Is Stephen Graham another bad boy in THE GOOD BOY?

About this episode

Stephen Graham discusses his role in the unsettling thriller The Good Boy on this episode of Kermode and Mayo's Take.

Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. On this week’s episode of Kermode and Mayo’s Take, Stephen Graham joins us to talk about his new film The Good Boy. It’s an unsettling thriller where he plays a father fixated on a strange rehabilitation ritual for a violent young man who he takes in and…erm… chains up in his basement. Stephen chats to Simon about navigating the film’s darker emotional undercurrents, finding the human intrigue in morally murky territory, and being his usual lovely Liverpudlian self. You’ll be able to hear Mark’s full verdict on The Good Boy in this week’s show too, alongside a packed slate of other new releases. First up, Project Hail Mary finally lands—bringing big ideas…

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Mayo, Mark Kermode

Guest: Stephen Graham

Topics covered

• film
• interview
• thriller
• new releases
• emotional undercurrents

Keywords

• Stephen Graham
• The Good Boy
• thriller
• interview
• film review
• new releases
• Project Hail Mary
• Ready or Not 2
• Dead Man’s Wire

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Good Boy, Project Hail Mary, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Dead Man’s Wire

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