Sept. 15, 2025

Downton Abbey Cast; Seann William Scott; Tim Blake Nelson & Lynley cast

Downton Abbey Cast; Seann William Scott; Tim Blake Nelson & Lynley cast
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The Cast of Downton Abbey, Seann William Scott, the cast of Lynley AND Tim Blake Nelson?? That's whose on this episode of Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. 

What happens when a classic detective story gets a modern twist? British actors Leo Suter and Sophia Barclay join me to uncover the magic behind their new crime drama, "Lynley". They share how their dynamic chemistry and a fresh blend of humor breathe new life into the beloved Inspector Lynley series, all while staying true to its storied history. We explore the challenging yet exciting task of reimagining such a cherished narrative for today’s audience.

Then discover the unexpected career shifts of Seann William Scott, the man forever etched in our minds as Stifler from American Pie but too much of a talent to be pigeonholed. Sean talks his new film Bad Man,  opens up about his dabbling in multiple genres and reflects on what it means to be a part of a cultural phenomenon. He shares his candid thoughts on returning to his iconic role and the evolving landscape of Hollywood comedies. Listen in as Seann recounts surreal moments from his early career and the lessons he's learned from meeting his idols.

Finally, we bid a heartfelt goodbye to an aristocratic saga that captured hearts worldwide. The cast of Downton Abbey - Joanne Froggatt, Alan Leech, Hugh Bonneville, and Kevin Doyle - reflect on the emotional journeys of their characters and the legacy of this beloved series. They share personal connections and humorous anecdotes that highlight the series' impact over the past 15 years. 

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In this episode of pop Culture Weekly, I talk with

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the cast of Downton Abbey, Sean William Scott, Tim Blake

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Nelson and the cast of Lindley. Let's go.

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Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from my

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Heart Radio your pop culture news, views, reviews and celebrity

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interviews on all the movies, TV, music and pop culture

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u CRABE Weekly. Here's Kyle McMahon.

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Nett no no, no net, Hello, and welcome to pop

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Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon. I of course am Kyle McMahon,

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and I thank you as always for joining me on

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pop Culture Weekly, the only show where you'll get hard

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hitting pop culture journalism mixed with my inability to not

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be able to shut up. Today this episode we have

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got a stacked lineup like legitimately British crime drama, indie films,

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a comedy legend in the final chapter of Downton Abbey.

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Basically the only thing missing is a Kardashian cameo and

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give it time, that'll happen too. All right, let's hit it.

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So first up Linley, the brand new British crime drama

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that's bringing Inspector Linley back to the screen. It's got murder,

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it's got intrigue, it's got brooding detectives who somehow managed

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to look like they're in a GQ photoshoot while chasing criminals.

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Leo Sutter, who you probably know from things like Vikings,

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Valhalla plays Linley, and Sophia Barclay, who's from Ted Lasso

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and a Book of Secrets, joins him as his sharp

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and brilliant partner, and together they're serving murder, mystery, and

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cheekbone sharp enough to cut glass. Here they are Leo

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Sutter and Sophia Barclay. How are you, guys. I'm very well.

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Thanks Kyle, Thank you for speaking with me. I really

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appreciate it. Oh, thank you for having us on of course.

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So tell me, first of all, congrats on the show

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it is. I love how it's kind of a mix

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of you know, it's got this crime drama element, but

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it's also got this you know them versus us sort

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of thing. You know that there haves and have not,

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and then you know, it's also kind of funny in

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many ways. Is that something that drew you guys to

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the series. Well, that's a good question.

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Yeah, I think one of the things that drew me

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was that this is a great it's a great tried

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and tested format, you know, a good crime detective show

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with a cool detective in a sports car, which is

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fairly simple and straightforward. But I think it's true that

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as a model of a TV show, what people are

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after a good stories that keep you engaged. And there's

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something about these characters and these mysteries that are really

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compelling when I've read the scripts for the first time,

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and was equally as good when we started performing them

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an Island.

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Yeah, I was going to agree with exactly what you said,

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but I also totally agree with you, Kyle about the

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humorous element. It's so so barely there and felt. But

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I think when you put two such different characters together,

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like Lilian have's immediately with Leo and I was such

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a joy to jump into that kind of huge opposing

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forces that they have to be together to work together.

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And even if it's not an out and out comedy show,

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there is a lot of humor in it.

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So yes, I would. I totally love that you picked

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up on that.

