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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Failure Throwback: Geena Davis

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The final episode in our run of throwback episodes is the one and only Geena Davis - this one went out on 9th November 2022. This is what I wrote at the time: I am obsessed with today's guest and I'm not even going to pretend otherwise. Geena Davis, the star of such seminal movies as Tootsie, Beetlejuice, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own and the underrated classic, The Long Kiss Goodnight, TURNED UP AT MY ACTUAL HOUSE to record a witty, warm and fascinating conversation.* We talk about her feelings of imposter syndrome and self-doubt in the early days of her career, the fact that her failure as a model led to her first film role alongside Dustin Hoffman (who gave her incredible advice on how to defend herself against the amorous advances of her male co-stars) and the revelation of being diagnosed with ADD in her 40s. Along the way, we touch on height (she's 6ft! A tall woman like me!), the #MeToo movement, representation, almost becoming an Olympic archer, being an older mother and the seismic impact her friendship with Susan Sarandon had on Davis's life. I can't wait for you all to listen. *yes, she met my ginger cat Huxley and they got along famously. HOW TO FAIL PRESENTED BY HAYU LIVE TOUR tickets: www.fane.co.uk/how-to-fail Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, lovely listeners.

1:26.9

Here is the last of my specially curated episodes from my archive,

1:31.5

especially for you. Today, it's the irrepressible Gina Davis. I love this episode because she

1:39.5

opens up for one of the first times about what it was like being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult,

1:45.2

and also because she came to my house to the recording and my cat Huxley took an instant shine to her,

1:51.8

and as I said to her at the time, I think it's because they share a certain colouring.

1:55.7

She has a reddish tint to her hair, and so does he.

1:58.7

Thanks so much for listening, and I hope you love it as much as I

2:02.3

and Huxley did.

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