Stay ConnectedCollider Ladies Night puts the spotlight on the need-to-know female voices in Hollywood through an entertaining, in-depth conversation. Who’s on the rise? Who’s changing the industry for the better? Collider.com senior producer Perri Nemiroff sits down with these standout forces to cover their journey from early influences, current projects, and beyond.
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It still feels like just yesterday that I caught my first of many big screen viewings of The Faculty, Jordana Brewster’s feature debut and the film that’d quickly convince me she’d continue to deliver big and pick projects I’d wind up falling hard for. Sure enough, then came D.E.B.S., The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and six Fast and Furious films.
Brewster’s Mia returns to the Fast franchise for the ninth installment after sitting out The Fate of the Furious. The crew promised to let Mia and Brian (Paul Walker) live happily ever after with their children, free and clear of their dangerous missions, but when the latest involves Dom (Vin Diesel) and Mia’s estranged brother Jakob (John Cena), it calls for Mia’s return.
With the latest in the mega franchise, F9, hitting theaters on June 25th, Brewster took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night to takes us from her early days on All My Children to enjoying a lengthy run with one of the biggest film franchises of all time. Yes, that means discussing all of those aforementioned titles and then some, but Brewster’s journey from early gigs to Fast and Furious also includes a pivotal life experience - studying English at Yale.
Check out what she had to say about all of that and more in this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
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One of the most staggering things about In the Heights? It’s Leslie Grace’s feature debut. Given all of her accomplishments in the music sphere, one might expect her to nail the song and dance numbers, but she also brings a level of nuance and heart to her performance that feels like a skill learned via a great deal of experience.
Grace plays Nina, a Washington Heights resident who’s returning home after her first year at Stanford University. The whole neighborhood is extremely proud of her and has sky high hopes for everything she’s bound to achieve, but inside, Nina’s struggling and wants to drop out. The pressure Nina is under leaps off the screen courtesy of Grace’s performance and her ability to give the viewer access to the push and pull of Nina’s situation. The motivation is there, but is it enough to overcome the pressure of what it means to be someone who “made it out?”
Check out this episode of Collider Ladies Night to hear all about Grace’s supportive family, what it was like auditioning for In the Heights, the invaluable note she received from director Jon M. Chu, her pet turtles and so much more!
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Given the popularity of Game of Thrones, you’re probably at least somewhat familiar with Hannah Waddingham’s work. But, there’s just so much to know and love about her run in the entertainment industry thus far and hopes are high that the success of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ will make Waddingham more of a household name than ever, shining an even bigger spotlight on her past achievements and future ambitions. If you’re already in that boat - having seen and fallen hard for her as Rebecca in Ted Lasso - you’re likely eager for some Hannah Waddingham 101, and Collider Ladies Night has you covered!
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Scoring a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a long time coming for Teyonah Parris. While on Collider Ladies Night, Parris revealed that WandaVision wasn’t the first MCU project she put herself on tape for. In fact, she’s been making tapes for Marvel for roughly a decade now. But perhaps one could say snagging the role of Monica Rambeau was well worth the wait. Not only did Parris wind up playing a character who shines in Marvel’s very first Disney+ series, but Monica also appears to have a mighty bright future in the franchise. On top of that? Pre-WandaVision, Parris was still busy wracking up one impressive credit after the next including Chi-Raq, Survivor’s Remorse and so much more!
We did get the chance to touch on a whole bunch of those non-MCU titles in this episode of Collider Ladies Night but, of course, we had to put a good deal of the spotlight on Parris’ work as Monica in WandaVision, beginning with her audition for the role. Check out what she had to say about that, some of Monica’s biggest scenes in WandaVision and so much more in this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
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I’ve been hoping for a long form interview with Kelly Marie Tran ever since first meeting her at the Star Wars: The Last Jedi premiere party. Not only did I wind up falling hard for her new addition to the franchise - Rose Tico, a Resistance mechanic who’s heart is very much in the right place and has the power to inspire others - but Tran herself was also especially warm and bubbling with excitement for the film. As someone who often can’t contain her love for this industry and the stories it shares, seeing someone so enthusiastic while taking her first major step towards becoming a big part of it made that brief encounter unforgettable.