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Yeah, and as you said, it is subtle, but I'm

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very I think I have more of like a traditionally

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English sense of humor. You know, Yeah, I'm like dry

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and sarcastic. And when I was a kid, I used

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to watch reruns of Are You Being Served? Which, like what,

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you know, none of my friends were watching that, but

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like so I always just really enjoyed that type of humor,

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and so when I see it, no matter how subtle,

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I'm like, oh, you know what I mean, I like

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hone in on it because I feel like you don't

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really get that and a lot of American uh, you know,

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projects where it's where it's it's there, but it's not

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front and center, and it kind of brings just a

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little bit of levity to you know, some some grizzly things.

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I think you would be hard pressed to find any

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English person who doesn't have an element of self deprecation

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or if they're on a brand of humor. So I

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think the two things being very English. Like Leo said,

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it is such an English English like DNA show, having

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the element of humor there is so great did.

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You feel you know this this character, these some of

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these stories are revered and loved and there's a you know,

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there's a audience there that has followed these you know,

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followed them through time and through different formats. Was there

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any pressure there as you're, you know, doing a new

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take on it, Did you feel any of that or

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are you able to be like, this is our interpretation

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and this is how we're going to do it, and

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this is it.

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I would say this probably is a combination of both.

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And I think you have to be very respectful and

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grateful to Elizabeth George for writing these stories in the

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first place, and then the previous iteration of Lindley twenty

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years ago, and so we're definitely that they passed us

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on the baton and we're very lucky to be able

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to be running the next bit in the relay. But

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I think to your point, I was able to slightly

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sort of divorce myself from all that history because the

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social world into which Lindley now lands our in our

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series twenty first century Britain looks very different. So the

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cut the cloth from which Natt Parkers Lindley was cut

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is a very different one to that which my Lily

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was cut by to extend that metaphor, so yeah, I

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do think there's interesting differences, and I also think that

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really validates rebooting it and putting these two really compelling

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characters in a present day British environment.

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I could I agree.

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I'm sorry, Sophia, no, no, I thought I couldn't agree

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with him more. I think that was exactly it.

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And I think it's also a testament to the characters,

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to the power of that storytelling, that it can be

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told in a different way twenty years later, you know,

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and still be event and feel fresh and important, you know.

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set in has changed massively, and you see that in

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our episodes. I mean, Sophia, you've got bits and I

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think it's episode three talking about this overcrowding in prisons

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and the you know, the police forces is creaking at

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the scenes. And these are like very present topical issues

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in the UK at the moment and are very different

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to the kind of bucolic, constable country scenery that we

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do also have, but it's it's more complex. This modern

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East Anglia has gone drug gangs landing on beaches, grizzly

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crimes in alleyways, as well as beautiful fields and pastures, right.

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Do you you know? I kind of feel like in

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many ways we're in kind of crime, not a crime renaissance,

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a crime drama renaissance. And you know, for me literally

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stands out. Why do you feel it stands out? It's

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fire out a loaded question at all?

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Right, No, I think that's I'm reflecting upon what you

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said about us being in a crime renaissance. I had

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never had that, and I still thinking that's really cool

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and in a way, it's so cool to be a

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part of that, Like, oh, wow, we're part of a

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crime renaissance.

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I was really just taking that in.

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We're in the renaiss.

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Yeah, how does it feel to be part of that? Well,

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first off the bat, my reaction would be super honored

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and excited.

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And I'm a big crime fan.

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I'm a huge Sherlock Watson head, and you know, obviously

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getting these through and seeing that Stephen was a writer

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on Sharlock and wrote these as well, it's such an

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like the fact that I even get to be a

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part of the thread of what you're calling the greater

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crime renaissance and the fact that I'm more part of

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that is just so cool to the inner geek in me.

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I'm like, oh my god, that's so cool. So that's

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why I feel we're very honored about that.

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And then in terms of why Lilly and why Linear.

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Haves, I think it is because you know, like you said,

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there's I guess all these different crime shows have a

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different angle or a different in and the texture of

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Linear and Haves is a very specific in. Like it's

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quite I don't think you see that mix that British

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oil and water in this way.

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And I think specifically British as well. Help book of class,

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the working class, the aristocracy, I'll do them.

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Yeah, yeah, like the British class system or something that's

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I mean, it's sort of strange and maybe outdated, but

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it still lives in different ways. It's different from the

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books and it is still existent now and I think

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we've tried to expre own version of that. But that

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in itself is such a unique thing in the world

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that that's a cool thing to to access the crime

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one through.

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I think, Kyle, I would actually challenge you. I'm not

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sure it's a renaissance. I think we've always loved crime.

