SPECIAL: SCENE STEALERS #3 Actor Ricky Whittle – Hemsworth’s “Fourth Brother,” American Gods, and Football Rants (English Episode)

Scene Stealers: Stories from a TV Festival
Presented by the Atomic Café Podcast

🎧 Recorded live at the Monte Carlo TV Festival 2025

Welcome back to Scene Stealers, the Atomic Cafe Podcast mini-series where we go behind the velvet rope of television’s most cinematic minds. 

In Episode 3 of our Monte Carlo TV Festival special, we sit down with British actor, entertainer, and master of ceremonies Ricky Whittle. You know him from The 100, American Gods, The Rookie—and maybe soon as the unofficial fourth Hemsworth brother.

Ricky talks about how the Monte Carlo TV festival turned from a glamorous one-off gig into his annual festival “family reunion,” why working with Ian McShane was like going to acting grad school (with bonus World Cup screenings), and how a film set in Australia ended with him being adopted by the Hemsworth clan.

We also get the lowdown on motion capture chaos, a top-secret video game, and—because Ricky can’t resist—an absolutely blistering, hilarious rant about Arsenal, Manchester United, and the state of modern football.

📌 In This Episode
– From jury president to festival MC: why Monte Carlo feels like home
– The WhatsApp “Squad” that lives on long after the jury room
– The 100: rain, mud, and a character who deserved his own spin-off
– American Gods: bonding with Ian McShane and learning to “act by not acting”
– Land of Bad: explosions, Milo Ventimiglia, and the Hemsworth family adoption papers
– Voice work & motion capture: from Atari tennis to starring in a secret AAA video game
– British football: Glazers, greed, and why Ricky might just cheer for France instead

Scene Stealers Episode #3 | Atomic Cafe Podcast spin-off
Guest: Ricky Whittle
Hosted and produced by: Holger Potye
Location: recorded at the Monte Carlo TV Festival (2025)

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Hosted by Babs Kaudelka, Holger Potye & Michi Reichelt
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