Adrian Lester
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Sep 17, 2026
Lex GHOST
And there's a very foregone conclusion about who was behind it.
Lex GHOST
And there's also cut-ins to Adrian Lester in sort of the, the Al Powell, speaking of Reginald VelJohnson role, as the guy on another ship.
Lex GHOST
And this is also kind of Under Siege, kinda Die Hard in a way, and it's kinda one-note.
Lex GHOST
Someone on my Twitter, I can't lay claim to this, uh, said that, "Did you notice there's only, like, two s-" They get a whole ship to run around, which I think Under Siege does, which is a great movie, which is Andrew Davis, who's a great director.
DarrellHOST
Hi podcasters, thanks for joining me today.
DarrellHOST
I'm Daryl and today we're taking a look at Mutiny, the 2026 action thriller directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallace, Roland Muller and Adrian Lester.
DarrellHOST
Let's get into it.
DarrellHOST
Now, I'll put my cards on the table right at the top.
DarrellHOST
A former Navy officer called in at the last moment, to fill the ship's vacant third mate post, and the two of them separately stumble onto something genuinely nasty.
DarrellHOST
There's a human trafficking operation being run out of the hold, and the deeper Reid digs into who really killed his friend, the more he uncovers layers of corporate and criminal interests all tied to this ship, its cargo and its crew.
DarrellHOST
Angie and Reid try to get the trafficking victims free, and when it becomes clear the crew are in on the whole thing, Angie manages to send out a distress signal that gets picked up by the USS Hazard Perry, its captain played by Adrian Lester, before she takes a bullet to the shoulder and the hostages are recaptured.
DarrellHOST
And from there, Reed's low profile goes out the window, and the film becomes what you bought your ticket for.
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
Yeah
John WilsonHOST
... which starred Adrian Lester, and it was a play about the invasion of a foreign country, which premiered, I think, just after the invasion of Iraq.
John WilsonHOST
How much was that a statement of intent by you in terms of the sort of plays you were gonna put on in making Shakespeare politically alive and vibrant?
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
Yeah, it was a statement of intent.
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Disguise fair nature with hard favored rage.
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Then-
Nicholas HytnerGUEST
Adrian Lester did not play Tony Blair, but-
John WilsonHOST
The parallels were there
Jake BhardwajHOST
Sir Bernard Bergerac.
Tom Read WilsonGUEST
Yes, and wonderful Adrian Lester's playing him now-
Jake BhardwajHOST
Yes
Tom Read WilsonGUEST
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Simon EvansGUEST
Thanks for having me.
Dom StephensHOST
I'd like to begin with a little section I found during my research from a book called A Working Diary, co-authored by Adrian Lester and Lalita Chakrabarti, in which Adrian writes back in 2018, I'm at the Donmar watching Lenny Henry perform The Resistible Rise of Arturo Uy.
Dom StephensHOST
It's a great show, very live theatre.
Dom StephensHOST
Actors are speaking directly to the audience, making them feel complicit in the plot of the play.
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Simon EvansGUEST
That's just, he's come from a different part of the world.
Simon EvansGUEST
And that different part probably has different rules around what is and is not London.
Simon EvansGUEST
sort of verbal dexterity and then the fact is that Adrian Lester is also from Birmingham originally I mean he doesn't tend to use that accent when he's doing when he is on stage and performing but he has that in his register
Dom StephensHOST
yeah
Mike MessineoHOST
Like, after you see it once, it's no longer exciting.
Steven SeighmanHOST
I will say, though, in Mutiny, I did enjoy Adrian Lester, the Navy commander, and those scenes.
Steven SeighmanHOST
So you're getting what you get in the war room in Under Siege, but it's more compelling.
Steven SeighmanHOST
I
KevinHOST
His boss.
KevinHOST
Played by Adrian Lester.
KevinHOST
Yes.
KevinHOST
Petty Officer Yates.
Kenny WebbHOST
It's a French name.
Kenny WebbHOST
Starring Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallace, Roland Moeller, Ramon Ticaram, Arnis Federovicius, Jason Wong, Adrian Lester, Shanil Kular, among others.
Kenny WebbHOST
After witnessing his billionaire boss murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss's death, only to discover an international conspiracy.
Kenny WebbHOST
All right, so this is basically run-of-the-mill Jason Statham stuff.
Scott RockfileHOST
David O'Hara, Malcolm McDowell is in a few things and narrates it.
Scott RockfileHOST
Um, and Adrian Lester pretty much disappears into the role of Saul.
Scott RockfileHOST
He plays, um, one of the leaders anyway, there's cannibals and there's a, a definite, a good 20, 30 minute Mad Max tribute scene with some car chases and crazy vehicles.
Scott RockfileHOST
I think Rona Mitra is really great in this movie.
Oliver GowerHOST
Yeah.
Oliver GowerHOST
I mean, I have to say that section of Ken Branagh's film is, was very good i had to say because you know all of those guys you know matthew lillard you know from scream and scooby doo and adrian lester there's a young adrian and that as well you know that guy is there anything adrian lester can't do he can sing he can dance he can act he can
Sarah SpringHOST
play rosalind yeah
Oliver GowerHOST
rosalind is sirina de bergerac he's a black belt in jujitsu i think or
Sarah SpringHOST
i don't know I want to be as cool as Adrian Lester when I grow up.
Oliver GowerHOST
Good luck.
Oliver GowerHOST
Guys, if you haven't, we'll get into this in a second.
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