In Conversation with Maria Angelico

About this episode

Em Rusciano is off sick, and Michael hosts a conversation with Maria Angelico about her career and new film 'Birthright'.

Access BONUS eps & other exclusives with Emsolation Extra @ https://emsolation.supercast.com/ See Em's new show 'Addicted to Love' https://emrusciano.com/addicted-to-love/ Get new Emsolation merch for a LIMITED TIME @ https://emrusciano.store/ Em is off sick with a chest infection, so Michael is stepping into the hosting chair and he’s bought a very special guest along too in actor, writer and producer Maria Angelico. You’d know Maria from ‘Hating Alison Ashley’, 'Sisters', Chris Lilley’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’, ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ and most famously for Emsolators as Cheryl the makeup artist on Michael’s TV series ‘The Newsreader’. She’s now starring in the new Aussie black comedy ‘Birthright’, a darkly twisted tale about a disillusioned generation and their chase for the success of their baby boomer parents. They cover off the movie, its cast and why Andrew Bolt is advertising the film for them, plus we revisit her career and get some utterly fascinating behind the scenes stories on auditioning and working on ‘We Can Be Heroes’, ‘The Newsreader’, ‘Birthright’ and more. They also discuss Maria’s favourite scenes from ‘The Newsreader’, how she’s a Millennial with Gen Z rising, Lucy…

People in this episode

Host: Em Rusciano

Guest: Maria Angelico

Topics covered

• interview
• film
• comedy
• career
• behind the scenes
• pop culture

Keywords

• Emsolation
• Maria Angelico
• Birthright
• The Newsreader
• We Can Be Heroes
• interview
• comedy
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hating Alison Ashley, Sisters, We Can Be Heroes, Apple Cider Vinegar, The Newsreader, Birthright, Off Campus

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