Regé-Jean Page

James Acaster· Host0:00

I'm on tour. I'm on tour until August, and there are still tickets available at jamesacaster.com. I'm looking at you Glasgow, Belfast. Oh, there was somewhere else. Just please go on the website and buy tickets, please. Jamesacaster.com.

Ed Gamble· Host0:16

[upbeat music] Welcome to the Off Menu podcast, taking the alphabetti spaghetti of conversation, pouring it into the pan of podcasting, heating it up with the flame of friendship, ladling that alphabetti spaghetti onto the plate, and it spells one thing, O-F-F-M-E-N-U, the Off Menu podcast.

James Acaster· Host0:48

[laughs] That, that, that went from just being the shittest one you've done to the best one you've ever done.

Ed Gamble· Host0:54

Thank you very much. I knew what point I was hitting at the end.

James Acaster· Host0:56

That is Ed Gamble. My name is James Acaster. Together we own a dream restaurant, and every single week we invite in a guest and ask them their favorite ever starter, main course, dessert, side dish, and drink, not in that order. And this week our guest is Regé-Jean Page.

Ed Gamble· Host1:08

Regé-Jean Page. A wonderful actor, James. I first became aware of Regé-Jean Page in Bridgerton, of course- Yes ... where, where a lot of the world became aware of him for the first time, I believe.

James Acaster· Host1:17

Yeah, I, I remember seeing him in The Gray Man.

Ed Gamble· Host1:19

Okay.

James Acaster· Host1:19

That was the first time I saw him.

Ed Gamble· Host1:21

Yeah?

James Acaster· Host1:21

Uh, yeah.

Ed Gamble· Host1:22

Was that post-Bridgerton, though?

James Acaster· Host1:23

Yeah, but I haven't seen Bridgerton.

Ed Gamble· Host1:24

Oh, yeah.

James Acaster· Host1:25

It's crazy that I've not seen Bridgerton, and, uh, it's for no good reason. I've got no excuse.

Ed Gamble· Host1:29

Yeah, yeah.

James Acaster· Host1:29

And I