Luke Thompson: From Growing Up In France To Landing A Role In Bridgerton!

In this episode of Brydon&, Rob is joined by actor Luke Thompson to talk about his current role in the emotionally-charged play "A Little Life," with James Norton. Their conversation spans Luke's upbringing in France, his introduction to the world of acting, and how he landed a role in the hit series "Bridgerton."
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[@phiaaaaaaa]

luke thompson speaking french is the most attractive thing ever

[@naurrrre]

i just flooded my basement

[@loonylaura85]

It's a crying shame France is the enemy (or just used to be) in the Bridgerton era because Benedict speaking French would be very hot! 🥵

[@JDro327]

@@naurrrreJust came across this comment 10 months later and cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂

[@vicktory214]

He actually got hotter when he started speaking in French! I didn’t know it was possible 😍

[@heliedecastanet1882]

As a Frenchman, I must confess, as much as I can hear, he has absolutely zero English accent when he speaks French. Truly impressive.

[@Riatzi]

Please let Luke speak a bit of French in Bridgerton. That would be simply wonderful.

[@ChachouLP]

Excellente idée ;)

[@Mrsamj1989]

Well he used to date the modiste 😅 maybe she’s Sophie

[@earlonaweary9155]

Sophie was taught French in the book, so that would be great!

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

​@@Mrsamj1989she's not!

[@mbburke3780]

Yes please !!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@ChiKitty24]

7:57 Luke speaking French 🤤

[@maryonr1629]

The community thanks you for your work ❤

[@6MHT]

Merci indeed

[@artemisbeasty196]

It's unfair that he is this attractive, I can't wait for his season

[@adamparker1504]

I went to school with him in France , he was always lead in school plays.

[@valeo862]

Really? You are so lucky

[@adamparker1504]

@@valeo862 Yeah we were in the same class together. We weren't best of friends of that sort. But I remember having the odd conversation with him over the couple of years. He had alot of female friends and spent alot of time in their company.

[@uro9452]

@@adamparker1504haha I can’t imagine how that was like I assumed he was more on the shy side 😂

[@Apatheia1200]

Luke's laughter lights up hearts, and his smile is so phenomenal and genuine.

[@bridgetjones9183]

He's a gem.

[@florencepi6232]

Love him and his laughter, he's so talented too but I wish he would do something for his teeth.

[@narre71]

@@florencepi6232 noooo his teeth are perfect, they are his own and makes him look like a real person! i would hate if he got them fixed up a la hollywood, would take away so much of his beauty

[@florencepi6232]

@@narre71 I don't like the american way either but I'm surprised that as a middle class boy living in France, he didn't fix them with braces at least. I still find him very handsome. I was just surprised.

[@laurapiistol]

cannot WAIT for him to take his lead in bridgerton!!!

[@Takecareofyourbusiness]

yeah but when? it was supposed to be him for season 3 if we follow the book....so season 4?

[@AP-ct4me]

@@Takecareofyourbusiness theres a possibility that szn 4 will be ab eloise and phillip

[@susanblue3981]

I'll be waiting for you Benedict.

[@simplymia3153]

@AP-ct4me it’s been confirmed that season 4 with be Benedict and Sophie

[@EmpressCity]

I love it when someone's voice actually changes when they speak french! I think I like his French voice better😂

[@anujachatterjee6719]

I keep coming back to this interview for his French and his laugh 🙈 lights up my heart❤️

[@flourchylde]

Rob kept interrupting Luke and I was ready to throw my shoe at the telly. Let the man speak, Rob!!!!!!!!!!

[@kathleenkalt3852]

"Inhabit a language. " I love that.

[@ohreallyeliza]

Well, Luke Thompson is just so charming and very lovely, isn't he? ❤️

[@susanblue3981]

Yes, he is 😊

[@bridgetjones9183]

He's such a gem.

[@TraceyOfficial]

watching Rob go so off script and enjoy giving Luke a hard time is delightful to watch. I wouldn't be surprised if these two work together soon.

[@loonylaura85]

Luke was a good sport because I don't think everyone would go with that sort of thing like he did. 😍

[@lifeofehs]

“If you cant keep up With me” 😂😂😂

[@retroreceptionist7571]

Luke Thompson could cancel my flight and I’d not even be mad at him. Bless him

[@selmasalazar5990]

I’m waiting so hard for his season, i can not wait for Sophie

[@nadialittle5821]

How did I JUST find this interview?!!! Love Luke - he's my favourite Bridgerton and was GREAT in A Little Life :)

[@greentara291]

It's lovely to hear LT talking about something other than Bridgerton.

