Why Are Brits So Good At Acting?
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Hello, and welcome to this episode of the Rest is Entertainment Questions and Answers Edition. I'm Marina Hyde.
And I'm Richard Osman. Hello, everyone. Hello, Marina. Hello, Richard. How are you? I'm very well. We've got some really, really good questions this week. Can we start with Louis Campbell?
Yes.
Who has this question. He says, can we finally have the conversation that everyone is too cowardly to have? Okay. So that's always a punchy way to start a question. That better be good. He said, it is summer. The sun is shining. The World Cup is on. I'm busy. The Odyssey is three hours long. That's too long to sit in the cinema for.
Okay.
It's a provocative question.
It's a provocative question.
Is The Odyssey too long? It's quite famously long, The Odyssey.
First of all, it's three hours of air conditioning. What's wrong with you? Second of all, I would say, no, of course it isn't. It's an epic. There's some Marvel films that I've seen and been like, sorry, how on earth was that three hours and seven? What a joke. But I hope lots of people will go out and see it because I always... I mean, obviously, part of the reason we do this is because I want to see and listen to and watch all the things that dominate pop culture.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:01
2
Is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey too long for a summer cinema release?
9:01–24:03
3
Why do British actors seem overrepresented in Hollywood films?
24:03–27:35
4
How does UK theatre and soap training give British actors an edge in LA?
27:35–33:23