Crossing the Line

John Hodge is a writer, best known for his screen adaptation of Transporting from Irvine Welsh's novel. Today, we discuss what led to him becoming a writer despite studying medicine.

Gary Young is a British screenwriter best known for writing Harry Brown starring Michael Caine.

Andrea Osvart is an international multi-award-winning actress with over 50 acting credits starring opposite movie stars like Robert Redford, Clive Owen, Bruno Ganz, J.K. Simmons, Mattias Schweighöfer, or Heino Ferch. She has also produced feature films sold to Netflix and HBO.

Barnaby Kay was born into a theatrical family. His younger brother Adam is in the business, his grandfather, Arthur Kay, was a leading light in community theatre in Northumbria, and his father was the actor Richard Kay. Barnaby went to drama school but left before completing his course as his father's agent secured him an audition with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which he successfully passed, debuting with them in the play 'A Jovial Crew', and returning to work with them on several occasions. He has since worked in all media, including television roles in Doctor Who, Wallander, and Anatomy of a Scandal. Today, he sits down to talk with Crossing the Line all about his successful career which has stretched thirty years.

Olissa is currently working as casting associate at Fiona Weir Casting. Some of her recent casting credits include ‘Ted Lasso' (Apple TV), ‘Brassic' (SKY), ‘We Are Who We Are' (HBO) and Criminal UK (Netflix). Today she chats to Crossing the Line about all things casting - from how many audition self tapes she watches, to her own career aspirations. As always, stay tuned for the classic question: What movie are you ashamed of never seeing?

Michael Hoffman's career has stretched a number of decades and includes films such as One Fine Day, Restoration, and Gambit - and has led to numerous nominations and wins of the world's most prestigious awards. We sit down with Michael for an hour to discuss all things filmmaking, and of course, as always, we ask which film he's most ashamed of having not seen! So pull up a chair and enjoy Episode 31 of Crossing the Line.

Best known for his starring role in the critically acclaimed movie ‘1917' by Sam Mendes, we welcome the incredible British actor George MacKay who talks through his extensive body of work, his upcoming projects, and his advice to other creatives out there.

From acting in British soap opera Hollyoaks to winning the best live action short film Oscar for 'The Silent Child' at the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles, Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton have had a wild career path.

Ben Coren joined Film4's development team in 2013 and has worked across films including Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield, Steve McQueen's Widows, Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang, Michael Winterbottom's Greed, Nick Rowland's Calm With Horses and Rungano Nyoni's BAFTA and BIFA-winning I Am Not a Witch.

Jake Garber is an American make-up artist who has worked on over 140 movies and television shows, including the much-loved Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Walking Dead, Hellboy, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained.

In this episode we discuss Mark Jenkin's breakthrough feature ‘Bait', his creative process, and how the film changed the trajectory of his career, his future ambitions, the importance of knowing when to say no to a project and his taste in movies.

Maggie Kruger started her career as a junior agent and establishing the agency's commercial division. She moved on to a different agency in 2004 to work in the voiceover department, finally starting Babble with Sarah in 2007.

In this episode we discuss how actor Gabriel Byrne began in his career, struggles new actors face, and our age-old question - which movie he's ashamed he hasn't seen.

Adam James has gone strength to strength in his acting career, becoming such a recognisable face in so many shows such as Band of Brothers, Casualty, and more recently the hit I May Destroy You.

Mike Leigh is a staple of British cinema and theatre having had a directing career that spans seven decades. Seven is also the number of Oscars he's been nominated for. He's also helped to create stars we know and love today including Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Liz Smith, as well as collaborating with well known actors such as Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent.

Guardians of the Galaxy; Lego Star Wars; Spyro; Gears of War 5; Call of Duty. If you've watched an animated show or played video games you've likely heard Trevor Devall's distinctive voice.

Phillip Jackson began his career in Repertory Theatre before moving into West End shows, television and film. Phillip is best known for playing Chief Inspector Japp in Agatha Christie's Poirot alongside David Suchet between 1989-2013.

Jennifer is a trained actress and voice over artist, and her range and attention to detail really make her stand out. Her versatility does not stop with accents, being able to throw herself into any character and script - lending her voice to be the perfect choice for games and animations.

Amy Raine Jackson started her career as an actress before moving over into casting. She has worked on projects such as the television adaption of ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral', ‘In My Skin', the Sci-Fi thriller ‘Devs' and the upcoming ‘The Girl Before'. She currently works along side Amy Hubbard as an associate.

Andrew Cumming is a Scottish film and television director from Fife. His National Film and Television School graduation film Radiance, was nominated for best film at the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards, while his claustrophobic psychological drama Beneath won Best Student Film at the Courant 3D festival in France.

In this episode we talk to Director/co-creator Lewis Arnold, Writer Luke Neal and Editor Sacha Szwarc about the show from its birth, the in-depth research required all the way to finishing filming.

Graeme Harper is a British Television Director best known for his work on the science fiction series, Doctor Who, for which he is the only person to have directed episodes in the original and reboot run of the show.

