Collider Ladies Night & Collider Forces

The Night Agent star Luciane Buchanan joins Perri Nemiroff on Collider Ladies Night to break down her wildly brutal, blood-soaked role as Thya in Sébastien Vaniček's Evil Dead Burn!

In this deep-dive career conversation, Luciane shares the unbelievable movie magic behind Evil Dead Burn's most intense sequences — from drinking hot wax to using a sex doll as a body double. She also reveals her secret history with the franchise, having worked on Evil Dead Rise as a crew member looking after Nell Fisher's stunt double, and how a chance encounter with fellow Ladies Night alum Jane Levy at the Spirit Awards gave her the ultimate validation for the intense physical endurance required to play a deadite. Plus, we get into her early childhood Meryl Streep charts, working on Power Rangers, and what it was like finding out her character wouldn't return for The Night Agent Season 3.

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Miyako didn't actually audition as an Earthbender to play Toph in Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2! She sits down with Perri Nemiroff on Collider Ladies Night to reveal the bizarre "dummy sides" she had to use, her intense stunt training, and what's ahead for Season 3.

She breaks down everything from landing the role with fake audition sides to learning Earthbending and Metalbending choreography, filming Toph's biggest moments, collaborating with Gordon Cormier, Dallas Liu, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and teases what fans can expect from Season 3.

Miyako also shares acting advice, discusses growing up in the entertainment industry, explains how she developed Toph's physicality, reveals how she filmed while wearing vision-blocking contact lenses, and reflects on the Season 2 achievement she's most proud of.

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Collider Ladies Night went LIVE in full for the very first time!

Recorded in front of a live audience in Los Angeles at the Dynasty Typewriter, Perri Nemiroff sits down with Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Marisha Ray and Ashley Johnson for an extensive conversation covering their careers, the evolution of Critical Role, and everything fans want to know about The Legend of Vox Machina Season 4.

The trio discusses adapting the original campaign, bringing Pike further into the story, adding Wayne Brady to the cast, writing the new season, unforgettable emotional moments, performance capture on The Last of Us, how they found success together, and why Critical Role continues to change the entertainment industry.

The live audience also joins in for a special round of Dicey Questions, making this a one-of-a-kind Collider Ladies Night experience.

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Dallas Liu joins Collider Forces host Perri Nemiroff to discuss Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2, playing Zuko, his martial arts background, the show's biggest emotional moments, and what fans can expect from Season 3.

During the conversation, Liu breaks down Zuko's journey throughout Season 2, reflects on key scenes with Uncle Iroh (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee), Katara (Kiawentiio), and Azula (Elizabeth Yu), discusses performing the show's ambitious stunt sequences, and teases what's ahead in Season 3.

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Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen creator Haley Z. Boston joins Perri Nemiroff for a Collider Ladies Night interview to discuss the hit horror series, becoming a first-time showrunner, learning the ropes of television production, and the biggest creative decisions that shaped the show.

During the conversation, Boston breaks down the origin of the curse, explains key story details, reveals major characters and storylines that didn't make the final cut, reveals that Jude was originally supposed to be a ghost, and weighs in on the possibility of a second season. Plus, Boston reflects on her journey to becoming a professional Hollywood writer, working on Hunters and Brand New Cherry Flavor, discovering horror classics like Carrie and A Nightmare on Elm Street, and much more.

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Legendary casting director Carmen Cuba joins Perri Nemiroff for a Collider Ladies Night interview to discuss the art of discovering talent and building some of film and television's most unforgettable ensembles.

During this conversation, Cuba reflects on her unconventional path from journalism and reality television to becoming one of Hollywood's most respected casting directors. She discusses her work on Stranger Things, Now You See Me, The Martian, Logan Lucky, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, and the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter. Cuba reveals how the Stranger Things kids were cast, explains why Sebastian Stan continues to impress her, casting Donald Glover and Riley Keough in their first film roles, stories from her Real World and Road Rules era, and breaks down the challenge of finding the perfect young lead for Star Wars: Starfighter.

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Patrick Ball joins Perri Nemiroff for a Collider Forces interview to discuss the remarkable journey that led him to becoming Dr. Frank Langdon on The Pitt.

Before landing his breakout role on one of television's most acclaimed dramas, Ball dropped out of college, moved to New York, spent years working in regional theater, studied at Yale, made his Broadway debut, and endured countless auditions that didn't result in a booking. During this conversation, he reflects on that winding path to success and the lessons he learned along the way.

