Harriet Walter
Brydon &
Rob Brydon | Wondery
4.6 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week Rob is joined by the one and only Dame Harriet Walter. Listen in as they discuss gripping dramas 'Succession,' 'Silo,' and the heartwarming charm of 'Ted Lasso.'
Rob dissects Harriet's extraordinary range as an actress, and her ability to portray strong and multi-dimensional characters. Harriet also tells Rob all about her two-hander with Chewbacca…
N.B. This episode was recorded prior to the SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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| 0:00.0 | When I was touring Australia lately, the final season of Succession started. |
| 0:06.9 | And we were, by this point, we were in a camper van going around New Zealand on a holiday after the tour. |
| 0:14.3 | So how are we going to watch Succession? |
| 0:17.7 | And we ended up in these remote places trying to get enough Wi-Fi to watch it on an iPad |
| 0:24.1 | because we so loved it and one of the big parts of succession for me was Dame Harriet Walter. Now if you |
| 0:31.6 | counted up her minutes, they wouldn't be that many but that me, speaks more to the power of her performance, |
| 0:39.5 | that she can still have this great impression. |
| 0:41.7 | When on a pie chart, you'd have a lot of Kendall, a lot of Tom, a lot of Logan, a lot of Shiv, |
| 0:47.4 | and you wouldn't see so much of Caroline Collingwood. |
| 0:51.3 | If you haven't seen it and her in it, you must. That's just one thing to talk to |
| 0:58.0 | Dame Harriet Walter about, because she's had not just a fascinating career, but also a very |
| 1:03.8 | fascinating life. We talked about so many things. It was genuinely one of the most fascinating |
| 1:08.9 | conversations I've ever had. Star Wars came up. Ted Lassow came up. Anyway, it was genuinely one of the most fascinating conversations I've ever had. Star Wars came up. |
| 1:13.0 | Ted Lassau came up. Anyway, stop talking, Rob. Sit back, relax. It's Briden and Dame Harriet Walter. |
| 1:27.3 | I was so thrilled. We've met a few times, but I was so thrilled that you were doing this |
| 1:31.6 | and I'm going to have to try to not just talk about succession. |
| 1:36.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:36.4 | Because I'm a succession addict. |
| 1:39.1 | Yeah. And if people are listening to this in 50 years' time, they won't know what you're talking about. |
| 1:43.6 | Or, who knows |
| 1:45.2 | they might they might though the thing is though even now do you find that there's so much |
| 1:51.9 | television that you can be in something like succession that is applauded everywhere but it has its |
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