Shalansky also became good friends with Dailyn Rodriquez and David Graziano when they were all coming up together back in New York.

Shalansky claims the reason he originally moved to Los Angeles was because of these three friends who found great success there.

Shalansky finally caved, drove across country, and soon began booking work on multiple TV series.

[citation needed] In October 2016, Shalansky was asked by friend John Krasinski to join the cast in a staged reading of the screenplay Good Will Hunting.

Shalansky joined Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Daveed Diggs, Tom McCarthy, Keegan-Michael Key, Margo Martindale and Harvey Weinstein at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

One of which is Nice Guy Eddie with guitarist Chris Jackson and bass player Robbie Rist.