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33:18 - Breaking of the fourth wall in ENOLA HOLMES and what originally made Harry nervous about it. 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/listener for privacy information.