Nicholas Hoult Returns

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Nicholas Hoult (Superman, The Great, Nosferatu) is a Golden Globe-nominated actor. Nicholas joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how becoming a blonde for a role hasn’t changed his personality, how he inspired Dax’s body reckoning, and dramatically overreacting when he tore his ACL on the basketball court. Nicholas and Dax talk about not feeling good enough for motorcycles to be his identity, what roles people still approach him about on the street, and how coming on the pod really gives his self esteem a boost. Nicholas explains the personal information he learned playing JD Salinger, gleaning wisdom about the emotional art form of acting while working with Clint Eastwood, and putting judgement aside when portraying villainous characters like Lex Luthor in the new Superman.

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0:13.8	Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert.
0:16.0	It's an exciting week.
0:18.1	It's the beginning of Superman Wee.
0:20.4	This is so exciting. I love a week. I love when we do a theme.
0:23.2	Yes. Dada-da-da-da-da-da. And to kick that week off, we have a returning guest, someone I've pursued passionately for a friendship, as you'll learn, unrequainted. Still I'm in love with him.
0:38.0	That's how charming he is.
0:38.9	How could you not be?
0:40.0	What a smokeshell.
0:41.2	Nicholas Holt.
0:42.4	Nicholas Holt is a Golden Globe nominated actor.
0:45.4	The Great Warm Bodies about a boy, the order.
0:48.7	Now, Superman in theaters, July 11th.
0:52.7	I mean, go check it out.
0:54.7	Check it out.
0:55.8	Please enjoy Nicholas Holt.
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