Actor and Director Natasha Lyonne Plays Her Hand

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today, we sit with brilliant actor, director, writer, and producer, Natasha Lyonne. At the top, we walk through the inspiration behind her hit Peacock series Poker Face (6:30), including shows and films like Columbo, Night Moves, and California Split (7:40), and a deeply personal scene with Nick Nolte, directed by Lyonne herself (10:50). Then, she reflects on her childhood acting in New York City (14:44), the new creative path she forged for herself at sixteen (22:40), and her healing road to the theatre alongside playwrights Mike Leigh (40:40) and the late Nora Ephron (42:25).

To close, we sit with her seven-year journey to creating Russian Doll (44:16), a memorable evening directing the show (50:42), and a lifelong philosophy by Nora Ephron (56:28).

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0:00.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm San Fr actor, producer, and director, Natasha Leone.
0:46.4	She began acting back in 1986, first appearing in Pee Wee's Playhouse and then the film Heartburn, written by the late Nora Efron.
0:56.4	At the time, Natasha was all of seven years old.
0:59.9	Eventually, the child actor became a teen teen actor starring in cult classics like The Slums of Beverly Hills in 1998 and But I'm a Cheerleader in 1999.
1:11.0	Between then and now, she's been nominated for an Emmy for both Orange is the New Black and Russian
1:17.4	Doll, which she co-created with Leslie Hedlund and Amy Polar.
1:21.9	Her latest project is the Peacock original series, Poker Face, spearheaded by Glass
1:27.3	Onion Director Ryan Johnson.
1:29.8	Together, the two have created a 10-part mystery series centered around Charlie Kale.
1:36.0	She's a nomadic gambler played by Leon, who has a preternatural ability to tell when people are lying. In time, this gift, if you can call it that, gets her into a whole lot of trouble.
1:48.4	Here's a clip from the trailer.
1:51.6	What's it like? Always knowing the truth.
1:55.0	There's nothing mystical about it.
1:58.0	I could just tell.
1:59.0	I know what you did your psycho
2:05.5	You're gonna find Charlie kid and you're gonna bring it to me
2:14.0	You live on the road right? What's the light, leave everything behind?
2:16.0	Star Fresh.
2:17.0	I got wolves on my fender.
2:20.0	How do I? I got to keep moving.
2:22.0	Holy, holy.
2:24.0	And it wasn't an accident.
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