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#8 Toby Stephens

Season 2, Ep. 8

Award winning actor of stage and screen, best known for his turn as Bond villain Gustav Graves in Die Another Day, Rochester in BBC’s Jane Eyre and most recently as the lead in Netflix’s Lost in Space, Toby Stephens is one of Britain’s best loved actors. His favourite speech is from Shakespeare’s Macbeth and whilst chatting about the speech, Toby delves into the miracle of theatrical ambiguity, tells tales of awful stage fight mistakes and bonds with Lucy over the perils of fake blood.


Hosted by Lucy Eaton, theatre producer and West End & screen actress best known for her role as Lucy in hit comedy ‘Staged’. Other episodes include BBC leading lady Joanna Vanderham, screen/theatre writer Jack Thorne and Olivier award winner Patsy Ferran.


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