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It's always kind of you know, it's a tried and tested,

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timeless format that choice been compelling and always will be.

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People allow the mystery and that pleasure you get of

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figuring it out as the show runs, or the novel

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or the play what have you.

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So yeah, I think people have always loved crime traumas.

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And you know, my mom is.

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The biggest crime as well. Like my mom loves My

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mother knows every single murder she wrote. You could ask

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her about every crime and everything. She's like the biggest

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crime fans. Well, so yeah, she would agree with you.

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Well, and now both of you are a part of

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that legacy. So I love that. Thank you, Leo, Thank

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you Sophia. I really appreciate it. I can't wait for

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everybody to watch Lindley so I can freaking talk about it,

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you know what I mean. Thank you Leo Setter and

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Sophia Barclay. Let me tell you there's charming offscreen as

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they are on screen, which is great because otherwise I'd

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have to pretend like I didn't love the series, and

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I do so spoiler alert all right, Next up, Tim

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Blake Nelson. If Hollywood had a mount Rushmore for character actors,

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Tim Blake Nelson will be carved right into it. Probably twice.

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You've seen him in A Brother, Where Art Thou? Watchmen,

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The Ballad of Buster, scrugs. Basically, if you've ever watched

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a movie, Tim Blake Nelson has been in it, and

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his new project is Bang Bang, a gritty indie film

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about family, morality, boxing, and redemption, which coincidentally are the

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same themes I wrestle with every time I eat Taco

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bell after midnight. Here he is Tim Blake Nelson, Tim

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Blake Nelson. Seriously, I could listen to that man talk

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about paint drying and I'd still be glued to my seat,

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which is saying something because normally I am glued to

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my seat for other reasons. All Right, We're going to

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take a quick break to pay the bills and I'll

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see you back here in sixty all right, we're back,

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and now Stiffler himself, Seawan William Scott has been making

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us laugh for decades literally, from American Pie to role models,

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to Goon to the Righteous Gemstones, and now he's flipping

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the script in his new psychological thriller Bad Man. It's dark,

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it's intense, it's funny, and no, there are no baked

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goods involved. I checked. Here he is Sean William Scott.

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All Right, Sean, welcome, Thank you so much for speaking

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with me. I really appreciate it. Yeah, thank you man,

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of course. So I want to talk about your new film,

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bad Man, but I want to go back for a moment,

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if you will, uh and talk to you about your career.

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You know, you have played some of the most iconic

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characters in the last twenty five years. Do people do

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especially with Stiffler, Do people still call you that? Do

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you still get lines thrown at you? Not as much,

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but sometimes, like you know, what's interesting is that I do.

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I mean, yeah, of course that's the character that you

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know that or the character from Goon. If I love

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it's funny, Yeah, me too. I really love it, and

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I also love Stiffler's. But I think, you know, if

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they're if I'm out, like I probably get more people

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now come up to me for the Doug for Doug Lotte.

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Right.

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It's interesting.

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There's like a whole new like young generation now I

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don't know what age, but I feel like I want

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to say, like eighteen nineteen years old. And then I

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think have just discovered American pie because it was funny,

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I'd go I would be out for you know. I

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think it was at a gym like like five years ago,

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and there was like some nineteen twenty twenty one year

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olds like didn't know me at all, And I'm like,

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this is the wild because that character really represented that

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age group at least for a period of time. Yeah,

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although it's funny, I think that the eighteen nineteen year

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old like kids for some reason the like caught onto this,

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probably for them like super old movie and you know,

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and now they.

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Come up to me like are you still sir? I'm like, yes,

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I am. Do you if American Pie you know, was

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made today, where do you think Stiffler would be doing

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the same thing? I think it's Yeah, I just can't

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imagine that guy changing at all.

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I think he's Yeah, I've said it a few times,

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but I think I think he's that guy.

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And there's plenty of them out there that are like

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really struggling with like it just think to the world today.

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Yeah, like just like doesn't know what to say, what

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not to say, like like you know, I think it'd

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be very funny to watch him like online dating and

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just fuck everything up not knowing just you know, that

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guy that means so well actually just like deep down

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wants to be loved, but just always getting it wrong.

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I love that if they ever did, which I would

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love to say now that we're talking about it, if

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they ever did an American Pie, because I feel like,

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you know, it went through a lot of life stages.

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Would you be on board for one that's like kind

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of like, you know, they have kids and you know,

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the kind of next chapter in life. You know, what,

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if the script was awesome, for sure, that character.

