Ep 203: Caroline Goodall and Hannah Onslow explore love and loss in The Second Time Around
Girls On FilmShow Notes
This episode of Girls On Film is dedicated to BAFTA and Oscar contender, THE SECOND TIME AROUND.
The film tells a complex, sensitive, universal story, and you can watch it on Channel 4 now.
Anna talks to the two stars of the film:
Caroline Goodall, best known for films like The Princess Diaries with Anne Hathaway, and her two collaborations with Steven Spielberg, in Hook alongside Robin WIlliams - and in Schindler’s List.
And Hannah Onslow, who featured alongside Olivia Colman in Empire of Light directed by Sam Mendes, and starred in the BBC’s This City Is Ours alongside Sean Bean. Hannah can currently be seen in Noah Baumbach’s new film Jay Kelly.
Anna also talks to the writer and director, Jack Howard, and to executive producer Hedda Lornie Archbold, who also exec produces this podcast. And finally Anna talks to Rita Hirani, the CEO of MindOut, the mental health charity for the LGBTQ community, who proudly partner with The Second Time Around.
Olivia Colman said: “It’s a haunting and captivating short that lingers long after it ends. It unsettles you at first, then reveals an unexpected tenderness. An extraordinary depth of story told in just ten minutes."
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