Actress Anna Kendrick’s career took off with “Up in the Air,” when she nabbed an Oscar nomination for her role as the young go-getter opposite George Clooney. She showed her range by starring in both the cop drama “End of Watch” and the musical comedy “Pitch Perfect.” Brendan chats with Anna about her budding rap career, the appeal of the ragamuffin… and then she provides play-by-play to an adorkable studio disaster.
Abbi Jacobson and her co-writer and co-star Ilana Glaser created the Comedy Central hit "Broad City." She’s also an artist and merges that training with her comic sensibilities on her podcast, "A Piece of Work" -- produced in conjunction with New York's Museum of Modern Art. She talks to Brendan about doing an audio show about a visual medium, how her life has changed since “Broad City” (and how it hasn’t), and more.
Willem Dafoe has lit up the big screen for three decades, from his Oscar-nominated performance in "Platoon," to playing Jesus in "The Last Temptation of Christ," to great character roles in "Wild At Heart" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel." His latest is "The Florida Project," directed by Sean Baker. Willem talks with Brendan about working alongside screen newbies in the film, the moment when an actor becomes creative artist and not just an interpreter, and maybe reveals a little too much answering one of our standard questions.