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I don't think there's a more fun character to play

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in comedies, at least for me. Yes, well, yeah, if

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it made sense, and you know, if it was awesome,

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I don't think it'll ever happen, but you know, hypothetical

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fun stuff like yeah, be back with everybody again, And

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if the script was incredible and there was a chance

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to do something special, for sure.

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I love that.

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Ego's not so like bigger. I'm like, you know, I've

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already done that. I'm like, oh, yeah, I did four.

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I did four American Pie movies. A woman, I can

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do a fifth one, right.

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I love that. Uh, You've played so many awesome characters,

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you know. I love doing mister Woodcock. You're now on

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Shifting Gears. Uh, dude, where's my car? I mean, there's

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been so many cool characters, and it's spanned you know,

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the Ice age films, You've spanned a wide variety of

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different you know, genres and subgenres. Has that been and

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even bad Man for me, I believe, is you know,

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more darker. It's still action, I mean, still comedy and action,

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but it's a little I feel darker than some of

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the work you've done before. Has that all been intentional

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or has it kind of just come organically? I think,

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you know, for the majority of my career, things that

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I've done are.

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Like I've never and there been at a place in

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my career where I'm like, let me just go through

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these five offers like Gues's never happened, man, you know.

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I'm always like, usually the things that I've done.

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Or it was like the offer that i got around

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that time that was like the best scenario, and a

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lot of.

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Them were really great opportunities.

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But I've never been, you know, in a position where

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I'm like, let me see, do I want to do

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this serious drama or should I do this variation of

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the same character that I've done ten times where if

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you know, it's usually the things that were coming my

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way were variations of stiffler and so I thought, Okay,

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you can either like not work and just wait for

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a great drama or just go and just try to

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make people laugh. So that that was for the majority

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of my career. Now they're not making comedies really that much,

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especially like, you know, bigger studio ones, So it's been

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kind of like recently it's been there's been movies like

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Wrap of Becky and bad Man, a movie called Bloodline,

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where you know, I think your filmmakers that I kind

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of grew up watching me do some stupid shit, but

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they were fans. They're like, hey, I want to see

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this guy do something different than what we're used to,

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and so I had this kind of nice opportunity to

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do some different stuff. So kind of a mix of

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being intentional but also just making the best of the

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best situation.

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A Yeah, that's really awesome, and you know you've what

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is one? Is there anything that a fan would be

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surprised that you had turned down for one race or another?

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No.

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I was like, like, I've always I've had pretty good instincts,

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So there's I would never turned down anything that was great.

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No.

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No, It's so funny because that's funny because I remember

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thinking like usually you could ask an actor that right,

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and then they'll surprise you.

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I think like David Tokom, he once told me I

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could be wrong, but I thought he said that he

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had been offered the Keanu's character in The Matrix.

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That's and I think he was like, dang, it's like

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I'm not sure, but no, I haven't been offered something

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awesome and been like wish I had made a different

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decision on that one. Hey, I mean for me, you know,

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as a fan of your work, I think your career

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thus far has been awesome and wide ranging and uh

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and I've I've loved the ride, you know, so so

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obviously you've done something right, you know what I mean,

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done a lot right? I really great.

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I love what I've had a chance to do. Some

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of it's been you know, not stuff we'll talk about.

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He was hoping for a better.

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Outcome, but like, yeah, gosh, I feel like it won

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a lotter even with just American Pie.

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If it had been just that movie, dude, that would

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have felt like the luckiest kids. So yeah, so for you,

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if you could give you know, young Sean advice when

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he was just starting out with American Pie as an actor,

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what would you say to him today? That's such a

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great question. That's a deep, deep shit man.

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Sorry, no, no, no, gosh, you know what I've I said

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to him. Well, there was other things maybe non career,

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uh you know, related that I'd be like, don't do that,

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don't do this.

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You know, lack more life stuff. You couldn be like.

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We all have those, and we could all we we

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could all go back to our younger selves and.

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Just say we can make some be a little bit

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more strategic about the decisions we're making. Yeah, No, I

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don't know, you know what, that's a it's a fun thing.

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If I was able to go back, I think, you

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know what, I'll tell you one good thing.

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You know.

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I feel like I've always had perspective. I've always known

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how lucky I've been, you know, and always had tons

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of gratitude. There were some moments early on that like

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I feel like I could have done things differently where

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I was. It wasn't that I was, you know, like

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as for example, I maybe would improvise some some stuff

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in a movie and then you know, I'd watch the

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movie and it wouldn't make it in there, and I

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would be a little bit frustrated and communicate that, and

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I wish that I hadn't I understand, like like go

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back and say shut your mouth or know what you're doing, Like, yeah,

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it's better just stay quiet.