Ball also dives deep into The Pitt, discussing Langdon's evolution across Seasons 1 and 2, his dynamic with Mel (Taylor Dearden), Santos (Isa Briones), Whitaker (Gerran Howell), and Robby, what he's learned from working alongside Noah Wyle, and what he hopes to explore when the series returns for Season 3.

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Stranger Things Prosthetics Designer and Makeup Effects Department Head Barrie Gower and his team are wizards at their craft. But, the ultimate combination in creature work is pairing top-tier effects artistry with an actor talented enough to infuse that craftsmanship with depth and emotion. That’s exactly what Jamie Campbell Bower does playing Vecna in Stranger Things Seasons 4 and 5.

By the end of the hit Netflix series’ final season, Vecna has certainly cemented himself as the worst of the worst. He’s tortured targets, killed others, and attempted to execute an apocalyptic event. He’s a certified big bad, but he wasn’t always like that and in Vecna’s final moment of the series, Bower manages to slip in one last reminder of that.

In celebration of Stranger Things’ big finish, Bower carved out time for a Collider Forces interview to revisit some of the most memorable achievements of his career thus far. He took us all the way from his very first role in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street to his upcoming big project, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3. And, of course, along the way, he dug deep into the making of Stranger Things. He broke down the eight-hour makeup process required to play Vecna, talked about seeing Millie Bobby Brown hone her craft, and explained how he tackled Vecna’s final scene in the show.

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Karolina Wydra and Rhea Seehorn are electric together as Zosia and Carol in Apple TV’s Pluribus. You can’t help but get swept up in their connection, especially in the tail end of Episode 9, “La Chica o El Mundo,” when the two go on the ultimate globe-trotting excursion together. Zosia presents herself as the perfect partner and Carol seems happier than ever. But, then Carol is forced to reengage with the reality of her situation during their conversation in their luxurious ski lodge. Zosia isn’t just Zosia. She’s The Joined, and The Joined’s mission hasn’t changed. They want Carol to be one of them, and by the end of Season 1 of Pluribus, it’s revealed that that could happen whether Carol agrees to it or not.

During their conversation, Zosia confirms that they require Carol’s stem cells to complete The Joining. But then Carol asks, “If I don’t expressly give you my consent to jam a giant needle in my ass, then you can’t take them and I stay me, right?” When Zosia replies, “That would be correct,” Carol instantly picks up on the fact that something’s changed. The Joined have discovered that they can get Carol’s stem cells via her frozen eggs. In fact, they’re already working on it, and should the process prove successful, they’ll be able to make Carol Join without her consent. Carol pleads, “If you loved me, you wouldn’t do this,” to which Zosia replies, “Please understand, we have to do this because we love you.”

While on Collider Ladies Night, Wydra took a moment to discuss tackling that scene with Seehorn, and to explain how she approached playing the collision of wanting to make Carol happy, with The Joining being of the utmost importance to them.

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A mere year later, Samara Weaving is back on Collider Ladies Night. After many conversations in different interview formats, Weaving made her Ladies Night debut for the release of the wonderfully twisted comedy thriller Borderline in March 2025. In most cases, an actor would be lucky to dish out a film or two by the next year, but not Weaving. In just the last three months, she headlined three different movies. Even better? Every single one of them is fantastic.

On March 20, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come hit theaters nationwide. Given the fact that the Ready or Not fanbase had been eagerly awaiting a sequel for seven years, the pressure was sky-high for it to deliver, and it did. Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett far exceeded expectations with the new film. Soon after that, it was Jorma Taccone’s remake of The Trip, Over Your Dead Body. Again, the pressure was on. The Trip came out a mere five years ago. Why do an American remake so soon? Like Ready or Not 2, the Over Your Dead Body team pulled it off. Taccone, Weaving, Jason Segel and the rest of the team managed to light up the screen with an edge-of-your seat genre bender that holds tight to its source material while giving it just enough of a fresh flavor to well justify another go-around with the story.

A little over a month after Over Your Dead Body hit theaters, Weaving is giving us yet another gem — Carolina Caroline.

From writer William Thomas Dean IV and director Adam Carter Rehmeier, Carolina Caroline stars Weaving as the title character. Caroline works as a gas station attendant in a small Texas town, but is itching for more. When she spots Kyle Gallner’s Oliver pulling a clever con on her boss, sparks fly. Caroline packs up and hits the road with Oliver, learning everything she can about pulling off lucrative scams. With each success, their crimes get bigger, making it more and more difficult to keep clear of the authorities.

With Carolina Caroline now playing in select theaters, Weaving returned to Collider Ladies Night to discuss her experience making the film, and to explain why this particular chapter of her career feels different.

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