True Form with Paul Mescal & Honor Swinton Byrne

The A24 Podcast

A24

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Topics covered include: the thrill and terror of acting without a script, the meta nature of The Souvenir movies, Joanna Hogg as genius puppet master, the return of real film, Paul’s “chill and kind” rugby-playing brother, Irish gatekeeping, drama school memories, slowly developing a bad back, being patient with yourself, getting off social media, the courage to be disliked, and Tilda's fish pie.

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0:00.0	Hey and welcome back to the A24 podcast.
0:05.0	You might know actress Anna Swinton Burke from her incredible performance in Joama Hogs,
0:08.8	The Souvenir Parts 1 and 2.
0:11.0	For today's episode, Anna called in from the remote Scottish Highlands for a long
0:14.5	distance conversation with a fan who was very excited to meet her.
0:17.8	Paul Mascale also happens to be one of the most exciting young actors around, and he's
0:21.4	starting in her upcoming film, God's Creatures.
0:24.1	We hope you enjoy the episode, listen to the very end for a surprise guest appearance.
0:29.5	I know what a sentence we're shouting on the A24 podcast.
0:34.5	We've made it.
0:35.5	What did you ask?
0:36.5	Okay.
0:37.5	Will you allow me to geek out for a little second because I only found this out the other
0:41.4	day with the Souvenir that there was no, I'm sure this is not news to a lot of people,
0:46.7	but it was news to me in that you didn't work from a kind of traditional script.
0:51.3	And what that looked like because it both gives me kind of total fear and chills as a
0:56.8	concept because I'm scared of it, but also I think it's true form acting that I just
1:03.0	love you to talk a little bit about that and what that was like and where you scared
1:07.4	or was it, is it a form in which you really like to work?
1:11.3	Such a good question.
1:12.7	It was such a, it was very frightening and very freeing at the same time.
1:18.8	It was very kind of like, it was overwhelming, but also felt very natural.
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