Steven Spielberg on Aliens, Young Directors and Being Turned Down for Bond
6/10/202629 min
Richard Osman and Marina Hyde are joined by the master filmmaker himself - Steven Spielberg. The Hollywood icon answers your questions on the existence of aliens, being rejected for Bond and his advice to up and coming directors like Backrooms' Kane Parsons. The Rest is Entertainment is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain's most awarded energy supplier. Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Join The Rest Is Entertainment Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus content, ad-free listening, early access to Q&A episodes, access to our newsletter archive, discounted book prices with our partners at Coles Books, early ticket access to live events, and access to our chat community. Sign up directly at therestisentertainment.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Video Editor: James Clayden Camera Op: Graham Howe Camera Assistant: Edward Lee & Harry Swan Assistant Producer: Imee Marriott Senior Producer: Joey McCarthy Social Producer: Emma Jackson Exec Producer: Neil Fearn & Sam Psyk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsMarina Hyde· Host0:02
The Rest is Entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, fan mail is one of entertainment's strangest bargains. You send total devotion one way and the understanding that nothing may come back.
Richard Osman· Host0:13
Certainly in our day, you would write to a film star or a singer. I wrote to Howard Jones. Uh, and you maybe three months later, a sort of signed photo comes back that's clearly pro forma. You know that, that you know Howard's never really looked at.
Marina Hyde· Host0:24
Steve Martin used to have the pro forma sort of thing, which would just leave blanks, like insert, like small detail to, to make a joke about how completely impersonal his personal reply to you was.
Richard Osman· Host0:36
Now- So it was just like a standard thing ... impersonal is interesting, that's why we're talking about this, 'cause with Octopus Energy, you always can reply to their emails, and not only can you reply to them, they will go to the same small group of people who always deal with you. That's, like, unbelievable.
Marina Hyde· Host0:49
It's almost unprecedented that a company you're giving your mon- your money to will actually respond to you.
Richard Osman· Host0:54
Yeah. Are contactable- Yeah ... in some way.
Marina Hyde· Host0:56
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to this episode of The Rest is Entertainment, questions and answers edition. I'm Marina Hyde.
Richard Osman· Host1:12
And I'm Richard Osman. Now, bad news, we are not answering your questions this week. Uh, good news- Mr.
Marina Hyde· Host1:19
Steven Spielberg is answering them. This is a big honor.
Richard Osman· Host1:23
Isn't it just? We're, we are actually- We're quite nervous ... we are waiting [laughs] for him to come in.
Marina Hyde· Host1:26
Quite excited.
Richard Osman· Host1:27
Apparently he's gonna be on time- Yeah ... which is almost unheard of.