Post Time: 2026-03-13

Country: United States, Australia, United Kingdom. City: Grand Rapids, Richmond, Round Rock, Saint Paul, TulsaMichael Fassbender returns to the podcast (5th time!) and the cause is good this time as he's got an excellent Steven Soderbergh film to promote (BLACK BAG). But there's much more to click through the next article this chat including a horrible Mad Max audition story, the time he thought he blew his Quentin Tarantino meeting, and more. #happysadconfused #joshhorowitz #michaelfassbender #blackbag To get early the full report access to all of Josh's interviews plus bonus content, merch, and discounts to live events, go to patreon.com/happysadconfused Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel so you don't miss any of Josh's interviews! SUPPORT THE SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! Quince -- Go to Quince.com/happysadco for 365 day returns and free shipping! UPCOMING EVENTS Nathan Lane -- March 20th in New York -- Paul Feig -- April 6th in Miami -- C2E2 events in Chicago April 12th -- Listen to the podcast on... APPLE: SPOTIFY: visit the up coming document Josh on Twitter: Josh on Instagram: Josh on TikTok: @happysadconfused 00:00 Introduction 08:57 Michael Fassbender intro 12:13 Big Lebowski love 15:19 Steven Soderbergh 19:21 Ridley Scott 24:07 BLACK BAG 30:38 auditions 32:12 Mad Max audition 34:28 change in approach 36:43 X-Men audition 37:51 Inglorious Basterds audition 40:02 passing on the Magneto torch 41:18 80s tv 43:54 James Bond 45:25 working with Alicia 48:10 The Agency 49:26 profoundly random questions