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Jun 2023
1h 25m

Adam McKay 🏴

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Adam McKay (Death On The Lot) and Justin talk about his long career of making hit comedies Anchorman and Step Brothers, his knack for turning complicated historical incidents into enthralling (and often hilarious) films/podcasts, and how he decided to cast Christian Bale as Dick Cheney and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush in “Vice.”


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