[@iamsel_]

He’s so cheerful 🥹 what a ray of sunshine he is! My heart

[@eh8466]

Everyone is yearning for Benedict's season and of course it will be amazing but the longer they put it off the more Benedict/Luke Thompson we get as afterwards he'll inevitably feature less, I am happy to be patient - Luke's comedic timing is superb, particularly 'I'm in the MIDST of a conversation' in season 2. Rob - full disclosure came here predominantly for Luke but a genuine Marion and Geoff fan - you could say I straddle both worlds

[@elliedunne4548]

I love this way of thinking in terms of Benedict’s season! Definitely makes me feel more patient because Benedict’s book is my favourite lol

[@eh8466]

​@@elliedunne4548mine too - can't wait for the My Cottage scenes ❤

[@annemacleod1421]

Such an uplifting interview. Rob is so droll….such a giggle listening to these two.

[@miahoffman4687]

Luke is absolutely charming. Hope to catch him in a play while in London. Cheers Guys!

[@estellabolger65]

I have never laughed so hard at an interview! 😂 Fantastic host and Luke is lovely as always 💙 Thank you for this!

[@RobBrydon]

Glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@80sherazade]

Luke Thompson is a ray of light. ❤ but if he doesn’t start to speak about Sophie Beckett soon I will respectfully lose my mind.

[@susieoconnor9688]

literally me combing through this podcast to find any and all mention of bridgerton HAHA

[@briandesilva1834]

I like Mr. Brydon's casual and dry sense of humor. He does not take himself seriously. 🙂 Mr. Thompson, as usual, is awesome. Lady Danbury ( Actress Adjoa Andoh) and Benedict Brigerton are my favorite characters.

[@nalfeyne_skz]

7:57 Luke Thompson have no English accent I am so impressed 👏👏❤❤

[@alessandracampos5154]

Luke, can we be friends? He is the kind of person that you probably forget how the time pass when having a chat with about anything, any subject, even the weather! lol.. It's just nice to hear his thoughts, specially culture. Everytime, I stop and think about the point he has made, ginving me a new perspective of the subject. Keep like that, Luke! I wish we have more of those podcasts with him.

[@aleynaklnc06]

You are a very talented actor, Luke. You are a man of good character and smile ❤😊

[@juliannechan7282]

To be fair, Rob's French attitude and noise are pretty good 👍😂

[@ChachouLP]

As a French absolutely not 🤷‍♀️

[@bridgetjones9183]

​@ChachouLP That's 100 % a comment other Europeans (like me) would expect from a French person. So sad you can't appreciate someone trying and being pretty good in your language.. How do you imagine a non native speaker to speak like a native one?

[@gccntt]

@@bridgetjones9183 "so sad" that you are prejudiced towards another nationality I guess ? It's not about expecting a perfect accent from a non-native. The OP was talking about noises and attitude, which is a different topic, and it felt like a caricature, not like someone who was trying to speak another language, which I will always applaud not matter the accent and the mistakes.

[@laujam4650]

I thoroughly enjoyed this podcast. I would listen to Luke all day, especially when he starts speaking French ❤. Love him.

[@celletoronto]

You really have to be quick to keep up with Brydon, and I think Luke did a great job parrying. 😂 He went there ready to be entertained too!

[@katie18976]

I love him as Benedict in Bridgerton 😍 But this interview was quite difficult to hear because the interviewer wanted to mostly talk about himself and boost his ego. I hated the constant interruptions. If you're doing an interview, let the person speak! 🤦‍♀️

[@da98orn]

I was like "I can watch this entire interview with this INCREDIBLE french !" But he switched to english so enven if I can understand a little, i'm little sad to not watch this interview with he's beautiful french 🥺😍

[@luanngranvorka6972]

J'aime trop la voix de Luke lorsqu'il parle Français 😍! Que Dieu le bénisse ❤️‍🔥🙏🏾

[@hannamichiii9004]

Luke Thompson really need to have a role for James Bond or maybe just one of the characters from James Bond...

[@bridgetjones9183]

He's got too much of a puppy attitude to be James Bond. But I'd like to see him more on screen.

[@fernandarosa-leeke3131]

C'est tellement bien de vous écouter parler français Luke! Quelle joie ! Vous êtes absolument fabuleux !

