The Ben Cobb Show (2019)
A fictional chat show made as part of Love magazine’s #MOVINGLOVE, the publication’s ‘moving image’ channel on YouTube. The film, shot by Call This Number with creative direction by Love’s founding editor-in-chief Katie Grand, also stars Rami Malek as “notorious and egomaniacal” director Harry Bardo, interviewed by Cobb, who plays himself, as the suave host of the eponymous show (it also marks Malek’s first film since Bohemian Rhapsody for which he won Best Actor at this year’s Oscars). Interspersed throughout the interview – which is set somewhere in the “recent past”, though has a distinctly 1970s aesthetic – are turns from a slew of models and actresses, including Emily Ratajkowski, Felicity Jones, Fran Summers, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Karen Elson (among others), who each perform clips from the fictional director’s oeuvre.
Directors: Steve Mackey, Douglas Hart.
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Ben Cobb as Self |
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Rami Malek as Harry Bardo |
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Emily Ratajkowski as Diana Nico |
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Felicity Jones as Cecily de Witt |
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Maggie Gyllenhaal as Amun Ra |
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Fran Summers as Erin Landers |
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Martha Hunt as Hope Parker |
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Jean Campbell as Jaquelin Hyde |
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Meghan Roche as Kitty Collins |
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Karen Elson as Harry Bardo |
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Tami Williams as Harry Bardo |
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Tang He as Harry Bardo |
| Directing | Steve Mackey | Director |
| Directing | Douglas Hart | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katie Grand | Costume Design |
