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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Comedian Billy Eichner, Street to Screen

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re joined by Billy Eichner! We discuss the release of his groundbreaking rom-com Bros (4:22), how the film drew inspiration from James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News (6:30), and the power of working with an all LGBTQ+ cast (10:30). Then, we walk through Billy’s childhood in NYC: discovering the joy of film and live performance (16:23), watching ‘80s romantic comedies with his parents (17:10), and picturing himself in Tom Hanks’ roles in Big and Sleepless in Seattle (18:27).

Then, Billy discusses the challenges of entering Hollywood as a gay man (23:05), finding his footing through his live show Creation Nation (24:50), and how he navigated deep, personal loss as Billy On The Street finally landed on television (25:33). As we leave, he shares the importance of creating three-dimensional LGBTQ+ characters (36:28), a memory from filming Bros (36:28), and what matters to him in the chapter ahead (43:05).

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Sam. If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy,

0:04.7

then I'd recommend checking out the podcast, Missing Pages. Hosted by acclaimed literary critic and author Beth Ann

0:11.6

Patrick, Missing Pages investigates the biggest hot button topics in the book

0:16.2

world today with the help of special guests like New York Times Best Selling Author

0:21.2

Jody Pekle and publisher weeklies Jim Miliet.

0:24.8

Produced by the People at the Podgolomerate,

0:27.0

Missing Pages explores everything from the Insta Frame of Colleen Hoover

0:31.2

to the rise of book bands across America to the lucrative culture of non-fiction

0:36.3

ghost writing. As both the Washington Post and The Guardian praise, missing pages is a must listen. So if you'd like to check it out you can follow

0:44.8

missing pages on Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm San Francisco, and comedian Billy Eichner.

1:34.7

You likely know Eichner from his hit show Billy on the Street, which saw him roaming

1:40.0

around the sidewalks of New York City, berating his fellow New Yorkers with big

1:44.3

important pop culture questions like who's a better actor, Merrill Streep, or

1:49.7

Glenclos. Who would you rather have sex with? Paul Rudd or Chris Evans. And lastly, when

1:55.4

Matt Damon daydreams he's running for Senate, what state does he imagine he's in?

2:00.9

That's still my personal favorite.

2:02.8

But you know, at the heart of that show of Billy on the Street is Eichner's very real love of movies

2:10.0

and the actors that populate them. Growing up in Queens, he always dreamed of starring in one of those films

2:16.7

that he watched with his parents as a kid. Pretty woman, dirty dancing,

2:21.3

when Harry met Sally. And enough four decades later that dream has

2:26.3

now come to life with a new film called Broves in it Eichner plays a serial bachelor whose emotional unavailability is tested upon meeting his match.

2:38.0

Here's a clip from the trailer.

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