So,what has McDermott been up to since his last day on “The Middle"set?
Keep scrolling for a look at this current professional affairs as well his journey to “Middle” stardom.
McDermott added, “It’s actually the first thing I ever did.
I really looked up to him.
He continued, “I ended up being cast as an extra.
Then I got asked to read lines and ended up with a speaking role.
From there, I feel like things took off.”
In 2009, he blogged forSeventeenabout his experience at the Independent Spirit Awards.
to get to secure more work, however, he needed professional representation.
I never made it past the third round in the audition process.”
Still, McDermott went through an arduous process to get hired for the role.
In 2014, he went further into detail about it in an interview withThe Daily Actor.
“And the character was named Elvis then.
And I went in and made it two auditions in and I got cut.
I didn’t make it any further.
And then the pilot went and they didn’t get picked up.”
However, as fate would have it, McDermott found himself in the running again a year later.
And I still had the scenes memorized because I only had two or three lines in the pilot.
I had nothing to work with.
I auditioned, I went through five auditions over a couple months and got it.”
McDermott worked on the passion project with his real-life friend, Nate Hartley.
“Nate and I wrote the first draft around 2010, but it’s hard to remember now.
He further revealed, “I was expecting to go into it and lose all my money.
I funded the whole thing myself and I wanted to retain ownership.”
“They’re always on opposite sides.
They’re always fighting.
And it’s a funny episode and I think it played out really well,” he added.
It was cool to be on the same side.”
He continued, “It’s something I prepared for a long, long time.
So when the time finally came, I felt like I had a good grasp on it.”
Needless to say, there was a decision to be made.
“We had to decide which season of ‘Friends’ we wanted to match.
That ended up being one of the most fun parts of the week,” he said.
“Acting is so spontaneous like a job pops up and then you have a go at get it.
If you get it, you’re working on it.
It’s all within like a couple months.
So it’s hard to plan.”
“I think that why that character worked was Charlie himself is so unlike Axl.
He has this sweetness, this essence of sweetness.
Axl has that, as well.
As of this writing, those are the only post-“Middle” roles listed on McDermott’sIMDb page.
That being said, he has continued to keep busy with another artistic endeavor: music.
“All these songs are about the same thing,” reads the description on hisBandcamp website.
The talented actor also stars in his video for “Wayside,” showing his dramatic acting abilities.
The multi-talented star’s acting resume shows a smaller list of roles beyond “The Middle.”
Either way, McDermott’s future looks pretty bright and filled with multiple exciting options.
