Isabella Rossellini

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

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Isabella Rossellini is probably best known as an actor, having acclaimed parts in movies like Blue Velvet, Death Becomes Her, and Big Night. She's also a model, a performance artist, an accomplished singer and even an academic. When Isabella Rossellini joined Bullseye in 2022, she'd just starred alongside Jenny Slate in the animated film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. She spoke with guest host Louis Virtel about her role in Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and why she is attracted to working in experimental film.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:21.4	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:23.6	Our first guest this week is the great Isabella Rosalini.
0:27.0	She's being interviewed by our pal correspondent and Isabella Rosalini's superfan, Lewis
0:32.5	Vertel.
0:33.5	Isabella Rosalini was born into European film royalty.
0:38.2	She's the daughter of director Roberto Rosalini, an actor in Grid Bergman.
0:43.4	And she's probably best known as an actor.
0:45.7	She's had acclaimed parts in movies like Blue Velvet and Death Becomes her in Big
0:49.6	Night.
0:50.6	Her appearance on 30 Rockes, Jack Donge's X is the stuff of legends and memes today.
0:56.5	Oh, damn it, Johnny.
0:57.5	You know I love my big beef and cheddar.
1:00.0	But I mean it's kind of unfair.
1:02.6	Rosalini isn't just a terrific actor.
1:05.5	She's a model, a performance artist, an accomplished singer.
1:08.9	She's even an academic.
1:10.6	Just three years ago, Isabella earned a master's degree in animal behavior from Hunter College
1:16.9	in New York City.
1:18.9	Most recently, she's lent her talents to voice acting.
1:22.0	She's starring alongside Jenny Slate in the movie Marcel the Shell with Shuse On.
1:26.8	It's a comedy that mixes animation and live action based on the viral short from 2010.
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