Why Are Brits So Good At Acting?
7/15/202633 min
Why are British actors overrepresented in Hollywood? Will we ever be able to ‘smell’ films at the cinema again? Is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey too long for a summer release?
Richard Osman and Marina Hyde answer questions on horror film release schedules, book rights and past entertainment stories they wish they could have covered on the podcast.
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First 90 secondsMarina Hyde· Host0:00
The Rest is Entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, flowers, Richard, are a very important part of show business And there is a reason we're talking about flowers.
Richard Osman· Host0:09
As always with Octopus Energy, they do very interesting things with their customers. We will get to what they do with flowers. But yes, it, it's sort of the currency that runs everything.
Marina Hyde· Host0:17
Yeah. I mean, in The Bachelor, it's actually part of the format, right? The rose ceremony, so that flower is really earning its money.
Richard Osman· Host0:24
Yeah. Can you imagine the person, by the way, there will be a rose wrangler on that show who has to make sure that the roses are absolutely perfect. That's like- Christy ... that's a completely full-time job.
Marina Hyde· Host0:31
Also a full-time job doing flowers for Elton John.
Richard Osman· Host0:34
Oh, my goodness.
Marina Hyde· Host0:34
My, my... One of the great lines in a court case ever, when one of his managers was accused of ripping him off, and they discovered in court that he'd spent- [laughs] ... £293,000 on flowers in 20 months. KC was like, "Sorry, h- how's, how's that possible?" He said, "I like flowers."
Richard Osman· Host0:50
Now, shall we get onto Octopus Energy? They have a, a sort of a committed team who always look after your account. So if you get an email from them, it's the same people. But also they get to know you so well that sometimes they'll understand if you're going through a hard time, and what they will do is they will send you flowers.
Marina Hyde· Host1:06
It's not an apology, it's just because someone was going through something and they, "You get here flowers."
Richard Osman· Host1:11
[upbeat music] This episode is brought to you by easyJet. You must have had that moment when you're watching a film, but you completely tune out the plot and start daydreaming about the location instead.
Marina Hyde· Host1:24
The bright Mediterranean colors on screen suddenly make the British weather look even grayer.
Richard Osman· Host1:29
And sometimes