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Jerry Seinfeld became famous during the stand-up comedy surge of the 1980s, leading agents and TV executives to believe he’d be a good star for his own show. Even though initial test audiences disliked it, NBC decided to give Seinfeld a limited first season. Surprisingly, the show managed to survive for three seasons. When it moved to a more favorable time slot, the creators knew season four was crucial and decided to take some bold risks. That season included many of the show’s most memorable episodes, with “The Outing” being the most daring. Notably, the now-famous line, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” wasn’t part of the original script.

Casting director Jennifer Venditti vividly recalls watching A’zion’s self-tape, which was a final attempt to convince Josh Safdie she was right for the role of Rachel. While Safdie liked her first audition, he worried she might be too young. Venditti described a collaborative process: “Odessa [A’zion] would film scenes, send them to me, I’d give feedback, and they’d reshoot.” She felt like a team with A’zion and Belmont, and when A’zion finally sent the winning take, it was a standout. Venditti wishes the audition tape had been included as a bonus feature on a DVD, and believes it should be on any physical release of Marty Supreme. Thankfully, we now have social media to see these kinds of behind-the-scenes moments.

Tiamat, a massive sea serpent, first appeared in the 2020 graphic novel Godzilla: Dominion. She was defeated by Godzilla in a fight within her underwater lair in the Arctic Ocean. After killing Tiamat, Godzilla took over her lair and absorbed her energy, which led to his powerful new ‘Godzilla Evolved’ form.

Trying to improve the relationship between actors and directors, the speaker expressed his deep affection for his colleagues, emphasizing that actors are people with feelings. He explained he’s known many of them for years and dislikes seeing anyone treated unkindly, especially now when so much cruelty already exists. He warned directors that publicly criticizing actors, even on podcasts, won’t be forgotten – stars will remember and bring it up long after the fact.

Hollywood hasn’t always been so cautious about creating franchises. Sequels didn’t become reliable money-makers until the 1970s and 80s, and even then, they rarely continued the original story directly. Instead, sequels often felt like updated versions of the first film, or filmmakers intentionally made them very different in style and tone. David Fincher’s film definitely took the latter approach, and he took a big gamble by making something so drastically different from the original that it shocked fans, critics, and those involved in the first movie.