Collider Ladies Night & Collider Forces

While Natalie Dormer ’s filmography does rock quite a few standout projects and roles, when she first started her journey in screen acting, she quickly recognized the fact that there weren’t enough “three-dimensional, fleshed-out female protagonists." She explained, “You would be sent the script for ‘the girlfriend,’ ‘the wife,’ or ‘the antagonist,’ and the majority was so two-dimensional.” Howeve...

I walked away from Fantastic Fest 2023 calling Strange Darling my favorite film of the festival. Had it received a 2023 release date, it would have been one of my top films of the year. Now it’s August 2024 and nothing has changed. I’d be utterly shocked if Strange Darling didn’t land in my Top 10 of 2024, and I’d also be shocked if I didn’t close out the year calling Willa Fitzgerald’s work in th...

The entertainment industry has a habit of boxing artists in. Have your Hollywood breakout via a horror movie? I’m willing to bet you’ll see an influx of genre scripts. Make a name for yourself with a particular type of music? The business will come to expect more of the same. But what about a social media superstar eager to pursue more paths and art forms out in Los Angeles? Given the fact that th...

Michelle Monaghan is an all-time favorite. Not only was she one of the very first guests on Collider Ladies Night back in 2019, but she’s also an especially wonderful interview. She speaks of her work with great passion, and also deeply cherishes memories of her most influential scenes partners — and she has many of them. Yes, Vince Vaughn is on that list, but there’s another member of the Bad Mon...

There’s no doubt that every single main character in Hazbin Hotel is a fan favorite. They’re all voiced by hugely talented individuals, rock wildly creative designs and personalities, and also well reflect a variety of shockingly relatable ideas and experiences. But, there’s no denying that there might be a little extra love out there for Amir Talai ’s Alastor. It’s simply too much fun watching, a...

We did it. We hosted our very first Collider Ladies Night live panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 , and it went swimmingly in large part thanks to panelists Melissa Barrera , Erika Henningsen , and Katy O’Brian . Not only did the trio come to play when it came to using our comically large die for Dicey Questions, but they also didn’t hold back when dishing out real talk about the reality of be...

The Boys star Karen Fukuhara is a wonderful interview for a number of reasons. She’s a lovely person with a deep passion for her craft who’s got some stellar work to discuss. But, there’s another reason she’s such a treat to chat with. She’s got maximum respect for the press process because she once was a journalist herself — an entertainment journalist, in fact! While she’s clearly veered aware f...

I hope you’re ready for a one-two punch of horror icons on Collider Ladies Night . Last week we put the spotlight on Mia Goth for the release of MaXXXine , and now we’ve got  Longlegs headliner Maika Monroe who is, hands down, one of the most exciting voices in the horror space right now — and has been for a decade. It Follows completely changed the game for Monroe in 2014. The David Robert M...

A lot has changed for Mia Goth since the release of X   in March 2022. She’s seen her star skyrocket. After a steady stream of impressive supporting credits in films like The Survivalist , A Cure for Wellness , Suspiria , and more, X finally got Goth her very first lead role in a feature film. Now, thanks to the X franchise, she’s headlined three — X , Pearl and MaXXXine — and the industry’s...

MaXXXine may be the third film in a downright wild and blood-soaked horror series, but given the fact that the trilogy heavily pays homage to the evolution of cinema, there’s an abundance of very real connections one can make between the state of the industry depicted in these films and where things truly are at present. In fact, there’s one especially prominent one for Primetime Emmy nominee Eliz...

Getting a breakout role in film and television is the dream for many aspiring actors, but just as important are the projects one chooses to take after that breakout gig. Given the business’ habit of boxing artists into the first thing the world sees them do well, it can be a great challenge to amass a diverse body of work. How does one steer clear of those limitations and carve a path forward with...

Melissa Benoist stepped into the Hollywood spotlight in a big way via Glee . Then she cemented herself as a bonafide star and headliner with Supergirl . Now she continues to broaden her range and her industry skill set by starring in and producing the hugely entertaining political drama, The Girls on the Bus . Created by Amy Chozick and Julie Plec , The Girls on the Bus is inspired by Chozick's me...

