Interviews With "Poor Things" Stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Director Yorgos Lanthimos & Screenwriter Tony McNamara

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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"Poor Things" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received arguably the best reviews of the festival, winning the Golden Lion for Best Film in the process before screening at the Telluride and New York Film Festivals to equal raves and rapturous response from critics and audiences. The highly creative film is now playing in limited release from Searchlight Pictures, and we have a few interviews from the film we'd like to share with you. First up is my paired interview with the film's leading actress and co-producer, Academy Award-winner Emma Stone, and director and co-producer Academy Award-nominee Yorgos Lanthimos. After that, Ema Sasic speaks with the film's screenwriter, Academy Award-nominee Tony McNamara. And to end, I had a lovely chat with another of the film's stars, Academy Award-nominee Willem Dafoe. The film is up for your consideration in all eligible categories for this year's Academy Awards. Please be sure to check out the film before listening as SPOILERS are discussed. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast 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 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 first up, we have my interview with the star and producer for poor things, Academy Award winner Emma Stone, along with Academy Award nominated director, Jorgos Lampibos.
0:13.6	Followed by Emma Sassick's interview with Academy Award nominated screenwriter Tony McNamara, and concluding with my interview, with one of the
0:22.6	film's stars Academy Award nominee, Willem DeFoe.
0:25.6	I am Bella Baxter.
0:27.6	I'm a flawed experimenting person.
0:30.6	I seek outings and adventures.
0:33.6	Bella so much to discover.
0:36.6	You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. I am finding
0:41.8	being a life fascinating. Bella. Why I keep it in my mouth if it is revolting. Uh, your ghost,
0:49.3	Emma, first of all, what a pleasure. One of the best films of 2023 and your hot streak of working on
0:56.1	the favorite and now poor things is just continuing.
0:59.9	Raptuous applause from everyone, including myself, the Golden Lion Win at Venice.
1:04.7	How are you two feeling so far about the overall reception before its official theatrical release?
1:10.0	Right.
1:14.5	Okay. reception before its official theatrical release. Right. Can you tell me how your working relationship has evolved since first working together on
1:19.0	the favorite and into poor things?
1:21.9	Well, we met like almost two years before we made the favorite.
1:26.4	So we had sort of formed a friendship by the time
1:28.7	we worked on the favorite. And then we just had a great time working together. And he told me
1:33.7	about poor things kind of like right after we finished the favorite. And it was many years before
1:40.4	we actually made it. So how do you think our relationship has evolved?
1:46.6	It has become more trusting.
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