All in Interviews

Eric Bauza interview (Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up

Eric Bauza interview (Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up

Popcorn Podcast
Animation, Season 14, Special, Interviews

It's time to get Looney as we chat to the voice actor behind Daffy Duck and Porky Pig from Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up. Eric Bauza is best known for being one of Mel Blanc's successors for Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Marvin the Martian and Woody Woodpecker. But now the Emmy Award winner is starring in the first fully animated Looney Tunes feature-length film to be released theatrically. In our chat, Bauza discusses balancing the insanity and heart of a Looney Tunes story, why Porky and Daffy make a brilliant pair on screen, the art to the Daffy splutter and Porky stutter, and his adoration of all the voice actors who came before him.

Ashley Zuckerman interview (In Vitro)

Ashley Zuckerman interview (In Vitro)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Sci-Fi, Season 14, Special

Popcorn Podcast is delighted to welcome American born-Aussie raised actor Ashley Zukerman to chat his new thoughtful sci-fi, In Vitro. Set on a struggling synthetic cattle farm some years in the future, a woman discovers the unsettling consequences of her husband's animal breeding experiments. The AACTA Award winner and star of Succession and Apple Cider Vinegar is here to talk about his In Vitro character Jack, whose coercive control of his wife reveals an even more sinister secret on their isolated farm. Zukerman shares what it was like working with pals Howarth McKeith and Zucker, the important themes of the film, the unique resourcefulness of Australian productions and his love of complicated characters.

Claes Bang interview (William Tell)

Claes Bang interview (William Tell)

Popcorn Podcast
Biopic, Bonus, Interviews, Season 14, Special

He's the man behind some of the characters we love to hate. Great Dane Claes Bang joins Popcorn Podcast to talk about his new film, William Tell, a historical epic about the legendary folk hero who shot an apple from his son's head. Bang shares why he’s drawn to complicated characters and how he finds a piece of himself in all of them, and what you didn’t know about William Tell…

Michael Morris interview (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy)

Michael Morris interview (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Romance, Season 14, Special

Director Michael Morris is here to take us behind the scenes of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. From practical tricks of the trade to working with Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger and walking the line between hope, love, grief and laughter, the To Leslie filmmaker demonstrates why he was the man to helm the supposed final entry in Bridget Jones' cinematic diary…

Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor interview

Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor interview

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Romance, Season 14, Special

Ding-dong, Bridget! Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor drop by Popcorn Podcast to talk vying for Bridget Jones's heart in new instalment Mad About The Boy, as well as who has a better shot with the former spinster (played once again by Renée Zellweger), confiscated whistles and getting in and out of tricky situations. Come and climb our magical man tree, it's a hell of a ride…

Frankie Muniz and Robert Rippberger interview (Renner)

Frankie Muniz and Robert Rippberger interview (Renner)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Sci-Fi, Season 14, Special

Frankie Muniz and director Robert Rippberger take us behind the scenes of their new sci-fi thriller Renner. Malcolm in the Middle star and professional race car driver Muniz reveals the nerves he felt taking on his first leading role in years, while Rippberger shares his thoughts on AI in filmmaking – all while we reminisce over retro fashion and Malcolm in the Middle reboot updates…

David Koepp interview (Presence)

David Koepp interview (Presence)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Horror, Interviews, Season 14, Special

David Koepp – the screenwriting legend behind iconic movies Death Becomes Her, Mission: Impossible, Jurassic Park and the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth – joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss his supernatural thriller, Presence, starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Callina Liang. Koepp shares his own skin-crawling supernatural encounter and the excitement behind crafting Jurassic World Rebirth...

Drew Hancock interview (Companion)

Drew Hancock interview (Companion)

Popcorn Podcast
Interviews, Season 14, Special, Horror

Don't let the trailers fool you, Companion is no light-hearted skip through the woods. It's a twisted take on toxic masculinity from writer and director Drew Hancock that pokes fun at romantic comedies while adding a fresh lens to the concept of AI gone rogue. Hancock joins Popcorn Podcast to talk meet cutes, bad boyfriends and the relatable fear of facing your new lover’s judgy friends…

Boyd Holbrook interview (A Complete Unknown)

Boyd Holbrook interview (A Complete Unknown)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Season 14, Special

"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." We welcome Boyd Holbrook – who portrays Johnny Cash in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown – to Popcorn Podcast. A Complete Unknown tells the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history, Bob Dylan. Within that story is the surprising relationship between Cash and Dylan. Holbrook shares what he discovered about the troubled musician through letters Cash wrote to Dylan, as well as why Holbrook calls Chalamet a "trained killer”…

Leigh Whannell interview (Wolf Man)

Leigh Whannell interview (Wolf Man)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews

Original 'movie guy' and master of horror Leigh Whannell stops by Popcorn Podcast to discuss his new film, Wolf Man. In a wide-ranging chat, Whannell talks side-stepping lazy rules of horror, re-shaping genre filmmaking, the pitfalls of test screenings and the shelf-life of underappreciated classics. What does a wolf man see? – a horror renaissance!

