John Wilson
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3,430 appearances
25 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 2d ago
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They're sort of grifters in a way.
Yeah, you've got it.
So what did you make of the role?
Or did you not care?
I didn't really care that much.
I mean, it was it was it was no, I did care at the time.
I did care.
Absolutely did care because I knew it was a sort of important thing for me to do.
Don't forget, this was just after Purple Rain, which was a huge hit.
But I still couldn't quite believe that I was actually there.
And I knew that some of the lines were a little bit dodged, but you have to kind of just grit your teeth and get through them and just do my best and try and cry at the right point and try and laugh at the right point and just be as good as you can and learn it as you're doing it.
Were you a Prince fan at the time?
A huge Prince fan.
All the time when I was doing this very serious Marguerite Dioras play, I was listening to Around the World in a Day on repeat.
I mean, I hope you won't mind me saying that Under a Cherry Moon is probably not the greatest film on your CV in terms of quality.
No, but it's one of the most interesting.
And at the time, he was 24, I was 23, and he was allowed to do whatever he liked, which is a bit odd, really.
No, he was a massive star.
He was a massive star, but at 24...
What was your relationship with Prince like?
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