Fan Wonderland

Fan Wonderland chat to Gotham fan favourite, Francesca Root-Dodson about becoming Mommer/Ecco and her film Free Spirit, which Francesca wrote, directed, produced and starred in.

TJ & Francesca discuss the craziness of the final season of Gotham, as well as some of Francesca’s other roles.

Francesca also details how she got into character as Ecco as well as answering fan questions.

Major spoilers contained for Season 5 episode "Ruin"

Content Warning: Strong Coarse Language. 

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Francesca Root-Dodson

Francesca Root-Dodson Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francescajoroot/

Website: http://www.francescarootdodson.com/

Fan Wonderland, for the very first time, sits down, in person, and talks to Australian actress Lisa Gormley about her work on Home and Away, teaching aspiring actors, and upcoming comedy Early Retirement and more.

TJ & Lisa also discuss why she loves teaching acting workshops locally and working on local projects rather than Hollywood projects.

Lisa also answered some fan questions as well.

Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language. 

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Lisa Gormley

Lisa Gormley Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LisaGormleyOfficial

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lisa_Gormley

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa_gormley/

Website: https://www.lisagormley.com/

Acting True (Acting Workshops) Link:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActingTrueTas/

 Fan Wonderland talks to Wynonna Earp fan favourite actor Varun Saranga about Wynonna Earp, Workin’ Moms, and Burden of Truth.

TJ & Varun discuss Varun’s work on Wynonna Earp, the support of Earpers, his hopes for Jeremy in Season 4 and how his life has changed since Wynonna Earp, and much more including Varun jokes, his India travels, singing Jeremy and LGBTQ+ representation in Wynonna Earp.

And as always we took some fan questions which Varun answered.

Content Warning: Strong coarse language

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Varun Saranga

Varun Saranga Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/varunsaranga/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VarunSaranga

Fan Wonderland talks to our first returning guest Shawn-Caulin Young about his role as paedophile Ted LaGrange in HBO hit show True Detective, how he approached the role, the reception to Heart, Baby since our last chat and Shawn’s upcoming short film based on a true story, Stand Still.

TJ & Shawn also discuss Shawn’s work on Godless, Case 347 and Shawn method acting every role he has.

Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language, Brief discussion of paedophilia (concerning his role on the TV series),

Mild/Major spoilers are contained for True Detective Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Shawn-Caulin Young/Platform PR

Shawn Links:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/shawncaulinyoung/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/shawncaulinyoungfans/ 

Twitter: twitter.com/ShawnCaulin 

Fan Wonderland talks to Australian, actor, director and producer Tristan Barr about upcoming Horror-Comedy Cursed and his award winning film Watch The Sunset.

TJ & Tristan explain the often confused difference between producing and directing as well as a certain special guest showing up in the intro short for Cursed and the extra mile the marketing team has gone for the series.

TJ & Tristan also discuss how and why Australia is still lagging behind in the arts industry, channels not taking risks and how Tristan and his team are trying to change it. 

Also TJ continues to tease 2019 Fan Wonderland content in discussing digital content with Tristan.

Content Warning: Contains Strong Coarse Language. 

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Tristan Barr

Tristan Barr Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarrTristan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trisbarr/

Website: https://www.continuancepictures.com/

Cursed Links:

(Suggested to watch in below order)

Intro Pilot to main series with Special Guest: https://youtu.be/axex4k1MZrw

Cursed Pilot: https://youtu.be/XKDQY986rFU

Mentioned in Episode Links:

Two Weeks Link (as mentioned in episode by Tristan): https://www.twoweeks.tv/

Fan Wonderland talks to talented actress Rosa Arredondo about upcoming indie psychological thriller Bloodbound as well as her upcoming debut on Roswell, New Mexico.

TJ & Rosa discuss the impressive indie cast in Bloodbound as well as working alongside talented newcomer Eden Brolin, scary stories from the set of Bloodbound and how indie films impact the industry.

