What are you afraid of?
I find him endlessly interesting, says Theroux.
Hes obviously been on a political journey.
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Theroux and Musks common ground probably exists on a slightly different level of discourse.
I would love to have him on.
Theroux says having views that many find extreme or wrong does not disqualify them from being valid interview subjects.
Is it appropriate to platform someone?
The risk feels somewhat removed from my shoulders.
Musk is already one of the most visible people on the planet.
Its not an exact science, and its a bit of both, says Theroux.
That is a question I ask myself, and I dont think its always easy to get right.
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Hes just got an extraordinary way of working he spends a lot of his time in Italy.
He said hes never led a TV program, because he doesnt find it an interesting medium.
He will make a superhero movie and follow up with an indie film.
Its not like there are no controversial figures appearing on his latest pod run, however.
The question of where he is on the comeback is an interesting one, says Theroux.
He has just wrapped his first film, a relatively low-budget indie film, and also has his podcast.
I dont quite know how that plays out.
He has developed his own acid test for actors to gauge where they are culturally and politically.
Quite often, they say they already have.
Given their markedly different styles, approaches and views, its somewhat surprising to hear him praise his counterpart.
I was curious about the business side of what TalkTV was getting out of [the partnership].
He was getting about 10,000 viewers on TalkTV and then videos online would sometimes be getting 2-3 million.
Obviously, Im not that guy who aspires to be the host of a chat show.
At my heart, Im a documentary presenter, whatever the fuck that is.
Weve put that to bed, havent we?
In some ways thats a beautiful thing and it is exciting.
We have tried to stay true to what we believe in and what were good at.
Theroux has in the past also talked about moving into scripted a long-held ambition.
Back in the late 1990s, he dedicated a few months to writing sitcom scripts in L.A. Ive always enjoyed those shows likeSuccession,The White Lotus,Happy ValleyandBaby Reindeer.
I would love to work on something like that, but it is not imminent.
Podcast future
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I really like to surrender to an experience, he says.
I dont know what that makes me sound like.
Sometimes thats awkward and sometimes thats fun.
It was very far from being a classical interview.
Not that he his interviews his subjects blind, far from it, in fact.
After that I let it unfold.
I will say that I still find the process of making a podcast in some ways more stressful.
Theres a bit more on my shoulders.
You have one shot, like Eminem once said.
