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It's my lips.
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Hey what's going on everybody?
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For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we're joined by Callum Turner.
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He's an actor out of West London who's gone from indies like Green Room and Tramps to the mega franchise Fantastic Beasts, George Clooney's The Boys in the Boat, and Spielberg produced Masters of the Air.
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This summer though, you can catch him in the Will Gluck-directed romantic comedy One Night Only, which is set to release in theaters on August 7th.
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Callum Turner, welcome to the show.
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Thank you for having me, Sean.
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What's going through your head as you stare down these wings in front of you?
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Do you feel prepared for the moment?
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I was a lot more confident about five minutes ago.
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Yeah, no, I feel good.
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I feel good.
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See if I can do my family proud. And it's
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already got the sauces on there, right?
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Thank you for that.
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Oh, it's nice.
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a very gentle star
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so the premise of this film it's audacious you know set
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in a fictionalized new york where premarital sex is legal
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but for only one night a year molly ringwald plays your mother in this film
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and she's the face of 1980s romantic comedies what
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if anything do you see as the through line between those john hughes movies in the 80s
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and what they did and what you're hoping to do with this film it's funny you say
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that because will's first movie easy a is it pays great homage to Breakfast Club.
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And I think that those movies provided just a space for the angst to be let out of the time.
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I think what Will does so brilliantly is slightly different.
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He allows you to lean into that old school romantic comedy feeling and just be embraced by the film.
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It's a It's a slightly different thing, but there is a connection.
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There is a through line.
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Quite nice.
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I don't want to get too cocky.
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But take your wins where you get them.
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I'm going to take them, yeah.
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Yeah.
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All of them inside.
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No, that's nice.
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What does it mean to Halle Wella scene?
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To make it as simple as possible.
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Yeah, that's my...
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without trying to give away too much, that's my process.
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Yeah, because right now you're thinking about other things, right, you're never fully in the moment, right?
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You're probably thinking about another thought comes in about life while you're here, trying to put all of that into the one thing and keeping it as simple as possible.
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Yeah, you're right, I'm kind of anticipating this, like which road is it gonna go down?
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I'm being present but also thinking about the next thing where maybe I should just be like, just ask the question.
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You maybe thought about your dinner plans.
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A sriracha I don't mind normally.
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What about pickles?
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Yeah, pickles are good too.
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That's nice.
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That's tasty.
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That's my favorite one.
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You're not just saying that?
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I'm not just saying it because it's hot ones.
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Hashtag ad.
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No, that is...
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That just works.
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Did you make that?
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Yourself?
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Well, not me, myself.
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You know, I can't take all the credit over here.
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No, someone did.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Someone made it.
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We were a major part of the ideation process, I'll tell you that.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Is there a deeply unglamorous chore that you look back on as bizarrely essential in your character prep?
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Yeah, I went...
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My character on Glue was a stable hand, and I'd never been on a horse before in my life.
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So I went up and there's a stunt family in the UK called the Dents
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and they let me come and work on their farm and I would go and I would muck out, which is what my character was doing and simultaneously learn how to ride the horse.
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I don't know if you've ever ridden a horse before, it's just freak man.
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I lost concentration with the horse.
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It started to take over and decided to cut through the middle of the pen and head towards a jump.
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The trainer, Sam Dent, goes, don't go over the jump.
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The horse listened and I came out of the stirrups, luckily, and went over the jump.
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And I landed on my back and I remember just laying there, I was looking up at the sky, it was a clear blue sky,
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and the horse came over and looked over me and went, and walked off.
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And then Sam came over and she was like, are you okay?
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Are you okay?
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I was like, I think so, I think so.
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And I had my back brace on and everything, so I was fine.
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Totally bruised.
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And then she said, you know what you got to do?
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You got to get back on the horse.
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That's right.
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And I did.
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Black Eyed Susan.
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I was reading that in Boys in the Boat, you and your castmates, none of you are rowers, but trained for five months and then got to a point where you're doing 46 strokes per minute,
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the same as the 1936 Olympic team, same pace.
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Yeah.
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Is that true?
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And if so, what was that journey like?
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Long, long journey.
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And that 46 strokes per minute, that happened right towards the end.
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So it was a real sense of achievement for all of us
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because it was a target that we set at the beginning.
