Have you at this point eliminated the word precious from your day to day? Like, can you say that without like some... No, I can't say that. I mean, I can't say that word without, you know. But also, mostly, nearly every day, I'll bump into someone who you ask me to do Golm's... Well, they probably either ask you or they want to do it for you. Yeah, or do it for me. I've heard some amazing, amazing Gondoms and some eagles. Prepare your ears, humans. Happy, sad, confused begins now. Hey guys, it's Josh. Welcome to another edition of Happy, Sad Confused. We have an absolute icon in the house today. Andy Circus. He's Ghalm. He's Ulysses

Claw. He's Snoke. He's King Kong. He's also the director of the new film Animal Farm. And we're

talking about all of it today. Thanks, guys, as always, for checking out the podcast, for subscribing.

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Okay, a quick little intro to Andy Circus, not that he needs one.

He was here to promote Animal Farm, which is courses based on the iconic book.

This is an animated film that stars the likes of Seth Rogan and Woody Harrelson.

A great piece of work from Andy. Always happy to support what he's up to.

But also, this was a good opportunity for a deep dive into, yes, Lord of the Rings.

And a little sneak peek at The Hunt for Gallum, which Andy is returning to star in as

Ghal, as Smigel, and also as the director, a huge opportunity for him.

Very excited about that. We talk Star Wars, though. We talk apes.

Arguably one of my favorite franchise is going. His performance is Caesar. Absolutely iconic. He's one of the good guys.

He can talk with expertise like nobody else about performance capture. He's the guy that really made that art form what it is. This was a blast. So without any further ado, please enjoy me

and the one and only Andy Circus. Andy Circus, back where he belongs on happy, sick, and fused.

It's good to see you, man. Congratulations on everything. Thanks, friend. Okay, so we're spreading

the good word today. We're going to start on Animal Farm. We'll dive off a little bit. But Animal Farm is, look, movies take a while. They all movies are labors of love. And some are more labors than others. This is a long labor. This has been gestating a while, probably as long as I've known known you maybe we've been talking about this one

You could have given up a long time ago. Why is Animal Farm the passion project it is for you man? It just was one of the first books that really spoke to me and hit me hard as a as a kid growing up and I remember reading it vividly reading it on the on the bus to school and it just had a sense that this this kind of

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