Alias

Melissa George, I had just watched.

I believe I had just watched Alias on.

DVD or thereabouts, because that's how I knew Melissa George.

I actually remember the season she was in Alias.

I remember watching that in one week.

That was back when we had DVDs, not streaming services.

But the one, I can't remember if I've called this out before.

But he was an alias for like an entire...

Like he had a multi-episode arc in Alias back in the day, if you were an Alias fan, which I've said on the pod before that I am.

And he plays like such a weird dude.

He's like a creepy scientist guy who's doing experimental shit like this.

And he's high as fuck the whole time.

So anyway, if you ever wanted to watch Alias...

Cronenberg makes an appearance

Yes, I'm sure.

So when you end up, you do, you're working all the time, but you end up on Alias, which again is another favorite of mine.

I love that show.

I think you were working with Kevin Wiseman at that point, like in that area or kind

Some spoilers ahead if you haven't seen the movie, and if you're going to watch it, I want to issue a content warning for violence, animal cruelty, parental separation, and emotional distress.

What is the one-sentence summary of the movie?

According to IMDb, a rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Parisian restaurant.

We chose this movie because it's one of the most beloved food movies ever made.

When we did an informal poll of favorite food scenes in movies, this film came up over and over again with multiple scenes in mind too.

My name is Adeline Up.

I'm a chef and food anthropologist.

So my favorite food scene is the end of Ratatouille where he, Anton Ego, takes the bite and you like zoom in to his eyes and he's a little boy and he runs in with this great knee and his mom puts down a plate of Ratatouille and he takes a bite and then you like zoom back out and he's sitting in this fine dining restaurant and he starts like tearing up.

And

I like Alias.

Yeah, I

liked Alias.

He's done some good stuff in TV and all that, but the man

didn't read growing

Um, just felt like a, a challenging win to attain based on the ... competition of talented actresses my age around that time.

And, uh, I, I mean, considering what Alias turned out to be and what Jennifer Garner, uh, what a awesome physical performer she was in that show, I mean, I, the stunts and a lot of the physical martial arts stuff was secondary to me, for better or worse.

I don't know if I pulled it off as well as, as Jennifer Garner did.

[laughs] But it was definitely a fun show.

Yeah.

April Webster on Alias.

She was the lead, you know, legendary April Webster.

She was the lead casting director on Alias.

And then we, their names escaped me.

They were legendary NBC casting directors that did Crossing Jordan.