Megan Stalter

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Megan Stalter is an actor and comedian. She plays Kayla Schaefer on the hit show Hacks, the wildly inappropriate, yet charming assistant to Paul W. Downs' manager character. Stalter also stars in the new film Cora Bora. She plays the title character, a singer/songwriter in a long distance relationship that she senses is in trouble. Megan Stalter joins us to talk about the film, her time on Hacks, and so much more.

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0:39.2	My first guest this week, the comedian and actor Megan Stalter excels at playing a very particular type of character.
0:46.0	Self-confident, extremely self-confident, and rarely possessing the skills to back up that bravado.
0:54.0	Now, confident person who is bad at their job is a stock character, bad doctor, or whatever.
1:01.0	But what Meg Stalter's characters lack in real-world skill they more than make up for in charm.
1:07.0	If you've seen Hacks, the hits sitcom, you know what I mean.
1:11.0	Stalter plays Kayla Schaefer, an assistant to Paul W. Downs showbiz manager.
1:17.0	Schaefer is bad at her job, wildly inappropriate at work, but also again charming.
1:25.0	Hi dude.
1:27.0	Hi, dude.
1:28.0	Hi.
1:29.0	You told me to like interrupt to you a more important client's call
1:32.0	Deborah Vance is on the line and like she's not like as important so just like
1:35.6	kind of giving you a heads up.
1:36.8	Kayla can you set her up some more comfortable please?
1:38.6	Absolutely follow me chika. We're right in the middle of something.
1:41.6	Deborah perfect timing.
1:43.4	How are you, my favorite client?
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