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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Interview With "First Cow" Star, Orion Lee

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

"First Cow" is currently nominated for three Film Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Supporting Male for breakout star, Orion Lee. Lee was kind enough to spend some time talking about his work on the film, what it was like working with writer/director Kelly Reichardt and his co-star John Magaro. Voting for the Independent Spirit awards has begun as of today and we ask that you consider Lee's work in the film. Take a listen down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview,

0:05.5

with the star of First Cow, Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Supporting Mail, Orion Lee.

0:12.2

What's your name?

0:13.4

King Lou.

0:14.7

You call me Cookie.

0:19.4

My mother died when I was born, and then my father died.

0:23.6

I never stopped moving.

0:25.6

It's the getting started, that's the puzzle.

0:29.6

No way for poor men to start.

0:32.6

You have a cow?

0:34.6

First cow in the territory.

0:36.6

It's a place for cows. It's ain't a place for cows.

0:38.3

It's no place for white men either.

0:40.3

I sent some opportunity here.

0:43.3

I taste london.

0:44.3

I taste london. Good Lord, give me another.

0:55.0

I'll give you six ingots for that last one.

0:57.0

I taste London in this game.

1:02.0

We have to take what we can when the taking is good.

1:04.0

It seems dangerous.

1:06.0

So is anything worth doing?

1:09.0

A royal cow.

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