Julia Sawalha on Absolutely Fabulous and the possibility of a revival - from RHLSTP 496
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I’m blown away by her own interpretation of the character. I actually never saw it that way. I always saw her as a victim. Now I have to rewatch the series and look out for this little moments. ❤
Her "subtext" is a bunch of hooey because that's not how it was played and not how it was understood by the viewing audience. She can think whatever in her head all she wants, but that's not what Saffy was.
@@rah62 i tend to agree, but listen what she says, she even spoke to Jennifer about it, and it seems there’s more subtext than meets the eye
@@rah62 she know that role from inside, and you see how it is look outside, and that what she said true, because role of smart adult woman who can live separete from that bad mother(as her brother) but she enjoy to be victim, and look opposit to her mother, and she not "mom" to her mom, she make cruel jokes about her weight and etc. If look better on Suffy - she realy toxic.
I always saw her as a freeloader 😂😂
@@rah62 That is actually how I understood Saffy's character. She's not a victim. She chooses that life. But what do I know? I've actually been to therapy...
Loved her as Lydia in Pride & Prejudice.
I was a little gutted it didn't get a mention because she was brilliant in that role!
The Great Julia Sawalha!
Yes! How did I never notice the entire cast had ‘J’ names?? Jennifer, Joanna, Julie, Jane & June 😆
Listened to the whole podcast today. Absolutely fantastic. As someone in my 50s too, there's something very appealingly bitter sweet about this and the Sally Phillips podcast. And really brave of you all to do it on stage. It makes for great drama, and comedy :)
Amazing how many intelligent and beautiful female comedians Richard has been out with
Julia looks Amazing ! It was and is one of the greatest sitcoms of all time
I agree! Funny from the first very scene 😆
As Julia said, she doesn't do many (any) interviews, so it's fantastic to hear from her here! Still a really underrated figure in British TV IMO. I reckon some people (because they're dumb) think she genuinely is the Saffy character, and they can't get past it. For me, I'll always think of Press Gang! I would love to see Julia in Doctor Who. I don't remember her ever being in it, though I could be missing something. She would be absolutely ideal for that world IMO.
She was the Doctor's companion in The Curse of Fatal Death, which doesn't count, but at the same time absolutely, definitely counts.
@@zpxlng Oh I see!! 😀
I think Lydia Bennett whenever I see her.
@@MiLikesVids You beat me to it. Its weird to see Saffy and realize its the same person playing opposites. That 18th century little trollop!
Julia is fantastic. I remember watching abfab years ago on bbc2 and didn't think much of it. Then it was repeated on bbc1 I loved it. The characters and storylines where brilliant I couldn't wait for each series.
The one where Edwina has a nightmare that her lips are overinflated lol
@@paulinegallagher7821 LOL my fave episodes is when Eddie has no money and has to "downsize" the car, and when her Dad dies and she falls in his grave!!!
@@ILoveAngie69 OMG lol🤣
Phillip Schofield jokes will Never get old! Keep ‘em coming!
She has one of the Best Smiles I've ever seen. Lovely 🌹
I had a Huge crush on Saffi! “Sweetie, Darling, Saffi, Sweetie!” 😂
I heard that in Edwinas voice, with her shuffling towards Saffie with a big pout on her
At the risk of sounding like a creep, I still crush so hard on Julia. When I first saw Press Gang aged 11 I thought she was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I still hold traces of jealous resentment against Dexter Fletcher. I wanted so much to be him even before I knew they were an item in real life. And I can do a much better American accent than he can.
Remember the episode with Suggs? 😃
The brilliance is how they feed off of each other.
So true! AB FAB is so legendary.. to me personally lol.
So all the leading ladies in Ab Fab have first names starting with J. Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, Joanna Lumley, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. What are the chances?
All Richard’s lovely J ladies
My alternate name for AbFab was The J-Team!😊
I’m American. I loved this series years ago! I saw Saffy as the adult the in the room. This is a different take for me. May have to rewatch the show.
David Suchet said to find a character he had to find their walk and stance first, so he focussed on their shoes. In the books, Poirot was notorious for wearing his shoes a size too small, which gave him that mincing walk. Not odd then that "clothes made the woman" in Saffy's case.
It finally dawned on me years ago that AbFab is a HILARIOUS show about child abuse and neglect.
Kind of a stunning realization.
This was a good podcast I liked this one, it was good to hear from Julia.
