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🗓️ 14 January 2024

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This week, host June Thomas talks to Jason Isaacs, an actor known for roles like Lucien Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series and Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin. In the interview, Jason discusses the extensive research that went into his portrayal of Cary Grant in the Britbox series Archie, including the work of capturing Grant’s accent, which changed over time. He also talks about his impressively long IMDB page and his life-changing experience working on the play Angels in America. After the interview, June and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about accent work and thorough research. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Jason talks more about Cary Grant’s career. Then June asks Jason if he ever borrows clothing and style choices from his characters. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The voice that people think they know from Carrie Grant, a lot of the time what they're thinking about is
0:13.8	Tony Curtis's parody in some like it hot so it's a massive exaggeration most
0:18.8	impressions do a huge exaggeration of some corner of a person's voice and it doesn't really tell you what
0:24.2	they like. It was clear that his accent changed film to film.
0:28.0	Welcome back to Working. I'm your host Ronald Young Jr.
0:33.5	and I'm your other host, June Thomas.
0:36.5	June Thomas, I am so happy to be here with you again and I'm excited for you to tell me
0:41.4	who was the voice we heard at the top of the episode.
0:44.0	That was actor Jason Isaacs.
0:47.4	And what made you want to talk to Jason Isaacs right now?
0:50.3	Well he's someone who I've enjoyed watching for decades. I was a big fan of his first show,
0:55.6	Capital City, which came out way back in 1989. He and I were both so very, very young back then.
1:01.6	And I guess now he's best known for playing
1:05.6	Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, but the occasion for this interview was
1:11.1	Archie, a four-part Britbox bio series about Archie Leach, a guy who was better
1:17.2	known by his stage name Carrie Grant. In that show, Isaacs plays Mature Carrie Grant, but he was also an executive producer and he was involved in the shaping of the show, so I was keen to learn more about his experiences.
1:32.0	Wow, that sounds like it's going to be a great conversation,
1:35.0	but I'm guessing you don't have all the fun right now.
1:38.0	Did you save some questions for our Slate Plus members?
1:40.0	And if so, what can they expect to hear?
1:42.0	You know I did Ronald. Our
1:43.4	slate plus members will hear Jason's thoughts on the different ways male
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