Episode · SmartLess · 2023-05-22
Matthew Rhys on SmartLess: every book mentioned
Open a bottle of beer with a key and grab a fire poker, we’ve got Matthew Rhys on the horn this week. We sit down with the intelligent yet dashing yet wise yet charismatic Actor (and skilled traditional Welsh Chef) to hear recipes from the heart and tales of yore.
Matthew Rhys discussed Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Perry Mason
Perry Mason by Erle Stanley Gardner is a classic detective fiction series featuring the brilliant criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason who fights tirelessly to exonerate his wrongly accused clients.
Discussed“They went back to the origin story in the books, which was 1930s LA, which to me was, you know, with Chinatown and everything else for such was so alluring, and, and, and as a kid growing up watching old movies, I was like, oh my God, I get to wear a fedora and you do an American accent?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Through the Shadowlands
“Um, but you know, like I said, Anthony Hopkins was the chairman of the board at the time, so he'd be in and out and he'd just done, um, Shadowlands.”