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And so to be able to do it, but to do it together.
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And I think that's the thing about rowing is that it's totally a team sport and you have to pull your weight.
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You can't shy, you can't hide.
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And so for us to do it, we knew that everyone was in sync entirely.
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And it was exhilarating to be able to do that.
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Have you been on the rowing machine?
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Have you tried that?
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I've done the rowing machine, but I've never gotten in the boat.
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I've tried the rowing machine after, and I do like two minutes.
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Hot and saucy, pickles and scorpion.
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Right, there you go.
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This to me, kind of laid action on it.
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Like, when you first try it, there's a sweetness to it.
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I'm just waiting for the...
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The bang.
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The hammer?
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Yeah.
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The bang?
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Alright.
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It's like, I feel like you're luring me into a full sense of security.
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But you have your head on a swivel.
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You're ready.
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I'm ready to go.
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This one's my favorite still, you know?
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Holding the crown, we'll see you by the end.
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Maybe that one will be my next favorite.
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Yeah, and then maybe this one.
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Maybe, I don't know.
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For the uninitiated, can you explain what makes Canton Arms the perfect place for a Stones ginger wine?
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There's only one reason why, and it's because the lady that works there, Margot, she makes it for her.
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She's the best at Whiskey Max, right?
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So the reason I discovered this drink was because it was maybe, maybe it was April, and I asked for a hot toddy.
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And she said, what are you talking about?
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It's April.
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You can't have a hot toddy.
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And I said, well, what can I drink then instead?
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And she said, let me make you this thing.
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And she just put it on the bar and she said, whiskey mac. And that's my drink.
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What makes the River Cafe, as you put it, the mecca of restaurants in London?
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The food is unbelievable.
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Every time you go, I'm feeling it on my lips a little bit now.
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Yeah, yeah.
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They're not expanding, are they?
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Many such cases, I'll let you know.
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I'll let you know.
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Um, River Cafe is just like the most unbelievable place you can walk into in London to eat food.
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And then I feel like every trendy restaurant in New York now has a sticky toffee pudding on the menu.
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Do you think sticky toffee pudding has earned its place as the best representation of British desserts?
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That was my dessert growing up.
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It really was.
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Marty Tracy used to make it all the time.
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Do you do it with custard or is it with ice cream?
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I'd like it with an ice cream.
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You put me on game.
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You guys don't do custard out here, huh?
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Sometimes we do a custard.
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Yeah, but not really.
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Sometimes we do a custard, but not as like a matter of routine.
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The tone of your voice there, I could tell.
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You're like, hey, I have a custard on board.
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I have a custard on board.
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I have a custard on.
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Well, when you come to London, let me know and we'll go find some good custard.
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A proper custard, a proper sticky toffee pudding.
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I'll hold you to that.
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And some ice cream in there as well.
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That is, that's delicious.
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I like, yeah, returning the favor.
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I bring the heat.
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Yeah, I bring the cold.
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Done.
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The bomb is looking at me.
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And again, sweetness up front.
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Yeah.
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I like that.
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It does feel, taste tropical. As described, as advertised.
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Yeah, man.
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That's what it says on the bottle.
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Is it true that you once did 46 takes for a single scene in Tramps?
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And if so, is that your personal record?
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And do you remember which take they used?
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Number one.
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That's always how it goes.
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No, he used number 36, I think.
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But I remember it was such a technical thing
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and we were filming up in Queens and it's like where the subway goes over ground.
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And I was running down the stairs and Grace Van Patten, who's in the movie with me, really technical, brilliant shot.
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And I remember at lunch, because we'd only had the morning to shoot it, Adam Leon, the director, came up to me at lunch and he said, we don't have it.
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I was like, what do you mean you don't have it?
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How can we not have it?
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We've done like 30 takes or something.
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And he was like, we're going again.
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And I'm so glad he did because there was something, I think, in both Grace and I, there was like a rage.
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Like served the scene.
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That served the scene, yeah.
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Like the determination to go and get it.
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This one's got more of a gloss.
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And then a lot like this zone, it's one of those where there's that sweetness up front and then a time delay.
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We've gone from Jamaica to China. And then to hell.
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And then straight to hell.
