Just The Facts with Alex Zane

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Thanks for listening to Just The Facts... if you enjoyed the show why not check out our new podcast A TRIP TO THE MOVIES! Each week a different famous film fan curates their perfect night out at the cinema… picking what snacks they’d eat, where they’d sit, who they’d go with and of course what movies they’d screen… If you love cinema as much as we do, search A Trip To The Movies with Alex Zane or...

Here it is, our final show before Christmas and what better way to celebrate than the return of the wonderful filmmaker Gil Kenan to the pod, to talk about his memories of Christmas cinema and his fantastic new festive movie A Boy Called Christmas, adapted from Matt Haig's best-selling novel and in cinemas and on Sky Cinema RIGHT NOW! Alex and Gil also chatted about his incredibly busy year, co-wr...

It's time for Episode 28 of the pod and Alex's guest today is the brilliant Ian Shaw who can currently be seen on stage at The Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in the fantastic play The Shark Is Broken. It's about the relationship between the three leads in Jaws who found themselves with rather more downtime than expected when the shark infamously failed to work! Ian takes the role of his...

Alex catches up with the brilliant Robbie Amell about his new movie 'Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City' which hits cinemas this week. They talk zombies (obviously), their biggest fears, playing the Resident Evil video game as kids and a lot about sharks. A LOT. As always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below and we hope you enjoy the show! Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/J...

Alex is joined this week by Reggie Yates to discuss his move from being in front of the camera - hosting 'Top Of The Pops', acting in 'Dr Who', to his recent documentary series investigating subjects as diverse as 'Teen Gangs', to 'Extreme Countries' to 'Race Riots in the USA' - to now moving behind the camera with his feature film debut 'Pirates' which he's written and directed and which hits cin...

This week's episode features an actor as adept at drama as he is comedy, the wonderful Jimmy Akingbola joins Alex on the pod from Los Angeles to talk about shooting his new show 'Bel-Air' - a dramatic retelling of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - exec produced by Will Smith. They chat about his hugely successful ITV sitcom 'Kate and Koji', appearing in DC's 'Arrow', his comedy heroes and his brand ne...

Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass Hysteria! Alex is joined by the incredible father and son duo of Ivan and Jason Reitman to talk all things Ghostbusters. Finding out the truth behind some of the stories that have been mythologised from the making of the 1984 original, to discovering what Jason wanted to bring to the Ghostbusters universe with Afterlife. What was the pairs bigge...

Alex is joined this week by the wonderful Wallis Day to chat about everything from working alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in her massive new sci-fi blockbuster 'Infinite' to taking over Ruby Rose's character in DC series Batwoman. They discuss the benefits of a Vegan diet and talk about a big decision Wallis had to make a child between pursuing a career in acting or.... well, you know what, you'll jus...

Hello! What an episode this week, as joining Alex to talk about his brilliant new movie 'Last Night in Soho' is the wonderful Edgar Wright... and while they do indeed talk about the movie, and what it was like for Edgar actually shooting on the ground in Soho, the conversation soon moves onto the history of that famous square mile of London, the stories and legends that haunt its streets and back...

Today Alex sits down with the insanely talented independent filmmaker Jim Cummings to talk about him breaking onto the scene in 2018 with the brilliant Thunder Road, but also to get into the details about his incredible new film The Beta Test which hit UK cinemas on Oct 15th... part psychological thriller - part dark comedy - part horror - part satire on the industry of Hollywood and the ousting o...

This week Alex's guest is the excellent Joanne Froggatt, who sits down to talk about her powerful and gripping new ITV drama 'Angela Back' which had it's first episode on Sunday and is already being talked about as a hard-hitting and compelling look at domestic abuse. They also chat the incredible success of Downton Abbey, growing up in Yorkshire and the films that inspired Joanne to follow a care...

