Jason Isaacs
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Podcast Appearances
Then maybe you didn't bring them. You're always losing things.
Then maybe you didn't bring them. You're always losing things.
I've heard someone say that anyone who moves to Thailand is either looking for something or hiding from something.
I've heard someone say that anyone who moves to Thailand is either looking for something or hiding from something.
So what about you? Are you hiding or are you seeking? I'm just on vacation with my family. But you never know.
So what about you? Are you hiding or are you seeking? I'm just on vacation with my family. But you never know.
Well, I'm immediately offended by using the word archetype there because Mike White is far too nuanced A sophisticated writer. You're absolutely right. He introduces people you think are archetypes, and then he adds or strips off layers and layers, and you go, wait, I thought I knew this person who they were, and they've become richer.
Well, I'm immediately offended by using the word archetype there because Mike White is far too nuanced A sophisticated writer. You're absolutely right. He introduces people you think are archetypes, and then he adds or strips off layers and layers, and you go, wait, I thought I knew this person who they were, and they've become richer.
Well, for me, because I'm English, I started with a voice. I knew of some Durham, North Carolina, so I got some people from North Carolina until I honed it down to one particular person whose voice I wanted to do and broke it down phonetically. So there was the voice. But also, he's what Tom Wolfe called a big swinging dick. It's incredibly important to him how other people see him.
Well, for me, because I'm English, I started with a voice. I knew of some Durham, North Carolina, so I got some people from North Carolina until I honed it down to one particular person whose voice I wanted to do and broke it down phonetically. So there was the voice. But also, he's what Tom Wolfe called a big swinging dick. It's incredibly important to him how other people see him.
Not that he's anxious about it, because it goes well for him. He has a huge status within his family and in his community back home. So you need to build that first before Mike starts to puncture it. The Zeppelin starts to leak very, very slowly, and then it deflates very quickly with a couple of phone calls. You look at the function of the story. What kind of person would create Saxon as a son?
Not that he's anxious about it, because it goes well for him. He has a huge status within his family and in his community back home. So you need to build that first before Mike starts to puncture it. The Zeppelin starts to leak very, very slowly, and then it deflates very quickly with a couple of phone calls. You look at the function of the story. What kind of person would create Saxon as a son?
and just come in dripping with power and privilege and entitlement and a total lack of doubt, and then allow the audience, at least, certainly not me, to enjoy the journey as all the things that he thinks he is are taken away. And this is, it's White Lotus in Thailand, and Mike's been explicit that it's a search for identity. What is the self?
and just come in dripping with power and privilege and entitlement and a total lack of doubt, and then allow the audience, at least, certainly not me, to enjoy the journey as all the things that he thinks he is are taken away. And this is, it's White Lotus in Thailand, and Mike's been explicit that it's a search for identity. What is the self?
And I think Tim probably faces it more than anybody because everything that he is is threatened to be taken away and everything that his family think they are too. So the pressure builds to a hideous climax.
And I think Tim probably faces it more than anybody because everything that he is is threatened to be taken away and everything that his family think they are too. So the pressure builds to a hideous climax.
To create this character. My catastrophic failures on the screen, they don't really match up. Yeah, the great man smiling. Possibly people who know me well might see what I have in common. I don't think I have any comments here. I think I'm a bit of a blank slate as a human being. I'm not quite sure. I have a very amorphous personality.
To create this character. My catastrophic failures on the screen, they don't really match up. Yeah, the great man smiling. Possibly people who know me well might see what I have in common. I don't think I have any comments here. I think I'm a bit of a blank slate as a human being. I'm not quite sure. I have a very amorphous personality.
I tend to adopt the accent of whoever I'm talking to after a short while. I just jumped into the world that Mike created, and the bits seem to fill themselves in. It's a bit like, you know, you have an outline and you fill up from the inside or outside or the jigsaw slowly fills itself. What really helps is the other actors.
I tend to adopt the accent of whoever I'm talking to after a short while. I just jumped into the world that Mike created, and the bits seem to fill themselves in. It's a bit like, you know, you have an outline and you fill up from the inside or outside or the jigsaw slowly fills itself. What really helps is the other actors.