush & Rabbit Grin Productions
Associate Producers: Samantha Skelton & Mica Sangiacomo
Editor: Josh Windisch
Artwork by the Hoodzpah Sisters
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome back to work in progress. |
| 0:14.5 | Today's guest is actor, producer, director, and one of my very favorite good dudes, Justin |
| 0:23.0 | Baldoni. You may recognize him from Jane the Virgin, where he plays Rafael Solano. |
| 0:29.2 | I had the great fortune of popping in for an episode in Jane's final season to work with |
| 0:35.1 | Justin and our sweet friend, Gina, and just play with all my friends on Jane the Virgin and |
| 0:39.7 | my goodness. Playing his girlfriend for an episode was such a treat, especially when his lovely |
| 0:45.3 | wife Emily brought their kids to set. Through his work on shows like Jane and the movies that he |
| 0:50.3 | directs and produces and his platform, Justin brings social issues to the forefront. His production |
| 0:56.6 | company Wayfarer Studios has a philanthropic arm whose mission is to bring love, dignity, |
| 1:02.4 | and compassion to people experiencing homelessness. Here in our hometown of Los Angeles, |
| 1:08.4 | Justin and Wayfarer launched an incredible initiative called the Skid Row Carnival, |
| 1:13.3 | where they bring joy to unhoused people in our community. I highly recommend checking it out. |
| 1:18.2 | Last year through Wayfarer Studios, Justin directed the film Clouds, which is available on Disney |
| 1:23.4 | Plus. Clouds is based on a true story and tells the tale of Zach, a teenage singer-songwriter, |
| 1:30.3 | who writes a song that takes the music world by storm while Zach battles with terminal cancer. |
| 1:36.0 | Previously, Justin directed the movie Five Feet Apart, which is, hands down, one of my favorite |
| 1:42.2 | films and you'll learn in this podcast makes me boo-hoo every time I watch it. And Justin has a new |
| 1:47.4 | book out, it's called Man Enough, Undefining My Masculinity. This extraordinary personal |
| 1:54.4 | perspective of gender roles and masculinity is a topic that Justin has been thinking about for a |
| 1:58.8 | long time. He spoke about it in a TED Talk, he's written about it at length, and it's something |
| 2:04.7 | that will hopefully broaden what it means to be a man and re-evaluate the social norms that |
| 2:10.0 | work to confine us in gender roles. He's referred to the book as a love letter to men, in which he |
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