Emerald Fennell the Oscar winning writer and director of 'Promising Young Woman' joins my podcast 'Reign' to talk about with her new movie, 'Saltburn' starring Barry Keoghan as Oliver who skips off to Oxford University, and becomes obsessed with the jock on the block, Felix played by Jacob Elordi (who can blame him). You can also listen to the full interview on my podcast, Reign here: http://hyperurl.co/i4yxt0.

Chapters & Topics:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Inside Emerald's mind
01:41 Barry Keoghan grave scene in Saltburn
03:16 Saltburn soundtrack
06:47 'Transgressive desire' in Saltburn
08:21 Shame
10:04 Jacob Elordi & Barry Keoghan bathtub scene
11:14 Obsession with popularity
12:35 Mental health
14:18 Oscar Win
15:11 Call The Midwife & Acting career
15:58 Becoming a director
17:22 Creating safe spaces

If you didn't know Emerald Fennell's story already, she has been on an JOURNEY to Oscar Winning greatness. After an acting career that saw her star in 'Call The Midwife', play Camilla in 'The Crown', and feature in the 'Barbie Movie' as Midge, Emerald turned her talents to writing and directing. Her first movie 'Promising Young Woman' about a survivor of SA, played by Carey Mulligan, who aims to take toxic men down one by one, earned her an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Emerald also became only the sixth woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars too. What. A. Trailblazer.

Now Emerald is back with her second movie, 'Saltburn' which centres around a summer holiday from university where Barry's Oliver and Jacob's Felix start to unravel at Felix's family home, the Saltburn estate. What follows is a lot of racy comings and goings, some iconic camp one liners from Oliver’s mother, Elsbeth played by Rosamund Pike and her bff, Pamela played by Carey Mulligan and some very dark moments which will have your jaw on the floor. We talk about the movie's most controversial scenes in this episode.

On this episode of Reign Emerald and I cover a lot of ground including the Cheeky Girls - who Emerald is single handedly brining back on the 'Saltburn' soundtrack, how to master a camp one liner (the movie is full of them), the awkward things we do when we become obsessed with a romantic partner, and the desperate need many of us have to fit in.

I also really love what Emerald says about building a safe working environment on set as a female leader, after decades of Hollywood being known for unkindness and bullying. I think we need more leaders like Emerald, don’t you think?

Just like her movies, this chat has RANGE and if you love this episode, get in touch with me across all social media platforms on @joshsmithhosts. I always LOVE talking to you! Don't forget to come back next Tuesday for another episode of Reign and you can listen to the full interview with Emerald wherever you get your podcasts from RN. Love, Josh xx

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