Casting director Lucinda Syson has been at the top of her game for over 20 years, from casting 'The Fifth Element', 'Batman Begins', 'Gravity', 'Wonder Woman', 'Blade Runner 2049'. she has worked with many of her collaborators multiple times including Guy Ritchie on 'Snatch', 'Aladdin' and 'The Gentlemen'. She continues to find new and exciting ways to build a cast. - We are sponsored by ⁠⁠BetterHelp⁠⁠ providing you access to the largest online therapy service in the world. ⁠⁠Get 10% off⁠⁠...

French film director Louis Leterrier started his film career with 'The Transporter' starring Jason Statham, you may know him for 'The Incredible Hulk' or star studded 'Now You See Me' or perhaps the latest in the 'Fast & Furious' Saga. - We are sponsored better BetterHelp to provide you access to the largest online therapy service in the world. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/lifeinfilm - We chat about what he learnt starting out on set with Jean-Pierre Jeunet on the set...

Sam is a former boy wizard, playing Albus Potter in the hugely successful 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' in the West End and Broadway over a period of three years. Now he's part of the world of 'Bridgerton' in the Netflix smash hit 'Queen Charlotte'. - We are sponsored better ⁠BetterHelp⁠ to provide you access to the largest online therapy service in the world. ⁠Get 10% off⁠ your first month at ⁠betterhelp.com/lifeinfilm⁠ - We chat about that and also who influenced him early on,...

David is an actor who's been on an incredible run, with a string of Netflix hits including 'The Sandman', 'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself' and the the critically acclaimed 'The diplomat'. Along the way hes worked with acclaimed films makers such as Alex Garland, Christopher Nolan and the Wachowski's. - We are sponsored better BetterHelp to provide you access to the largest online therapy service in the world. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/lifeinfilm - We chat...

Tony Curran⁠ has been in the been acting for 40 years,  We talk about what its like going from being a postman, to small tv roles in '⁠Grange Hill⁠' to being thrown onto Hollywood blockbuster's '⁠Pearl Harbor⁠' and '⁠Gladiator⁠'. Why his mum playfully hit ⁠Sean Connery⁠ and his MOST EMBARRASSING moment with ⁠Dustin Hoffman⁠. From working with ⁠Spielburg⁠ to playing Vincent Van Gogh, more recently Tony has been seen in the hugely popular '⁠Ray Donovan⁠' and shared the screen with Bryan...

We are now partnering with and sponsored by BetterHelp to provide you access to the largest online therapy service in the world. Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/lifeinfilm/ - Dexter's acting career took off when he was only 10 years old when he starred as Baby Face in Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone', this was closely followed by appearances in 'The Long Good Friday' & 'The Elephant Man' , as an adult you will know him from Guy Richie's 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking...

Jennifer Euston is a 3 time Emmy Award Winning Casting Director of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black”, HBO’s “Girls” and the Steven Spielberg produced miniseries “The Pacific”. We talk about the dos and don’ts actors should know before auditioning with her, how she worked her way up from a Casting Associate on movies like “Zoolander” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” to becoming a successful Casting Director on the Oscar Nominated “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and one of the CDs on Edgar...

Lesley Paterson,  a 5 times World Champion Triathlete who has become a BAFTA winning script writer for Netflix's wonderful 'All Quiet on the Western Front'. Having bought the rights to the best selling book, over the course of 16 years she relentlessly pitched the idea of the movie but no one was interested in a German language film about World War 1, without a star.  She remortgaged her house but in the end she still had to find another $10,000 she didn't have, to keep the rights to the...

Jeffrey Pierce, has recently been on our screens in HBO's hugely popular 'The Last of Us' if you're one of the millions of people watching the show you might also recognise his voice. Jeffrey has lent his voice to many computer games over the years including 'Call of Duty', 'Medal of Honor' and 'The Last of Us' part I & II but in the game he voices Tommy.  -  A real veteran of  his craft, he started his career as part of the American Shakespeare Company; since then he has been in a huge...

Hollywood producer Kevin Misher worked his way up from the mail room to Creative Executive at Tri-Star Pictures, to president of production at Universal Pictures, to created his own production company, Misher Films. Over the decades of his career he has over seen projects such as  Erin Brockovich, The Mummy, Meet the Parents, The Fast and the Furious, and The Bourne Identity.  Misher Films has been responsible for The Scorpion King, The Rundown, The Interpreter, Public Enemies, and more...

English actress Known for the multi award winning 'Birdman', Hollywood blockbuster 'Oblivion', future cult classic 'Mandy' and more recently 'Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical' and her Oscar Nominated performance in the brilliant ‘To Leslie’. We talk about Her experience of going from ITV’s 'Doc Martin' to working with Tom Cruise. Her love of books, what she's reading now. And why she feels calm in graveyards and of course her most embarrassing moment which just so happened to be on set with...

A character actor of many faces, he's part of the Harry Potter, Marvel, Jurassic World and Hunger Games universes, He's collaborated with Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, The Russo Brothers, Sam Mendes and James Mangold.  You may no him as Capote or perhaps Hitchcock or maybe as house else Dobby... There are too many credits of screen and stage to mention, they include. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Frost/Nixon, Finding Neverland, 'Dad's Army', 'Captain America winter Solider', 'The Painted...

