Alison Brie on Rom-Coms, the ‘Community’ Movie and More

The Last Laugh

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Alison Brie had one of the luckiest big breaks in the history of television. Before the age of 30, she managed to simultaneously co-star on TV’s most celebrated drama (‘Mad Men’) and most obsessed over comedy (‘Community’) before the age of 30. In the seven years since those two shows ended their iconic runs, she has gone toe-to-toe with both comedy stars like Will Ferrell and acting legends like Meryl Streep on the big screen and rose to the top of the call sheet in her beloved Netflix series ‘GLOW.’ In this episode, Brie talks about making the move to indie film screenwriting with ‘Horse Girl,’ her Italy-set comedy ‘Spin Me Round’ and her new rom-com ‘Somebody I Used to Know’ in which she reunites with ‘Community’ co-star Danny Pudi. She also addresses whether fans can expect to see Chevy Chase in the upcoming ‘Community’ movie, explains why she felt the need to apologize for her voice work on ‘Bojack Horseman’ and a lot more.

This episode was originally published on September 20th, 2022.

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0:00.0	This is the Last Laugh.
0:06.8	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and this week we are revisiting one of the most fun conversations we have ever had on this podcast with the one and only, Alison Bree.
0:19.1	You probably know Allison from her roles on community, Mad Men, BoJack
0:23.9	Horseman, Glow, and the dozens of other TV shows and movies she has appeared in over the past
0:29.3	couple of decades. When she joined me for this episode last fall, she was promoting the movie
0:34.7	Spin Me Round, which she co-wrote with director Jeff Baina and co-starred in with Jeff's wife, Aubrey Plaza.
0:41.3	But as she told me then, she was equally excited for the next movie she was making, this one with her husband, Dave Franco.
0:49.3	This past weekend, their new movie, Somebody I Used to Know, premiered on Amazon Prime Video.
0:55.5	I got a chance to check it out last week and thought it was just a really well-put-together
1:00.0	rom-com that showcased what Allison is capable of on screen, as well as anything else she's ever done.
1:07.0	I really, really enjoyed this conversation with Allison about her recent work as a screenwriter
1:12.0	and many of the other highlights from her impressive career, including some early buzz about
1:17.7	the community movie that is now apparently actually going to happen.
1:22.3	And I don't want to make any promises quite yet, but we may have one of her co-stars from
1:27.0	both somebody I used to know
1:28.6	and community coming up very soon on this show. So definitely look out for that as well. But for now,
1:35.8	here's me with Allison Bree. Well, yeah, thanks for doing this. Yeah, thanks for having me. Yeah, I feel like
1:43.0	you must be coming off a very busy period with promoting this film.
1:47.6	You've been kind of everywhere, right?
1:49.0	Yeah, yeah, a little bit.
1:51.4	It's great.
1:52.4	Yeah.
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