When she imitates Jennifer Saunders' mannerisms it's eerily accurate 👀
I remember watching Ab Fab back in the day loving the camp, the zingers, the outrageous behaviour. Watching it now, I see three generations of women who don't know how to communicate and who haven't learnt from their mistakes.
Loved Press Gang, I'm currently rewatching it actually. Never seen one episode of AdFab though!
That's an achievement
You should watch ab fab easily top10 all time British sitcoms imo
@@MrDukey85 I've seen clips, but watching 2 women get drunk all the time (yes I know they are acting) for comedy isn't for me.
I really appreciate Julia’s view on saffy because it is true that she could have left any moment but doesn’t. She’s always there and it’s probably because she lives off of that toxic environment. Also it’s so weird to hear Julia not sound like saffy.
Very interesting to hear Julia talk about Saffy. However this interview was tinged with sadness when she talked about her 'disastrous' relationships. Thought Richard was a bit sharp there.
I loved Julie in Jonathan Creek , she played a great sidekick. She is also a naturally beautiful woman.
I forgot she was even on that show! Its mad that Alan Davis used to be an actor, I dont see him as one at all now
I remember her in Press Gang back in the day, always thought she was lovely.
This was a great episode. The chemistry is still there (anyone else get the vibe that she still really quite likes him?). The line about "I found I slipped into Linda really easy... Me too" had me creased up. Rich is the most underrated interviewer on the planet imo.
thank you for the video
Julia Sawalha is heading relentlessly towards 'National Treasure' status !!
Not to be shallow, but Julia has turned into a stunning woman.
Having listened to the full pod cast I will never now not think of Richard as anything but Winnie The Phoo
So criminal that Aardman Animations sacked her from Chicken Run #2 “because she sounded too old”. So we refused to watch it.
It seems like a fixable problem. With all the technology we have today couldn't they have fixed the pitch to make her sound younger? (if that's actually the problem)
She is so, so talented and smart -- I LOVE Thandiwe Newton but imma need an explanation for why she was replaced for Chicken Run 2 because Julia's VO was so iconic!
Oof she had me until the "cancel culture" lol but I can understand why some actors feel that way
I would love to see more Ab Fab being done today. This world needs more laughs! Please, Jennifer? Please? I'm still watching what I can here in the US. Ab Fab got me through Covid lockdown with tons of laughter. So, pl-pl-please????
The pure snd unadulterated satire of that show was an extreme and Absolutely Fabulous.
Saffy, Pats, Eddie, grand mum, the ex hubby. The magazine, the blonde office secretary, all if it.
There were more than a few one-trick jokes that showed that Saffy was just as if not more perverse & self-serving than either Eddie or Patsy. Honey, yoghurt & almonds, eh?
Who doesn't love Julia?
Her sister Nadia S - has fallen out with her for over 20 years!
@@sharoncox4776 We know why, jealousy!
@@Da1Dez Indeed. And denigrated Julia on Loose Women a few years back. She could not hold a candle to Julia. Lets hope her other sister speaks to her .
She was super hot in Jonathan Creek ❤
@@sharoncox4776 That loose woman broad? she comes across as very up her own arse, that one.
I wonder if she uses Timotei.
Holy shit, is that Richard Herring????
another long time crush. you're still looking great. btw nice nails
I have a feeling Julia was referring to her sister when she talked about families being dysfunctional.
It’s still pisses me off that aardman didn’t get her to voice ginger, what an insult.
i like julia best as dorcas lane
Still would
She should go back to the dreadlocks from Faith in the Future!
It’s Mouse from Kipper!
I wonder if her two sisters feel guilty for leaving her out? It would make me feel really lonely if I was one of three sisters and they kicked me out of their lives. It must hurt her
We don’t know that she is estranged from Dina. I know she is estranged from Nadia…..I think it is very very sad for their parents. Life is way too short.. ❤️
Dina’s sided with Nadia. They do everything together and leave Julia out. Making memories without her@@sandimoo
❤️👏🏼❤️👏🏼❤️👏🏼❤️👏🏼❤️
I think Saffy wanted to be able to help her mother, and keep an eye on her friends. And the grandmother lived there as well, so she had an ally.
Gran visited alot but didn't live there.
Bring back Press Gang!
I didn't think these 2 even spoke with each other, after all he's give her a few digs over the years..
They dated in the 90s so I think he plays up the perceived animosity of exes for laughs but doesn't have any negative feelings towards her. Also, thirty years is a long time to hold negative feelings for someone you were once close to
@@daved2352 Exactly, it's no different to when comedians tell stories about their other halves or parents. It's played up for comic effect but isn't the reality behind the scenes.
