To close out the holidays, our conversation with actor Harris Dickinson.

We discuss his latest role in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl (6:50 ), Nicole Kidman’s “disarming and generous” quality on set (9:27 ), and the exploration of masculinity in Harris’ roles— from Beach Rats (12:48 ) to Triangle of Sadness (13:03 ) to Babygirl (13:24 ). Then, we dive into the online discourse about his new performance (15:52 ), his upbringing in Walthamstow, England (17:10 ), and the early short films he made with his high school mates (20:20 ).

On the back-half, Harris unpacks his formative university years (24:45 ), his post-grad search for purpose, first in the military (30:20 ) then working at a hotel in east London (33:26 ), and the inspiration behind his forthcoming directorial debut (34:25 ). To close, we talk about the parallels between filming fight scenes (43:50 ) and intimate scenes (44:48 ) and the Charles Bukowski poem that keeps him creating (52:25 ).

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