Michelle Mehrtens
Expertise
Movies, TV, Pop Culture
- Michelle Mehrtens is a News Writer for Looper.
- She has had her work published in a range of outlets, including ScreenRant, Smithsonian Folklife Magazine, and TED-Ed.
- She founded her own pop culture feminist site Meesh Says Things.
Experience
Michelle Mehrtens has worked as a freelance writer and editor for many years. She is the founder of Meesh Says Things, a pop culture website dedicated to film and television. She is a former media intern at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and a graduate of Stanford University's MFA program in documentary film. She joined Static Media in 2021 and has happily deep-dived into the many facets of pop culture, from the nineties nostalgia of Hey Arnold! to the comic ingenuity of contemporary shows like The Good Place.
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Stories By Michelle Mehrtens
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While Christian Bale remains a fan-favorite Batman for many, he later shared how he really felt about working with the late Heath Ledger.
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In 2009, comedian Jenny Slate joined the cast of "SNL." While filming her first episode, she infamously dropped an f-bomb during a scene with Kristen Wiig.
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Here's how Justin H. Min felt about the shocking reveal that his character in The Umbrella Academy would be returning after all.
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People have a lot of strong feelings about who Harry should've ended up with — and no, it's not Ginny (or Hermione).
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Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" is a staple of the genre, often referenced in other horror films. But one iconic line from the film was actually improvised.
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Even in animated children's features, Disney has its share of darker scenes. But there's one scene in "Tarzan" that some viewers believe went too far.
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Even your favorite Disney love story has a scene that aged really, really badly.
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One of the show's biggest characters has proven surprisingly polarizing with viewers.
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The popular ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" has endured as a cornerstone of nighttime television since 2005.
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Beloved rom-com "13 Going on 30" wouldn't be the same without Mark Ruffalo's kindhearted Matty. But there was one scene that almost made him quit the film.
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Disney's "Enchanted" wouldn't be the same without the comedic Prince Edward. Here's the scene James Marsden insisted on changing, making it even funnier.
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One particularly formidable, yet surprising villain in the "Shrek" universe stands above the rest.
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Fans of Reddit and Rotten Tomatoes chime in with their pick for their favorite coming-of-age TV show that lasted for only one season, and it's Freaks and Geeks.
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While there are plenty of bad decisions being made in Locke & Key by all of the characters, there's one thing Ellie Whedon does that goes too far.
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Who is the narrator on Jane the Virgin? It turns out that it was Jane's son all along, as fans found out in the last season of the show.
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In 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" hit theaters and rapidly transformed into an international sensation, with some surprise Easter eggs.
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Rowan Blanchard's character in "The Goldbergs," Jackie Geary, got a new look after two seasons. Here's why the role was recast to Alexis G. Zall in Season 6.
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Ian Somerhalder was almost in a different vampire drama series. Here's the show he auditioned for before his role as Damon Salvatore in "The Vampire Diaries."
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It's difficult to imagine someone else as Rick Grimes in "The Walking Dead." However, one of the stars of "Grace and Frankie" almost played the character.
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"Euphoria" star Jacob Elordi rose to fame in a Netflix YA film trilogy, but he hated filming the first installment for this reason.
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Kate Walsh stars as The Handler on the Netflix show "The Umbrella Academy," but the actor has had a prolific career, from "Grey's Anatomy" to "13 Reasons Why."
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Why fans of the '90s sitcom Friends believe that the main characters on the comedy series were named after All My Children characters by the producers.
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The Conjuring 2 contains a scene involving the possession of a young girl that was so frightening, it reportedly sent a man to the hospital after he watched it.
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Despite his apparent end in the first film, Matthew Lillard's role in Scream as Stu Macher had the potential to expand within the franchise.
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While "The Good Place" had many memorable, hilarious scenes in its four-season run, one scene with Chidi in the series finale made fans very emotional.
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13 Reasons Why premiered on Netflix in 2017 and quickly garnered a passionate response from fans across its 4 seasons. Here's how the show should've ended.
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On the popular Korean Netflix show "Squid Game," Han Mi-nyeo says she has a newborn baby when begging for her life in Episode 1 but she never mentions it again.