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You know, it's not your movie, you know.

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So there's a couple of those moments that I'm like,

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I wish I could have punch myself in the face.

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I think we all have them. What when was the

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moment as an actor that you realize like, shit, I

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made it, you know, I tell you right.

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Now, Like I was just talking about this too. So

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like a year and a half before American.

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Pie, let me see, wasn't a year and a half?

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About here?

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About a year and a half, I was working at

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Universal City Walk ins and it's, uh, there's a story

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called Scientific Revolution selling Glow in the Dark stars and

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I was wearing at like a fucking lab coat and

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like it's just like telling people to you know, purchase

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Bill Nye the science guy puzzles.

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Uh.

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And then a year and a half later, I'm at

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Universal City Walk for the American Pie premiere.

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Wow.

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We were getting out of a car and these kids

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were coming up to me that they had seen an

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earlier screen of the movie and asking for my uh

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my signature, and it's like and then we're walking to

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the movie and I think like three different screenings at

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the same time, and then it just obviously I remember

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sitting in the theater being like, well no. On the

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way to the theater, I walked by this store that

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I was working at, and I think that was the

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moment I was like, this is a dream.

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You know. I don't know.

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At point, it was like I don't know how you

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could not feel at that moment that you know, yeah,

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I don't even just made it. It was just like,

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you know, dream them true.

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Yeah, And I had to be surreal. I know for me,

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I you know, I've grown up probably much like you.

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Movies have always been a shelter for me, you know,

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and and TV and music and all. And now, you know,

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I was thinking about this the other day. Now I'm

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interviewing people that i've love, you know, I love or

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have grown up watching or some combination, and I get

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paid for it. Somehow. It's like surreal to think about

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that this is what I dreamed of as a kid,

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and now I'm doing, you know, And it's got to

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be the same for you. Like when you're walking by

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that store that you were just working in a year before,

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and now you're on multiple movie screens at the you know,

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the movie theater right there. Like you you had to

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be like, what this is weird? This is like crazy? No,

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it was. I was the whole thing.

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I remember it so well, and also because I was

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able to improvise so much in the movie and as

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the other actors did too.

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But to sit in the theater and hear.

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People go insane over something that you just came up with,

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and I had no real acting training, And it was

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only like a little over three years earlier before or

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maybe at that point that I was in Minnesota with

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my high school buddies, you know, playing baseball and football,

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and not.

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For a second I worked at a movie theater, right.

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You know.

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If there's ever a story that's like anything's possible, it's

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this one.

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You know.

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Like, by the way, I was gonna ask you when

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you interview I was thinking the bummer part of maybe

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your experiences if you if you're interviewing.

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Somebody that you liked and you're like, God, what an asshole?

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Yeah, Like that must be such a that it must

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be so disappointing if you're like, I'm so excited about

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this and you come away from me, you're like, I

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think my heart just broke.

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Yeah. Yeah, I've got to say everybody, genuinely, there was

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one person who was, uh pop diva slash actor sometimes

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that that was. She was very nice, but it was

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interesting and lots of demands and that sort of thing,

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which is cool, like I'm all I want to make

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you comfortable and everything, but the reality ended up she

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ended up being like forty five minutes late, and then

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came her publicist came and was like, yeah, we only

461
00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:48.440
have time for one question, and I'm like, okay, what

462
00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:52.079
the whole thing was one question which wasn't supposed to

463
00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:54.240
be It was supposed to be like twelve minutes or whatever.

464
00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:56.920
And I'm like, but she was like so late that

465
00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:01.680
then they were and I'm like, what that's really like,

466
00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:06.000
It's exactly it's pointless at this point, you know. And

467
00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:11.319
and that was very frustrating and kind of disappointing with

468
00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:14.519
the whole thing. But in general, everybody has been awesome.

469
00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:18.000
I have not like there's nobody that I've met or

470
00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:20.680
you know, interviewed or whatever that I've been like, damn.

471
00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:23.079
I wish I didn't interview them. So I've been lucky

472
00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:25.200
so so far. You know, I've been doing it for

473
00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:29.400
I guess five years now, and and so I yes,

474
00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:32.759
I will say I've been very lucky. But but that

475
00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:36.079
would break my heart if it happens, you know, would

476
00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:38.680
really break my heart. Yeah, I've never had that.

