Collider Ladies Night & Collider Forces

Jenny Slate , Dean Fleischer Camp , and Nick Paley did it. They took the 2010 internet sensation, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On the short film, and expanded the concept into a full feature. And they didn’t just figure out a way to make it work. They crafted a deeply moving exploration of connection and community, far exceeding expectations and delivering a film that’s currently a favorite of 2022...

Stranger Things features a number of powerful character arcs, but a personal favorite of the bunch is Nancy Wheeler’s evolution from timid student finding her way in the high school social scene to a sheer force who’s willing to throw herself into danger to fight for her loved ones. That epic transformation is exactly what we break down in this new edition of Collider Ladies Night with Nancy Wheel...

Claudia Doumit is on fire as Victoria Neuman in Season 3 of The Boys . She did make a big impression when she was first introduced in Season 2 of the Prime Video series, but we had to wait nearly the entire season to see what Neuman was really capable of. Now, in Season 3, not only is Neuman less secretive about her head-popping ability, but she’s also proving to be one of the most complex charact...

Geena Davis is a force in this industry. Not only is she a hugely talented Academy Award-winner with a slew of iconic titles on her filmography like Thelma & Louise , A League of Their Own , Beetlejuice , and more, but she’s also actively working to change this industry for the better via the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and also through the Bentonville Film Festival. If that’s not...

The cast of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy was electric in Season 1. One’s got to imagine it’s a challenge to join such an ensemble and encourage the audience to fall for your character just as hard, but Ritu Arya did just that in the second season as Lila Pitts. When we first meet Lila in the hit Netflix series, her adoptive mother, The Handler ( Kate Walsh ), has her assisting in her mission to...

Sadie Sink’s star is soaring. And it has been ever since Stranger Things 2 hit Netflix in October of 2017. But since, Sink has made the absolute most of every single opportunity to come her way, proving her boundless range and astronomical promise in this industry.  Not only is she a sheer force in her first lead role in a feature film playing Ziggy in Fear Street 1978, but she also shines in...

If you've binged Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty , I'm willing to bet you want to know everything about the film's star, newcomer Lola Tung ! If you fit that description, you've come to the right place. In this episode of Collider Ladies Night Pre-Party , we recap how Tung went from playing the Tin Man in a school production of The Wizard of Oz to headlining the latest Jenny Han adaption...

Leslie Bibb did it. She put in the work, honed her craft, powered through the lows, and now tackles one film or television project after the next. Is it smooth sailing? Not always, but thanks to a journey that included a whole lot of determination and excellent mentorship, Bibb now gets opportunities like God’s Favorite Idiot , a new Netflix series that lets her swing for the fences playing Satan....

If you’re not familiar with DeWanda Wise , get ready for that to change because she is one of the best new additions to the Jurassic franchise since the release of the 1993 original. Come June 10th, you’ll get to meet Kayla Watts in Jurassic World Dominion . She’s a contract pilot who gets gigs from Biosyn, a biotech company that created a safe haven for dinosaurs in the Dolomites in Italy. She’s...

Everything Everywhere All At Once is changing the game in a very big way for breakout star Stephanie Hsu . No synopsis can do the full film justice, but just in case you’ve yet to experience the phenomenon, Everything Everywhere All At Once focuses on Michelle Yeoh ’s Evelyn Wang, a woman struggling to keep her family’s laundromat afloat with her husband, Waymond ( Ke Huy Quan ). Evelyn is so wrap...

With Conversations with Friends now available to stream on Hulu, Sasha Lane joins Perri Nemiroff for an episode of Collider Ladies Night ! Not only is Lane a one-of-a-kind talent, but she's also had a one-of-a-kind journey in the industry thus far. Lane didn't have ambitions to become an actor, rather she was approached by director Andrea Arnold while on spring break to be in her film, American Ho...

With a new season of The Wilds now available to stream on Prime Video, it’s time for a brand new episode of Collider Ladies Night with one of the show’s hugely talented cast members. We were lucky enough to have Mia Healey on for Season 1, and now it’s time to put the spotlight on Reign Edwards for Season 2! Edwards’ Rachel is central to one of Season 1’s biggest cliffhangers. After finally gettin...

