Once We Were Foolish Girls with Summer Glau | Episode 15

About this episode

Summer Glau shares her journey from ballet training to becoming an actor in Hollywood.

Summer Glau moved to LA with ballet training, one community theater credit, and a film education that mostly consisted of Jane Austen adaptations. Nonetheless, she believed that she could become an actor. She was right. Follow Once We Were Spacemen wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to extended episodes a whole week early by joining our Patreon. Once We Were Spacemen is a Collision33 production.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk

Guest: Summer Glau

Topics covered

• acting
• ballet
• community theater
• film education
• interviews
• comedy

Keywords

• Summer Glau
• acting
• ballet
• community theater
• Jane Austen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Collision33

Books & works: Jane Austen adaptations

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