[@amogoftea5227]

The laughs in this brightened my day significantly THANK YOU ❤

[@florencepi6232]

My first interview of yours and please Rob Brydon, let Luke speak and stop talking about your life (I don't care)!

[@lollian2782]

Great chemistry with these two!!!

[@mochixsu]

Luke’s smile is gorgeous!! 🫶🏻

[@rm24h05]

Son français est tellement impeccable c'est fou !!!

[@Pillowlips77]

Love Luke! He's a beautiful person both inside and out

[@lesliemadariaga8207]

He is soooo charming , and yeah , the fact that he laughs so much is hypnotic ! I like him more as a person , when I was his fan as a bridgerton ❤😊

[@Mnxeu]

EXCUSE ME?! I'm gonna need to hear Luke Thompson speaking more French because... HELLO?! 🔥

[@layalabi1667]

Thank you! That was delightful!!

[@bridgetjones9183]

I didn't think it's possible for me to fall more in love with Luke Thompson than I already have, but... it obviously is! 😅

[@ingridb.1209]

His smile is so cute

[@Draco_7]

Luke is cute and all but LOVE THE HOST. Now am googling his other interviews. He is soo funny.

[@realpaatuhod]

This interview is so funny omg hahahahah I loved watching you two! Gonna listen to the whole thing 💕

[@renoir8719]

Hysterically funny interview, thank you

[@user-xe1eo8tp7w]

I'm french , this IS my language and i'm flustered 😮‍💨😭

[@ChachouLP]

A cause de ??

[@Morgane42_]

Thanks for this interview ! Luke seems to be an easy going person. I liked hearing him speaking in my language 😊

[@julieraupp6434]

So sorry all... Enjoyed Luke Thompson, felt he had to keep laughing just to deal with all of Rob's interruptions. This interview had a really weird flow, too chaotic for me. 🤷‍♀️

[@Signe145]

Very late to the party (I only just found this interview), but omg yes! Let the poor guy speak! He never got to say what he wanted to say because the host kept interrupting. It was painful to watch, but Luke handled it very well.

[@florencepi6232]

​@@Signe145and @julieraupp6434 Totally agree with you!

[@TraceyOfficial]

🎉 this was wonderful

[@valeo862]

Cuore🧡🧡🧡

[@neliswaxaba3287]

i absolutely enjoyed this.

[@AuxaneST]

Ia this supposed to be a roast or an interview?.... Son accent est incroyable. Il pourrait tourner dans des films francophones. ❤

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

why is rob being such a flirt here lol

[@charlotted1321]

He saw a chance and he took it

[@samanthaxwalker]

I love rob and thompson. ❤

[@priyanka-hc1xp]

I would like to hear Benedicte speak to Madame Delecroix in French!❤

[@filippafransson48]

Omg I Love it!

[@DinNDee]

I really enjoyed the host in Gavin and Stacey

[@miraculous___x]

Luke Thompson speaking French is my Roman Empire

[@soniaaurore3619]

Jesus Christ he speaks French like a bloody Parisian! Ça le rend encore plus sexy ... Oh my goodness 🤩

[@julianlineham]

Superb

[@helenrenault8218]

I remember Victor Spinetti from A Hard Days Night.

[@shreyadas6981]

Luke ❤

[@AlishaH-vh5jy]

Wow amazing

[@jennylynch8411]

Oh God... no... no.. I can't fall in love with another man WAY PAST MY AGE. LUKE... LUKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME.

[@marjoriebaelde9875]

AND he's speaking MY birth language, quite perfectly too..Even more attractive ;)

[@nickpaps1511]

I mean Benedict needs to help Madame Delacroix with her accent 😄 I'm just sayiing

[@ChachouLP]

L'entendre parler Français ça surprend un peu au début et on s'y fait :)

[@mariammarie5840]

I agree it was so surprenant !!

[@onceuponatime9501]

funny interactions between them

[@siobhancrgde]

I want him, I need him, oh God 😔

[@Helicoptere_13]

He seems better at french than I am, and french is my first language

[@mccarraa]

Rob was very rude. love Luke

[@grrrnouille]

people saying luke thompson speaking french is very attractive while as a native french speaker i burst out laughing when he said that first sentence in french (the contrast with rob brydon searching his words and luke thompson's native french was too much for me)

[@florie6058]

Now i understand why foreigner finds french sexy lol

[@Gamabu]

His French voice sounds like a voice over

[@user-sn6fe7qn6w]

He speaks french absolutely fluently with no accent!!!

