Interview: Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King) and Billy Eichner (Bros)
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Two of the breakout hits from the Toronto International Film Festival are now ready to dominate theaters. First, Rebecca Ford talks to Thuso Mbedu about her incredibly challenging debut film role in The Woman King, and how Viola Davis led the cast with not just strength, but humor. Then David Canfield talks to Billy Eichner about the long journey to Bros, and why he's always been ready to be more than Billy on the Street.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:05.0 | It's such an honor to present this next award. |
| 0:08.0 | And here are the nominees. |
| 0:10.0 | The Oscar goes to. |
| 0:12.0 | And the Oscar goes to. |
| 0:14.0 | And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now. |
| 0:18.0 | You like me. |
| 0:20.0 | On the King of the World! |
| 0:22.0 | There's a mistake. |
| 0:23.0 | Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture. |
| 0:30.0 | I am Katie Rich and I'm here for this interview episode with both David Canfield. |
| 0:40.0 | Hi. |
| 0:41.0 | And Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello. |
| 0:43.0 | That is because you guys did the two interviews we have on this week's episode. |
| 0:47.0 | Both with stars of huge Toronto Film Festival highlights that lucky for us who weren't there |
| 0:52.0 | are opening now and we get to go see in theaters. |
| 0:55.0 | So first, Rebecca, we're going to hear your conversation with Tussle Embedou |
| 0:59.0 | who is the star of the Women King alongside Violet Davis, the star of a box office sensation |
| 1:05.0 | that's already out in theaters. |
| 1:07.0 | And people who saw her on the Underground Railroad, I think, have been watching her as a star |
| 1:10.0 | on the rise for a long time. |
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