To celebrate the recent release of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway-Volume 4: 1929-1931, we have been chatting with actors who have brought Hemingway to life on stage or screen over the years.

We have sat down with #SoapStarHemingway and #YouTubeHemingway, and this week, I talk to legendary screen and stage star, Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd, Blue Bloods), about his experiences playing Ernest Hemingway in the 1996 Off-Broadway play PAPA.

Although over twenty years have passed, Cariou looks back at his time portraying Hemingway in great detail and with heartfelt and thoughtful reflection.

*This interview was filmed at the Hemingway African Gallery and Cambridge University Press gratefully thanks Logan Gaisford for her assistance.