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Clayface's changing faces give Dead Meat an acting puzzle

Tom Rhys Harries explains how prosthetics and multiple performers help bring Matt Hagen to the screen.

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Bowie & Batman The Animated Series w/ CLAYFACE star Tom Rhys HarriesBowie & Batman The Animated Series w/ CLAYFACE star Tom Rhys Harries

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  1. 1:01Harries describes a three-month audition and screen-testing process for the lead role.
  2. 1:50Watching Batman: The Animated Series as a child helped shape his connection to the project.
  3. 10:00Multiple actors must preserve Matt Hagen's character across his shape-shifted appearances.
  4. 21:56Practical prosthetics give Harries something tactile to perform with and audiences something physical to respond to.
  5. 23:17Harries identifies Matt and Caitlyn's love story as the emotional grounding beneath the body horror.
  6. 25:57Vanity is an entry point into the character's deeper questions about identity, belonging and redemption.

An Elden Ring sticker makes an unexpectedly gentle introduction to a conversation about losing yourself. James A. Janisse hands it to Tom Rhys Harries at the start of Dead Meat's Clayface interview, and the two briefly compare gaming habits before getting into the actor's shape-shifting role.

"Bowie & Batman The Animated Series w/ CLAYFACE star Tom Rhys Harries" is the most-watched of Dead Meat's fifteen uploads this week, with about 129,000 views. Childhood memories of the animated Batman lead into a particularly interesting acting problem: how do several performers playing Matt Hagen's borrowed appearances make him feel like the same person?

Harries also explains why physical prosthetics matter, both for his performance and for what an audience feels watching it. Later, he identifies the love story between Matt and Caitlyn as the film's emotional grounding, drawing a comparison with David Cronenberg's The Fly. The conversation reaches beyond monstrous appearances into identity and belonging.

Viewers are asking whether Clayface will get a Kill Count, while others pick up on Harries' detailed understanding of his character. That interest has a companion upload in "Prosthetics were VERY important on the set of Clayface!" Elsewhere, the week includes a Crystal Lake behind-the-scenes video and horror-news coverage spanning The Mummy and The Simpsons.

Across the catalog, Dead Meat added roughly ten million views over seven days, while its subscriber count held steady. Corridor Crew had a similarly substantial viewing week among nearby movie-and-TV channels. Dead Meat's current daily viewing is more than twice its usual pace, with "Lake Mungo | FULL MOVIE" drawing the strongest daily momentum, followed by a classic-jump-scare clip and Freddy's glove making an appearance in Fortnite.

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  • It’s cool when James asks him about his character and he knows the inner workings of that character so much he’s not afraid to say actually it’s more like this
    @noneofyourbeeswax546See it on YouTube
  • As a long time viewer, I appreciate James doing this interview despite openly admitting to not being a comic book guy.
  • Ok wow so Dead Meat man is talking to an actor from Doctor Who about a movie where he plays a Batman villain and they start the conversation with Elden Ring. Officially blown away
    @wilcowan-daly5508See it on YouTube
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  • Kill Count for this movie going to be incredible
    @discipleofx4348See it on YouTube
  • James is hella good at doing interviews man
    @LongshotLennoxSee it on YouTube
  • Sorta surreal seeing him conduct an interview for a DC movie.
    @heresthedealio3520See it on YouTube
  • So does this mean you're going to cover Clayface on the Kill Count?
    @DoomeditzigSee it on YouTube
  • I can’t believe he’s actually covering Clayface
    @Coleplays05See it on YouTube

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The facts
Channel
Dead Meat
Subscribers
7,050,000
Channel views, last 7 days
10,228,239
Videos published this week
15
Video published
October 20, 2026
Video views so far
128,506
Views on its first day
91,444

The numbers

Here is Dead Meat's week in views, subscribers and uploads.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
The Office
17,119,584
Dead Meat
10,228,239
Corridor Crew
10,106,686
New Rockstars
7,496,891
CineFix
227,424
subscribers
7,050,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
3,329,016,224
views per day
2,958,454
typical day: 1,135,575
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Corridor Crew
7,180,000
Dead Meat
7,050,000
New Rockstars
4,440,000
The Office
3,790,000
CineFix
3,710,000
As of October 23, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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