16. Oliver Stone

Grounded with Louis Theroux

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Covid-19 hasn’t gone away and, due to travel restrictions, neither has Louis Theroux. In the second outing of his podcast series, he tracks down more high-profile guests he’s been longing to talk to - a fascinating mix of the celebrated, the controversial and the mysterious. In this episode, multi award-winning film director Oliver Stone talks to Louis about surviving Vietnam, using Scarface to kick his drug addiction and who he thinks has been the worst US President. Producer: Paul Kobrak Assistant Producer: Catherine Murnane A Mindhouse production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	I'm recording.
0:02.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:06.0	Oliver, can you... Oh, he hasn't got his headphones on.
0:12.0	Hello, I'm Louis Thoreau, and this is Grounded with Louis Thoreau.
0:16.0	My podcast series for Radio 4, in which I get to speak to people
0:20.0	who up until now have been too busy to talk to me.
0:23.0	I can see Emmys, I can see Oscars.
0:26.0	Many of my guests have won numerous awards,
0:28.0	and today's is no different.
0:30.0	An Emmy, six Golden Globes, one BAFTA and four Oscars.
0:34.0	What do you suggest? A jacket or more informal?
0:37.0	But more than that, he's also been awarded a bronze staff of Valla
0:41.0	and a purple heart with Oakleaf Cluster for his service in the Vietnam War.
0:46.0	What are you wearing?
0:47.0	I'm wearing a t-shirt, a black t-shirt.
0:49.0	Like a prison sentence, okay.
0:51.0	It's my Spartan, almost Russo East kind of.
0:55.0	It's chewing of adornments.
0:57.0	That's when I figure.
0:58.0	Lauded for his films, sometimes criticized for his maverick and controversial political opinions,
1:04.0	he has recently published a fascinating first volume of his memoirs.
1:08.0	Where are you speaking to me from now?
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