Sam Brigger

And, like, you're basically trying to figure out, like, how did we get here? How did things go so wrong? And what could you have possibly done differently? So let's hear that scene.

And, like, you're basically trying to figure out, like, how did we get here? How did things go so wrong? And what could you have possibly done differently? So let's hear that scene.

And, like, you're basically trying to figure out, like, how did we get here? How did things go so wrong? And what could you have possibly done differently? So let's hear that scene.

That's from Adolescence, the final episode of the show. This episode is devastating. And the show is going to stay with me, I think, forever, a very long time. And it's really hard to watch. It's really well made. It's really compelling. But you go through a lot of very intense emotions in this episode. Like you have a complete breakdown at one point.

That's from Adolescence, the final episode of the show. This episode is devastating. And the show is going to stay with me, I think, forever, a very long time. And it's really hard to watch. It's really well made. It's really compelling. But you go through a lot of very intense emotions in this episode. Like you have a complete breakdown at one point.

That's from Adolescence, the final episode of the show. This episode is devastating. And the show is going to stay with me, I think, forever, a very long time. And it's really hard to watch. It's really well made. It's really compelling. But you go through a lot of very intense emotions in this episode. Like you have a complete breakdown at one point.

Like, as an actor, how hard is that to go through? I guess, like, is there an aftermath that you have to reckon with after doing that kind of performance?

Like, as an actor, how hard is that to go through? I guess, like, is there an aftermath that you have to reckon with after doing that kind of performance?

Like, as an actor, how hard is that to go through? I guess, like, is there an aftermath that you have to reckon with after doing that kind of performance?

That's so comforting of her.

That's so comforting of her.

That's so comforting of her.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

If you're just joining us, we're speaking with actor Stephen Graham, who stars in two new shows, Adolescence on Netflix and A Thousand Blows on Hulu. He'll be back after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.

If you're just joining us, we're speaking with actor Stephen Graham, who stars in two new shows, Adolescence on Netflix and A Thousand Blows on Hulu. He'll be back after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.

If you're just joining us, we're speaking with actor Stephen Graham, who stars in two new shows, Adolescence on Netflix and A Thousand Blows on Hulu. He'll be back after a short break. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.

Stephen, I wanted to talk briefly with you about A Thousand Blows. You're playing actually a real-life person named Henry Sugar Goodson, who was a bare-knuckle boxer in Victorian London. And I just wanted to play a scene from the show. You have been undefeated, but there is this newcomer from Jamaica named Hezekiah Mosko. And...

Stephen, I wanted to talk briefly with you about A Thousand Blows. You're playing actually a real-life person named Henry Sugar Goodson, who was a bare-knuckle boxer in Victorian London. And I just wanted to play a scene from the show. You have been undefeated, but there is this newcomer from Jamaica named Hezekiah Mosko. And...