Emma Thompson & Daryl McCormack Interview: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, currently out on Hulu, is a charming film that nevertheless takes its message on sexuality and sex work seriously. Directed by Sophie Hyde and written by Katy Brand, the movie stars screen legend Emma Thompson as Nancy Stokes, a woman who realizes she's unsatisfied with the sex she's had in her life thus far.
In order to correct that, Nancy brings in Leo (Daryl McCormack, Peaky Blinders). The two them embark on a journey of sexual fulfillment and self-discovery that isn't quite what either initially expected.
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Screen Rant spoke to Thompson and McCormack about the space they were given to explore the intimacy between their characters, the lessons they learned about sex work, and the experience of being at peace with one's body.
Screen Rant: What a wonderful, wonderful movie. I loved every second of it, and how most of the movie is you two just having conversations together. What can you say about your partnership in this movie and working together?
Emma Thompson: It was a great privilege, really. We were helped by a lot of external things, as well. I sometimes think if we'd made this… If we'd have more time, if there hadn't been COVID, if we hadn't been in lockdown, if there had been more money and we were shooting it in a grander way somehow — everything about it, as it were, conspired to make it more intense. The intimacy that we were able to and needed to find.
If we'd been out with the crew and getting to know everyone else, I don't think we could have reached the sorts of spaces that we needed to reach. There was a kind of silence around us, because the city was closed and sort of closing in. It was Winter,
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