Not sure what digs you mean?
And isn’t that part of the brilliance of Saffi’s play? She wanted it to be a serious tale of woe, and instead, the play audience laughed raucously at the absurdity of all of them!
Well shit. Now I want tights/socks like that!
Julia must hate this role that has defined her but also so grateful for the infamy 😂🎉
Julia has done a ton of work lots & lots of period dramas, she is not defined by the role of Saffy.
✅
She's only ten years younger than Jennifer Saunders.
Winne the Poo 😅😅😅 that's gona stick!!
Funny enough... The copyright expired on the original "Winnie-The-Pooh" book back in 2022 so a filmmaker made a "slasher" movie with the characters of Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet called "Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey". So Pooh has been transformed into an immortal, near unstoppable psychopath! I believe the movie cost ~$20k to make and raked in $2.3 million! And the sequel will be out soon...
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love julia..Richard really needs a haircut.. x
I love Saffy but i can never truly forgive her for breaking Hornblower's heart.
“Cancel culture and woke, I’m not going there”, lol I see Edina’s PR firm lost in TikTok era
People not knowing what woke is should not mention it. There is no such thing as cancel culture.
JK Rowling might beg to differ about that.
Sure, Jan…😂😂😂
@@jshaers96JK is a professional victim at this point. She’s made it her new identity.
@@jshaers96 JK Rowling the multi-billionaire who is propped up by the media and whose detractors we're never allowed to hear from on any mainstream news channels is 'cancelled' 🤣
'Cancel culture' is the biggest grift going. Funny how everyone who is cancelled is also incredibly rich and constantly in the public sphere.
I love how brilliant entertainers understand the foolishness of cancel culture. You get the vibe that they see it as reductive.
She hasn’t spoken to her sister Nadia for years (sibling jealousies from childhood). What a waste. Some of us whose family are deceased don’t understand that mentality.
I know, it’s really sad. I love watching Nadia and her husband Marks daily vlog, coffee moaning, and I like her sister Dina too. She does a Saturday morning cooking show on their channel with Nadia called the Curly Cooks of Croydon.
Plenty of people are estranged from members of their family for very good reasons. Dismissing that as a "mentality" as if it was a dislike of marmalade on toast or something petty like that shows a pretty impressive blindness to the troubles of others.
What business is it of yours exactly? That's between Julia and her sister.
I love Julia Sawalha, but, I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes when she starting going on about 'cancel culture' or 'wokeness' (I wish we could put a moratorium on both those terms...
Why?
@@kawaiilotus because 'wokeness' and 'cancel culture' are just silly buzzwords that don't mean anything ... People just bring them up when someone calls them out on some BS, that's all...
Why? because you deny the fact that they are actually a thing? look what's happening in Scotland right now, and the amount of people whose careers have been ended for having a viewpoint. That others don't agree with
@@paulinegallagher7821 No such thing as cancel culture - it's consequence culture...No one has lost a career for 'having a view point'...people have had their career suffer because they've said awful things, but no one is guaranteed freedom from consequences.....
And yeah, if someone says something bigoted, racist, homo/transphobic, etc., then they aren't guaranteed a popular career
@@81chicagoguy Lo are you serious? An English Lawyer sued her firm for being fired for having not the viewpoint that biology is real. Graham Linehan lost his career due to his viewpoints. And there you go contradicting yourself, because you say nobody has lost a career, yet also go on to say that if you DO have those viewpoints, youre a bigot, and bigots deserve everything they get. I have the viewpoint, NO, I know for a FACT, that men cant ever be women. I have the viewpoint that MEN who identify as women should not have the same rights to womens safe spaces and participation in sports as women. So what do you think I am? Youre not a woman, so you dont get to tell ME that i dont have the right to feel safe from MEN.
Such a bad interviewer, putting himself in the interview.
He was her ex .. they shared a life together for a while so they know each other very well of course he’s going to be a part of the interview as well .. I rather enjoyed it 😃
Ugh! Another “interviewer” who does most of the talking.
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He’s lost weight actually
@@bhoops13 Whinnie the pooh
He meant Julia.
Oh God shes one of those anti woke people, what a disappointment and
I was really enjoying the interview up till then. Ah well another "one bites the dust" sad.😢
Who is this interviewer? Right from the start he was barely keeping up with Julia, and only pretending to understand the points she was making.
And then at 3:53 he says "You were playing glamorous roles, with Lynda Day...." What?! Lynda Day? Glamorous?
Get an interviewer who knows the subject. Or at least someone who is prepared to do some research.
