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Melissa Lummus from Netflix’s The Mole - Episode 38

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Send us Fan Mail Episode 38 – Melissa Lummus from Netflix’s The Mole Season 2. Melissa sits down virtually with Jamie they discuss her recent appearance on The Mole, her Entertainment Industry...

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Highlights

  • Melissa started playing competitive pinball in Nashville in 2021 after the pandemic
  • She got her first pinball machine (Dr. Dude) in 2019 and housed it in her apartment building
  • Netflix's The Mole initially planned to label her as a 'competitive pinball player' but changed to 'poker player' in the edit
  • Melissa is not a professional poker player; she plays home games in Nashville where organized poker is illegal
  • She works in film production as her primary occupation, not poker or pinball
  • She applied to The Mole after mentioning it unprompted in a CAA meeting, was contacted by casting within a week, and went through 2-3 months of audition process
  • Melissa plays pinball regularly at No Quarter in East Nashville, a strikes format tournament venue
  • She has a film degree from Belmont University (transferred from Baylor) with minor in theater

Notable quotes

“I got involved in the Nashville tournament pinball scene after the pandemic...I immediately felt at home. I think I've been back every week I've been in Nashville since that time in 2021.”
Melissa Reese
“they were planning on labeling me as a pinball player...but then a couple weeks before it came out i got a call and they were like...we're gonna call you a poker player”
Melissa Reese
“I am not a professional poker player it is not how I make my money...it's something I do do very regularly that doesn't often get a lot of talking points or attention.”
Melissa Reese
“My comfort zone has always been in all of the lead up that goes into the making of a show. And now you get cast on a show where you're a contestant and you're on camera.”
Melissa Reese
“I was represented at my old job in production by CAA...and I remember an early meeting...they were like, what's a show that doesn't exist anymore that you would have loved to have been a part of...and I was like, the Mole...this is before the Netflix reboot”
Melissa Reese

Entities

  • CAA (Creative Arts Agency)· company
  • ESPN· company
  • Space City Open· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Dr. Dude· game
  • Belmont University· organization
  • Game Galaxy· organization
  • National Pinball League· organization
  • No Quarter· organization
  • Second City· organization
  • Wormhole Pinball· organization
  • Jamie Burchell· person
  • Melissa Reese· person
  • The Apprentice· product
  • The Mole· product

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