Roberto Surace is a costume and set designer with a number of incredible shows to his name, including the ever popular Mischief Theatre's 'The Play That Goes Wrong'.

David Howe is a Lighting Designer who's career has spanned Theatre in London's West End, National Tours as well as opera and taken him oversees to New York's Broadway, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Canada and Russia.

Best known for Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre is a British theatre company specialising in comedy. Speaking with Dave Hearn and Harry Kershaw, hilarious and informative chats ensues including their beginnings as an improv troupe all the way up to conquering Broadway and what it's like to work with J. J. Abrams

Abbi has well over 30 years experience in the stunt industry. Formally an all-round Stunt Performer and Horse Master, before making the transition through to Stunt Co-ordinator and Fight Arranger in 2004.

Ellen Francis Gibbons is a model and actress, who has worked with incredible companies such as Gucci and Ralph Lauren.

Joel Devlin is an Emmy Nominated and RTS award winning cinematographer know for shows including Born to Kill, Doctor Foster and more recently The ABC Murders. In this episode we dive into Joel's wealth of technical knowledge discussing how a DOP will select the type of camera for a project, working alongside John Malkovich on The ABC Murders, specialist lighting, visual storytelling and much much more.

In this episode Daffy babbles incoherently, The arthur kids are trained to kill, and Solid Snake meets a very wascally sleeper agent. Listen in to hear more.

Hainsley Lloyd Bennett is a British actor known for his work in shows such as 'Washington', 'Catastrophe' and most recently as Deon 'Bazza' Bashford in Starzplay's 'Pennyworth'.

It’s time to get scary, and by scary I mean creepy, and by creepy I mean cursed sonic vhs tapes, nes toy story boss fights, and live action code lyoko :c

Ronan McCabe works as an agent assistant at The Curtis Brown group who represent some of the country's most outstanding talent. Here he maps out his unlikely journey from the accounting department up the ladder to the dizzy heights of musical theatre and the big screen.

Inspector gadget is a freak, let’s get that out of the way. No one knows what’s under that trench coat and no one dares to ask. This week we read stories with naruto, sheldon, and many other spindly creatures.

Genevieve Gaunt first came to our screens 2004 as Pansy Parkinson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and has since has appeared as major roles in TV series The Royals and most recently in medieval drama, Knightfall, currently available on Netflix.

We just saw the sonic movie and had a great time. So we decided to record our first Sonic episode, somehow. We never really felt the need to do one with how often he finds his way into other stories.

Kate Saxon is a television, theatre and video games director and has worked on award winning shows such as Endeavour and Silent Witness and blockbuster games including BAFTA-winning and nominated Alien: Isolation, Fable 2&3 and The Witcher 3. She discusses her journey to becoming a director as well as how you span the differences between television and video games.

Louis Taylor-Baggs is a second unit directors assistant on the Bond film 'No Time To Die' and has worked as a production assistant on various films including Solo: A Star Wars Story

Craig Lapper from the BBFC came to talk about movie ratings - fighting, swearing, death and how it all effects what you get to see.

Michael Gamarano Singleton is the Founder of the highly successful acting workshop provider Mixing Networks, filmmaker and producer. Here he discusses his journey to producing his new documentary, a new comedy pilot, his award winning short film 'Two Sides' and how to keep the director sweet when you can't speak Spanish while filming a Mexican beer commercial!

Caitlin Joseph is a casting associate to Suzanne Smith casting shows such as Outlander and Good Omens for Amazon and has previously worked as an actress. Here she discusses how huge the challenges can be when casting a show or film and the level of detail and commitment it takes when sometimes all they have is twenty four hours to get an actor from the casting office to set!

Love is in the air, and so goes the holiday tradition ❤ we wrote our own stories, and gave them as gifts to each other. This episodes has Dr. robotnik kidnapping Nami, Kermit getting manhandled by Tito, and one wumpa island prom.

For all the homies who have been with us since the beginning, we’re following up here and finishing some our faves. Corey’s Bizarre adventure, Sonic’s managerial duties, and Lovecraftian Scooby Doo horrors is wrapped up at last.

This is the first episode of season 3, and a serious audio cleanup effort, we’re still recording in a big empty room so it’s echoing yes, and we kind of mumble in the beginning yes, but it picks up! Sounds nice. this episode is a no topic free for all, where the mystery inc gang […]

  In this episode Kaiba flies to France to bully children, The crystal gems get owned by a chad male gem, and Jigsaw challenges the pharaoh to a dark, hardly visible duel disk game of death. Also Bluebreed tells a tale of love in the fast food drive through. This shit is bananas, please enjoy […]

  In this episode we ran in to a major case of the trope where the author refers to characters specifically by previously unmentioned visual traits. Such as “the turtle with the green eyes.” We also ran in to some serious anti-teletubby homophobia. Which, if you grew up on newgrounds in the 2000’s, you probably […]

  In this episode Eddy bullies other kids for having WEAK Battle Chips, megamind looks in the mirror and frowns, and Mega Man gets stranded on the beach with pop idol, Sonic the Hedgehog. BlueBreed reads a story where boots picks petty fights with cartoon characters and cries laughing.