In conversation with director Angel Manuel Soto | The Wrecking Crew, Blue Beetle, toilet roll

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Director Angel Manuel Soto has just brought Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista together on the big screen, in the Prime Video hit THE WRECKING CREW. Growing in Puerto Rico, he was some way away from the man who'd direct BLUE BEETLE for Warner Bros and DC. And in this special interview, he tells his incredible film story. And it involves loo roll! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:02.7	I'm the founder of Film Stories magazine
0:04.5	and a very warm welcome to a very special episode
0:08.0	of the Film Stories podcast.
0:10.3	Come with me.
0:12.3	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
0:15.6	And movies.
0:16.7	Movies that had stories.
0:18.5	That the story just sucks a man.
0:20.9	This is just the beginning.
0:23.5	We would be honored if you would join us.
0:30.6	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
0:34.6	I hate Simon Brew, as always, that is absolutely everything you need to know about me.
0:39.3	The aim of this podcast, well, it was given away by the title. I'm here to talk of the stories of
0:43.3	films and I tend to talk about development stories, production stories, marketing stories, release
0:47.9	stories, all the ingredients really that go towards making the films that we know and sometimes love,
0:53.1	just that the films that we know and sometimes love, just that the films that we know and sometimes
0:55.5	love. The films I tend to cover on this podcast lean more towards the mainstream than anything else.
1:00.4	There are films I'm interested in or invested in to some degree. I try not to do snark. I try
1:05.2	not to punch down. This podcast is a celebration of cinema and a real appreciation that somehow, somehow, films managed to get made.
1:14.2	Film Stories is also a very proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network,
1:18.7	a network of over 40 shows across films, TV and gaming.
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