Sure enough, Tran took that opportunity, and also her own raw talent, and has been running with it ever since - on screen and off. While using her platform and voice to inspire, Tran is busy racking up impressive film and television credits in a number of different capacities. She starred opposite Elizabeth Olsen in Sorry for Your Loss, she’s been crushing it in the voice acting department with features like The Croods: A New Age and now Disney Animation’s Raya and the Last Dragon, and she’s also adding some impressive producing credits to the list as well. She’s an executive producer on the award-winning documentary Lily Topples the World and she’s an EP on Carlos López Estrada’s upcoming film Summertime as well. All this and she still found time to wow the world with her Miscast21 performance, playing both Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in a rendition of "You and Me (But Mostly Me)" from The Book of Mormon.
Check out what Tran had to say about many of those titles in this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
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Collider Ladies Night is all about paving the way from a creator’s earliest dreams and successes to their latest achievements, so who better to guest on the show than Julia Stiles? Stiles is essentially in the 90s romantic comedy hall of fame for her work in 10 Things I Hate About You. After that she joined one of the hottest action franchise out there with The Bourne Identity before securing an Emmy nomination for her performance in Dexter Season 5. And now she’s three season into leading her own series, Riviera, which just celebrated its Season 2 debut on Ovation TV on Saturday, May 8th.
A lengthy list of titles right there, but we’re covering all of that and more on this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
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Any film and television creator would be lucky to have one hit long-running series. Emily VanCamp is now up to five of them. It all began with her breakout role in Everwood, then it was on to the ABC series Brothers & Sisters. Next up was headlining four seasons of Revengeand when that wrapped up, she found yet another show that would go the distance - The Resident on Fox, which is in its fourth season. All of that and I haven’t even mentioned that VanCamp is also part of one of the biggest film franchises of all time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
With VanCamp’s latest MCU installment, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, now available to watch in full on Disney+, she took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night to dig into everything that happened on the show, and also to recap the steps she took to get there and how her priorities evolved from gig to gig.
Hear all about her experience making Everwood, her thoughts on that Captain America: Civil War kiss, how she tackled that big Sharon Carter reveal in Falcon and Winter Solider and more in this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
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How does one go from being a kid who loves to play sports to blockbuster action star? Mortal Kombat’s Jessica McNamee shares her story on this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
McNamee plays Sonya Blade in the Simon McQuoid-directed adaptation of the epic video game franchise. When his family’s safety is put in jeopardy, Cole Young (Lewis Tan) turns to Sonya for help. She explains to Cole that the dragon marking he was born with actually means he was chosen to fight for Earthrealm in Mortal Kombat. Along with Josh Lawson’s Kano, Cole and Sonya head to the temple of Lord Raiden (Tadanobu Asano) to train to fight the enemies of Outworld in this battle for the universe.
Check out this edition of Collider Ladies Night to hear all about McNamee’s journey from Home & Away and The Loved Ones to The Meg and Mortal Kombat!
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There’s a good chance you’re familiar with Aya Cash courtesy of her work on the hit TV series You’re the Worst and The Boys, but initially her focus was on theater. Cash’s pivot to the screen proved to be a journey filled with experiences that illuminated how she’d find the most joy in her work and also what she’d strive for as a leader on set to best support others. With her new movie We Broke Up in theaters now and set to hit VOD on April 23rd, Cash took the time to join us for an episode of Collider Ladies Night to look back on the steps she took that paved the way to her many recent accomplishments.
Hear all about her experience working on The Newsroom, leading You’re the Worst, working with Leonard DiCaprio on The Wolf of Wall Street, booking the role of Stormfront on The Boys, making We Broke Up with William Jackson Harper and so much more in this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
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It feels like Margaret Cho’s done just about everything in the entertainment industry. She’s a Grammy nominee for her comedy work, an Emmy nominee for her performance on 30 Rock, she’s part of the voice cast of the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Over the Moon, and she’s been a contestant on two of the hottest reality TV shows out there - The Masked Singer and Dancing with the Stars. Suffice it to say, we had a lot to cover on Collider Ladies Night as we paved the way to her latest release, the FX documentary Hysterical.
The Andrea Nevins-directed documentary puts the spotlight on the women making waves and making a difference in the comedy scene. Stand-up comedy has always been a male-dominated field, but Cho along with others featured in the film like Fortune Feimster, Nikki Glaser, Iliza Shlesinger and Sherri Shepherd are making the moves necessary to break boundaries and change the game moving forward.
Check out this episode of Collider Ladies Night to hear all about Cho’s early days being part of a comedy duo with Sam Rockwell, advice she’d offer to up-and-coming actors leading their first project given her experience on All-American Girl, how much she admired Will Smith as a leader on the set of Bright, working with John Travolta on Face/Off, and more!
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