Miranda Otto interview (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim)

Miranda Otto interview (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim)

Popcorn Podcast
Animation, Season 13, Special, Interviews

National treasure Miranda Otto is here to talk about her new film The War of the Rohirrim. The anime adventure expands JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings with a story about Helm Hammerhand and the battle to save his people at the fortress that would come to be known as Helm's Deep. In a special Popcorn Podcast chat, Otto shares what it was like to revisit her iconic character Éowyn…

Arty Papageorgiou and Phoebe Gittins interview (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim)

Arty Papageorgiou and Phoebe Gittins interview (The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Season 13, Special, Animation

Venture to Middle Earth with Popcorn Podcast and The War of the Rohirrim co-writers Arty Papageorgiou and Phoebe Gittins. The duo takes us behind the scenes of their new original film that reawakens JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in a way we haven’t seen before – as anime. Discover how Papageorgiou and Gittins convinced Miranda Otto to reprise her role as Eowyn; why hero Hera is so more than a warrior princess ;and why anime was the only approach to do this epic adventure justice – plus, stick around for a tease about their next project, The Hunt For Gollum…

Melissa Barrera interview (Your Monster)

Melissa Barrera interview (Your Monster)

Popcorn Podcast
Interviews, Special, Season 13

Friend of the podcast Melissa Barrera returns to Popcorn Podcast to talk new film Your Monster, the beastly rom-com/horror from Caroline Lindy that's all about embracing your inner rage. Barrera shares why we should get in touch with darker feelings and how the film challenged her own notions of how women should behave. She also reveals the monster on her back while filming and why she's levelling up in 2025…

Jonathan Bailey interview (Wicked)

Jonathan Bailey interview (Wicked)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Musical, Season 13, Special

Jonathan Bailey joins Popcorn Podcast to take us behind the scenes of Jon M Chu's highly anticipated Wicked adaptation. Bailey, of Bridgerton fame, portrays Winkie Prince Fiyero alongside Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba and Ariana Grande's Glinda – he delights with talk of clunky booties, Wizard of Oz Easter eggs and how to dismount a horse in style. Tune in and swoon out…

Jason Scott Lee interview (The Wind and The Reckoning)

Jason Scott Lee interview (The Wind and The Reckoning)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Season 13

Jason Scott Lee joins Popcorn Podcast to talk The Wind and The Reckoning, Hawaii's first native language film to receive a wide release. The movie, inspired by real events, follows the rebellion of a group of Native Hawaiians as they resist government-mandated exile during an outbreak of leprosy in 19th-century colonial Hawaii. Lee (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Mulan) also shares what it was like filming a movie about a pandemic during an actual pandemic and the groundbreaking film that blows his mind…

Michael Theo interview (CGA Rising Star)

Michael Theo interview (CGA Rising Star)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Season 13, Special

Love on the Spectrum star Michael Theo drops by Popcorn Podcast to talk acting, his love of movies and being recognised as a CGA Rising Star. Each year, the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) comes together to identify a group of extraordinary actors they believe have the potential to break out on the world stage. Theo recently made his acting debut in the ABC series Austin, after his small-screen turn in the uplifting Netflix docuseries Love on the Spectrum…

Connie Nielsen interview (Gladiator II)

Connie Nielsen interview (Gladiator II)

Popcorn Podcast
Bonus, Interviews, Season 13, Special

Gladiator II star Connie Nielsen joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her return to Ancient Rome in Ridley Scott's epic sequel. The Danish actor (also known as Queen Hippolyta in the Wonder Woman and Justice League films) reprises her role as Lucilla, some 24 years after the Oscar-winning Gladiator, returning as the now-grown Gladiator Lucius’ (Paul Mescal) mother. In a wide-ranging interview that gets a little emotional, Nielsen reveals how Lucilla has changed and shares insights into Ridley Scott, as well as shocks us with a surprising fact about the original Gladiator…

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