Ep519 - Richard Armitage Returns - “Hobbits, Audiobooks and How to Manifest Your Dreams”

Listen to the full interview exclusively on the Bestseller Experiment App: Hollywood actor Richard Armitage is best known as Thorin in The Hobbit, appearances in Ocean’s 8, Captain America and the seventh most viewed Netflix show - Harlan Coben’s ‘Fool Me Once’. Richard also starred in shows including Obsession, Red Eye, Spooks, Robin Hood and North & South, as lead John Thornton. As a seasoned audiobook narrator, we talk with Richard about his second novel The Cut, as well as The Hobbit, how he sets life-changing goals and so much more. In this interview, you will learn: - What inspired his new Audible-exclusive book, The Cut. - How an elementary school teacher inspired Richard’s love of books including The Hobbit. - The power and intimacy of audiobooks. - How missing out on The Lord of the Rings led to him landing his major role in the Hobbit - Richard’s ritual of letting his bucket list goals go up in flames - And in the full interview on Bestseller Experiment App, Richard tells us the three books he’d take with him in his next life (they might surprise you) and poses a question for our future guest, Dean Koontz! Subscribe now to the Bestseller Experiment App and get access to hundreds of hours of bestseller interviews and analysis, deep dives, study guides and exclusive in-app content. SHOWNOTES & LINKS ► Richard Armitage - The Cut Bestseller Experiment App Launch BESTSELLER ACADEMY ► BESTSELLER EXPERIMENT APP ► 200 Word Challenge: Mark’s Pacivida Project: - Learn more about Mark’s Non-Fiction project BESTSELLER EXPERIMENT ► Become a Patron: Website: 200 Word Challenge: Newsletter: Contact Us: MUSIC ► Bestseller Experiment theme and all music from the podcast by Urban Myth Club (Mark Desvaux’s music project). Listen at . WATCH / LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE ► Apple Podcasts: Spotify: YouTube: @bestsellerexperiment Other Podcast Apps: FOLLOW ► Instagram: X: Facebook: Pinterest: Threads: @BestsellerXP MARK DESVAUX (HOST) ► Website: Contact: LinkedIn: X: Facebook: Instagram: BOOKS ► Free Book: Get Bestseller Experiment’s Vault of Gold free for a limited time: Buy Back to Reality: (US): (UK): SPREAD THE LOVE If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a writer friend. SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave a review for The Bestseller Experiment Podcast. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated (we often read them on the show too)! They matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. When subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts you will get each episode automatically.