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Do you have an all-time favorite memory at Stamford Bridge?
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I do actually, yeah.
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I was 13 or 14 and Chelsea were playing Barcelona.
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And it's a famous game, Ronaldinho scores this incredible goal.
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And it was maybe the first half had just kicked off and we broke into the stadium.
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We broke into the stadium and we weren't the only ones breaking into the stadium.
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And it was the combination of the exhilaration of breaking into the stadium
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and we were right at the very top
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and there was maybe 200 other people that had done it
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and we were watching this game and then we got we got kicked out and we broke it again.
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It could keep you out.
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Broken again.
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Just one of those like teenage coming of age.
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Totally and I was with my best friend Atam
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and some other people
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and going to watch Barcelona who were the greatest team with Ronaldinho who was the greatest player
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and my team playing against them you know it was like real sense of pride
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but we scored a fourth goal it was ahead of john terry scored the header
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and i just remember it was like carnage and demonio
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and there was so many people that had broken in
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so yeah you're like with your flock with a bunch of
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people i didn't know yeah you got another question for me before the bomb all right the bomb it's that time
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Yeah, definitely spicy.
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Yeah, different level.
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And you know how some of these were talking about like waiting around for it.
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Like this one you don't wait around for.
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And my mom is actually really into hot sauces.
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She's got into them over the last three or four years.
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Well, you got ten more you can introduce her to.
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Maybe she watches your show.
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Yeah.
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That's why.
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Ask her.
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You know what told me why.
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Trace back the origin story.
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Yeah, that's got a real violence to it.
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A mouth on fire.
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So George McKay once said of you, there's not a film this man hasn't seen.
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So to put that to the test, I was hoping I could give you some obscure film prompts, all right?
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And then maybe you could give me a movie recommendation based on the prompt, okay?
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I'm trying to build a foundational knowledge of mid-20th century minimalist cinema.
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Which Robert Bresson film would you recommend as an entry point?
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El Khazad Balthazar.
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It's about a donkey.
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And it just follows his donkey's...
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My mouth is on fire.
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It just follows his donkey's life.
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And there are highs and lows of this sweet animal.
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But it's a really beautiful, touching, touching film.
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Yeah, I just love it.
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So that would be that.
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And maybe La Jeune, too.
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A little double feature.
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Back to back.
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What's the best film recommendation you've ever received from Daniel Day-Lewis?
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Be careful around the eyes.
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Be careful around the eyes.
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There is a documentary.
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It's about the workers in this mining town, Revolt.
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And they protest.
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And it's really, truly an incredible film.
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Can you give me a film that rewards patients?
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I'm glad that you're on the same wavelength.
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It's in the name, man i know yeah it comes right out you know that's
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the thing these sauces they've been telling the truth you know
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like yeah tropical amarillo yeah tastes like the tropics yeah the
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bomb beyond insanity truly beyond insanity can you give me a film
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that rewards patience like maybe takes a long time to hook you
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but once it has its claws in it doesn't let go barry linden it's stanley Kubrick
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and it's about this Irish guy who is kicked out of his family for falling in love with his cousin
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and uh he goes on this epic journey it's truly beautiful
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if you were to put together a Jack Nicholson double feature to show off his range as an actor
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which two films would you pair
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to show off his range i just i five easy pieces
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and then the king of Marvin Gardens which are both Bob Raffleson films
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and he did them pretty much back to back too.
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It's my lips.
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I know such is the experience.
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So here's what I'll say.
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I'm breaking this down for you.
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Nothing is as bad as what you just ate.
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The next ones are hot but I don't think anything truly compares to that.
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What do you do?
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You don't do the water at all huh?
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You know what?
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I kind of have this habit of mirroring the guests but you know what Callum?
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I think I've just been so lost in conversation.
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You know, on wing two, you told me to simplify it.
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You know?
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And you made it as simple as possible.
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Yeah, like before what I would do is I'd have like another part of my brain would tell me like,
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match the guest's energy, but I've simplified it to just ask the question.
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The truth is, i'm a pretty simple guy so
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if i try to over complicate things it's all gonna fall
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down that's why i make it as simple as possible
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but it's your words that's the inspiration all right
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good luck see what to us both yeah now nothing easy about that one
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but I think like oh it's coming at it'll not easy the bomb really does eliminate any fear
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that you have going for any you know it can't be more than
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that yeah what's the origin story of the nickname McGuro man.
