Michael Showalter
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Oct 28, 2026
Travis VogtHOST
He talks like the stand-up comedian from Wet Hot American Summer.
Travis VogtHOST
He sounds exactly like Michael Showalter.
Travis VogtHOST
And
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he's like, I'm trying to kill these rats.
Pat ReganHOST
I remember for sure.
Pat ReganHOST
I was in first class on the way back because guess who was in my little section? Nathan Fielder and Michael Showalter.
Pat ReganHOST
I
Cat CohenHOST
was just going to ask you if you've seen the doc.
David BaxHOST
biopic hard-hitting thing whatever uh
David BaxHOST
all right let's move on to michael showalter's verity uh michael showalter is a very hit and miss director for me but um having been a big fan of the idea of you i was hopeful for verity and uh it's a very different movie than i the idea of you but it i i like verity a lot and i and i like um how you seem to like Michael Showalter and Anne Hathaway as a team.
David BaxHOST
Um, Josh Hartnett can continues to, uh, you know, he really has, has come, not that they ever fully went away, but you know, since Oppenheimer and then trap, like he's really, um, come back into the forefront in a big way.
David BaxHOST
And, um, he wears it very, very well.
Rachel PollioHOST
It's an interesting cast for a horror film.
DLHOST
Michael Showalter directed it?
Rachel PollioHOST
Yeah.
DLHOST
What are we doing here?
TimHOST
I know.
JenHOST
So Susan, in spite of the fact that Dr. Jekyll looks like either Michael Showalter or Crispin Glover wearing Johnny Depp's wig from that shitty Willy Wonka remake.
TimHOST
Okay.
TimHOST
So he looks like one of three famous actors.
Michael GlassHOST
Um, And it did occur to me that the film is very good at, like I say, showing you someone who is supposed to be in a... bad way in some respects or just not in their showing off way yet they still look fantastic
José ArroyoHOST
I mean I think I don't know who the director is I must say Michael Showalter yeah the name is new to me but and I have real problems with the way the film is shot and so on so we can get into that later but one of the things that he's clearly really good at is with the actors because also you know I think Anne Hathaway is just like wonderful to watch and I think, you know, the Cosa Johnson, I can't remember when I've seen her like alive, like a person, right? Like, you know, she always strikes me as like a bit ironic and distant and not fully there.
José ArroyoHOST
Right.
José ArroyoHOST
And then Josh Hartnett is lovely.
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José ArroyoHOST
It is
Michael GlassHOST
funny, and it's meant to be.
Michael GlassHOST
And this guy, Michael Showalter, is a comedian, from what I understand.
Michael GlassHOST
He made The Big Sick, which we saw just before we started the podcast, which I quite liked.
JourneyHOST
There's some things that like I think elevate the source material a bit that I'm like, oh, this is a fun, campy little choice.
JourneyHOST
But I didn't realize it was directed by Michael Showalter or whatever until I sat down for the movie.
JourneyHOST
some fun can't be it crazy i was like every time i learned that he's a directing a new movie i'm like sure because i mainly just think of him as the actor from wet hot american summer and not like award nominated director
JonahHOST
well that's what i think too whenever it's like oh movie directed by michael showalter and the first image that flashes into my mind is particularly his like uh traveling comedian character from Wet Hot American Summer his cat skills comedian that is the first image of Michael Showalter I see in my head so I can't take it seriously when he directs something like Verity that
EvanGUEST
shocks me I can't believe this
JourneyHOST
Oh my god.
AngelaGUEST
Yeah.
KellyHOST
And Michael Showalter is a comedy guy.
KellyHOST
The
AngelaGUEST
eyes of Tammy Faye, but he's also from the state, the, like, comedy troops in, like, Reno 911.
12 MINS LATER
AngelaGUEST
That would be great if it just kept the camera on him and then it just kept going for no reason.
AngelaGUEST
I would like to see the director's
SusanHOST
cut of this, specifically because it's Michael Showalter and because I think there is more footage of that duck.
KellyHOST
I want to know if they filmed her pissing herself and cut it out of the movie.
EdisonHOST
So... why don't we just jump right into it
SinclairHOST
okay well let's get into the wider lens and talk about the director a little bit here that is michael showalter who did work with anne hathaway before in the idea of you 2024 which was a cute movie yeah um it was fun yeah but Michael Showalter, in terms of directing, he's known for The Idea of You, Spoiler Alert, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Big Sick.
SinclairHOST
Like he's done some romantic comedies and none of his filmography really screams erotic thriller.
SinclairHOST
So, I mean, that could be an issue, too.
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EdisonHOST
And I think that's important to the movie because you basically spend the whole movie in this place where something feels off.
EdisonHOST
And I kind of did some research about the house and they found this real house in New York.
EdisonHOST
And Michael Showalter apparently said, we can't make the movie if we don't get this house.
EdisonHOST
And it's the roof with all these sharp jagged edges.
Mindy TuckerHOST
So at that time, how were you supporting yourself? What kind of day jobs did you have? By that point,
Henry ZebrowskiGUEST
2011, my first job as an actor was in 2009 on Michael and Michael Have Issues, a show with Michael in Black and Michael Showalter.
Henry ZebrowskiGUEST
And around 2011 was when I want to say, so 2010, I booked a huge pilot.
Henry ZebrowskiGUEST
I tested for Saturday Night Live.
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