Why Is This Actor Playing Both the Pickle and the Permafrost?

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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Deadline.

1. Vera BullockNow, news in your world. Deadline reports the Producers Guild of Korea and the Sakha Filmmakers Association signed a deal for co-productions.

2. Octavian Rilke-MbekiYes. Yakutia. Wonderful people. When I was out there, the cold was so cold. And the minibar was full.

3. Vera BullockA minibar? In Yakutia?

4. Octavian Rilke-MbekiArtisanal. Tiny cheeses. Very remote cheeses.

5. Vera BullockDeadline says it creates a direct route for exchange between the two screen industries. What does that mean for you?

6. Octavian Rilke-MbekiEverything. I am the bridge. A fur hat, a gift from the Sakha people, sits on my head right now.

7. Vera BullockIt says Grand Pacific Hotel Laundry on the brim.

8. Octavian Rilke-MbekiThat is their word for friendship.

9. Vera BullockSo what are you working on next?

10. Octavian Rilke-MbekiFrozen Kimchi Nights. A tender story of a pickle trapped in permafrost. I play the pickle. And the permafrost.

11. Vera BullockBoth?

12. Octavian Rilke-MbekiRange, Vera. Range.

13. Vera BullockTough one. Have you actually been to Korea or Yakutia, ever, in your life?

14. Octavian Rilke-MbekiDefine been. Define ever. Next question, please, I am sweating in this hat.

15. Vera BullockOctavian. Be honest. This is a safe space.

16. Octavian Rilke-MbekiI learned about the deal from your intro. I have never left the hotel. The cheeses are from room service.

17. Vera BullockWell. That is quite the plot twist.

18. Vera BullockLightning round. Favorite country that is not Vancouver?

19. Octavian Rilke-MbekiWhichever one has a spa.

20. Vera BullockPlug your film.

21. Octavian Rilke-MbekiFrozen Kimchi Nights, coming soon. Vera, which country should I visit first, and which has better room service?