With  Outer Range ’s eight-episode run on Prime Video now complete,  Imogen Poots  took the time to join us for an episode of  Collider Ladies Night  to revisit her journey from her earliest credits to joining the cast of Amazon’s supernatural Western. Outer Range  puts the spotlight on  Josh Brolin ’s Royal, the head of the Abbott family who’s doing everything he can to keep their ranch up and ru...

Make way for Lily Sheen - and also a brand new subseries of  Collider Ladies Night called Collider Ladies Night Pre-Party! In an effort to shine an even bigger spotlight on emerging talent, we’re expanding the Ladies Night brand to include a series of stripped-down long-form interviews with industry newcomers to give you the opportunity to get to know them, learn more about their first big project...

With Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore due out in theaters on April 15th, Jessica Williams joined us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night to discuss how she went from Daily Show correspondent to picking up the wand and joining the Wizarding World franchise. After making a brief cameo appearance in The Crimes of Grindelwald , Williams’ Professor Eulalie Hicks becomes a main player in t...

It’s time for a Collider Ladies Night bucket list guest! With The Thing About Pam in the midst of its run on NBC (and streaming on Hulu), Judy Greer took the time to join Perri for an extended interview. The Thing About Pam is based on the true story of Pam Hupp, played by Renee Zellweger . When her best friend Betsy ( Katy Mixon ) is found dead in her home, Betsy’s husband Russ ( Glenn Fleshler )...

Katheryn Winnick is a true powerhouse in the action realm. She’s proved as much with her stunts and fight choreography in Vikings , and now she’s an absolute force playing Jenny Hoyt on Big Sky . At the start of the ABC series, Jenny, an ex-cop, is compelled to get back to work as a private detective after the disappearance of her husband ( Ryan Phillippe ). Alongside partner Cassie Dewell ( Kylie...

Brittany Snow stars in Ti West's X as Bobby-Lynne, a member of a group of filmmakers who head out to a remote farm in rural Texas to shoot an adult film. When their elderly hosts find out what they're really up to on their property, it kicks off a mighty violent killing spree. With X now playing in theaters nationwide, Snow took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night to recap...

Pursuing any career within the entertainment industry is a hugely risky and intimidating endeavor. But not only did Frida Gustavsson tackle that challenge head-on and manage to build a successful career as a model, but then she dared to leave it behind to go after her biggest dream, becoming an actor. Gustavsson is currently celebrating the premiere of the Vikings sequel series, Vikings: Valhalla...

An actor is lucky enough to have one hit show, but here we go again for Danielle Brooks ! After seven seasons with the Netflix smash Orange Is the New Black , Brooks is a main player in one of the hottest new shows of 2022, James Gunn ’s Peacemaker . Brooks plays Leota Adebayo in the HBO Max DC series. She’s Amanda Waller’s ( Viola Davis ) daughter, but would much rather be running an animal shelt...

Sarah Silverman ’s had a one-of-a-kind journey in this industry, making the most of the exceptional comedic chops that have been on display since day one and also building on that skill set more and more with each new project. With her newest feature film, Marry Me , now in theaters and available to stream on Peacock, Silverman took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night to re...

Joey King is proving to be quite the force in this industry. Her incredible range and screen presence have been on display since day one, but now she’s also using her years of experience to further influence her projects for the better behind the scenes, projects like her latest feature film, The In Between . King leads the Paramount+ release as Tessa, a teenager who bounced around foster homes fo...

I’ve been lucky enough to cross paths with Taissa Farmiga quite a bit over the years for interviews, but a Collider Ladies Night conversation is different. Farmiga’s had a one-of-a-kind journey in this industry and during our 40-minute chat, we covered as much of it as possible leading up to her latest project, the HBO series, The Gilded Age .  From Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes , The Gild...

I know it’s only the end of January, but trust me when I tell you Maddie Ziegler ’s new movie is a special one. I had the opportunity to catch The Fallout at SXSW 2021, and the movie has been on my mind ever since. Had it received a 2021 release, it likely would have been a favorite of the year. Now I'm hopeful that will happen in 2022. The film marks Megan Park ’s feature screenwriting and direct...

Jennifer Holland ’s had an exciting and mighty unique journey in the DC realm thus far. Initially, she was going to play “Comms Tech 2” in The Suicide Squad . That role remained a supporting character but eventually was given a name linking her to the comics, Emilia Harcourt. Now? Harcourt is a main character in James Gunn ’s Peacemaker series on HBO Max. Talk about an ideal evolution for a franch...