Interview With "The Christophers" Stars Ian McKellen & Michaela Coel

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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"The Christophers" is a 2025 black comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Ed Solomon. It stars Sir Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel, Jessica Gunning, and James Corden. The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews from critics for Ed Solomon's screenplay and the performances of Sir Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, mostly in a chamber piece under the direction of Soderbergh. McKellen and Cole were kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from NEON. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.
0:04.0	Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy?
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0:38.7	Other door. You said this was a restoration job. It's a forgery, Joe. We know why you
0:46.8	hate him. Think of this as a way to get revenge. This isn't about the unfinished Christopher's,
0:53.8	is it? These don't even speak of them. Everybody knows what one original Julian Sclerc from that period is worth.
1:01.0	I lie to you are to speak of the once when you tell me they are no more. And then bring me the evidence.
1:08.0	It's not that I don't trust you, Laurie. Just as I don't trust you.
1:13.3	Have you ever been betrayed, Lori?
1:17.0	Lori.
1:21.3	I was hired by Barnaby and Sally to complete the unfinished Christophers.
1:32.2	And what makes you think that you could do it?
1:35.9	I guess that's where the art of it comes in.
1:39.6	Oh, poo.
1:43.9	The first Christopher series,
1:46.0	there's a delicacy
1:46.9	colors worn with each successive layer.
1:50.3	In the third and fourth,
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