Maggie O’Farrell

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1,785 appearances 8 recordings 7 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 14 Jun

Maggie O’Farrell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club · Land by Maggie O'Farrell with Maggie O'Farrell · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

I think I knew that it was in really safe hands.

And I think there were people that we discussed to direct it that I didn't feel would be right or they might take it in a very different direction.

Yeah.

The guy did Fast and Furious.

Well, I'm not sure.

Yeah, so I had a Zoom call, very early on I had a Zoom call with Chloe Zhao and I was kind of, you know, waiting on my computer and I thought, you know, when you're having a Zoom call with an Oscar winning film director, I'm probably going to see some amazing Beverly Hills mansion, there's going to be an infinity pool, definitely a butler.

Yeah, in the background.

And I was really kind of, okay, I'm ready.

And then on screen came this woman who was wearing a hoodie right down to here.

And her hair was kind of wet.

She said, I've just been surfing.

And in the background were lots of dogs.

And it looked like she was in a kind of mobile home.

And actually it was.

She wasn't, it turns out.

And I thought, oh, okay, not what I was expecting.

And I thought, I think I can work with this person.

But she basically convinced you to do it.

It was very persuasive.

So she, so she was picked, she picked up a copy of the book because I said, I don't know, I don't think it's, you know, I'm not really.

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