Episode 34 - Mackenzie Davis
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2016
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week on Talk Easy, emerging actress Mackenzie Davis ("Halt and Catch Fire") joins Sam to talk about...well, yeah, the election. At least for a little bit. After working through some grief and trying to find a way forward, they discuss Mackenzie's work in films like "What If," "The Martian," and "This Awkward Moment." They also dive into her early twenties, managing friendships, and, everyone's favorite subject, death, prompted by her great episode in "Black Mirror." ------------------------------------------------- Always Shine opens at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco this Friday, November 25th. Here are tickets: http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/always-shine/?instance_id=16502 For more information about Baden Baden, MUBI's exciting first theatrical release, check out the website and trailer: http://www.badenbadenfilm.com ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: http://krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at http://talkeasypod.com
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| 1:11.0 | All right, let's hit it. Welcome to the show. This is Talk Easy, a weekly podcast of long-form conversations with the people |
| 1:38.7 | shaping our culture today. I'm San Francisco. Today on the program we have one of the most exciting emerging actresses working in film and television right now, |
| 1:48.0 | Mackenzie Davis. |
| 1:50.0 | Born in Vancouver, Canada, Davis first entered the movies in 2013. |
| 1:55.0 | In a matter of 10 months, she appeared in the role of the friend in two wildly different but fascinating films. |
| 2:02.0 | The first was Breathe in by director Drake |
| 2:04.4 | Dormes playing a high school student alongside actress Felicity Jones. Then came |
| 2:09.6 | what if originally titled the F word where Davis slipped into a different kind of supportive |
| 2:15.0 | friend. |
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