CHOSEN CONversations | Austin Reed Alleman

Austin Reed Alleman from The Chosen on Nathanael, the Walk on Water Scene, and Filming the Fig Tree Moment On The Morning Cruise with Dave, Bill, and Carmen at The JOY FM, the hosts interview Austin Reed Alleman at Chosen Con, with Carmen’s mom “Mohair” joining after arriving with 11 handwritten pages of notes. Mohair asks Austin which scene has stayed with him most, and he highlights filming the walk-on-water sequence as a dreamlike, large-scale production and teases another impactful Season 6 moment he can’t discuss yet. Austin shares he’s from New Orleans, misses the food, lives in New York City, and notes the walk-on-water scene was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana, describing the tank, rain, wind, and cold conditions. The conversation shifts to Season 2’s emotional “under the fig tree” scene, where Austin explains his acting training, the time pressure, technical issues, and how Dallas helped him connect to the scene’s significance, including that Nathanael was modeled after Dallas’s life.