477
00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.559
I mean, yeah, I'm trying to think if like I've

478
00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:44.319
ever met maybe one time I worked with somebody or

479
00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:46.759
then later I saw them and then like had kind

480
00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:49.319
of a disappointing experience I walked away.

481
00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:51.039
It's like think I'm like cry.

482
00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:57.160
Yeah, yeah, but yeah, that's kind of it for bad Man.

483
00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:59.599
You know, it's I love that it's this mix of

484
00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:06.319
action and and comedy. What drew you to this role?

485
00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.480
It's this script.

486
00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:13.039
I mean it really It's funny because I just this

487
00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.599
is a while ago. So I've been attached to this

488
00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:19.839
movie for a while, I think since like like maybe

489
00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:22.599
three years ago. Oh wow, it was just I just

490
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:28.440
finished the second season of this single camera show called

491
00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:33.079
Welcome to Flatch, you know, comedy, and they also to

492
00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.319
get this script him on a plane, and I read,

493
00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.400
I'm like, holy.

494
00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.880
Shit, this script is awesome.

495
00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:43.200
The character is like amazing, and like I said, like

496
00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:47.200
I'm reading things in there and thinking that like, oh,

497
00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:50.359
you know, of course as an actor, I'm like, wow,

498
00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.799
there's a lot in here that I haven't had a

499
00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:54.960
chance to do, and you know what a great showcase

500
00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.640
kind of role.

501
00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:57.359
But also the whole script.

502
00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:59.599
Was fun and so yeah, it was the entire thing.

503
00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:03.319
I mean really was just the script and the character

504
00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:06.119
and the story and you know, all of it. And

505
00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.559
then when I got a chance to meet Mike, you know,

506
00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:10.720
I was like, oh, this guy's really exciting.

507
00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:14.440
He's so smart, and yeah, so this is the whole thing. Really,

508
00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.759
I love it. It's such a great watch and I

509
00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:19.279
can't wait for everybody to watch it. Thank you Sean

510
00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:21.880
for speaking with me. I really appreciate it. Yeah, same here.

511
00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:25.559
Appreciate it and you too, and please come back on

512
00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:29.359
for your next project. Well, you know what, we'll set

513
00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:33.599
something up for the Timilon Show. I'll reach out to

514
00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:39.920
my guys. Awesome. Cool. Thanks Sean soon, dude, it's all right, Seawan.

515
00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:44.559
William Scott bad Man is out right now. Make sure

516
00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:47.079
you check it out. It is really great. And Sean,

517
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.839
I promise next time I won't continuously talk to you

518
00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:55.000
about Stiffler and American pie. Probably no promises.

519
00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:05.759
All right, my fellow lords and ladies, grab your tea,

520
00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:10.880
grab your scones, and grab your tissues, because Downton Abbey

521
00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:14.759
is back one last time for the grand finale.

522
00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:18.720
That was like a weird accent that like combined multiple

523
00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.839
accents at different point in the sentence, So we'll ignore that.

524
00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:25.599
But anyway, it's time for the show that gave us

525
00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:31.319
over a decade of aristocratic drama and Maggie Smith delivering

526
00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:35.720
savage one liners, and now it is taking its final bow.

527
00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.559
So first up, I sat down with Joanne Fraggett, who's

528
00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:43.440
played Anna Bates since day one, and Alan Leach, our

529
00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:49.000
beloved Branson who went from chauffeur to Crawley insider. Honestly,

530
00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:51.920
the man had the best career upgrade since Megan Markle.

531
00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.240
Here they are Joanne Fraggett and Alan Leach.

532
00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:02.759
How you guys doing, Thank you, I'm doing well, Thank you.

533
00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:06.839
Congratulations on the film. How are you guys feeling now

534
00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:11.279
at this point, this is the grand finale, It's hitten.

535
00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.480
Home, you know, this is the end.

536
00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.400
We're coming to the end of the press tour now

537
00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:16.920
and we always said even when we finished filming, you know,

538
00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:21.240
just trying to delay the onslaught of heavy sobbing and

539
00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:23.359
emotion that we've said, oh i'll see on the press tour.

540
00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:26.119
Of course this isn't goodbye, And now it is, you know,

541
00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:29.400
and I don't think I'm certainly not emotionally prepared for it.

542
00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.920
No, it's actually hitting me a bit today. I mean

543
00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:34.480
when I first saw the when I first saw the film,

544
00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:37.440
I you know, I sobbed. I sobbed at the end.

