Jason Isaacs, Jason Segel, and Halina Reijn on The Treat

The Treatment

KCRW

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Treatment, Elvis speaks with actor Jason Isaacs about his starring role in the much discussed season 3 of the HBO series The White Lotus. Then, Emmy-nominated actor Jason Segel stops by to talk about the latest season of the Apple TV+ comedy Shrinking. And on The Treat, Babygirl writer-director Halina Reijn shares the inspiration behind that film’s story.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:12.7	It's the Treatment, which you can also hear at KCRW.com.
0:17.3	My guest has been a wizard. He's actually been a mob boss in Rhode Island.
0:22.6	But I think of Jason Isaacs as an actor, I think, is really interesting playing Mary Man.
0:28.6	I mean, one of my favorite things he's ever done is the series Awake, the part of it, which is one of the greatest performances I've ever seen on television.
0:35.5	I mean, that's very nice for you to say.
0:36.8	It's not that I don't love a bit of praise.
0:38.5	I'm happy to listen to it for half an hour, but the truth is, it was a brilliant script.
0:41.9	And all actors ever want is a secret.
0:43.8	And when you have a big secret, you've got a better part.
0:45.9	When you have nothing but secrets, you've got the cream of the crop.
0:49.1	By the way, the secret keeper we're talking to is Jason Isaacs. His newest film is a war of words.
0:56.6	It's words of war.
0:57.4	Words of war for gimmick.
0:58.2	But either way, you can watch it backwards.
0:59.3	No, I'll do that next time.
1:00.6	It's also another piece where you play a married man.
1:03.7	And this relationship is really interesting.
1:06.7	Because I think when you play these guys,
1:08.4	I even think of you as Archie,
1:10.5	there's a side of these guys that comes through.
1:12.3	They're trying to be the best husband they can be.
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