Cynthia Erivo on WICKED and Connor Swindells on WILLIAM TELL
Kermode on Film
HLA Agency
4.5 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Thank you for listening to Kermode on Film.
At the top of the show, Mark Kermode pays tribute to the late great David Lynch who passed away this week.
He is joined by Cynthia Erivo to talk about her role as Elphaba in Wicked, and about one of the performances that inspired her, by Zhang Ziyi in Memoirs of a Geisha.
Next, Connor Swindells talks to Mark about playing the evil Albrecht Gessler in William Tell, and about his memories of watching Naked Gun with his dad.
This episode of the Kermode on Film podcast is Part 1 of the MK3D show, recorded live at the BFI Southbank on Monday 20 January 2025.
In next week’s episode, Mark is joined by Nosferatu director Robert Eggers, and actor Nabhaan Rizwan, nominated for this year's EE Rising Star Award for his roles in BFI release In Camera, and the television series Informer.
Thank you for listening!
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The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film uses quotes from:
- Mary Poppins, directed by Robert Stevenson and distributed by Walt Disney Motion Pictures – quote featuring Julie Andrews.
- Nope, written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele, and distributed by Universal Studios – quote featuring Keke Palmer.
- Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson, and distributed by HandMade Films – quote featuring Richard E Grant.
- The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin, distributed by Warner Brothers – quote featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair.
We love these films. We urge you to seek them out, and watch them, again and again.
They are masterpieces!
Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.
Cover photo by Julie Edwards.
This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.
© HLA Agency
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Films and TV series mentioned in this episode:
Inland Empire
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
The Substance
Hard Truths
All We Imagine as Light
Anora
La Chimera
Blink Twice
Bad Times at the El Royale
Harriet
Widows
Blade Runner
Memoirs of a Geisha
William Tell
Barbie
Scoop
Paris, Texas
Airplane
Naked Gun
Forbidden Planet
Television Series:
Sex Education
Events:
Girls On Film Awards
People mentioned:
David Lynch
Cynthia Erivo
Ariana Grande
Jon M. Chu
Alice Brooks ASC
Connor Swindells
Rutger Hauer
Zhang Ziyi
Claes Bang
Wim Wenders
Leslie Nielsen
Buster Keaton
Charlie Chaplin
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| 0:00.0 | From Mike Lee, director of Mr Turner and Secrets and Lies. |
| 0:04.3 | People can't stand them. |
| 0:06.2 | Don't miss Hard Truths, BAFTA nominated for Outstanding British Film and Leading Actress. |
| 0:11.7 | I just wanted to wash up. |
| 0:13.7 | You worry me, you know. |
| 0:15.9 | Featuring one of the best performances of the year, Marianne Jean-Baptiste is exceptional and Oscar-worthy. |
| 0:21.6 | I don't understand you, but I love you. |
| 0:25.6 | Hard Truths. |
| 0:27.6 | In Cinema's January 31st. |
| 0:30.6 | In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. |
| 0:35.6 | You find the fun, and snap! |
| 0:40.9 | Did you know that the very first assembly of photographs and sequential order to create a motion picture |
| 0:46.2 | was a two-second clip of a black man on horse? |
| 0:50.2 | We want the finest wines available to humanity. |
| 0:53.4 | We want them here, and we want them now. |
| 0:56.6 | You really don't want me to play, huh? |
| 0:58.9 | No, I do. |
| 1:00.3 | Captain Hardy said no. |
| 1:02.0 | Captain who? |
| 1:04.3 | Hi, this is Mark Kermode. |
| 1:05.9 | Welcome to Kermode on film. |
| 1:07.2 | This episode was recorded live at the BFI South Bank on the 20th of January, 2025. |
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