TCB Infomercial: Malin Akerman
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What roles has Malin Akerman played in her acting career?
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I went to university. I only completed one year of psychology. I thought I was going to become a child psychologist.
How did Malin Akerman transition from modeling to acting?
So this was like, yeah, quite a sort of go to the left instead of the right.
You took a left at Albuquerque.
Yeah.
Yeah, totally.
But you know, it's one of those things as well. You hear like, All right, well, ride the wave. I was young. It was early 20s. And I was like, well, opportunities are presenting themselves. Let me just see what could happen. And by the way, it wasn't that easy. It took years before things really started to happen. Of course. But decided to kind of go, yeah, let's.
What was the experience of filming 'The Watchmen' like for Malin Akerman?
I was a bit burnt out on school and working and going to school at the same time. And I just thought, let's just do one thing for a year and see what happens. So I've never gone back to university.
Yeah. Well, keep that in your back pocket, Malin. Maybe someday you'll need to go back to university.
Get yourself an education.
Maybe I will.
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What challenges did Malin face while filming 'The Hunting Wives'?
Thanks for joining us on yet another episode of The Commercial Break. It's a TCB infomercial Tuesday, and a good one at that. Malin Ackerman is here joining us today, a very famous actress indeed.
Oh, my gosh.
Have we upped our game?
We have. She's been in so many things.
Have we upped our game? That's all I got to say. Yes, we've upped our game. I like it. Amazing. Malin has been in more things than we could go on forever and ever about all the TV and movies that she's been in. But she's probably most noted for a couple of things. I will say Watchmen.
How does Malin Akerman describe her character in 'The Hunting Wives'?
Watchmen.
I will say The Comeback.
Yeah.
I will say billions. Yeah. Yes. Uh, couples retreat couples retreat. Yeah. Uh, what other funny movies has she, I mean, a million of funny movies she's been in television shows, children's hospital, uh, the proposal, 27 dates, 27 dresses. Yeah. Um, she's been in, uh, The list goes on and on. She's a Swedish-born actress raised in Canada and moved to Los Angeles where she found some luck. She was a model.
She started off as a model.
What insights does Malin share about the audition process?
And then she found some luck as an actress taking some small parts and then eventually becoming a big-name actress. She's got a brand-new television show on Netflix streaming. It's available now, The Hunting Wives.
The Hunting Wives, yes.
The Hunting Wives. How very exciting for her and very exciting for us.
I watched the trailer. It looks really good. Yeah.
I did not watch the trailer, but I trust you. Set in Texas.
A little drama in Texas.
I heard it's New Girl Moves Into Town.
Yeah, a new girl moves into town.
Malin takes her under the wing.
How did motherhood influence Malin's acting roles?
Uh-huh, yeah, she's the head poncho.
Sex, lies, and videotape follow.
Yeah, it's like Yellowstone, Pretty Little Lies, and another one. But it looks interesting and bingeable.
It's a strama. It's a streaming drama. It's a strama, and you must watch it. Those things do very well on that Netflix, Chrissy. I'll be binging. Yeah, and I imagine that Malin would not be involving herself unless there were some fine people behind this particular drama. television production, and I'm very excited to have her too. Watchmen is really probably one of the first... I know it's not like comic book material, but like in that same vein, Watchmen was one of the first, besides the original Batman movies and the Superman movies, it's something that got me very interested in like the graphic novel.
The graphic novels, yeah.
I remember buying the book after I saw the movie because I was so fascinated by it.
What are Malin Akerman's thoughts on the current state of television?
And then, of course, everyone was wearing those buttons, the smiley face with the bullet, you know, the bleed, the bullet.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What roles has Malin Akerman played in her acting career?
0:00–0:36
2
How did Malin Akerman transition from modeling to acting?
0:36–1:03
3
What was the experience of filming 'The Watchmen' like for Malin Akerman?
1:03–1:39
4
What challenges did Malin face while filming 'The Hunting Wives'?
1:39–2:11
5
How does Malin Akerman describe her character in 'The Hunting Wives'?
2:11–2:42
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What insights does Malin share about the audition process?
2:42–3:14
7
How did motherhood influence Malin's acting roles?
3:14–4:05
8
What are Malin Akerman's thoughts on the current state of television?
4:05–45:28