
Lazarus
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Search complete. 11 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Lazarus".
Oct 1, 2026
Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy on the Art of the Plot Twist
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18:55Harlan CobenGUEST
And this is the only time this ever happened to me.
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18:58Harlan CobenGUEST
When I first thought of the character playing a doctor for Lazarus, I actually thought of Bill.
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19:04Harlan CobenGUEST
I never dreamed in a million years I would get Bill to play that role.
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19:08Harlan CobenGUEST
And I remember saying, can we give it a shot? Can we just send it a shot? And then you called me on the phone.
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19:33Harlan CobenGUEST
It's the only time that I actually, because I never do that, but it was in a book.
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19:37Harlan CobenGUEST
It was an idea for a book.
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19:39Harlan CobenGUEST
Lazarus was an original idea that I came up with.
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19:43Harlan CobenGUEST
And to give you a quick how I came up with that one, I had taken an older relative who was suffering from, had great life, and then at the end was suffering from severe depression.
Harlan Coben and Bill Nighy on the Art of the Plot Twist
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17:56Harlan CobenGUEST
In the case of what you and I did together, it was an original idea, and this is the only time this ever happened to me.
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18:03Harlan CobenGUEST
When I first thought of the character playing the doctor for Lazarus, I actually thought of Bill.
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18:09Harlan CobenGUEST
I never dreamed in a million years I would get Bill to play that role, and I remember saying, "Can we give it a shot? Can we just send it a shot?" And then you called me on the phone.
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18:19Harlan CobenGUEST
Can you imagine how excited I was? [laughing][laughs] It's like a little kid, like, "Bill's calling me on the phone." Do you remember that?
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18:40Harlan CobenGUEST
'cause I never do that, but it was in a book.
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18:42Harlan CobenGUEST
It was an idea for a book.
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18:44Harlan CobenGUEST
Lazarus was not-- was an original idea that I came up with.
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18:48Harlan CobenGUEST
And to give you a quick how I came up with that one, I had taken an older relative who was suffering from-- had a great life, and then at the end was suffering from severe depression.
From Richard Thompson Tapes to Radiohead Ballots: On The Record #39
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1:00Michael MackenzieHOST
And I've just gone to see, literally came out of the cinema half an hour ago, from seeing And Sons, which is the latest Bill Nye Imelda Stoughton movie that's come out.
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1:13Brian WiseHOST
Excellent, because I've just seen Bill Nye in the first couple of episodes of the new Harlan Coben series on Amazon Prime called Lazarus, which we can talk about.
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1:26Michael MackenzieHOST
And you've also dug into the cassette archives and digitised the illustrious Richard Thompson.
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1:34Michael MackenzieHOST
I have.
14 MINS LATER
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15:42Michael MackenzieHOST
Tell us about what you've been watching.
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15:45Brian WiseHOST
I have been watching the new Harlan Coben series, which I think is normally his series are on Netflix, but this one happens to be on Amazon Prime.
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15:54Brian WiseHOST
The new series is called Lazarus.
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15:56Brian WiseHOST
It stars Bill Nye and Sam Claffin.