Sometimes when you read parts, you're reading it and you know that there's a lot of work to be done, to find it, and then there are others that just, from the first reading it, it fits.

And this part was one that just fit. You could almost see him in front of you and then all I had to do was step into it, to use a very pretentious.

Welcome back to working. I'm your host, Isaac Butler.

And I'm your other host, June Thomas.

June, so nice to hear your voice. Who is that other voice that we heard at the top of the show?

That was British actor Tom Myson.

Ah, yes, I remember him fondly as Ikabod Crane on Sleepy Hollow, but what are some other TV shows our listeners might know Myson from?

You're right. He was indeed Ikabod Crane, and he's currently on the Apple Plus show C.

But you may also know him from HBO's Watchmen, where he played Mr. Phillips, or to put it another way, the male servants of Jeremy Irons' character Adrian White.

And I believe our Slate Plus listeners get a little something extra this week?

They do. I asked Tom for his thoughts on the way that British actors all seem to get slotted into either posh parts or common parts, and how he finds himself in posh parts.

We also talked about the pluses and minuses of writers rooms.

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Alright, now let's take a listen to June's conversation with Tom Maison.

Who are you and what do you do?

The simple answer is I'm Tom Maison and I'm an actor.

Well, we might be calling you Lord Harlan if we are watching the Apple Plus Show C, which is my excuse for talking to you today, because you recently joined the cast of that show in its second season.

I'm really curious, is it tricky joining a show that's already in progress? I mean, a lot of the actors have worked together for however many months and they're kind of in their own rhythms maybe?

No, it was easy. I can imagine a world where it would be difficult with a different cast, but the cast are very welcoming and excited to see new people, and also in a show like this, when the world is already created, it's nice to just be able to dive into it.

There's none of that. Often with genre and you're creating a new universe, you find your feet for a little while, but they've found their feet and they're already running and I just slip in alongside them.

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