TV & Film
Director Harry Bradbeer (FLEABAG, KILLING EVE, RAMY) joins host Jenny Curtis to talk about his career, process, and new film ENOLA HOLMES. Through the conversation they discuss: 0:50 - The nature of the pandemic 1:19 - Harry’s parents 1:45 - Finding the arts and connecting to entertainment 3:47 - His first short film 4:44 - Going to America for film school 6:31 - Writing to John Schlesinger, his love of MIDNIGHT COWBOY, his connection to John, and his experience of meeting and working with him. 9:41 - What he said in the letter to John and John’s unique way of introducing Harry to people. 11:29 - Getting involved with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, identifying with FLEABAG, and working as a team to shape the story. 15:05 - The style of the balance and collaboration between Harry and Phoebe. 17:53 - Developing the tool of breaking the fourth wall and how the second series took it further. 20:11 - How they found the inspiration for the story of the second series. 21:09 - Why it isn’t hard to let go of the show now that it has ended. 24:00 - When FLEABAG may reappear. 24:19 - Why he says series instead of season. 24:31 - How he came on board for KILLING EVE and how he connected to the script. 27:33 - How directing a pilot is a bigger responsibility than directing subsequent episodes in a show. 28:29 - Getting into the world of RAMY. 30:24 - Being drawn in by the ENOLA HOLMES script 31:40 - The challenges of fight sequences and how they found a way to keep telling the story through the fights in ENOLA HOLMES. 33:18 - Breaking of the fourth wall in ENOLA HOLMES and what originally made Harry nervous about it. 35:20 - Enola’s line of “our future is up to us” and the other powerful messages for audiences. 36:12 - Working in period pieces. 37:44 - Working with Millie Bobby Brown and developing the role of Enola. 40:16 - The challenges Millie faced in leading the cast, but how she stepped up to the challenge. 41:11 - Discussing the transitional “pop-up” animations. 43:26 - A specific scene that Harry loved shooting and building the world of London. 46:32 - A scene that got cut from the film and why keeping a tight cut is important. 47:30 - Having a life in storytelling. Learn More: Hollywood Unscripted Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ---------------------- Produced and Hosted by: Jenny Curtis Co-Produced and Edited by: J Whiting Executive Producer: Stuart Halperin Theme Music By: Celleste and Eric Dick A CurtCo Media Production See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.