Julia Gets Wise with Pam Grier
5/13/202655 min
This week, Julia sits down with 76-year-old trailblazing actress Pam Grier, Hollywood's first female action star. Pam opens up about the childhood injury that left her with a stutter, and how a giant draft horse healed her. She reflects on channeling her mother's quiet strength into the iconic titular character Coffy, gets candid about her Stage 4 cervical cancer diagnosis, and shares thoughts on the unexpected pleasures of aging you did not see coming. Plus, Julia tries to explain karaoke to her 92-year-old mom Judy. Follow Wiser Than Me on Instagram and TikTok @wiserthanme and on Facebook at facebook.com/wiserthanmepodcast. Find us on Substack at wiserthanme.substack.com. Pre-order the latest book from Julia’s mom Judy Bowles here: https://finishinglinepress.com/product/they-spoke-of-the-river-by-judith-bowles/ Find out more about other shows on our network at @lemonadamedia on all social platforms. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today by hitting 'Subscribe' on Apple Podcasts or lemonadapremium.com for any other app. For exclusive discount codes and more information about our sponsors, visit https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com.
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First 90 secondsJulia Louis-Dreyfus· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Lemonada. So, I got to play Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine [laughs] in the Marvel Comics universe. That name still makes me laugh. Um, I first appear in the post-credits of Black Widow, and then in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and then I'm the bad guy in Thunderbolts. And I have to say, the whole thing, it was just a blast. In the original Thunderbolts script, there's this scene where my character really beats the crap out of a guy and takes his walkie-talkie and screams, "Cease fire. Cease fire" [laughs]. And I told Jake Schreier, the director, that I wanted to do my own stunts for that scene, and he was like, "Sure. Okay, great." And you have to understand, Marvel had this huge stunt facility in Atlanta. Like, it was th- like a massive gymnasium. And when I walked in, Lewis Pullman was getting levitated on wires over here, and Florence Pugh was getting crushed by fake rocks over there and stuff, and I mean, it was just so Hollywood. It was so fabulous. And my fight, which was maybe about 15 or 12 seconds long, turned out to be kinda complicated, and it was all choreographed to beats. Um,