Olivia Wilde Turned Her Neighbours Into Her Favourite Show | Table Manners Podcast
We’re so excited to welcome the brilliant Olivia Wilde to the table this week! Olivia joined us on a whirlwind world tour to promo her new film, The Invite, which she both directed and stars in alongside Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton. Over a cheeseboard & jamón (iykyk), plus mum’s homemade apricot ice cream, we heard about Olivia growing up with journalist parents and their lively dinner parties, training to cook at Ballymaloe in Ireland, why she loves eating alone in restaurants, filming The Invite in sequence like a play, and the unforgettable moment Penélope Cruz surprised her with an improvised kiss. Plus we hear the hilarious reason she grew up believing you had to stay completely silent around a soufflé! Thank you for such a lovely afternoon, Olivia – and huge congratulations on The Invite which is in cinemas now!
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0:00 – Teaser: Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and soufflés
0:42 – Table Manners intro and today’s menu
3:37 – Olivia Wilde arrives to discuss The Invite
6:12 – The Invite: relationships, sex and dinner-party chaos
7:14 – Directing and starring in the film
9:11 – Penélope Cruz’s improvised kiss and female control
11:30 – Shooting the movie in sequence like a play
13:13 – Seth Rogen, The Studio and supportive male co-stars
15:10 – Soufflés and Olivia’s childhood dinner parties
17:24 – Raising picky eaters and a Tokyo sushi breakthrough
19:32 – Boarding school, theatre and skipping university
22:33 – Family cooking, healthy food and early LA life
25:40 – Ballymaloe cooking school and Irish food
28:21 – Olivia’s dream last-supper starter and gazpacho
30:59 – Her grandmother’s roast chicken and chocolate mousse
34:36 – Catering on set and wanting to be a chef
37:15 – Hosting, wine preferences and favourite London restaurants
39:31 – Being naked at home and watching neighbours’ relationships
41:11 – Eating, travelling and enjoying time alone
44:10 – Apricot amaretti ice cream
46:01 – Shepherd’s pie nostalgia, Italian food and pasta
48:09 – Dream dinner guest Carl Sagan and the Golden Record