---
title: "Episode #466 \u2013 The One, with Michael Shanks"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2025\/11\/episode-467-the-one-with-michael-shanks\/"
date: "2025-11-22T11:00:00+00:00"
episode_number: 466
movie: "The One"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Michael Shanks, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #466 – The One, with Michael Shanks

“The One with Michael Shanks?” What is this, a _FRIENDS_ episode?!? (Thank you, producer Alex, for that joke.) No — in this episode we welcome writer/director/FX artist/actor/man with impeccable taste in podcasts, [Michael Shanks](https://www.michaelshanks.com.au/), all the way from his home in Australia, to discuss his nostalgia pick, 2001’s [The One](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267804/), starring Jet Li!

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![](https://www.flophousepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TheOnefilm.jpg)

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 [Wikipedia page for The One](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_(2001_film))

 Recommended in this episode:

 Dan: [The Fog (1980)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080749/?ref_=fn_t_1)

 Stu: [Den of Thieves: Pantera (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8008948/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_den%2520of)

 Elliott: [Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099700/?ref_=fn_t_1)

 Michael Shanks: [Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35522483/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_4_nm_0_in_0_q_nirvana%2520the%2520show)