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Are you never going to listen to podcasts again after this?Ill keep listening to podcasts.
Ive been wondering if Poppy would be able to listen to podcasts in prison.
Shes destined for a prison podcast.Food reviews of the prison meals.
Give her a food show.
Poppy is a terrible person who murders people, but Ive got to give her credit for being inventive.
She justifies her actions by saying she deserves success.
Do you weirdly understand where shes coming from?Absolutely not.
I understand not feeling seen and feeling like youre being walked over.
Shes a smart person, shes very clever, and shes good at what she does.
It almost seems that Cinda is purposely squashing her at any chance she can.
I understand the rage it could instill in somebody.
I cant make the leap from that to murder.
But I think shes living in such a world of secrecy being Becky Butler.
Her head got too big.
She could be Cindas partner instead of her underling; she would have her own place in the sun.
Because she orchestratedAll Is Not OK in Oklahoma,she got a little recognition from Cinda.
But Poppy is desperate to orchestrate the next podcast as well.
Thats where this idea comes from.
When she starts to tell Mabel shit about Cinda, her ambitions shift a bit.
She just wants to be recognized whether having her own podcast or getting a promotion.
I mean, sheisrecognized at the end.
She got a little bit of what she wanted.
How long were you aware of Poppys big reveal?
Have you known since season one?I didnt know from season one.
Back then, I was hired for basically one episode.
It was a great surprise to pop up in the season finale.
When I was asked to come back, I noticed there were some weird negotiations going on.
I lost my shit!
How satisfying was it?
They trust me as an actor.
So it was interesting to venture to weave that into each script as they came.
How did you weave it in?
Poppy is a really good liar, so I didnt want to play that Poppy was lying.
I just wanted to play that shes agoodliar and why.
I liked the episode where shes in Chickasha.
You dont know Poppys relationship with Kreps.
I had assumed it could be several people and they would piece whoever it was into the edit.
Nobody on set knew it was me, either.
Oh, thats fun.
Who was important enough to know?None of the actors!
This was a surprise to me.
In episode four, Ididplay the person in the passageways who sneezes.
Selena Gomez and Martin Short didnt know until they got the last script.
But Steve Martin got to know beforehand!Yes.
I do believe Poppys relationship with Bunny started because she was investigating Rose Cooper.
What did that timeline look like?
I made some stuff up in my head about it.
Its an open question for me.
But I think its me.
Then she finds the passageways by diving into the history of the Arconia.
Poppy is trying to have that entire Rose Cooperpodcast story ready to go.
I think thats where her relationship with Bunny came from.
For every take, seeing them do this ridiculous stuff?
Ill be telling my grandchildren about it.
I can confirm Steve and Martin are very good at banter.
Its like theyre constantly rehearsing for their stage tour.
One of the four days was actually Martins birthday.
They got him an ice-cream truck, so we would go outside during breaks for some Mister Softee.
I couldnt imagine a better moment to end the season with.
Im a big fan of chopped liver and liverwurst.
Put some marmalade on there?
Its got to be in thePaddingtonuniverse somewhere.Hey, I did steal one of the menus from the Pickle Diner.
Its framed on my wall at home.
Ill always have the No.
14sandwich special with me.
