The Ben Cobb Show

Story

Synopsis

A fictional chat show made as part of Love magazine’s #MOVINGLOVE, the publication’s ‘moving image’ channel on YouTube. The film, shot by Call This Number with creative direction by Love’s founding editor-in-chief Katie Grand, also stars Rami Malek as “notorious and egomaniacal” director Harry Bardo, interviewed by Cobb, who plays himself, as the suave host of the eponymous show (it also marks Malek’s first film since Bohemian Rhapsody for which he won Best Actor at this year’s Oscars). Interspersed throughout the interview – which is set somewhere in the “recent past”, though has a distinctly 1970s aesthetic – are turns from a slew of models and actresses, including Emily Ratajkowski, Felicity Jones, Fran Summers, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Karen Elson (among others), who each perform clips from the fictional director’s oeuvre.

Directors

Douglas Hart, Steve Mackey

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

29 July 2019

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ben Cobb

  Self

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  Rami Malek

  Harry Bardo

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  Emily Ratajkowski

  Diana Nico

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  Felicity Jones

  Cecily de Witt

• 

  Maggie Gyllenhaal

  Amun Ra

• Fran Summers

  Erin Landers

• 

  Martha Hunt

  Hope Parker

• Jean Campbell

  Jaquelin Hyde

• Meghan Roche

  Kitty Collins

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  Karen Elson

  Harry Bardo

• Tami Williams

  Harry Bardo

• Tang He

  Harry Bardo