Just Foolin' About with Michael Biehn

Michael and the gang open the show by talking about Robert Pattinson's new A24 movie Primetime. This leads them to go over Pattinsons filmography including Twilight, The Lighthouse with Willem Dafoe, Good Time, The King, Tenet, and Batman. They then move onto speculation about upcoming Academy Awards contenders like The Odyssey, Dune, Project Hail Mary, Wild Horse 9, and a Fincher-made Once Upon a...

Michael and the gang open the show by talking about the start of the NFL season and Caelan working on a new podcast “Adrenaline Lined Up,” hosted by former Cowboys Sean Lee and Zack Martin with analyst Judah Fortgang. Then Michael gives his thoughts on the new Apple TV movie “Mayday”, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. After that Michael tells a few behind the scenes stories from Tombston...

The hosts congratulate Caelan on signing a contract for a new football podcast set to launch around the start of the NFL season, then focus on movies—especially Adam Wingard’s Onslaught—after its review embargo lifts and its Rotten Tomatoes score lands in the mid-70s, clearing Doug Stanhope’s 70% bet. They describe the film as a fun, ultra-violent but comic-book-tempered grindhouse-style ’80s acti...

The episode is a wide-ranging movie chat: Michael, Jim, and Caelan discuss a new Netflix movie called The Last House, and praise its Netflix marketing stunt featuring a live person inside a Sunset Boulevard billboard, then note Andrew’s upcoming Netflix projects adapting BioShock and Gears of War. They talk distribution, including Onslaught selling to India and whether the film could face issues i...

Dan Fogler is an American actor, comedian and writer. He had his breakout in theatre, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as William Barfée in the Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which was also his Broadway debut. Some of Dan’s acting credits include playing Francis Ford Coppola in Paramount’s The Offer, Jacob Kawalski in the...

Michael Biehn catches up with Jim and Caelan after returning home from Budapest where he was filming Amazon MGM’s The Kellys, sharing a few more stories about working with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Liam Hemsworth. They then pivot to wildfire news in Canada, France, and Spain which leads to them going over “wildfire movies” like Only the Brave and Spielberg’s Always. The conversation shifts to movi...

The hosts briefly discuss liking the script “First Chair” by Roy Rosovich (Rick Rosovich’s son), set around an orchestra competition and a young violinist torn between classical music and a DJ path. They then shift to updates on “The Kellys,” noting Arnold Schwarzenegger and Geena Davis are out and praising the new cast, including Liam Hemsworth and Kelsey Asbille, with a detour into reactions to...

In this week's episode of Just Foolin About with Michael Biehn, Michael joins remotely from Budapest where he's filming Amazon MGM's "The Kelly's", starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liam Hemsworth, Gina Davis, Ron Funches, and Dan Fogler. Michael talks about his experience working on the movie for the past few weeks and shares a few stories about reuniting with Arnold again after over 20 y...

Michael Biehn kicks things off by talking about his real “Abyss” knife that he kept, as well as some Buck Taylor Johnny Ringo art pieces that he likes. Then the episode shifts to Onslaught: it finally has a Labor Day weekend release date, and after seeing the movie, Michael says Adam Wingard absolutely nailed it—fast, dirty, ultra-violent, and nonstop—while shouting out performances from Dan Steve...

Dr. Jennifer Maritza McCauley is the author of the cross-genre collection SCAR ON/SCAR OFF (Stalking Horse Press), the short story collections When Trying to Return Home (Counterpoint Press) and Recognition (University of Wisconsin Press) ('27), the poetry collections Kinds of Grace (Flowersong Press) VERSUS and Tumbao ( '27, '29/Texas Review Press) and the speculative fiction collection Neon Stee...

William Hope is a Canadian actor, best known for his numerous roles in the Alien and Alien vs. Predator franchises, portraying Lieutenant Scott Gorman in Aliens (1986) and Alien: River of Pain (2017), the Xenomorphs (Aliens) and Yautja (Predators) in Aliens Versus Predator (1999) and Aliens Versus Predator 2 (2001), Doctor H. G. Groves in Aliens vs. Predator (2010), and Colonial Marshal Waits in A...

Thomas Jane is an American actor. He is known for appearing in the films Boogie Nights (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The Sweetest Thing (2002), The Punisher (2004), The Mist (2007), 1922 (2017), and The Predator (2018). Jane's television roles include Mickey Mantle in the television film 61* (2001), Ray Drecker in the HBO series Hung (2009–2011), for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe A...

