Hannah Einbinder Is ‘Sick and Tired’ of Old, Male Comedy ‘Hacks’

Hannah Einbinder had never really acted before she was cast as Ava Daniels opposite Jean Smart’s Deborah Vance on Hacks. Now, she’s a three-time Emmy nominee.

In this episode of The Last Laugh podcast, Einbinder opens up about the overconfidence she brings to that role, as well the onstage persona she displays in her excellent debut stand-up special Everything Must Go on Max. She also talks about overcoming the intimidation of acting with Jean Smart, compares the generational gap between their characters to her relationship with her own mother (original Saturday Night Live cast member Laraine Newman), and teases what fans can expect from a more “badass” Ava in Season 4. And later, Einbinder shares her unfiltered thoughts about the “old fucking guys” in comedy who complain that political correctness is stifling their craft.

“I think my stand-up persona was kind of born out of aspiration,” Einbinder tells me. “This persona is everything that I could ever want to be.”

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