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When I was in a...
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They just remind you of your own life a little bit?
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Yeah.
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I lived in Japan when I was 18 for six months
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and I didn't have that much money and I would go to the same sushi place, same sushi counter, because I ordered ni maguru,
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which is two tuna sushis, please.
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I had ordered that every day.
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And the chef, after about a week, he was taking the mick out of me.
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But he'd go, maguru man, every time I walked in.
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So that's how I got that name.
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There's only one person who calls me.
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I haven't seen him for 15 years.
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This makes it special.
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I wonder if you walked in now.
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It's not my nickname.
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I wonder if you walked in now, you know, if you'd Greek you the exact same way.
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It's like, this is your life.
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Japan edition.
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Alright.
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Do I put it on?
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I'm gonna follow your lead.
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Does everyone in this room love hot sauce?
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No, it's a mixed bag actually.
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You'd be surprised.
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How I think I might be the only person in here that's like run this gauntlet, yeah.
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Ever in the history of the show.
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Alright.
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You've dabbed already.
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Okay.
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How much extra are you going for?
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Right here.
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A little glisten.
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That's perfect.
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That's technical.
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Life's on off death.
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the wings of death are behind us you've conquered the hot ones gauntlet with
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that final bite and to close things out you know as we've covered you're a genuine film obsessive
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so what i want to do is play a game called 10 second reviews where i give you a film
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but you only have 10 seconds to review it with your brain and mouth on fire okay are you ready Okay.
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What do you have on the 1985 Soviet epic, Come and See?
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Come and See is about a boy who, in a small village, is made into a...
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He has to protect his village against the Nazis and goes off...
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Time!
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What makes Free Willy a certified classic?
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King of age, brilliant orca acting, and Michael Mazden, my first introduction to Michael Mazden.
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That was right on the time.
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You're catching the time.
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And then finally, what do you have on Scorsese's 1973 crime drama Mean Streets?
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A tale of brotherhood in hell.
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Look at you turning this into five second reviews.
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This guy's panicking.
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Less is more, man.
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Simplify it.
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Take those, exactly.
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A theme throughout, simplifying the process, and look at you taking on the Hot Ones gauntlet, living to tell the tale, and now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
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This camera, this camera, this camera.
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Let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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One Night Only, out on August 7th.
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It's a throwback to old school rom-coms, and I hope you love it.
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Thank you man.
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I didn't think I was gonna make it.
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I love Vtime, yeah.
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Despite the format? Because of the format.
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Because of the format, because of you.
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That's my guy.
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Thank you so much.
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You did great.
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Thank you.
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You did great.
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Oh yeah.
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This clip is perfect for english speaking practice, especially if you want to master casual, conversational flow. You’ll pick up how to respond naturally to unexpected questions—like when Callum jokes about feeling less confident mid-interview. It also teaches you to balance storytelling with brevity, a key skill for IELTS speaking practice. Plus, you’ll see how to keep your tone friendly even when discussing complex topics, like comparing 80s rom-coms to modern films.
Listen For These Sounds
Pay attention to connected speech and reductions that make the dialogue sound natural. For example, "It's my lips" becomes a smooth "It's my lips" with minimal pauses. Notice how "I was a lot more confident" shortens to "I was a lot more confident" (the "a" is almost swallowed). Also, "What's going on everybody?" links "going on" into "goin' on," a common reduction in fast speech. These small changes are crucial for sounding like a native.
Say It Like a Native: Try the Shadowing Technique
Use the shadowing technique (or "shadowspeak") to mirror Callum and Sean’s rhythm and stress. Pause the video, repeat their lines, and focus on:
- Stress: In "take your wins where you get them," stress "take," "wins," and "get" to emphasize the message.
- Rhythm: Notice how questions like "Do you feel prepared for the moment?" rise in tone at the end, while statements like "I feel good" fall.
- Pacing: Copy their relaxed speed—don’t rush! Even when talking about spicy wings, they keep a steady flow.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've ever ridden · Have you been · Have you tried |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is set · be let · be embraced |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | out, which is · guy who is · Gardens which are |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.