Episode 30 – Best Actors (Seriously, Like Daniel Day-Lewis, and No Shitting Around)

The actor. A man or woman solely dedicated to their craft of taking the works of the world’s most talented playwrights and screenwriters and giving them life. Or, sometimes, they are happy to get a scene in a Fast & the Furious sequel with FIVE WHOLE LINES. Well, the hell with the Joe Schmo actors – we’re only talking about the best of the best.

This week, Richard and Michael try on the Masks of Comedy and Drama to explore the real – and we mean full on no fucking around – best actors ever. Meanwhile, Jeff plays “director”, which mainly means shouting things at us through an old-timey megaphone.

SHOW NOTES

Joint Pick:

Meryl Streep

• “All 43 Meryl Streep Movie Performances, Ranked” – Vulture.com
• “Meryl Streep: A League of Her Own” – Wall Street Journal

Richard’s Picks

Tom Hanks

• “Critic’s Picks: Tom Hanks’ Films Ranked Worst to Best” – The Hollywood Reporter
• “Tom Hanks on His Diabetes, Pirates, and Rapping with Dan Ackroyd” – The Guardian

William Holden

• “William Holden: The Golden Boy of Vintage Hollywood” – Variety
• “St. Bill of Illinois” – Moving Image Source

Alan Rickman

• “Remembering Alan Rickman, the Voice of Villainy” – The Verge
• “Alan Rickman: The Empire Interview” – Empire

Michael’s Picks

Daniel Day-Lewis

• “The Method Madness of Daniel Day-Lewis” – The Telegram
• “The Enigma of Daniel Day-Lewis” – The Guardian

Gary Oldman

• “The Gary Oldman Story That Almost Wasn’t” – GQ
• “Gary Oldman on His Most Iconic Roles” – Yahoo!

Cary Grant

• “Cary Grant: From the Bristol Docks to the Hollywood Hills” – The Guardian
• “Becoming Cary Grant” – The Atlantic