545
00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:41.200
I didn't expect to be that emotional, but it was

546
00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:45.200
such a beautiful ending, and it's sort of happy tears

547
00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.640
of such a love letter actually to the last fifteen

548
00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:53.200
years and to the fans. But today it does feel

549
00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:57.000
like this is our last actual junket, and yesterday was

550
00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:01.759
our last red carpet, our last premiere, and so it's

551
00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:04.200
starting to sink in and it's going to I think

552
00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:06.279
the very last thing in a couple of days after that,

553
00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.359
when I get home is going to be like, oh wow,

554
00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:10.319
it's really it's really over.

555
00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:13.839
It's like a very public breakup after a senior relationship.

556
00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.680
Yeah yeah, but a.

557
00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.720
Very nice breaker.

558
00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:20.759
Oh no, Yeah, we'll definitely stay in touch and I

559
00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.000
will go parent with you.

560
00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.880
I'll co parent you.

561
00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:25.880
Bonneville, So absolutely, absolutely.

562
00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:30.200
So Anna and Tom. They both started out, you know,

563
00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:36.200
kind of as outsiders in their own way, one downstairs

564
00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:39.680
and one you know, brought in by marriage. How do

565
00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:43.480
you feel that their journey is from the beginning until

566
00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:47.839
the grand finale, do you feel that they've come full circle?

567
00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.880
Yes?

568
00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.319
I do, I really do.

569
00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.799
I know.

570
00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:57.880
It started out as a single young woman in service,

571
00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:01.319
and she was quite quickly promoted to ladies maid, and

572
00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:04.440
then she fell in love, and a myriad of things

573
00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:08.640
happened in between, and now she and mister Bates are

574
00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:11.759
sort of all grown up and have their family, and

575
00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:13.920
she's pregnant with their second child, and it really is,

576
00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:16.160
you know, sort of full circle moment. And I was

577
00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:19.559
also I was pregnant during filming, which is why Anna

578
00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:24.240
is pregnant. So it was a wonderful way to finish

579
00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:26.759
Anna's story sort of personally and professionally.

580
00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.400
I love that. How about for you, Alan.

581
00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:32.400
I would describe it a bit not right full circle,

582
00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.759
but a circle drawn by my three year old daughter.

583
00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:38.400
So it's not quite perfect. It definitely takes some diversions,

584
00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:40.759
but it does get there in the end. And I

585
00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:43.279
kind of feel that about Tom. He's been on such

586
00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:47.119
an incredible journey, and I do feel that what Julian's

587
00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:49.759
done in this is bringing him back and put a

588
00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:53.319
lovely full stop on his story, and he's certainly finally

589
00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:55.799
found his place, which is lovely.

590
00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.440
I love that love. I love it for both of you.

591
00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:02.880
So you know, people are going to be really happy

592
00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:05.440
with this. You have to be careful. I feel like,

593
00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:08.279
you know, for fifteen years with such like kind of

594
00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:11.000
you know, people feel so passionate about it, and I

595
00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:14.839
think that this does it perfectly. So congratulations to both

596
00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.000
of you.

597
00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.799
Thank you very much, Thank you so much.

598
00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:22.960
Thank you every great day. Joanne Fraggett and Ellen Lee.

599
00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:28.799
And of course you can't close out Downton without Lord

600
00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:32.839
Grantham himself, so I chat with Hugh Bonaville, who's been

601
00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:36.039
the rock of this series as Robert Crowley, and Kevin

602
00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:39.839
Doyle who plays the very loyal Molesley. These guys have

603
00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:42.799
been a part of the Downton DNA since day one,

604
00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:46.359
so I had to close out our Downton Abbey the

605
00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:50.240
grand finale segment with them. Here they are Hugh Bonaville,

606
00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:56.000
and Kevin Doyle. Thank you both for joining me. I

607
00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.759
really appreciate it. You're welcome.

608
00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.920
Nice to see you.

609
00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:01.839
Nice to see you. So, first of all, congratulations on

610
00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:06.279
the film and the series. Your characters couldn't do it

611
00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:11.000
be more different. Yet they've each given us some poignant

612
00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:16.400
and hilarious moments you know throughout. How does the grand

613
00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.800
finale kind of honor those contrasts?

