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Sue Perkins: An hour or so with...

1: Paul Feig

Sue Perkins: An hour or so with...

Audioboom Studios

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

For the inaugural episode of ‘Sue Perkins: An hour or so with…’ Sue is joined by the finest dressed film maker in Hollywood.

Paul Feig made his name as creator of the critically acclaimed tv show ‘Freaks and Geeks’ before directing a number of smash hit comedy movies including Bridesmaids, Spy and The Heat.

Paul talks to Sue about his early movie memories, the success of Bridesmaids and the criticism of his 2016 Ghostbusters reboot.

Paul’s latest film ‘Last Christmas’ is out in the UK on the 15th November and the US on the 8th November 2019.

This conversation contains adult language.

The music in this episode is by ‘Waiting For Smith’.

Produced by Dan Quick

Transcript

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0:00.0

They say Home is where the heart is, but we say Hull is where the heart is.

0:05.4

Because the University of Hull isn't just a place.

0:08.2

It's an attitude, an energy, a feeling.

0:11.6

Join our open day on Saturday the 25th of November and discover a

0:15.2

university where you can be you and become all that you can be a single campus

0:20.7

with everything you need and a famously friendly community.

0:24.0

Look now at Hull. A.C. UK become part of Hull and it becomes part of you. Paul Fig is Hollywood's most esteemed comedy

0:39.5

comedy director and writer, helming such hits as Bride's

0:42.7

The Heat and Spy, he makes a mean Martini.

0:47.0

And he's also the best-dressed man in the Western world.

0:50.3

Paul, you've just made me laugh by talking about Jacob Rees Morgan.

0:57.0

And you're...

0:58.0

I'm trying to sit just like him right now.

1:00.0

I'm lounging back.

1:01.0

Yeah, there's a really...

1:02.0

Almost a full extension back. Yeah, there's a really, almost a full extension back. But you say he gives

1:06.0

double-breasted suits a bad name. Well, yeah, because first of all he's known

1:10.0

for wearing them. Yeah. He seems to be kind of a from from my American point of

1:14.4

view sort of a not liked character I mean I'm in the British public I should say and

1:19.3

so right there he sort of stands you know his suits now stand for something bad but then they also do

1:25.4

Sort of hang there a little yeah they slightly shapelessly I would there say it's yes it's almost like he's yeah

1:32.0

Yeah, they just fall at don't they off his skeleton?

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