Sam is an actor best known for playing Mark Tuello in the multi award winning 'The Handmaid's Tale' and Joel Graham in the hugely popular series 'Parenthood'. He's worked with some of the greats including Clint Eastwood multiply times on 'American Sniper' and 'Blood Work'.  And Paul Thomas Adderson on 'Inherent Vice'. Not only that he wrote and directed his first feature 'Take Me Home' in 2011.  -   Host - Elliot James Langridge  -  Season 6 of 'The Handmaid's Tale' will air in...

Manuel Puro's career as a casting director started with a dozen hand written letters accompanied by a KitKat and a note saying  ‘Since I’ve supplied the KitKat, you could give me a break’. One of the people that replied was casting director Jeremy Zimmermann (of 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' & 'Willow' fame). He assisted Jeremy on many projects including Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Hell Boy II’ and soon found his feet as a casting director in his own right. His credits include multiple...

LIFE IN FILM with Tom Bateman On Spotify Now An actor with an impressive credit list including Kenneth Branagh's 'Murder on the Orient Express'  which stars some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Johnny Depp. Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives' based on the incredible true story and he's even taken on Liam Neeson in Hans Peter Moland's 'Cold Pursuit’. Other credits include, Netflix's 'Behind Her Eyes'. 'Vanity Fair', 'Death on the Nile' and Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer Comedy...

Writer/Director Matthew Gentile has over come the huge feet of getting his feature film debut off the ground, which he has not only directed but has written from speck.  'American Murderer' stars Tom Pelphrey who gives a monster lead performance, with a supporting cast including Ryan Phillippe and Jacki Weaver. Based on the shocking true story of Jason Dereck brown, American fugitive wanted for first degree murder, almost 20 years later he is still in the FBI's top 10 most wanted...

Theo Rossi is best known for 'Son's of Anarchy', or perhaps Marvel's 'Luke Cage' he's a self professed character actor that has an abundance of diverse credits. But did you know he started out as an extra? working his way up with bit parts in 'Malcom in the Middle', 'Lost' and 'Grey's Anatomy'. More recently he has been in Zack Snyder's 'Army of the Dead' and Netflix's 'True Story' Alongside Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes. His story from the streets to his critically acclaimed new movie 'Emily...

Michael has directed some of the most popular shows on TV including,  'Better Call Saul', 'House of Cards', '13 Reasons Why' and 'Billions'. not forgetting my personal Favorite the hugely underrated MAA series 'Kingdom'. We chat about him being Brit in LA, how it all started and his hugely power feature film debut 'To Leslie' Starring an incredible cast include the transformative Andrea Riseborough. Host - Elliot James Langridge 'To Leslie' is in theatres and VOD from the 7th...

Peter has worked on some of the most iconic movies ever made, he started his career in the late 1960's, one of his first jobs was focus pulling on Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy', he followed this up with 'The Omen', 'Star Wars' and 'Flash Gordon'. Moving onto operating camera his career went from strength to strength, with movies like 'Richard III', 'Gosford park', 'The Borrowers' and working with Ridley Scott multiple times on 'Gladiator' and 'Robin Hood'. Not only that he worked on 'Harry...

Our 1st guest is an actor Jefferson White best known for playing the beloved Jimmy Hurdstrom in the number 1 show in U.S. Yellowstone alongside Kevin Costner. His first job was on FX's 'The Americans' he followed this up with appearances in abc's 'How to get away with murder' with Viola Davis and David Fincher's 'House of Cards'.  Our 2nd guest Julian Higgins started his career writing and directing his own short films, breaking into tv and directing an episode of 'House M.D.' With Hugh...

Hugh's first few lines in a film came in 'Frankenstein' (1994) Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Robert De Niro. He also had a small role in 'Tomorrow Never dies' (1997), but he really hit his stride when he appeared in 'Notting Hill' alongside Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts (1999). following this up with 'Iris' with Judy Dench (2001), more recent credits include 'The Monuments Men' with George Clooney (2014), and of course hugely popular 'Paddington' films (2014-2023). Not to mention...

James is a writer/director known for movies such as the critically acclaimed 'Smashed' starring Aaron Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. 'The Circle' starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson and the brilliant 'Spectacular Now' starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley to name just a few. On the horizon is Reese Witherspoon produced series 'Daisy Jones and the Six' and the Highly anticipated Apple series 'Shrinking' with Harrison Ford taking on his first major TV role. Host - Elliot James...

From humble beginnings at the New Criminal indie theatre group Steve met John Cusack, the two went on to write the classics Grass Point Blank and High Fidelity. He has also produced projects such as Entourage and the Tom Cruise action comedy Knight and Day. As a director he has gone from strength to strength with Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant and the hugely successful Kobra Kai but you may know him best for the comedy classics Accepted...

Kharmel first cut her cast teeth as a Casting Director on the acclaimed Daniel Wolfe music video "Time to Dance" starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Callum Turner. She followed up with award winning films such as Lilting (2014) and the Bafta award winning Home (2016).  Over the past decade or so, she has earned a reputation for championing new and diverse talent and projects like Netflix's 'The End of the F**king World' and 'Saint Maud'. She has cast all three of Robert Eggers feature films 'The...

For any young screenwriters Arash has a career most wouldn't dare dream of, in his own words he is a 25 year over night success. Years of perseverance have made him one of Hollywood's best and brightest screen writers. He's written acclaimed projects such as 'Grace of Monaco'  starring Nicole Kidman and 'A Private War' starring Rosamund Pike. Up next is 'Fred & Ginger' the untold love story of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The Jackie Chan and Jon Cena action thriller 'Project X...