Here she is bois, here she is world, here’s June! We are here with Oscar-nominee June Squibb. You Might Know Her From Thelma, Nebraska, About Schmidt, The Humans, Hubie Halloween, In & Out, Girls, Inside Out 2, and Broadway productions of Gypsy and Waitress. We were delighted to talk to 95-year-old June about her role in the action-dramedy Thelma for which she absolutely deserves an Oscar nomination. From fearlessly driving a scooter to charming the late Richard Roundtree, June opened up about her very first “lead role” and the difference in being number one on the callsheet. We also got the intel on her time as a replacement for Electra in the original (yes, original) Broadway production of Gypsy opposite Ethel Merman, returning to Broadway in a gender-reversed casting as Josie in Waitress, her rapport with director Alexander Payne (who she had to audition for AGAIN for role in Nebraska), and her upcoming lead role in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great. This one will go down in the books for sure. Please go stream Thelma right after you listen!
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Discussed this week:
Deh-ME Moore but DE-mee Lovato
Demi Moore’s name is Demetria
Pam Anderson’s comeback is so smart (Broadway, book, documentary, no makeup on red carpet, prestige film). She is 57
June’s first starring film role is in 2024’s Thelma available to stream on Hulu and Disney+ now
Richard Roundtree’s last film role (wears clothes so well)
June did her own stunts but hasn’t yet received Tom Cruise’s coconut cake
Headlining Eleanor the Great, directed by Scarlett Johansson (releasing 2025)
Thelma written and directed by Josh Margolin
Replaced in the original Broadway production of Gypsy with Ethel Merman (as Electra) and later went on the national tour with her
Was auditioning for La Plume de ma Tante when the Gypsy stage manager came in and requested she audition to replace Chotzi Foley (original Electra)
Only other Rose she saw was Tyne Daly in Gypsy on Broadway in 1988
Juliet Taylor was Woody Allen’s casting director and she helped get her work
Was in the off-Broadway production of The Boy Friend (produced by Gus Schirmer Jr)
Returned to Broaday in 2018 to replace in Waitress as ‘Josi
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