Diablo Cody is an Oscar-winning screenwriter, an acclaimed author, and one of the big reasons Twitter is worth tolerating, but we mainly love the “Juno” scribe because she's a great interviewee. On the first episode of HitFix's new interview series But What I Really Want To Know Is…, we caught up with Cody (a.k.a. Brook Maurio) to discuss her least favorite screenwriting cliches, the filming of her next movie “Ricki and the Flash” with Meryl Streep, and the woman who warned her to put her Oscar away for good.
We also play a round of our favorite game called Who's In Your Coven? Pick five living women who represent, for lack of a better term, your “spirit animals.” Mine are Jane Fonda, Jane Curtin, Lesley Ann Warren, Lee Grant, and Cynthia Nixon. Who did Diablo Cody pick? Your head will spin.