The Filmmaker’s Podcast #303: ‘Medieval’ – Making a historical epic with Sophie Lowe & Petr Jakl

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #303: Medieval – Making a historical epic with actor Sophie Lowe and writer/director Petr Jákl

For this week’s special bonus episode, we’ve invited actor Sophie Lowe and director Petr Jákl to the show. Together, they made the historical epic feature film Medieval, also starring the great Michael Caine, Ben Foster, Til Schweiger, only to name a few.You might know Sophie from the TV shows Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013), The Returned (2015) The Beautiful Lie (2015), or Romper Stomper (2018). Petr’s credits include Ghoul (2015) and as an actor/stuntman, he has worked on films like xXx (2002), Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Borgia (2011).

Today’s host Giles Alderson chats with Sophie about:

• getting into acting
  
• the importance of feeling confident
  
• dealing with rejection & pressure

While Petr talks about:

• the secret behind making successful movies
  
• directing Michael Caine
  
• raising funds
  
• his directing style
  
• creating the look in camera

Sit back, relax and listen to our lovely chat with Sophie Lowe & Petr Jákl.

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