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What Happened to Nicky | "Vietnam" (304) with special guest Michael Angarano

2025/5/20
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Sully: 我看了《萨克拉门托》，它让我难以忘怀。这是一部经典，扎根于现实，充满真情实感，而且是纯粹的喜剧，现在已经没有人制作像你这样的纯粹喜剧了。 Michael Angarano: 电影讲述了两个老朋友从洛杉矶到萨克拉门托的即兴公路旅行。电影的创作灵感来源于洛杉矶周围的百万个指向萨克拉门托的标志。我们写这部电影的初衷只是一个玩笑，后来随着我们的成长和成熟，故事也随之改变和发展，最终成为了现在的样子。获得院线发行的过程非常艰难，但我很高兴它能获得如此重要的发行。在观看我们的试映后，我意识到这部电影需要在电影院观看，因为这是一部喜剧，独自一人观看的效果并不好，这甚至影响了我们的剪辑过程。我只是希望人们能看到这部电影，无论他们通过什么方式观看。我很高兴这部电影能在电影院上映，因为这与电影本身非常和谐，与大家一起观看和体验真的很好。

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This chapter introduces Michael Angarano, the actor who played young Nicky Pearson on This Is Us. The conversation covers his extensive acting career, his new film Sacramento, and the experience of directing his wife, Maya Erskine, in the movie.
  • Michael Angarano's diverse acting career spanning from childhood roles to directing his own film, Sacramento.
  • Angarano's collaboration with his wife, Maya Erskine, on Sacramento.
  • The challenges of securing theatrical distribution for an independent film.

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This week, the infamous younger Nicky Pearson, AKA Michael Angarano, joins the pod for a discussion on Season 3, Episode 4: Vietnam. Not only do they talk about pivotal moments that happened in this episode, from Jack volunteering to enlist so he can find Nicky in Vietnam, to things in their childhood that shaped their relationship, but the group also chats about Michael’s time working on This Is Us, how he got the part of Nicky, what it was like working with Tim O’Brien and Milo Ventimiglia, and so much more!

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