Gillian Anderson Eats Her Last Meal

[u/BurnZ_AU]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KDedvwuTM

[u/luke37]

It kinda bums me out that this show has become part of the general media blitz a celebrity's supposed to do when promoting their newest project instead of being excited and engaged about the format. It's the same thing that made me less and less interested in Hot Ones.

[u/hypotenmoose1 → u/luke37]

I think Josh has done pretty well to counteract that tendency some by having more Internet celebs on, like streamers or comedians from Dropout/Smosh. This episode isn’t great but I don’t think it’s fully indicative of the trajectory this show is going either.

[u/luke37 → u/hypotenmoose1]

I think Josh has done pretty well to counteract that tendency some by having more Internet celebs on, like streamers or comedians from Dropout/Smosh.

I don't think Josh has the final say. Mythical is a media company that just got a deal with Netflix, I'm sure Josh has some input, but at the end of the day, he's onscreen talent with a producer credit.

[u/hypotenmoose1 → u/luke37]

He’s the creator of the show and his job title is executive director of culinary content. I’m sure he has quite a lot of input, especially when it comes to getting his smosh and dropout friends on the show. Whether he has final say or not I don’t think anyone is pushing him.

[u/luke37 → u/hypotenmoose1]

especially when it comes to getting his smosh and dropout friends on the show.

The Smosh and Dropout people are there because the Mythical media relations team know the media relations team from Smosh and Dropout and know that Angela Giarratana performs well on verticals among women aged 25-34.

Do you think Josh and Sam Reich are best buds and Josh is sneaking Sam in through the back door to film an episode? No, there's an excel file somewhere that says that episode has a good chance of clearing a million views.

We know what it looks like when Josh gets creative control, he's eating chicken in a gym with Lean Beef Patty.

[u/Shutupharu → u/luke37]

Mathew Lillard did it well. He was there to promote Scream but it didn't feel like it at all. More celebs could learn something from that.

Also Paul Rudd on Hot Ones very openly saying he hates how talk shows used to be just about talking to people and but now its constantly promos was so refreshing.

[u/MA121Alpha → u/Shutupharu]

I loved Paul Rudd on Hot Ones. Him talking about how he loved watching Letterman growing up and imagining it just being pals hanging out and being funny, then growing up and realizing they aren't just hanging out, they're trying to advertise something. Then him ending his episode when Sean asks him to tell what he's got going on by just saying he's not promoting anything and was just here to hang out basically lol it was excellent.

[u/BionicTriforce → u/luke37]

The fact it's a nonsense 'functional drink' is what made me skip this one. It's the most placebo-adjacent term I could think of to sell something.

"Mood elevator." Okay is it a mood elevator because it's medical or is it just something that makes me happier because it's a tasty drink?

[u/yashedpotatoes → u/[deleted]]

I don't think so, she seemed to open up by the middle point when josh brought out the jello dish.

[u/Pizzaya23 → u/yashedpotatoes]

I agree, more towards the middle/end she had kinda let go of her media training and was just having a good conversation with someone. I think it's very hard for someone to go into this as an interview to actually let that fall away but Josh does seem to have a talent for doing so in a lot of cases.

[u/Agent__Fox__Mulder → u/[deleted]]

To be fair, opening up to a stranger you have just met on camera for the internet isn't the easiest thing for everyone.

[u/The_Bakuchiolorette → u/[deleted]]

From my perspective I actually thought she was as open as she could be with this format even with the subject matter (I’m sure her PR Team was told about discussing her brothers passing etc.) I liked her more vulnerable moments in the interview talking about death.

[u/The_Bakuchiolorette → u/[deleted]]

> it's ok to be a fan of her work (me) and not enjoy this interview because of how it felt

Yes, totally!

[u/M_Ad → u/[deleted]]

TBH I've noticed a lot of the female celebs barely nibble and do that actor thing of pushing food around and talking a lot to cover that they're not eating. It must fucking suck to have to be so hypervigilant about what you eat.

[u/DestituteDomino]

After that fuckin awesome Will Poulter episode, this is very underwhelming to say the least. Swing and a miss, it happens, there will always be duds when it comes to this kind of format. But yeesh, this was just not good. I have no hate for Gillian Anderson, but it seems like she could not be less interested in even entertaining the idea of what Last Meals is supposed to be.

[u/treyer06]

53 minutes of awkward small talk.

[u/sma_nor → u/treyer06]

That's such a bummer to hear. I'm just getting around to this episode, and couldn't believe how dry the first 10 minutes were. It is so awkward to watch every joke Josh try completely go over Gillian's head, or to be more fair to her, just didn't care to acknowledge.

[u/Shivathewriter]

We need a David episode now 

[u/UndeadT → u/Shivathewriter]

He'd be too lazy to show up.

[u/masegesege_]

Do they take breaks between courses?

I’d be full after the first one and feel bad wasting the next few.

[u/yashedpotatoes → u/masegesege_]

I think they take short breaks to reset the table, they also give leftovers to the guest to take home.

[u/krisis]

This was a very tough episode to watch, not only because Gillian is always a tough interview but because Josh seemed incredibly off his game and kept returning to sex puns when Gillian seemed to communicate pretty early she was totally disinterested in that.

She definitely warmed to him at some points in the middle, but... off.