Interview: Alex Edelman (Just For Us) and Anna Sawai (Shōgun, Monarch)
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week’s interview episode features two dynamic talents starting to introduce themselves to much larger (read: national TV) audiences. First, Alex Edelman speaks with Hillary Busis about winding down his lauded, years-long solo stage show Just For Us with a rousing HBO special. Then, David Canfield catches up with Shōgun’s breakout star Anna Sawai, as they take a deep dive on her searing performance as Lady Mariko—through to this week’s pivotal episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Vanity Fair. |
| 0:03.0 | Vanity Fair. Hello and |
| 0:12.8 | Welcome to Little Gold Men the award season podcast from Vanity Fair |
| 0:16.3 | I am delighted and proud to introduce him as Academy Award winner |
| 0:21.4 | And the Oscar goes to. |
| 0:24.0 | And the Oscar goes to the winner. |
| 0:27.6 | It's a tie. |
| 0:29.6 | And any little girl who's practicing their speech on the teller you never know |
| 0:35.9 | Ma I hit this world in Oscar I'm David Canfield and I'm here for today's interview episode with Hillary Buses. |
| 0:51.6 | Hi Hillary. |
| 0:52.6 | Hi David, thanks for having me. |
| 0:54.2 | We have two interviews this week with people who I would say |
| 0:58.7 | you may not know their names but you very much should. |
| 1:01.7 | A little later in the show I spoke with Anna Sey the breakout |
| 1:04.4 | star of Shogun but to start we're gonna feature your interview with Alex Edelman |
| 1:08.9 | who has his special just for us on HBO and Max. Now I was watching this the other night |
| 1:17.3 | alone and my husband was working in the other room and he heard me laughing hysterically and he was like what are you laughing at because I don't |
| 1:24.6 | laugh alone very much and it was at this show. So Hillary how did you find Alex? |
| 1:29.6 | What did you guys talk about? |
| 1:30.8 | Yeah, our our conversation was delightful. |
| 1:33.3 | I will say that it is probably going to be more fun to listen to it after you have seen the special |
| 1:38.9 | or if you, after you have seen the stage show, which the special is adapted from also called |
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