Don't Know Her?

By Michael Peers & Scott ThomsonTV & Film Film Interviews

Don't Know Her? episodes

May 12, 2022 Geraldine Chaplin with Zita Short | Episode 30
Welcome back for another episode of Don’t Know Her? And this time Michael and Scott turn their attention to cinematic royalty... Geraldine Chaplin!
We are thrilled to be joined by Zita Short, who you may (or should) know from The 300 Passions podcast, to talk about Geraldine's dynamic film legacy. The daughter of Charlie Chaplin, Geraldine has made an indelible mark in a career that spans British, American, Spanish and French cinema.
With so much to talk about with Geraldine, we decided to focus on a small handful of her films, namely: Criá Cuervos (Carlos Saura, 1976), Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975), Remember My Name (Alan Rudolph, 1978) and Talk To Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002).
Then, it is Zita vs Scott in Michael’s Hollywood Dynasties quiz. Who knows more about cinema’s most revered families?
As always, we end the episode with some fantasy casting opportunities for Geraldine. Who would we love to see her work with? Which curious remakes do we have in mind?
Please join us, enjoy this episode and follow us on social media to stay updated! We're @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram.
Link to Remember My Name: https://archive.org/details/remember-my-name-1978-movie
1 hr 32 min
April 28, 2022 Brendan Fraser | Episode 29
Welcome back for more Don’t Know Her? and this time around we are focussing on the favourite movie star of the Millennials, Brendan Fraser. The prospect of a Saturday night in with a bucket of popcorn and The Mummy films meant this was an easy choice for us to make. This episode also lines up neatly with some exciting incoming film work, as Brendan makes a splashy return to our screens in ventures with Martin Scorsese and Darren Aronofsky expected over the next year. We are fully sold on the Brendanaissance. Beyond our favourite Fraser/Weisz fun fest we dip into a handful of his other film outings, such as Airheads, No Sudden Move, Gods and Monsters, and the much-derided Oscar Best Picture-winning Crash. Scott then tests Michael on some musical moments from Brendan’s co-stars in the quiz! Then it’s eyes to the future as we add more wishes to his already exciting future slate. Let’s hope the universe is listening. Enjoy this episode and if you haven’t already please come join us on social media. Follow @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on upcoming episodes and to have your say on future episodes.
1 hr 29 min
April 14, 2022 Kate Dickie | Episode 28
Welcome back for another dose of Don’t Know Her? and this week, we are focussing our first full episode on a Scottish performer! And is the wildly talented Kate Dickie. Kate may be familiar to many for popping up in some TV favourites like Game Of Thrones, but we want her to be celebrated much more for her terrific film work. This episode allows us to explore some types of film we haven’t so far as we dive into a handful of her works and chat about Red Road, The Green Knight, The Witch, For Those In Peril, and Prevenge. Following this, Michael tests Scott’s ear for Scots accents in our audio quiz. From there, we pose our wishes for Kate’s hopefully fruitful future in film. Scott was particularly excited to celebrate a homeland hero, but Michael became a fully-fledged fan after this episode. Hopefully, you will be sold on Kate too. Enjoy this episode and then come find us on social media! You can follow @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on upcoming episodes and all sorts of fun!
1 hr 24 min
March 31, 2022 Victor Garber | Episode 27
In this episode of the Don’t Know Her? podcast, we are celebrating 25 years of the almighty Titanic by talking about the wonderful Victor Garber. Beyond his turn as Mr. Andrews, the architect of the doomed ship, Victor has delighted us in a variety of other films - almost too many to count! We have chosen to talk about a handful of our favourites in this episode: the sleazy professor in Legally Blonde, Goldie Hawn’s grotty ex in First Wives Club, the charming King in the 1997 Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and a clown-mime-hippy version of Jesus Christ in Godspell. Michael then tests Scott in this week’s quiz. Does he know Victor as much as he hopes? We then venture into the future and throw out some of our fantasy picks of future film roles for Victor. We do hope our Fairy Godmother (Whitney) will grant us these wishes. Enjoy this episode and if you haven’t already please come join us on social media. Follow @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on upcoming episodes and to have your say on future episodes.
1 hr 20 min
March 17, 2022 Ruth Negga | Episode 26
In this episode of the Don’t Know Her? podcast we are back to chat about another performer that we adore that also ought to have a lot more adoration and opportunities sent their way. This time we commemorate two special dates in the calendar with one extra-special actor to talk about; the luminous Ruth Negga. This Irish goddess lets us both celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (on which date this episode drops) and mark the upcoming 94th Academy Awards ceremony. Why Ruth Negga to mark this year’s Oscars we hear you ask….well let us tell you. We feel her mesmerising performance in Passing is comfortably the best not included on the ballots this year, so if the Oscars won’t celebrate her, we will! Beyond Rebecca Hall’s Passing, we also discuss the film that has garnered her an Oscar nom so far; Jeff Nichols’ terrific Loving. Alongside these gems we dive into some other of the more significant entries in her filmography with Breakfast On Pluto, Ad Astra, and Iona. Following this we see Michael take on a quiz to test his Irishness before we cast our eyes to the future and dream of the film roles we’d love to see this wildly talented performer scoop up. We hope you enjoy this episode and that if you haven’t already you’ll join us on social media. Follow @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on upcoming episodes and to have your say on future episodes.
1 hr 28 min
March 03, 2022 Patricia Clarkson with James Kunovski | Episode 25