Rahul Kohli joins Alex for a Midnight Mass Spoiler Special! As promised back in July, now the phenomenal show has been released on Netflix, Rahul returns to discuss working with the incredible writer and director Mike Flanagan, developing his character Sheriff Hassan and his iconic look and stance, the responsibility of playing that character, what he thinks the 'Angel' is and his interpretation o...

Synnøve Karlsen joins Alex for this week's episode to talk about her feature film debut in the hugely anticipated Last Night In Soho. They talk about how she got the role of Jocasta and her experience of working with the brilliant director Edgar Wright on the project. They also discuss her breakout role in the hugely successful BBC series Clique, the person she'd really love to play in a film and...

Alex has a fascinating chat with the brilliant actor, writer and director Daniel Gillies, who stars in the incredible new horror movie 'Coming Home in the Dark' which is released this October. They discuss his phenomenal performance playing a psychopath, what a departure this role is for him and what attracted him to the film... as well as the pros and cons of owning a 7 month old husky, his thoug...

Alex is joined by the wonderful writer and director Paul Feig to talk about his career and the impact his 2011 comedy Bridesmaids had on both cinema and the kind of films he was able to make. They discuss his big screen blockbusters like The Heat and Spy, and working with Melissa McCarthy, as well as his 2016 Ghostbusters reboot and upcoming Netflix fantasy The School For Good And Evil. Hope you e...

Alex catches up with the wonderful Tom Ellis on the eve of the final season of Lucifer, which arrives on Friday September 10th on Netflix. They discuss how Tom began his journey, the show's massive popularity and how cool it is when you first see steam coming out if a manhole in New York! Hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget you can get in. touch at any of the places below: We want to reach...

This week Alex sits down with the brilliant actor, writer and director John Pollono to talk about his directorial feature debut 'Small Engine Repair' which hits cinemas on September the 10th. Starting life as hugely successful play on in LA in 2011, they talk about the movie and John's journey from stage to screen, his break into screenwriting with the Jake Gyllenhaal film Stronger and get the lat...

Alex is joined by the phenomenal Danny Mays to talk about Season 2 of his Sky Comedy 'Code 404' alongside Stephen Graham. They discuss his BAFTA nominated performance on 'Line Of Duty', his cameo in 'Rogue One' and whether working class actors still struggle to get the recognition that they deserve in the industry. We hope you enjoy the episode, please subscribe, leave us a rating and review if yo...

The amazing Rebecca Ferguson joins Alex for the latest stupendous episode of Just The Facts to chat about her brand new sci-fi film Reminiscence, written and directed by Westworld creator Lisa Joy, that reunites her with her Greatest Showman co-star Hugh Jackman. They discuss her journey from Swedish soap opera to the BBC to being cast as Ilsa Faust in the Mission Impossible series. They also disc...

This week Alex is joined by actor and filmmaker Ross McCall on the eve of the release of his new romantic drama 'About Us' that he's both written and stars in. They talk about his experiences working alongside and forming friendships with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks on the epic TV series 'Band of Brothers' and moving behind the camera to direct his new prison drama 'Ire'. And Ross reveals how h...

This week Alex's guest is writer and director David Twohy, who Alex last met in 2003 on the set of The Chronicles of Riddick. A film Alex will talk to you about at length if given the opportunity. He loves that movie. So he obviously chats with David about making that film. They also discuss writing and directing its prequel Pitch Black and it's threequel Riddick, working with Vin Diesel and the f...

This week Alex chats to the super talented actor, writer and director Rosie Day about her upcoming book 'Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon'. It shares it's name with a play she's created which will soon be on stage annnnnd is being turned into a film as well! They also discuss her career on screen, including working with Sarah Jessica Parker, appearing in Outlander... and then there's the whol...

From Los Angeles, Rahul Kohli joins Alex for a chat this week, to talk about working with Mike Flanagan on 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' and the upcoming 'Midnight Mass'. There's some chat about Rahul's love for Star Wars. They also talk about his big break, landing a role in 'iZombie'. There's also some Star Wars chat. They discuss (disagree) about the best Batman movie. Did we mention there's some...