SELLEST OSAST
To mark 500 episodes of How to Fail! To we’re re-releasing the first ever episode with Phoebe Waller Bridge, which originally went out in July 2018.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator and star of Fleabag, writer of Killing Eve, superstar feminist and human embodiment of a Star Wars droid, joins How To Fail to talk about how she failed at her 20s (but got lots of brilliant material from the terrible dates she endured), failing at drama school, terrible auditions (including one for Downton Abbey) and how her female best friend is quite possibly the love of her life.
She also talks about emotional vulnerability, why women fail at anger and about finding glory in one’s mistakes. There’s a great exchange about whether women should be open about whether or not they want children and a whole segue into the desirability of alabaster foreheads. Oh, and we cover the time Phoebe met Meryl Streep and embarrassed herself horribly, in what might be one of the greatest celebrity anecdotes of all time involving apple crumble.
IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Introduction
02:04 Sudden Fame Reality
04:33 RADA And Early Rejection
07:50 Emotional Acting Truth
08:41 Love Life Failures
13:14 Fleabag And Female Voice
18:05 Auditions Power And Ambition
25:37 Creative Lifeline Friendship
26:21 How They Met Vicky
27:40 Muses Not Mistresses
29:15 Women And Anger
30:55 Female Killers Fascination
33:20 The Babies Question
40:54 Feminism And Body Image
44:40 Celebrity Encounters Finale
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