Acting Your Age with Elsie Fisher & Molly Ringwald
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A conversation between Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) and Molly Ringwald. Topics covered include: the highs and lows of being a young actor, Elsie’s audition for Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham’s Vine career (RIP), why social media should have stopped at Myspace, the impossibility of not saying “Um” and “Like,” Dungeons & Dragons, the Golden State Killer, coming-of-age on screen, and why we never stop craving connection—regardless of age.
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