Angourie Rice on Reality Bites, Gen X Nostalgia and 20s Career Anxiety

Actor, writer and podcaster Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys, Mare of Easttown, Mean Girls) joins host Adam Unze to launch a brand-new mini-season of The Spark Parade!

Angourie explores her Spark: Ben Stiller’s iconic 1994 Gen-X classic, Reality Bites, starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Janeane Garofalo.

Together, Adam and Angourie break down:

Discovering Reality Bites in Melbourne and tracking films on LetterboxdWhy the film’s quarter-life crisis and early-20s career anxiety hit just as hard for Gen Z todayThe brilliance of Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn’s performances90s cinema aesthetics, vintage tech and the cultural obsession with nostalgia

Be sure to check out Angourie's fantastic new romcom Finding Emily, out in the US on August 28th!

The Spark Parade is a podcast that dives deep into the films and albums that have inspired today’s creative icons. Hosted by Adam Unze, each episode features a unique conversation with an artist about their chosen film or album, and how it sparked their artistic journey.

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