Fan Wonderland

Fan Wonderland talks to rising Siren star Natalee Linez. TJ and Natalee discuss how Nicole came to be, how Natalee got the role of Nicole, life on the Siren set, her dream roles and more, including answering a fan question. TJ & Natalee also discuss how the film & TV landscape is changing with shows like Siren, Wynonna Earp & Braid. Spoilers contained for Season 2 of Siren Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images Provided by Natalee Linez Natalee Linez Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataleelinez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nataleelinez --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

Fan Wonderland talks to talented actress, curve model and Twitch streamer Daron Dean. TJ & Daron discuss Daron’s Twitch Show, body positivity, campaigns by major brands like Nike & Gillette, as well as STEM, Hulu series Shrill, and climate change, including its impact on both the US wildfires and the recent Tasmanian fires. TJ & Daron also discuss how both US and Australian governments continue to ignore the impact of climate change. Also discussed is anxiety and depression and how One Day At A Time has begun to destigmatise mental health and so many other topics. Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images Provided by Daron Dean Daron Dean Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daron.alanna/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/darondivadean Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/refinery29/videos Watch Daron talk about ‘The Pressure to be Pretty’ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhNSSM0nqdk Read about Daron as ‘More Than A Model’ here: https://www.healthyisthenewskinny.com/blog-all/2018/1/8/beyond-modeling --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

Fan Wonderland talks to Braid Director, Writer & Producer Mitzi Peirone and Braid star Sarah Hay. TJ, Mitzi and Sarah discuss how Braid came to be, becoming the first film to be funded by cryptocurrency and how Mitzi and the cast dealt with the backlash surrounding it, as well as how a young director like Mitzi has an approach that is exciting and unique. Mitzi discusses her film, directing and writing style and why Mitzi approached Braid “differently” to most other films and what Hollywood would consider “normal”. Mitzi also discusses how she cast Madeline Brewer, Sarah Hay and Imogen Waterhouse, and Imogen’s completely insane performance in Braid compared to her work on The Outpost. Sarah discusses how she prepared for her role in Braid, as well as her previous roles such as working alongside Natalie Portman in Black Swan, as well as working with Mitzi on Braid. Braid has a limited cinematic release in the United States and is being distributed globally by Blue Fox Entertainment. (Currently only available for purchase in USA & Russia as of February 5, 2019) Content Warning: Strong coarse language Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images Provided by Mitzi Peirone Screener for Fan Wonderlands’ viewing provided by Blue Fox Entertainment Braid Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braid.themovie/ Website: https://braidthemovie.com/ Purchase/Watch Braid (US & Russia only): http://geni.us/BraidMovie Green Band Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12MwotP2tz4 Red Band Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlBzXrhB35w Mitzi Peirone Link: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitzipeirone/ Sarah Hay Link: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahhayofficial/  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

Fan Wonderland talks to talented cosplayer, special effects makeup artist and actress, Yung Shark Cosplay TJ & Yung Shark discuss Yung Shark’s cosplay, issues the cosplay community deals with, the difference between a genderbend and a crossplay, how to learn self makeup application, building a cosplay, how she got her name Yung Shark and more. We also discuss different cosplayers as well as indie movies and a rather weird music video Yung Shark has worked on. Content Warning: Infrequent Coarse Language Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images Provided by Yung Shark Cosplay Yung Shark Cosplay Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yung.shark/ Vampyras Psychedelikas Trailer: https://vimeo.com/303055555 Turbo Gatto Music Video( aka That Weird Cat Video that was discussed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA0r7zUIfgw&app=desktop --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

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  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

 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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support

Fan Wonderland talks to James Chen about his role as Kal on AMC’s The Walking Dead, as well as LGBTQIA+ indie film Fluidity and dive into James’ fanboy side, his love of Spider-Man and representation in the LGBTQIA+ and Asian communities or lack thereof. TJ & James discuss how James got the role of Kal, and much more. James & TJ discuss James’ favourite roles, stereotyping and miscasting across the LGBTQIA+ and people of colour communities being stereotypically cast or miscast in the film and TV industry. James also details the set and behind the scenes of The Walking Dead.There’s even a Walking Dead pun from James. Podcast Cover designed by Fan Wonderland Cover Images Provided by James Chen/Status PR & IMDB/AMC James Chen Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameschennyc/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameschenactor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesCchen Website: http://www.jamescchen.com/ Fluidity Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrcBLhiywM --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fanwonderlandofficial/support