Alison Brie

9th April 2024

Alison Brie is the star of beloved television shows Community, Mad Men and BoJack Horseman. She joins us on the latest episode of Bullseye to talk about her latest: Apples Never Fall. We get into her time growing up in South Pasadena and what she learned about herself while working on the physically demanding wrestling tv series GLOW. Does she think the long-awaited Community movie is actually happening? Only one way to find out!

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Alison Brie is a very talented actor, more than capable in both comedy and drama.

Take her two breakthrough roles from the mid-aughts – Trudy Campbell in Mad Men and Annie Edison in Community. Both roles are very different from each other, but she absolutely nails the nuances of each one. 

That range and commitment has continued throughout the course of her career. In the physically demanding GLOW she learned how to wrestle for the part.  On the big screen she’s starred in films like Promising Young Woman, The Lego Movie and The Post

These days, you can see her on the new show Apples Never Fall. It’s a crime drama based on the best selling mystery novel of the same name. The drama follows four adult siblings, as they piece together the mystery behind their mother’s disappearance. 

Alison joins us to talk about the series Apples Never Fall, and her own relationship with true crime media. We get into her time growing up in South Pasadena and what she learned about herself while working on GLOW. Does she think the long-awaited Community movie is actually happening? 

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Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture.

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