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I would swear right now, but thanks word for that. Thanks for that. I'm Emma Thompson, and I voice Meg Dashwood in the new Audible original Becoming Meg Dashwood. And I am Erin Doherty, and I also voice Meg Dashwood. And this is Meg to Meg. What did you want to preserve about the younger Meg as she matured? Clarity of thought. Her curiosity. Yeah, nice. Her bravery. Yes, that's it. That's a lot. That's a lot. OK, do you do the next one or do I do the next one? I'll do one. I'm going to do one. All right. Go on. OK. What moments felt the most fun to play? The ones where she was messy or bold or reckless? Can I? Do I have to choose? Are those my options? I don't know. There's the question. I don't know. I mean, is it? Do you make a choice? I was going to say, like, or are you messy, bold and reckless all at the same time in some moments? Which I feel is likely. Why do I have to choose between them? Don't choose between them. I want them all. Yes. Have them all. Right. Here we go. Here we go. Next one. Did you add anything into your performance that you don't think Meg would have allowed herself in her younger years? I think what I felt when I was doing the sort of narrative version of Meg was just that sense of wisdom that you get when you're old. Which, you know, I am now. And it's that lovely feeling of being able to look back at yourself and think, oh, what an idiot. But with with pleasure and fondness. Moving on. How did you approach her queerness? I approached it with elation. I think like I think being a queer woman myself, I just love how brave this text was about that relationship. And I was just like, I would swear right now. But thanks word for that. Thank you for that. It's so brilliantly done because it's not preachy. Yeah. Or patronizing. No, I think it often is. Yeah. You know, and you're watching it and you're just saying, oh, God, look, we know all this. Can't you just tell the story? Yes. So that's what Rebecca's done. Yes. So brilliantly. Yeah. The writing, the writing, the writing. Always. Always. Everything you need is there. Oh, thank God. You're great. OK. What surprised you most about Meg as you were narrating this new story? Her journey is just eternally surprising. And that's what's so great about it. There's nothing that doesn't take you by surprise. It's the subtleties, isn't it? In like a lot of writing. Exactly. Catches you. Maybe even in hindsight, you're like, oh, hang on a minute. I miss that. That was that. I just read the most fantastic thing by a woman who said, look at all the lists of the hundred best films in the last and just tell me if any of those women could not easily have been replaced by a sexy lamp. So distressing, but also one of the funniest things I've ever read. That's fantastic. I thought, my God, how many sexy lamps have I played? Oh, God. Anyway, excellent work. What part of Meg's personality did you feel was essential to carry through no matter her age? There's like a forthrightness to the way she approaches language and people. Yes. You know? Yes. She just is. Yes. And so uncompromisingly so. Yeah. Like, and I love that about her. You know, like when you get really good parts that you're like, oh, I really hope this stays with me. Like, I really just hope that I get to just like learn this from this fictional human being. Anyway, to find out more about Meg's story, our story, go and listen to. You do this bit. Oh, well, I haven't even read this bit. OK, we'll just read it. And oh, OK. I'm sorry. So find out more about Meg's story. Go and listen to Becoming Meg Dashwood. Go and listen to it. Please. Please. It's available now. It's available now. Only on Audible. We did smash it. We smashed it. We smashed it.