Personally, I've never been in an environment like that as an actor, with the amount of support and, without wanting to sound w**ky about it, the collective consciousness. If you can imagine the intense concentration on that set and the energy and the f**king frequency that we would all vibrate at because everybody wanted to do the best for each other. You don't want to be the person that gets it wrong. You can imagine the kind of pressure there was, but it was vital to eliminate that pressure and make it feel as authentic as possible. Everybody was important for the movements of the story, and whatever arc or journey each character was on, it was all relevant for the story that we were telling. In the words of Stanislavski, without sounding pretentious, there is no such thing as small characters there are only small actors. It was such an honor to be a part of this with our production company, Matriarch Productions. Thompson: Like a great dish, Boiling Point had to have all the right ingredients in the exact right amounts.
Vinette Robinson as Carly (left) and Stephen Graham as head chef Andy Jones (right) in 'Boiling. I want to know how he gets on.' That snippet of life, then having it go away again, is incredible. We never go back to that moment, but you watch it, and you're like, 'No, I want to know what happens. She throws this intense moment away and tells him they'll deal with it after the shift, and they carry on with what we're doing. It comes from nowhere, and it's played so subtly and so beautifully by Hannah Walters (Graham's wife) as Emily and Stephen McMillan, who plays Jamie. Thompson: That moment made me feel like I'd had the air sucked out of me.
I didn't see it until we saw the whole piece, and it was so powerful. When I saw that, I was just like, 'Oh my God!' I didn't see that on set because I was waiting for the DOP to come back through the kitchen and pick up with us somewhere else. My favorite part, which really wowed me, was the moment in the kitchen with the pastry chef, Emily, and her protégé, Jamie. Someone else said to me is that when they watch it, they want to know more about the characters you've seen, which is excellent. What I'm really proud of with Boiling Point is the journey that we take you on. You get to have a little peek into their worlds in a way that is slightly voyeuristic. It's not just about one man's life, though it's about every single person that is in his orbit. Hopefully, people won't go into with any expectations or any idea of what's going to happen, and then all of a sudden, you're taking on this everyday journey in this man's existence and experiencing this hour and 32 minutes of it. It is way more intense and emotional than I was expecting. Simon Thompson: I was genuinely surprised how Boiling Point left me exhausted, shaken and in pieces.
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