In this episode of the Don’t Know Her? podcast we are back to chat about another performer we feel deserving of a lot more recognition than they have received so far. This time we are delighted to be joined by a guest from all the way Down Under, it’s James Kunovski - host of the Out of Oscar podcast - who has brought the delightful Patricia Clarkson to round off our miniseries focussing in on one-time Oscar Nominees Patricia will be a familiar face to many for her eclectic work in American indie cinema and for her award-winning supporting turns in TV shows like Sharp Objects and Six Feet Under. In this episode we focus on a few of her many film performances, including The Station Agent, Far From Heaven, Easy A, and her Oscar-nominated turn in Pieces of April. We even dip into her less celebrated work in the 2002 TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie, where she plays iconic literary/screen mother, Margaret White. In the quiz this time Michael pits James against Scott to establish who is the bigger fan of Ms. Clarkson. Following on from this we all make our suggestions for what we’d love to see from Patricia down the line. Will any of these choices get picked up for development - we certainly hope so. We hope you enjoy this episode and that if you haven’t already you’ll join us on social media. Follow @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on upcoming episodes and to have your say on future episodes.
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Link to Out of Oscar podcast: https://linktr.ee/outofoscarpod
1 hr 32 min
February 17, 2022 Toni Collette | Episode 24
Loving her isn’t just Hereditary, it is quite simply impossible not to. So we put ourselves In Her Shoes to talk about one of the most versatile film performers of all time. For the latest in our one-time Oscar nominees miniseries, we decided to put this one out to you all to pick who was up next and you voted for the incomparable Toni Collette. We start by journeying back to discuss the memorable roles of Toni, from her breakthrough turn in Australian comedy classic Muriel’s Wedding; through to her heartbreaking work in The Sixth Sense; then right up to her most recent turn in Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley - without missing some other crucial stops along the way. Next up is Quiz time and this week it’s Scott’s turn to take on the questions. How will he fare? Then it’s time to make our offerings to the Gods of female-centric cinema as we suggest some of our fantasy film roles for Toni. The Hours we spent with This iconic actress were such a joy and we had so much fun recording this episode. Now, sit back, relax and join us for our latest episode of Don’t Know Her. Follow @dontknow_her on Twitter and Instagram to keep updated on upcoming episodes and to have your say on future episodes.
1 hr 33 min
February 03, 2022 Stockard Channing | Episode 23
There are worse things we could do than a whole episode on the magnetic Stockard Channing, so you know what, you’re getting one.
It's episode 23 and we were only too delighted to visit the career of the legendary Ms. Channing, for another installment in our one-time Oscar nominees miniseries. And Stockard is an ideal candidate given she should have sack loads of them if she were given the right opportunities.
Stockard is an irresistible screen presence, so it was with great pleasure that we were able to dip into her eclectic filmography. We of course cover iconic favourites like Grease - to discuss her MVP performance as Betty Rizzo - and The First Wives Club (how could we not). We also venture into a variety of her other career highlights such as Six Degrees Of Separation, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and The Business of Strangers.
This episode saw Michael take to the hot seat for some super fun Quiz time, proving how well (or not) he knows Stockard co-stars over the years. We then dabble in some fantasy musing, sharing with you all some dream film roles we’d LOVE for this acting great.
So please join us for our latest entry of Don’t Know Her.
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1 hr 25 min
January 20, 2022 Angela Bassett | Episode 22
It’s 2022 and we are back. And back with a bang no less with the always incredible Angela Bassett.
From early conversations, it was clear that we had to do an episode to this deservedly beloved legend of the screen. Angela will be known to many for her sublime portrait of Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got To Do With It where she cemented herself in the minds of cinema-goers as a formidable talent to be paid attention to. Before this, she had grabbed attention for her work in iconic films such as John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood and Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. Bassett’s career was a thrillingly eclectic one that also allowed her to showcase her range in such other cinematic treats such as Kathryn Bigelow’s Strange Days, Black Panther and Waiting to Exhale. We got a lot of joy in spending a bit of time with all of these films.
This week was Scott’s turn at the quiz before we venture into an alternative past and an exhilarating future as we offer up our fantasy picks for what we’d love to have seen and see Angela do on the big screen. For all that she has brought it is so unusual to us that we have not had even more from this searing presence in cinema.
Please join us for our latest entry of Don’t Know Her to bring in a whole new exciting year of adventures with some favourites.
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1 hr 25 min
December 16, 2021 Imelda Staunton | Episode 21
Welcome to the best birthday bash in town. It’s our host Michael’s birthday episode and therefore he was so kindly given free rein to choose any performer of his choosing and (thank heavens) he chose a great one. It’s Imelda Staunton.
Imelda was inevitably going to crop up as a favourite of both of ours and it was a real treat to revisit some of her wonderful film work for the pod this time round. Known to many as the giggly yet terrifying Professor Umbridge in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix we start here before venturing into her other unforgettable turns in the likes of Vera Drake, Another Year, Pride, and Shakespeare In Love.
We then have a good old Imelda-themed quiz for Michael to take on. Can he prove to be the fan he has always claimed to be? You’ll have to join us to find out. This is a good one for fans of film scores.
We of course then wrap up as always by sharing some of our fantasy film suggestions that we deeply hope a Hollywood bigwig will pick up and turn into the future blockbuster they deserve to be.
So please join us for our final entry of Don’t Know Her in 2021 and thank you all so much for joining us throughout the first year of our podcast adventure.
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1 hr 29 min