I think the interviewer knows her pretty well
@@Herring1967
It was absolutely disastrous. I couldn't watch more than another couple of minutes. So I don't know how much worse it got.
The constant interruption, apparently to say "oh, I knew that", when it was plain from his questions that he had no idea. The last thing I heard was Julia saying she doesn't give interviews. This one won't have changed her mind. How did she manage not to scoff in disbelief at the idea that Lynda Day was "glamorous"?
@@paulkennedy8701 yeah, agreed. It’s like he didn’t really know who she was. I wonder why she chose this guy to break her no-interview policy with.
@@Herring1967
You think he was so pleased she agreed that he didn't think he needed to make an effort? Maybe. But that's pretty damning. A decent interviewer in that situation would have made even more effort to be on top of the subject.
This one was so under-prepared he fundamentally misunderstood her first starring role. Either he'd never seen _Press Gang_ and just made stuff up or he _had_ seen it but missed the whole point.
@@paulkennedy8701I think he made an effort to get on top of her, so surprising he knew so little
I never found AbFab remotely funny for some reason……..
Saffy was the only character who grounded the show, otherwise it was a campy cartoon (one I loved, too)
I'm an American who loved June Whitfield! I thought of her as Britain's Betty White!❤
Yeah, good comparison. (They were both hotties in their youth, incidentally.)
What a lovely thing to say. (I’m a brit)
It's really sweet to hear Julia Sawalha talking about Jennifer Saunders which such niceness and affection.
"I just want you to look nice on television", 😂.
I don't think anyone has anything bad to say about Jennifer Saunders. And I love the deep friendship she has with Dawn French ( my drama teacher at school, incidentally)
@@herbertlongfellow7702 Oh, you lucky son-of-a-gun! That has to be a hoot.
Saffy was in some ways a thankless part, always having to be the 'straight guy' pouring the cold water of reality on everything in Ab Fab, but it wouldn't have worked without her and Julia's commitment to the role.
But then I'm a 43yo gay man, I have little choice but to love Ab Fab and its stars.
I agree but also, when Saffy did get to fight back, emotionally explode and so on, it produced some of the funniest moments.
I loved her in Press Gang, my first 'grown up' young adult type show. For me, it was the whole aesthetic of Lynda Day, as well as the sparring with Spike. Her permed hair, her polka dot skirts with black tights, a tshirt and an oversized shirt was the ideal look for the early 90s, and one i copied.
My brother was at stage school with Dexter Fletcher who had a long term relationship with Ms. Sawalha.
@@susanford2388 Ah wow yes, I remember them dating, it was the talk of Smash Hits magazine ah those were the days
Press Gang still stands up today as a great comedy drama
It's amazing how a relatively throwaway gag from a sketch show became an incredibly beloved, complex and funny comedy series.
Especially as it was only funny for about an episode and a half.
@@scottishwildcat "Brilliant, a chance to make a snide remark in response to some positivity! Thank goodness, my day was so dull and bleak before, but now I can show how scathing I can be about something. Get in!"
@@scottishwildcat looking forward to your award winning sitcom in the near future..
@@scottishwildcat Odd comment, given the videos topic. I take it you didn't like the series then? I thought it was awesome. But perhaps that is because I have come across a few Edinas, Patsys and Saffys in real life over the past few decades.
Was it a sketch from another show like how the Simpsons started? I'm from Malaysia and only got the shows from video tapes my half Brits friend every time she comes back from UK in the 90s.
1) Okay, how is she still so gorgeous?
2) She's right about Saffy. She participated in the hideousness as much as the rest of them.
I've never seen her in anything and not thought she aced it. She's absolutely amazing.
Stopped in my tracks listening to the full podcast during that section about crashing through boundaries and the two paths that come on the other side. It's my experience at the moment, and i hadn't heard it described so concisely, perfectly, and beautifully.
Love AbFab, but have to say that I so appreciate Julia's character, Linda on Press Gang. Her character was really groundbreaking for a young person watching tv in the early 90s, seeing a young woman with agency because of her intellect. These female characters just weren't on tv at that time. THANK YOU!
Just listened to the podcast, what a great sport. When she laughed at the ‘slipping into Lynda’ Press Gang reference you knew the rest of the show was going to be good. I was 19 and in college when Press Gang first aired and loved it
Wow amazing - Julia is the moment & absolutely fabulous !!!
I always remember Saffie came back fro Morocco smelling of honey and yogourt.
Yeah that was my first thought when she mentioned she got a lot out of it
How great does that make Jennifer Saunders that she just wanted her to look nice on television.