On this week’s episode of Just Foolin About, Michael Biehn shares a new, not-yet-announced film role that will take him to Europe for a while. This leads into a conversation about movie ADR/looping in which he recalls extensive looping with William Friedkin. He also talks about potential future projects and reflects on performances and films he’s rewatching for inspiration, and teases the upcoming...

Theo Rossi is an American  actor  &  producer who was featured in a leading role on FX’s Sons of Anarchy and HBO’s The Penguin . Some of Theo’s film credits include: Emily The Criminal, Carry-On, Army of the Dead, Cloverfield, Dear Zoey , and more. Theo’s 2 latest upcoming films, in which he both produced and stars in are called Brutton and Come With Me Check out Theo Rossi on Instagram: https...

Chris Murphy is an actor, entrepreneur, a longtime friend and a “fixer” for Michael Biehn during his more wild times in Hollywood. Chris shares stories with Michael Biehn over the years from celebrity run in’s to behind the scenes stories working with Navy Seals on The Abyss, as well as some wild animal encounters in South Africa that almost got them seriously injured. At the end of the episode, w...

In this week’s episode of Just Foolin About with Michael Biehn, Michael sits down with Carrie Henn who played Newt in Aliens (1986). Carrie recounts how she was discovered at age eight on a U.S. Air Force base school in England, auditioned with other girls, met Sigourney Weaver to test chemistry, and was cast in James Cameron’s Aliens, filming from her fourth-grade year through post-production loo...

Michael Biehn opens the episode by explaining that their planned remote interview with producer Gale Anne Hurd was postponed and has to be rescheduled. The conversation shifts into films they hoped to discuss with her, including Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Armageddon, and Alien Nation, with praise for James Caan’s performance and reflections on his career (Brian’s Song, Cinderella Liberty, The...

Michael Biehn opens the show realizing he mistakenly argued with “thumbs down” Youtube commenters he’d previously asked to send downvotes if they opposed the war with Iran. They go on to highlight a few Just Foolin About viral podcast clips, especially with Stephen Lang discussing A Few Good Men, Aaron Sorkin, and improvisation around “You can’t handle the truth,” plus an Adam Wingard moment about...

Michael Biehn and the gang run through talk about various actors and movies, starting with the Academy Awards Best Picture winner “One Battle After Another,” and comparing its reported financial losses to previous Best Picture winners. They go on to talk about potential future guests including Linda Hamilton, Gale Anne Hurd, Thomas Jane, and Paul Reiser. They then digress into filmmakers and perfo...

Michael Biehn and the gang chat about films including The Year of Living Dangerously (praising Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt’s Oscar-winning role, and Maurice Jarre’s score), Bone Tomahawk and Craig Zahler’s work, and Deep Blue Sea’s surprising Samuel L. Jackson scene. They share podcast housekeeping and momentum updates, celebrating subscriber growth and highlighting recent guests Jim...

Stephen Lang is an American stage and screen actor. He played Ike Clanton in Tombstone (1993) alongside Michael (Johnny Ringo). He gained fame for his role as Colonel Miles Quaritch in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Lang reprised the role in the sequels Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar: Fir and Ash (2025). Lang is also known fo...

Roger Avary is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his work with Quentin Tarantino on the script for Pulp Fiction (1994), for which they won Best Original Screenplay at the 67th Academy Awards. Avary has also directed films such as Killing Zoe (1993) and Rules of Attraction (2002), and wrote the screenplays for Silent Hill (2006) and Beowulf (2007) Ch...

Make sure to check out Part 1 with Charlie and Martin Sheen in cased you missed it Michael Biehn sits down with Charlie Sheen (Platoon, Major League, Wall Street, Two and a Half Men, Young Guns) on this week’s episode of Just Foolin About. Michael and Charlie starred together in the 1990 film Navy Seals. s. Follow The Show Online: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dHNzumLLaFOIRqm4kcaAA I...

Michael Biehn sits down with Charlie Sheen (Platoon, Major League, Wall Street, Two and a Half Men, Young Guns) on this week’s episode of Just Foolin About. Michael and Charlie starred together in the 1990 film Navy Seals. Charlie’s dad, Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The Departed, Wall Street, Catch Me if You Can, Badlands, The West Wing), also calls in to talk about some of his acting experiences...

In this episode, Michael Biehn does a few film reviews, offering insights into recent movies like 'Sinners,' and sharing his thoughts on modern Oscar-winning films. Michael also provides detailed reminiscences of working on classics like 'Navy SEALs' with Charlie Sheen, and he discusses his impressions of movies like 'Terminal Velocity,' 'The Rookie,' and 'Young Guns,’ ahead of his interview with...