Actors Who Changed Careers + Director Quit Science for “They Will Kill You” & What a Movie Producer Does + Movie Review: Michael + Trailer Park: Street Fighter
Movie Mike's Movie Podcast
Nashville Podcast Network
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Mike talks about actors who had very different careers before making it in Hollywood. From doctors to firefighters, footballers to lawyers, these are the unexpected paths that led some of the biggest stars to fame. Mike talks to They Will Kill You’s director Kirill Sokolov about why he quit his dream to be scientist to direct movies, scenes that came to him in a dream and how much prep goes into a day of shooting with real FIRE. He then talks to the movie’s producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti who are siblings. They are known for directing and producing horror hits like Mama, IT: Chapter One, IT: Chapter Two, and the series IT: Welcome to Derry. Mike talks to them about what a producer of a movie actually does, the hardest things to get cleared by the studio and if a boldly original film originally is seen as a risk. In the Movie Review, Mike talks about Michael. It’s the story of Michael Jackson from his early days in the Jackson 5 to becoming the biggest entertainer in the world. Michael Jackson is played by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson. Mike talks about where it ranks on the music biopics so far of the decade, Jaafar Jackson’s performance and the controversy surrounding what the movie left out. In the Trailer Park, Mike talks about Street Fighter. Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament. Mike talks about his love for the arcade game and why this is both good and bad news for video game movies.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Hello and welcome back to Movie Mike's movie podcast. |
| 0:07.5 | I am your host, Movie Mike, big episode for you today. |
| 0:11.0 | First of all, we're going to talk about famous actors' first careers. |
| 0:14.4 | All these people were doing something entirely different before they decided, I want to go make it in Hollywood. |
| 0:19.2 | And that is because I will also be talking to the director of They Will Kill You, who I found out was going to be a scientist before he decided, you know what, I want to make movies instead. We'll also talk to the producers of that movie. Like I said, it's a huge episode for you today and find out what a producer actually does. If you've ever just wondered because you're like,-so is a producer on this movie? What does that even mean? In the movie review, |
| 0:41.3 | we'll be talking about one of the most controversial movies in a while, Michael. I'll give you |
| 0:45.6 | my honest opinion on it. I know a lot of people were already ripping this movie to shreds, |
| 0:49.7 | and I try to avoid all that criticism because I want my full, authentic impression of the movie. |
| 0:56.1 | Historically, I do not rate music biopics high. So we'll see how I felt about that movie. |
| 1:01.5 | And in the trailer park, we'll be talking about a movie that looks surprisingly really good. |
| 1:05.7 | Street Fighter could impress me this year. So thank you for being here. Thank you for being |
| 1:09.7 | subscribed. Shout out to |
| 1:10.8 | the Monday morning movie crew. Those are all the people who listen on release date if they come out |
| 1:15.3 | and start of the week. And now let's talk movies. From the Nashville podcast network, this is |
| 1:21.6 | Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. Let's kick it off with one of the most famous ones that maybe you've |
| 1:27.3 | heard of. Harrison Ford, |
| 1:28.8 | before he was in Star Wars, before he was in Indiana Jones or Blade Runner. |
| 1:33.2 | He actually was trying to make it as an actor. |
| 1:35.5 | He had some very minor roles in the 60s, but that didn't really work out. |
| 1:39.2 | He got frustrated with Hollywood, thought, you know what, this isn't for me. |
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