Zazie Beetz

Episode overview

Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Deadpool 2, Joker) is an actor. Zazie joins the Armchair Expert to discuss her name and how everyone pronounces it incorrectly, growing up in a pro-nudity culture in East Germany, and her communist grandparents. Zazie explains what it was like going from Germany to Washington Heights, how connected she feels to anyone of mixed heritage, and why she feels intentions are so important. Zazie opens up about her fear of losing people, the physical response she has to anxiety, and how she feels the need to take care of her character in Atlanta.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert I'm Dan Shephard and I'm joined by Mr Mouse hi hi that's me as a man I'm
2. 47:51your brain thinks is safe because it's what's familiar to you so then it like requires all all this thought and action
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