614
00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:23.559
Well, I think we all have our moment in the sun,

615
00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:27.280
so to speak. Junior Fellows has done a masterful job

616
00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:31.000
of bringing beloved characters to a point at which the

617
00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:34.679
audience is ready but not ready to say goodbye, or rather,

618
00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:36.400
we are going to say goodbye whether they like it

619
00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:40.280
or not. But there are moments, as with all the

620
00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:44.440
episodes and films, I think one of the great allmarks

621
00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:47.400
of the show is it can go from broad slapstick

622
00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:50.159
comedy in one moment to sort of pin drop emotion

623
00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:54.599
in the next. And this iteration is very true. There's

624
00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:57.639
some glorious comedic stuff that I think we both enjoyed playing,

625
00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:03.800
but shot through with with with a sense of looking

626
00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:06.320
back on the past, as as the baton has passed

627
00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.440
on to the next generation.

628
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.760
Mm hmm.

629
00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:12.440
How about for you, Kevin, Well, it's it's been a

630
00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:16.679
gift and it's uh, yeah, it's it's been lovely and

631
00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:23.000
uh and I've loved that that mixture of of comedy

632
00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:28.800
and uh and and drama, and Julian has has has

633
00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:33.119
been able to do that astonishingly for fifteen years. So

634
00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:36.079
it's been it's been lovely to have gone on that

635
00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:38.880
journey with all of these wonderful actors.

636
00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:43.679
Did you you know, Hugh Robert has always kind of

637
00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:48.800
been the anchor for for the family and and Kevin

638
00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:53.719
mostly has been one of the shows, really kind of underdogs.

639
00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:59.000
Did you both feel that your character's got a fitting ending?

640
00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:01.440
For you know, having played them for so long.

641
00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:06.960
I certainly felt that Robert's ending was appropriate. It's a

642
00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:10.920
strange concept to be born, to know from birth that

643
00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:13.840
your destiny is to do one job, and that is

644
00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:18.400
to conserve the furniture and the estate to the best

645
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:21.119
of your ability for the next generation. And then to

646
00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:24.800
have to come to terms with handing that on, perhaps

647
00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.920
even before one's time, is a big step. And I

648
00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:32.239
enjoyed very much the way that Julian Fellows wrote the tussle,

649
00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:37.599
the internal tussle, and the outbursts of inexplicable outbursts of

650
00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:40.400
perhaps anger and frustration, which you begin to understand quite

651
00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:42.920
quickly really to do with having to come to terms

652
00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:46.519
with moving on. So it felt a very well drawn

653
00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:49.400
end of an era for a character like Robert.

654
00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.000
Yeah.

655
00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:52.760
And as for Molesley, I think he deserved a happy

656
00:36:52.880 --> 00:37:00.599
ending and he gets one. He's had a lot to

657
00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:03.679
to go through in his life and it's been ups

658
00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:06.480
and downs, and as I say, I think he deserved

659
00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:11.039
a suitably good ending with the love of a good

660
00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.719
woman as well.

661
00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.639
I love that. Thank you both so much. Congratulations and

662
00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:19.800
all the success, and I know that the Grand Finale

663
00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:23.119
will be just as successful. Thank you both, Thank you too,

664
00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:27.480
all the best, have a great day. Du Bona Villa

665
00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:31.920
and Kevin Doyle. I still can't believe they let me

666
00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:35.519
into Downton without making me wash dishes, although you know,

667
00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:37.880
with my drag record, I would have broken the good

668
00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:42.079
china in about four seconds. Downton Abbey. The Grand Finale

669
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:44.880
is out right now, so bring tissues, lots of them,

670
00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:47.320
or at least don't make the mistake I did and

671
00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:51.679
watch it without tissues, because there's nothing like ugly crying

672
00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:55.280
in a theater while all your neighbors pretend not to notice.

673
00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:58.280
All right, that's a wrap for this episode of Pop

674
00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:02.360
Culture Weekly, Huge Thing thanks to Leo Sutter, Sophia Barclay,

675
00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:06.320
Tim Blake Nelson, Shawn William Scott, Joe Aanne Fraggett, Alan Leech,

676
00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:10.719
Hugh Bonaville, and Kevin Doyle. Basically every cool person alive

677
00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:14.039
came on this show, and you came too, So thank you.

678
00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:17.840
I appreciate you. Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review,

679
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and tell your friends that pop Culture Weekly is where

680
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all the cool kids are at Until next time. I'm

681
00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:28.199
Kyle McMahon, and yes, maybe I did actually shed a

682
00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:32.840
tear over Downton, but in a very dignified British way.

683
00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:36.480
All Right, see you next week. I love you, We.

684
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Thank you for listening to pop Culture Weekly. Here all

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Downton Downtony, the place where we're upstairs. Downstairs. You could

687
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be your servant, you could be rich. It doesn't matter,

688
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because everyone's abide