Despite it being very short,  Coe -  standing in for Shaun Keaveny – still managed to get Sally to talk about the film, curry, whether she’ll be staying up for the Oscars and the silver bear.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r3tf4#p006s00z

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Sally Hawkins on “BBC Radio 6 Breakfast”: Transcript (Up With The Hawk)

GC: “And joining me now is actress Sally Hawkins, whose films include Mike Leigh’s ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’, the Oscar nominated ‘An Education‘ and the soon to be released ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife‘. How are you?”

SH: “I’m very good, I’m very good. How are you?”

GC: “Did you enjoy ‘Joy Division Oven Gloves‘ by Half Man Half Biscuit?”

SH: “I thought it was fantastic, I was umm… headbanging away.”

GC: “Glad to hear it, shall we start with ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’?”

SH: “Yup.”

GC: “The director, Gurinder Chadha, references another of her films in calling it ‘Bend it Like Beckham on acid‘.”

SH: *laughs* “Did she?”

GC: “She…”

SH: *laughs* “Well yeah, that’s another take on it. It’s quite mad, I think it’s umm… I think it’s brilliant actually.

I think she’s kind of a tour de force, and umm… it’s kind of out there. Yeah, I’ll be interested to see what people think.”

GC: “Tell us about the role you play in it.”

SH: “I play quite a special role, you could say that she’s umm… she’s slightly uhh… well, she’s captain(?), my character Linda has just returned from India and sort of been spiritually awakened, and therefore able to tap into umm… uhh… the paranormal world, I suppose.

There’s lots of things going on, and umm… yeah, it sort of escalates and ends up in a Carrie-esque curry moment, at the end.”

GC: “It does reference all sorts of other movies from Frank Capra in the title to Se7en early on, various zombie movies, and…”

SH: “Yes.”

GC: “… and as you’ve mentioned, Carrie towards the end.”

SH: “Yeah, which was… brilliant. And yeah, just involved a lot of curry… real curry, as well.  Umm…”

GC: “Real curry was used in the making of this movie, is that what you’re saying?”

SH: *laughs* “Yes. By the end, we stank… alot. We were sort of swimming round in… a foot of curry, which is not so nice. But umm… yeah, good fun, good fun.”

GC: “You stank deliciously is what you wanted to say there.”

SH: “Yeah, yeah *laughs* I stank of curry for weeks actually.”

GC: “Are you going to be watching the Oscars on Sunday night, Monday morning? “An Education” in which you are (in) is up for 3 as I understand.”

SH: “I’m very glad to hear it as well. Umm… if I can stay up, yeah, I will be. I think it’s quite an event.

And you have to support Carey Mulligan, and umm… it will be interesting to sort of see the fashion there, and umm… have a laugh… or not. *laughs*

But no, you know, I think Carey has done incredibly well, and I’m so proud of her really.

And Lone Scherfig, I mean it’s wonderful for her. So just proud to be in it, even if it’s 5 seconds worth.”

GC: “You’ve picked up awards of course for umm… your role in Mike Leigh’s “Happy Go Lucky”. I was watching the acceptance speech you gave at the Berlin Film Festival, which started brilliantly with you saying – do you know what you said first of all? You said…”

SH: “Oh god…”

GC: “You said ‘Blimey, O’Riley‘.”

SH: “Did I?”

GC: “Yes, you did.”

SH: “Did I?” *laughs*

GC: “Yes, it was a good way to start an acceptance speech.”

SH: *laughs* “Mike Leigh will be proud.”

GC: *chuckles*

SH: “Well…yeah, it feels an age away, and yet it’s probably not that long ago really.  It sort of – that all happened…you know that’s when it all began and it was kind of a really special night and moment, and umm… yeah, I’m looking at the bear now.”

GC: “I was going to say, where do you keep the silver bear? Where is it?”

SH: “He’s just umm… I haven’t really got a mantel piece, I’ve got sort of a – he’s just on a sort of shelf, which is… I’ve just polished him up – he’s sparkling away and he’s gorgeous.”

GC: “Glad to hear it… and he’s smiling down on you. Listen Sally, thanks a million for joining us this morning.”

SH: “Oooh… not at all. Thanks for having me.”

GC: “And ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife‘ is out on the 23rd of April, and if you stay up, fingers crossed for Sunday night, Monday morning.”

SH: “Thank you, thank you.”