About this episode
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast , a casual cinematic chat between two friends, who also happen to be Academy Award-winning directors: Guillermo del Toro and William Friedkin. In the first part of their enthralling two-part conversation for the Talkhouse Podcast , the pair discuss winning big at the Oscars, surviving award season, how to stay a scrapper despite success, del Toro's apprenticeship under makeup legend Dick Smith, the remarkable story of Friedkin and the Pazuzu statue in The Exorcist , the plagiarism controversy surrounding The Shape of Water , and much more. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at talkhouse.com/film . Subscribe now to stay in the loop on future episodes of the Talkhouse Podcast .