Will Sharpe

Like down the line, Oxbridge grad.

And then we did the read through, I think, the day before we started filming.

And something about it, I was like, I feel like it's somehow coming out more condescending than it should on the page.

And I wondered if it was to do with the accent.

And so that evening, I started trying it out in a northern accent.

You know, like Sheffield's softer kind of voice.

And I was thinking of this presenter, Brian Cox in the UK, different to the Succession actor, who he sort of does shows about the universe and space.

And he has this very infectious voice.

And so I was sending Jesse voice notes of James with that voice and he immediately seemed excited about it and was like, let's do that.

I think that really works.

And he also, I think he liked, you know, with the film being about what it is and that immediately there's like a sort of specificity to James where if he comes from that part of the world because he has that accent, but he looks like how I look like, immediately there's like a hinterland effect.

that you're curious about, you know, how did your family end up in that town?

And so from that point on, it felt like, yeah, he just sort of clicked.

It's okay.

You're raising an interesting sensitivity here.

It does sometimes come up on these tours.

You're staying in fancy hotels, eating posh food, and at the same time, you're looking back at the horrors of your family history.

It can conjure up confusing feelings of discomfort and discordance and, dare I say, even a kind of guilt.

You know, comparing your own life.

I don't feel guilt.