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Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Interview: Alex Edelman (Just For Us) and Anna Sawai (Shōgun, Monarch)

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Conde Nast & Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week’s interview episode features two dynamic talents starting to introduce themselves to much larger (read: national TV) audiences. First, Alex Edelman speaks with Hillary Busis about winding down his lauded, years-long solo stage show Just For Us with a rousing HBO special. Then, David Canfield catches up with Shōgun’s breakout star Anna Sawai, as they take a deep dive on her searing performance as Lady Mariko—through to this week’s pivotal episode.

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0:00.0

Vanity Fair.

0:03.0

Vanity Fair. Hello and

0:12.8

Welcome to Little Gold Men the award season podcast from Vanity Fair

0:16.3

I am delighted and proud to introduce him as Academy Award winner

0:21.4

And the Oscar goes to.

0:24.0

And the Oscar goes to the winner.

0:27.6

It's a tie.

0:29.6

And any little girl who's practicing their speech on the teller you never know

0:35.9

Ma I hit this world in Oscar I'm David Canfield and I'm here for today's interview episode with Hillary Buses.

0:51.6

Hi Hillary.

0:52.6

Hi David, thanks for having me.

0:54.2

We have two interviews this week with people who I would say

0:58.7

you may not know their names but you very much should.

1:01.7

A little later in the show I spoke with Anna Sey the breakout

1:04.4

star of Shogun but to start we're gonna feature your interview with Alex Edelman

1:08.9

who has his special just for us on HBO and Max. Now I was watching this the other night

1:17.3

alone and my husband was working in the other room and he heard me laughing hysterically and he was like what are you laughing at because I don't

1:24.6

laugh alone very much and it was at this show. So Hillary how did you find Alex?

1:29.6

What did you guys talk about?

1:30.8

Yeah, our our conversation was delightful.

1:33.3

I will say that it is probably going to be more fun to listen to it after you have seen the special

1:38.9

or if you, after you have seen the stage show, which the special is adapted from also called

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