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Aug 2021
52m 59s

Ryan Reynolds, Minnie Driver and what to...

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About this episode
Welcome to Backstage, the film and TV podcast from Sky News, where you can find out what to watch and hear from A-list guests.

This week’s episode is hosted by Claire Gregory, Stevie Wong and guest host Sky News Arts Editor Amy Hitchcock.

This week hear from Ryan Reynolds on his ‘role of a lifetime’ as the owner of Wrexham AFC and we chat to Minnie Driver about the second series of Modern Love.

Stevie charms the pants off of CODA director Sian Heder - which is also our awards season tip for this week.

And as always we’ll let you know what to watch both at home and at the cinema.

Stay tuned and don't forget to rate, review and subscribe and get in touch via backstage@sky.uk - we love emails!
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