Interview With "The Monkey" Actor Theo James

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

"The Monkey" is the latest horror offering from acclaimed director Osgood Perkins ("Longlegs"). Based on the 1980 short story by Stephen King, the film stars Theo James as twin brothers whose lives are turned upside down by a cursed toy monkey that causes random, horrific deaths. The film has garnered positive reviews for its mixture of gnarly horror and absurd black comedy. Actor Theo James was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work on 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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0:14.9	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast,
0:18.4	and this is Dan Bear's interview with the star of the film The Monkey,
0:23.1	Dio James.
0:24.1	For the longest time, there was nothing.
0:29.6	But then it appeared.
0:34.6	A beast, not from this earth. it appeared.
0:40.5	A beast, not from this earth.
0:44.2	Smiting the ones who deserved it.
0:47.2	The ones who didn't.
0:54.0	And everyone in between. Whoever controls it controls life and death.
1:00.0	And those deaths are really fucked up.
1:06.0	Holy shit.
1:08.0	Everybody dies.
1:10.0	And that's life?
1:13.6	It's a goddamn mess in there.
1:16.6	Have you been up there?
1:17.6	That's like that restaurant.
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