455: The Typecast Danger Zone
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, to honor the long-awaited release of Top Gun: Maverick, we discuss the danger zones of typecasting. We commend those who have escaped and transcended being typecast, we call out those who continually play the same parts despite having options, and we issue a stern warning to the movie stars who are currently in the typecast danger zone.
MENTIONS
- WHOA: We’re celebrating 20 million downloads!
- It’s finally happening: Happy Glen Powell coronation week (go see Top Gun: Maverick)
- Listen: Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins | Lyrics
- Watch: “The most life-changing moment in cinematic history” according to Jamie B. Golden
- Stars who transcend typecast: Tom Cruise | Denzel Washington | Brad Pitt | George Clooney
- Swerved against the typical typecast danger zone: Cast of Dawson’s Creek - Joshua Jackson | Katie Holmes | James Van Der Beek
- Actors with options that they’re not opting: Vince Vaughn | Owen Wilson | Jason Bateman
- Actors with no options: Ben Stein | Danny Trejo | Michael Cera
- Flyby mentions: Spiderhead (see also: Chris Hemsworth in glasses) | Yes Theory (Youtube) | Kevin James
- Escaped the danger zone: Steve Carell (watch: Foxcatcher) | Taylor Swift
- Watch out: The Old Man (literally) | Liam Neeson | Morgan Freeman | Meghan and Harry podcast, book, and series | The Gray Man | Helena Bonham Carter | Tom Hanks
- Wonderful blonde influencer name check: @my.sister.made.me.buy.it | @things.i.bought.and.liked | @kathleenjenningsbeauty | @brimccoy | @lauratremain
- Red light mentions: Kate Middleton’s gown | Kravis wedding | Pete Davidson SNL farewell < Kate McKinnon | monkeypox | Stranger Things S4 length
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- SNL departures
- Cary Fukunaga
- Trailers: Spiderhead and She-Hulk
GREEN LIGHTS
- Jamie: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (important download: Anne Bogel’s 2022 summer reading guide)
- Knox: Chip N’ Dale Rescue Rangers (Disney+)
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| 0:00.0 | And I think it'd be a good test of like how far we willing to go with Tom Hanks, the guy we like. |
| 0:04.8 | I wonder if he's doing disgusting. |
| 0:06.1 | You know what that movie is called, right? |
| 0:07.4 | What? |
| 0:08.1 | The polar express too. |
| 0:09.3 | What? |
| 0:10.3 | Because that's his villainous movie. |
| 0:12.0 | That, I mean, like he, the conductor is gross. |
| 0:14.1 | He is a pedophile. |
| 0:15.1 | You and I both know it. |
| 0:16.1 | Every time you all take your children, a little wintry, train trips, in December, just know that's a pedophile. |
| 0:21.5 | There's a reason he's on a strict schedule and it's not because he's time oriented. |
| 0:25.0 | He just got to avoid the police or no one's around. |
| 0:26.5 | That's right. |
| 0:27.0 | Exactly. |
| 0:27.5 | Let's go. |
| 0:30.5 | Hello and welcome to December 4, 55 of the podcasts on where your host knocks McCoy. |
| 0:40.0 | And I'm your other host, Jamie Golden. |
| 0:41.8 | The podcast is a show dedicated to delightful agency, working with it, educating you on things that are tame, but do not matter. |
| 0:47.0 | To find out more about these categorical pursuits, check us out at noxonjami.com. |
| 0:51.5 | You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook at the podcast and we're on Twitter at PodcastPod. |
| 0:56.5 | Thanks for joining us this week as we are going to be talking typecast danger zones. |
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