Danielle Ryan
School
Georgia Gwinnett College
Expertise
The Evil Dead Franchise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Extreme Horror Cinema
- Danielle has written in a variety of fields, including local crime, global public health, and the entertainment industry. A piece she wrote about youth violence programs in American schools was presented before the United Nations.
- On top of writing, Danielle also loves doing interviews and having in-depth conversations with creatives about their work. Career highlights so far include chatting with Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal backstage at Madison Square Garden and showing Charlie Day her fan art of Denim Chicken.
- One day Danielle wants to direct a feature film, but so far has only directed and edited a short. She was also assistant director on an independent feature film.
Experience
Danielle is an experienced writer with bylines at The Washington Post, Fandom, Bustle, CNN, Paste Magazine, and more. She started her journey as a published writer on CHUD.com reviewing straight-to-DVD horror movies before starting her first column, examining controversial cinema and our reactions to it. She has a passion for shocking entertainment, discussions about mental health, and practical gore effects.
Education
Danielle has a Bachelor's of English with a concentration in writing and rhetoric.
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Stories By Danielle Ryan
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Let's get super spoilery and talk about the ending of Echo, the new Marvel TV series currently streaming on Disney+.
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Major precautions were taken to ensure Juno Temple and everyone else felt safe filming a particularly intense scene in Fargo season 5.
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Did you know that George Lucas made changes to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back after the film was already in theaters?
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Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had a seriously smelly issue on set due to a prop element used to make things look more real in the Quantum Realm.
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A scene from the handmade pilot for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ended up in the professional pilot which ended up in the actual series. Let us explain.
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Patrick Stewart did some intense research for one of The Next Generation's most memorable episodes. His work made it one of Star Trek: TNG's best.
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Few actors could go toe to toe with Michael Dorn on Star Trek, but Suzie Plakson did so brilliantly, but that itself started a small production crisis.
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Carol Kane is one of the best additions to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and this particular sartorial flourish just makes the character pop.
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Each entry in the Riddick franchise is wildly different, spanning different genres and even mediums. Here's the correct order to watch the movies.
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Mia Goth plays her part to pitch perfection in both X and Pearl, but Ti West had to be sure the rest of the cast was on board with one provocative question.
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's creators know the real name of The Waitress, played by Mary Elizabeth Ellis, but there's a good reason they avoid it.
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It wasn't easy getting Luke Skywalker that refreshing glass of blue milk for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The recipe involved bugs.
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In the Pale Moonlight is one of the best Star Trek episodes ever for its moral ambiguity, forcing the writers to be sneaky about getting it approved.
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Danny DeVito has a certain ritual he performs whenever he needs to play Frank on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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The It's Always Sunny gang have all been friends for so long that when they're coming up with new ideas, they sometimes plagiarize old ones.
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The gang behind It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia came up with a hilarious premise for The Nightman Cometh episode, but it almost went very differently.
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Amanda Plummer's character name in Quentin Tarantino's classic Pulp Fiction, Honey Bunny has a surprising origin story.
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Blade Runner is without a doubt Ridley Scott's most imaginative film, and according to him, it was also the most difficult to shoot.
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Tim Roth had one very particular request of Quentin Tarantino when it came to him starring in Pulp Fiction... and it involved a co-star packing serious heat.
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It seems the legendary Alien concept artist H.R. Giger was himself rather out-of-this-world, as he decided, one day on set, that he needed bones. Lots of bones.
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Danny DeVito has been on board for almost everything on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but he struggled when it came to a nipple-rubbing gag.
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Local residents turned up in droves to glimpse one particular ghoul during the filming of Night of the Living Dead, and it had nothing to do with her makeup.
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Sally Kellerman's nude scene in M*A*S*H definitely wouldn't fly today, but Robert Altman had a great way of making her comfortable shooting it.
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Captain Kirk's death in Star Trek: Generations bothered fans so much that they sent death threats to Malcolm McDowell, who played the film's villain.
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans roundly rejected the season 7 episode 'Frank's Brother,' even though the show's creatives loved it.
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The craft team behind Fargo season 5 went above and beyond with the prosthetics, creating a pair of nipples for star Jon Hamm.
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While Jackass star Steve-O aspires to be 'more ambitious' as time goes by, he's doubtful Jackass Number Two will ever be fully topped.