Eve Best is an acting ace. She’s got loads of impressive screen credits to her name and is a theater legend with two Tony Award nominations, a Drama Desk Award win and a Laurence Olivier Award win as well. Now she’s an absolute force on HBO’s House of the Dragon . It probably goes without saying, she’s always been a dream guest for Collider Ladies Night , but a recent Ladies Night guest skyrockete...

Adria Arjona has been showing off her impeccable craft and great range for years now, but Hit Man might be one of her most impressive performances of the bunch. She isn’t playing a femme fatale in the film, rather, she’s playing a woman playing a femme fatale to better suit what she thinks her new beau wants to see in a potential partner — which is exactly what he’s doing to her. It's a mighty com...

There’s a multitude of reasons why Hazbin Hotel  became Prime Video’s largest global debut for a new animated series. An especially big one, however? That voice cast. Creator Vivienne Medrano and her team hit it big casting every single character in the show, but there’s one in particular that’s a staggeringly perfect match; Erika Henningsen is Charlie Morningstar. Hazbin Hotel is largely set...

While celebrating Hazbin Hotel on Collider Ladies Night , creator Vivienne Medrano said she wouldn’t mind seeing the show run for six seasons, like her favorite show of all time, BoJack Horseman . “ My favorite show went to six, so six would be cool!” However, she also noted, “The real answer is as many as they’ll give me, forever — forever and ever because there could always be more.” Given the m...

If you’ve seen The Wheel of Time and Fallout , there’s a good chance we had a similar viewing experience. The entire Wheel of Time ensemble is fantastic, but Season 2, which dropped on Prime Video from September 1 to October 6, brought in a new standout character, Renna, the Seanchan sul’dam responsible for making it an especially dark season for Madeleine Madden ’s Egwene. As terrible as Renna is...

We talk about the experience of “breaking out” in Hollywood a lot on Collider Ladies Night . There are many wonderful ways to have that moment in film and television, but Jessica Gunning has seen her star soar in an especially exciting way over the last month courtesy of the popularity of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer . Based on his own personal experience which he adapted into an award-winning Edinburg...

No role is easy , but at just 22-years-old, Freya Allan  has already had to do a considerable amount of heavy lifting playing characters in dire situations with the weight of the world on their shoulders. After comparing the pressure The Witcher ’s Ciri is under to the challenges her Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes character, Mae, faces in the film, Allan laughed and said, “Clearly they loo...

Welcome to a very special edition of Collider Ladies Night . Not only does this episode feature a personal favorite, but that favorite just became the first Ladies Night third-timer — Melissa Barrera . It was immediately evident that Barrera is an ideal Ladies Night guest during our first chat in January 2022 for Scream , one brimming with enthusiasm and passion for her craft, and for the art of f...

If you’re a frequent Collider Ladies Night viewer/reader/listener, you’re likely well aware of my Yellowjackets obsession. I’ve been lucky enough to welcome many Yellowjackets cast members to the show, including Christina Ricci and Jasmin Savoy Brown , but there’s a certain someone who I was extremely disappointed to have missed out on while she was on the show — Ella Purnell . However, the time h...

After a hugely successful seven-season run, Riverdale came to an end in August 2023 with its 137th episode. Yes, being part of such a show is a blessing, but there’s a significant amount of pressure that comes with answering the question, “What’s next?” Camila Mendes is powering through that pressure right now in a big way — as a multi-hyphenate. Mendes stars in and executive produced her latest f...

Nell Tiger Free is proving to be quite the genre powerhouse. After starring in four seasons of the widely acclaimed Apple TV+ series, Servant , alongside Lauren Ambrose , Toby Kebbell , and Rupert Grint , she’s now headlining a brand new Omen movie, The First Omen , directed by yet another soaring force in the horror space, Arkasha Stevenson . The film takes place before the events of Richard Donn...

One of the greatest joys of Collider Ladies Night is welcoming a guest back to the show and celebrating how much they’ve accomplished in such a short period of time. That’s the case with DeWanda Wise . She was on Ladies Night for her very first franchise film, Jurassic World Dominion , in 2022 and now she’s back as the star and executive producer of a Blumhouse horror movie. Wise headlines Imagina...

There is no doubt that this will be the first of many Collider Ladies Night interviews for Millie Bobby Brown . Not only has her acting career been soaring ever since the debut of Stranger Things back in 2016, but Brown is also using her rising start to influence certain projects for the better as a producer. She kicked off the Enola Holmes film series at Netflix wearing both hats, and now she sta...