TJ & Rosa also discuss Rosa’s role in the upcoming CW show Roswell, New Mexico, how it differs from its predecessor and explains the fact it is less of a reboot and more of a ten years later alternate story.

Content Warning: Contains mentions of sexual assault and strong coarse language

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Rosa Arredondo

Fan Wonderland talks to talented actor Luke Guldan about hit show The Good Place & CBS Original Tell Me A Story

TJ & Luke discuss his dream roles, how he got into acting, his roles across The Good Place, LGBTQIA+ film Fluidity and Tell Me A Story as well as two more indie films Luke is starring in.

TJ & Luke also discuss LGBTQIA+ representation in film and TV as well as Luke’s dream roles.

Content Warning: Mild sexual references

Mild spoilers are contained for The Good Place.

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Luke Guldan/Status PR

Luke Guldan Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeguldanofficial/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGuldan

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lukeguldanofficial/

 Fan Wonderland talks to talented rising star actress Jae Suh Park about hit Netflix show Friends From College and its sophomore season.

TJ & Jae discuss her dream roles, how she got into acting, why she loves playing Marianne and the amount of improv in the show.

TJ & Jae also discuss the film industry, how key scenes in the show happened, as well as filling in some scenes that ended up being cut from both seasons and more.

Major spoilers are contained for Friends From College Season 1 & 2 and a mild trigger warning for a brief mention of a scene from Season 1.

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Jae Suh Park/Icon PR

Cover Image Credits:

Photography: Ashley Frangie

Makeup: Elizabeth Follert

Hair: Felicia Rials

Stylist: Veronica Graye

Jae Suh Park Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejaesuhpark/

Episode Note: There’s an overlap in the audio in some places that makes it sound like TJ & Jae overtalk each other which didn’t actually happen during our chat.

 Fan Wonderland talks to Ukrainian based artist Alice Blake about her fan art, how she got started, and her advice for other artists as well as talking about multiple fandoms.

TJ & Alice discuss  how Alice learnt to draw and what inspires her, and how she dealt with uncertainty about her style and how she overcame it. 

They also discuss how fan art has been utilised within shows recently, Thasmin, Legends of Tomorrow, the consistent killing of LGBTQIA+ characters in TV shows, as well as how Doctor Who has changed for people who are deaf and blind by creating strong characters with actresses such as Ellie Wallwork and Sophie Stone and much more, of course including Alice in Wonderland.

Mild spoilers are contained for Doctor Who (2005) episodes including New Years special Resolution.

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Alice Blake Art

Alice Blake Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliceblakeart/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliceblakeart

Tumblr: https://aliceblakeart.tumblr.com/

Episode Notes:

-TJ mentioned Series/Season 12 on two occasions. What was meant was the 12th Doctor’s Era with Peter Capaldi

-The deaf actress in Doctor Who TJ mentioned was Sophie Stone .

Fan Wonderland talks to Briana Lamb about her cosplay, modelling and work on The Gifted as well as her work on over 50 different productions. 

TJ & Briana discuss the horrific accident that changed Briana’s life, the outpouring of support surrounding it and her motivation and approach to life since. 

Briana & TJ discuss how she got into cosplay, modelling and her role on The Gifted alongside Emma Dumont, as well as dealing with depression and anxiety .

Briana also gave us some funny stories about her work on film & TV sets as an extra, a double and much more.

Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland

Cover Images Provided by Briana Lamb

Briana Lamb Links:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/theladynerd

Facebook: http://theladynerd.com/

Blog: http://theladynerd.com/

Accident Blog Entry: WARNING: Contains graphic images and details of Briana and her accident and injuries. Reader discretion advised. http://theladynerd.com/briana-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day/

Support Briana on Ko-Fi:  https://ko-fi.com/theladynerd

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-yvZLdyMeMrc44m9PKBsA

Table of Contents

Intro, Accident & Cosplay: 0:00-31:53

The Gifted/Extra & Double Work: 31:53-1:23:54

Modelling:  1:23:54-1:45:18