I totally agree with what Richard said towards the end. Ab Fab, while politically incorrect, continues to grow a massive cult following with younger viewers - especially from the LGBTQ+ community. This is because of Jennifer’s intelligent approach to writing; the “politically incorrect” jokes were never directed to offended anyone or “punch down” - but rather the joke was always used to highlight Edina and Patsy’s ignorance and hilarious incompetence.
Jennifer has always been ahead of her time, and Ab Fab would certainly thrive in today’s environment.
If the character making the offensive remark is the butt of the joke, is that technically 'punching inward'?
Literally nobody was offended. "Woke" is a buzzword like "politically correct" created by conservatives to manipulate people everywhere, into thinking that someone is trying to suppress them. With the purpose of wanting to say racist and otherwise hateful horrible things.
@@stewmott3763I've always thought so but in our strange times, rigid ideology wants perfection at all times and this era's characteristic finger wagging tendency, those characters are seen as ad stand-in for the writer's actual racism :/
Saw this live - fantastic episode - ❤Julia
Shame about what happened to her on "Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget".
She talks about that in the podcast.
@@Herring1967 I just finished listening to the podcast. Ok...gloves off: I, too, am pissed that happened to Julia. I listened the side-by-side voice comparison - no difference!
Although I'm a male and not in showbizz - I'm 68 and have experienced age discrimination. And it sucks. I'm saddened that happened to Julia but I'm glad she carries on.
By the way - I'm American AND a Whovian. I remember her in the Red Nose Day Doctor Who spoof "The Curse of Fatal Death". Very good. And her AbFab castmate...the wonderful Joanna Lumley...was the first (though non-canonical) female Doctor!
@@Herring1967 Two more things:
- Amy Schumer - along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey and Patricia Arquette - did a satirical take on aging female actors called "Last Fuckable Day". Here's the clip:
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@@guyjackson132 Indeed. I could understand them not wanting Mel Gibson to return but when most, if not all, of the remaining cast return, it really is a stab at Julia herself to not bring her back. It's not like she wasn't available. She is totally right to be pissed off about it. Thankfully, at least IMO, it wasn't a great sequel so she didn't miss much.
I clicked on this SO fast.
Ab-fab is one thing but who's here because of Press Gang?
Me, me, me, me!
Also me
And me!
What an interesting take on Saffy... I'm going to have to re-watch it all, again, with open eyes now! Either way, one of the best shows from the UK!
Now that you think of it-Saffy could have left at any moment. 🤯
AbFab always walked a very delicate line. I think there’s a huge difference between being “politically incorrect” for the sake of being politically incorrect and satire. As long as you keep the audience laughing with you (which Jennifer does a very good job of) it will avoid being cancelled.
True. I think the essence of it is whether the comedy is punching at the characters themselves, which is generally acceptable, or at other people, which generally is not. Ab Fab was a brilliant character study that very much kept to the first camp.
She's so beautiful 😍
i was particularly amused by her starting to moan about culture war "I AM BEING SILENCED!" shit, and rich doing his best to smooth that over and provide a bit of rationalism
I loved that Edina tried so hard to actually be politically correct - but just for ‘show’. But the way she flipped when Saffy had her inter-racial baby was hilarious!
I was wondering when this one was coming out. Thanks Richard.
I always rooted for Saffy
LLL
I heard Julia has a shrine to Richard in her house
I heard her ideal man has the head of Richard Herring, and the body of Richard Herring. But isn't Richard Herring.
She wants the moon on a stick.
@@davidwalker1652 would you rather date a man who has the head and body of Richard Herring, but isn’t Richard Herring, or date Richard Herring?
Would you rather date Richard herring or a man who's bell-end was Richard herrings head, and his head was Richard herrings bell-end?
They should do a remake where Saffi plays a mom with a wild teenage daughter who has a
crazy friend and they behave just like Edina and Patsy.
4 months later and I still think that would work.
What an interesting interview!!! Love this!! I’ve never heard this before. Such a treat
This! 👉🏽If someone sees/reads this, PLEASE back me up, tell me I'm crazy or just plain wrong; I could swear that after June Whitfield - 'Gran' - passed, Jennifer Saunders did an interview where she said there WOULD be another AbFab series where 'Gran's passing would be addressed/explained. I've searched high & low for it recently and can't find anything, but I'm certain I saw it somewhere.
Does anyone else see The uncanny resemblance to her fictional mother in the show? Maybe just one little tiny pilot of her having become her mother???