Episode 103: John Lennon The Actor with Ross Marshall (Part 1 of 2)

The show keeps rolling with a look at John Lennon as an actor, both in films and TV sketches and also in his persona as Beatle John with the press and on stage. Antony is joined in this endeavour by professional actor Ross Marshall, and the conversation also looks at the craft of acting itself in terms of styles and John Lennon’s (un)suitability for it.

Part 1 reaches the end of 1964, including discussion of John’s performance in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. Part 2 will be out in a few weeks

 

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episode links

John’s scenes in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjkYjI4Mjd0

 

John on ‘Not Only But Also’ in Jan 1965 (2 appearances, both filmed in Nov 1964)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P2j24WMzbg

 

Eoghan Lyng analyses and discusses John’s acting

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/exploring-john-lennons-foray-into-acting/

 

Antony discusses A Hard Day’s Night on the ‘Classic Film Jerks’ podcast

https://player.fm/series/classic-film-jerks-2394703/a-hard-days-night

 

Marlon Brando talks about acting and has a friendly disagreement about it with Dick Cavett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yo5xKqt0o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tvca0FcuSs

 

David Mamet’s book on acting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_and_False:_Heresy_and_Common_Sense_for_the_Actor

 

Michael Caine’s acting masterclass and Peter Serafinowicz’s parody of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZPLVDwEr7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdaLhOODouI&t=1s