The Prime Video actor on playing Mason, lighting a face and why he's always looking for the punchline.

John Bregar plays Mason in Neagley, the Reacher spinoff on Prime Video. His first thought for the role was to join a cult. Mason starts out helpful and ends up enforcing the rules on the ranch.

Off camera, John is a studio photographer and a cinematographer. His first real acting paycheck went to a camera and lenses. Nobody taught him to light a face. He learned in a club upstairs at the Hard Rock Cafe that became his first studio. He also took a short film to Lisbon.

Sean Dillon asks John what it's like to shoot a big show in his hometown of Toronto, what he tells a nervous actor in the first minute of a headshot session, and why art touches his soul. The answer to that one goes back to his family.

The Rockin' 8 covers fake blood, a snack he snuck off a set and how many Boston Creams he could eat in one sitting. The One Big Question asks what none of his characters has ever gotten to say.

Neagley is streaming on Prime Video. Listen to John Bregar on Beyond the Mic.