Matthew Broderick is a star of stage and screen, from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Lion King, and The Freshman to Broadway with The Producers and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He's a Tony Award winner and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he's... a nepo baby?
Matthew talks to hosts Jake and Emily about working with Hollywood icons like Marlon Brando and Warren Beatty, about what it was like when his dad would get recognized in public as the dad in the 1970s TV show Family, and about how he parents his own kids with Sarah Jessica Parker.
Plus, he and Jake reminisce about playing catch on the studio lot while Matthew filmed Max Dugan Returns with Jake's dad Jason Robards.
What is Nepo, Baby!?
You don’t get to choose your parents!
Nepo, Baby! unpacks the perceived privilege of being part of a famous family — with its hilarious, chaotic, often-misunderstood world of connections — and the ties that bind us all together, famous or not.
We all have messed-up families. Some are just more famous than others. So, does having a famous parent help? Does it hurt? Or does it just make therapy more expensive?