Good Luck to You Leo Grande - Katy Brand on Peep Show, Prudishness & characters not often seen

Katy Brand is interviewed for Good Luck to you Leo Grande. Directed by Sophie Hyde the film stars Emma Thompson and Daryl Mccormack. The film was written by Katy Brand. Stefan Pape asks the questions.
Plot: The film follows Nancy Stokes (Emma Thompson), a retired schoolteacher and widow, is yearning for some adventure, some human connection, and some sex. Good sex. Whilst her husband Robert provided a home, a family, and something resembling a life, good sex was never on offer. But he’s gone now, and Nancy has a plan: she will find adventure with a sex worker named Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack). In an anonymous hotel room Nancy greets Leo. He looks every bit as good as his picture, but what Nancy wasn’t expecting was conversation as well as fornication. Leo has a view on everything, and though he may not always tell the truth, Nancy finds she likes him. And he likes her. With growing sexual confidence, Nancy starts to relax. Over the course of three rendezvous, the power dynamics shift and their well-worn masks begin to slip. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is an uplifting comedy that challenges expectations. Nancy & Leo discover an unexpected bond in this hilarious, heartwarming, sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery.
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[@shirink7127]

Thank you Katy Brand for this masterpiece.

[@hahabass]

Hear, hear!!

[@supriya55]

more writer interviews please! what a wonderful writer and creator she is

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

I had NO IDEA Katy had written it! I have loved Katy’s work for years. I watched the movie and loved it.

[@Romanticvampyre6]

This film is a pure pearl. It is so concentrated with primary and secondary ideas that you can find relevance with or to mull them over. Brilliant script, work of the crew, and magnificent performance of Emma and Daryl. The idea of intimacy was so multilayer: physical intimacy, spiritual intimacy with another person, but most importantly, with yourself.

[@SoulQueenWu]

Brilliant Writer. This story was played so beautifully

[@upendasana7857]

wow can't believe it was written and made in such a short space of time...great to think that a film can be made that quickly if kept simple as far as sets etc are concerned,would love to see alot more films like this made with simple sets but where focus is on character and what happens between characters...abit more like theatre but films. Far too many films are too full of unnecessary stuff that cost too much and where the story or characters are weak

[@martienicholls7251]

Wonderful. I’ve watched it three times. Thank you. 💚

[@ВалерияМихайлова-ъ1й]

Спасибо Katy - я смеялась и плакала весь фильм. Это действительно тончайший уникальный шедевр ❤

[@sentient24]

That film is going to be a cult classic, no doubt about it. I really enjoyed the line were Nancy reveals her real last name, which takes you back to The Graduate, in a very flip sort of way. It makes you laugh when you think that she is so different from the character in the 60s hit.

[@lunaholiday8585]

Thank you for this movie; it’s beautiful.

[@danielmoloney6743]

Just watched that episode

[@jainthorne4136]

It's a movie and not an episode. Not sure how you watched it four days ago since it was just released today. Good movie.

[@stingweeber6394]

i aggre

[@Madilyns]

Brilliant movie. She's me. I'm her.

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

Poor you.

[@paperchain1239]

It is not prudishness. There is something called common decency, not a lot around anymore.

[@donovanvaz3289]

I really enjoyed the dialogue - it was sharp and witty and at times breath taking. And Emma Thompson was her usual amazing self. The dancing scene was so "nice" - and that's where I had issues with the movie. The movie lets itself down by being another fantasy about the world of prostitution (just as badly as Pretty Woman) - and let's be honest, it IS prostitution, calling him a "sex worker" doesn't make it anything less socially unacceptable. It's like Katy Brand just wanted to use a "shocking" vehicle to discuss sexual awakening for an older woman. But to do this, she's fantasising about what happens behind closed doors in these encounters. Firstly, the prostitutes are not all as gorgeous or physically fit as Daryl McCormack. They're also not as eloquent or educated. Also the client isn't always as beautiful as Emma Thompson (no amount of being honest about her body can overcome her natural beauty). The actual sexual encounters didn't handle the guilt of the post event reality - the shame the client feels. It didn't deal with the seediness of the encounter - even if she does says she feels like a seedy old pervert and even like Rolf Harris (interesting comparison to a paedophile), it's dismissed as a concern immediately. It tried to address the possibility of a person being exploited, but again it deals with it very swiftly - "I am worried I am exploiting you" "don't worry you're not" "ok good thanks". Is the movie saying that prostitution is acceptable? After all she give his details to some of her friends! Or is it only acceptable if you're widowed? If it's ok for her and her friends to seek sexual gratification for money, then is it equally so for men? She asks if he feels demeaned or degraded, but again she accepts it when he says no. Would the same shoe fit if it was a man asking a female prostitute those questions? She says she's had offer of sex from men, but they're all old. She wants a young man with a young body. What if a man said that about a female? Also, to have him "out" himself as a sex worker to a member of the public is just naive - no prostitute would tell a non client what they do. The word would soon spread and they wouldn't be able to be seen in public again without someone pointing them out. So in summary it's a shame that Katy Brand had to use the world of prostitution to be the means by which she hooks people onto what was a genuine need to discuss sexual desires for older women.

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

How else would a woman of 62 get a young fit peice of beefcake if not by paying for it...also people, that's all people gay men women men old men old women don't always have the time for small talk and dinner.

[@donovanvaz3289]

@@jacquelinepaul9731 so you're saying that it is ok to seek the services of prostitutes?

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

@@donovanvaz3289 Yes..its supply and demand As long as its in a safe controlled environment, I don't mean stood on a street corner..and as long as its something you want to do. Plenty of upmarket prostitutes in London having sex with extremely good looking Arabs,both parties seem happy. Not all women have had an education,been to University etc..its not an ideal obviously but it's never going to stop,so just make it safer.

[@stingweeber6394]

episode ishgreood