TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz Takes Us Behind The Scenes On One of Hollywood's Biggest Sets

George chats with Ben Mankiewicz and Julie Salamon about their podcast The Plot Thickens, Julie’s book The Devil’s Candy is the best book on movie making.... ever?    

In this episode, we talk about…

• Details about the Plot Thickens
• Why they chose The Devil’s Candy for the podcast
• What everyone thought was going to happen during filming Bonfire of the Vanities vs. what actually happened
• Why The Devil’s Candy is the definitive adaptation of Bonfire and why it puts a stamp on Tom Wolf’s novel
• Defining what’s good and bad and why it’s unrealistic and boring to label films this way
• What makes the podcast the same but different from The Devil’s Candy
• Addressing how actors feel about their portrayal in The Devil’s Candy
• Encouraging people to allow more gray into their lives
• Reframing failure and why doing difficult things is worth it 

Links to Resources:

The Plot Thickens Podcast

The Devil’s Candy

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