The Lulu Podcast: Turning Points

Alan Cumming pt 1: "I'm going to do what I want to do, I'm going to live my life."

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In the first part of this two-parter of 'The Lulu Podcast: Turning Points' Lulu chats to Emmy, Tony, BAFTA and Olivier award winner Marvel and Traitors star, Alan Cumming. That's a lot of awards.

Alan talks to Lulu about the big turning points in his life - creating two characters in drama school that have stuck with him for life; being cast in two massive productions Hamlet and Cabaret just as things in his personal life started to unravel; and two influential women in her life.

He talks about reprising his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Nightcrawler; how talking about his difficult childhood has helped others; and what he was scared of saying to Princess Anne when he met her.

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