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Playing Margaret Thatcher and Shakespeare the Pervert | Petunia Longbottom
23:15|What do you get when you mix Margaret Thatcher with Beyonce? What happens when you remove the smut and innuendo from Shakespeare? How can a piano landing on a cast member help you into acting? These questions and more are answered in this remarkable interview with stage actor, Petunia Longbottom.Hosted by Jamie HenvillePetunia Longbottom played by Brigid HemingwayProduced by Odd SodPrestigious Actors theme produced by Francisco G - https://www.fiverr.com/s/pxxqmGPlease note that none of the stories mentioned in this episode are real. They are entirely fictional, obviously..........#3: The Iron LadyThis episode heavily features Margaret Thatcher, due to Brigid's wonderful impression. Interesting fact - on two occasions, I have dressed up as her.Once for a University 80's themed party. Most people went as musicians, like Ozzy Osborne or Cher. A few people were in drag. No one else went as a politician.The other time was to re-enact the opening of my secondary college. Mrs Thatcher opened my school when she was Education Secretary. I was asked if I'd do it as a poignant pisstake when the school was closed.I didn't particularly enjoy either time, but it was definitely a laugh.JH
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When Actors are Typecast as Villains | Florian Dreyfus
20:41|What happens when an actor becomes typecast as a villain? They end up playing characters like the Deerstalker in Bambi, Vlad the Impaler and King Herod in Massacre of the Innocents.Florian Dreyfus talks in denial to Jamie about his broad range of (villainous) characters, plus what drama school is really like..Hosted by Jamie HenvilleFlorian Dreyfus played by David McCullochProduced by Odd SodPrestigious Actors theme produced by Francisco G - https://www.fiverr.com/s/pxxqmGPlease note that none of the stories mentioned in this episode are real. They are entirely fictional, obviously..........#3: he's not typecast!Why are we obsessed with retelling the same stories? As a race, have we really become that moronic?The entertainment industry regurgitate the same content, over and over again, simply because it sells. When a tragedy occurs, we're desperate to dramatise events simply Because that drama sells, too. We've become lazy and suspicious of new stories.That's why film ideas like a live-action version of bambi or a seriesDramatising the life of a mass murderer are made. Because it sells. Not because they are good. Try listening or watching something new, instead of the same thing. Over and over and over.And never elect Liz Truss or Donald Trump again. JH
How NOT to choose a Stage Name | Gurbanguly
13:46|In this exclusive interview with prestigious actor 'Gurbanguly', we talk the Juan Sheet does Plenty ad, being the corporate face of dreamies (the treats cats crave), as well as his roles in Star Wabs: the Unauthorised Star Wars Franchise and hit (and miss) spy action series 'Russia'.Hosted by Jamie HenvilleGurbanguly/Greg played by Thomas Helen TrigwellProduced by Odd SodPrestigious Actors theme produced by Francisco G - https://www.fiverr.com/s/pxxqmGPlease note that none of the stories mentioned in this episode are real. They are entirely fictional, obviously................#2: The Best People on Earth – Actors!Except the actors are not really prestigious. They're shallow, talentless and vain. They share stupid fictional stories about things that never happened on sets of theatre, TV and film.Guest uno is an actor named ‘Gurbanguly’, played by a man I know as Tomwar Helen Trigwell. Here are a couple of other names I referred to him during our adolescence :‘Napkin’ - He once offered to bring in the napkins. ‘Big Fat Wanker’ - He once took slightly too long to walk up a hill. He was neither big, nor fat. The idea someone could be so stupid that they heard a name in the news, thought it sounded interesting, took it as a stage name without doing due diligence and finding out who it was. Ultimately an idea we couldn’t resist. The real Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is the former President of Terkmenistan and.. Dentist, of all things. I’m not one for speculating, but I’d imagine the pleasures of painfully pulling teeth from his patient’s mouths wasn’t enough fun for him, so he became a brutal tyrannical dictator instead. And I bet he was a crap dentist.OS