[@heliedecastanet1882]

True. Impressive.

[@zekibbix]

He grew up there, so why wouldn’t he?

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@zekibbix You are right. Actually, we could even expect a slight French accent when he speaks English. Some friends of mine are British, born and raised in France, with English parents, and they have zero English accent when they spoke French, which is not the case when they speak English : you can hear something a bit different 🙂

[@zekibbix]

@@heliedecastanet1882I’m British but grew up in Spain. I don’t have an accent in either language; if anything my vocabulary’s probably better in Spanish since I went to school and Uni there. It always throws me back when people here in the UK are surprised that I can speak Spanish!

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@zekibbix I don't know how old you are but you are lucky because, since you speak Spanish, Italian, Portuguese or French would not have any sort of difficulties for you (well, especially Portuguese and Italian, since French is a bit different regarding the pronounciation of words) 🙂

[@LaiQuen]

ha! I got excited because one of my first school plays was Oh what a lovely war aswell - however I did not goi on to become a famous actor.

[@stargazerlse]

Where can i see the full interview video?

[@RobBrydon]

Wherever you get your podcasts! Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts, Amazon music to name a few 👍

[@CM-ce2jl]

Il parle trop bien français c'est une dinguerie

[@Matthew-mp2qz]

they should remake quantum lrap and cast luke because he looks just like a young scott bakula.

[@Pillowlips77]

He looks like a young Christopher plummer I think

[@sandramara4394]

Tradução em português. Por favor!!

[@rhiannon1251]

I like this but I feel Rob just talks ALL over him at times.

[@hk9384]

😍😍😍

[@steffis2664]

Is it just the cut of the video or does Bryson never let his guests finish their sentences and trains of thoughts? It felt quite rude, how he stopped Luke in his tracks, before he could make his point. Annoying to watch.

[@kariroutier4318]

Luke Thompson for James Bond

[@AndersWatches]

Not me instantly clicking because Luke is just… I’m very gay 😅

[@Takecareofyourbusiness]

he is not gay

[@AndersWatches]

@@Takecareofyourbusiness I literally never said he was 🙄

[@marionchergui69670]

Il parle mieux français que moi alors que je suis française 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Annabethishere]

what’s the timestamp of Luke speaking french?

[@laetitiar2364]

Oh le con, son Français est parfait !

[@jennykay1250]

Ha Rob is annoying in this interview! I normally enjoy him in these interviews, but found this one tough.

[@queenbeejuju9068]

This is the first time I have seen your show, and I won't be tuning in again. It is not funny to belittle and repeatedly poke fun at someone simply because he/she is young. My son came in the other day telling me about this cool new song (Beatles...Hey Jude...smh). I will not belabor the point. Also, you called him out twice for being defensive. I would have been as well. I also can't believe that you told him to relax. You were the cause of the friction. He is clearly more good natured than I am, but I am older. Don't ruin what makes him such a rarity. He is a genuinely nice, talented actor. It would be nice not to throw him to the wolves just yet. I would be shocked if he came back.

[@clairemorris2816]

It’s his style. He’s a very well known comic and actor and it’s all banter and fun. Taking the piss. He’s been around longer than Luke and has been well known for years especially for Gavin and Stacey . And Luke knows it’s all tongue in cheek and fun Hence him laughing so much! He references fellow actors and comics- David Walliams, Simon Pegg.

[@queenbeejuju9068]

Thanks for sharing. I appreciate the perspective since I am not familiar with him.

[@florencepi6232]

​@@clairemorris2816yeah yeah sure. Except now we don't like this type of "banter" anymore. We like when there's respect and empathy.

[@clairemorris2816]

@@florencepi6232 . There is respect and empathy.that’s why Luke is laughing and is so relaxed Rob himself is putting himself down! He calls Like good looking .The interaction flows. They bounce off each other and listen to each other. Rob asked questions and is interested in what he says.

[@florencepi6232]

@@clairemorris2816 "interested in what he says", are you kidding me? He interrupted Luke so many times! He talks about himself a lot and I don't want to know his life, I'm here to hear Luke.

[@leabeaurepere4458]

I cannot wait for his season ❤️ The book Benedict is just amazing and i love Sophie & Benedict love story 🥹 (i’m french so sorry for my english guys)

[@TikToknessahoangoffical]

❤❤🎉❤🎉❤❤❤luke