ALL IN ONE MOVIE THAT IS OUT TODAY. A MOVIE REVIEWER, GREG RUSSELL IS HERE WITH A REAL
TALK. HEY, GREG. HI TATI. WOW,
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ENSEMBLE
CAST, THAT’S FOR SURE, BECAUSE I
EVEN JOKED WITH YOU BEFORE ABOUT
EVEN THE JUNE TAYLOR DANCERS ARE
IN THIS AND YOU SAID, WELL, WHO
ARE THEY?
>> I SAID, I JUST LEARNED IT WAS
A DANCE GROUP FROM THE 1950S,
WHICH IS WHEN THIS MOVIE TAKES
PLACE. ALL RIGHT. SO THE MOVIE
IS ASTEROID CITY, BUT IT DOES
LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> IT IS. IT’S ALMOST LIKE THERE
ARE THREE STORIES GOING ON AT
THE SAME TIME.
>> AND YOU ALMOST HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT WHICH ONE IS REAL, WHICH ONE
IS A PLAY AND WHICH ONE IS JUST
SOMETHING ELSE. SO I DID GET TO
TALK TO SOME OF THE CAST
MEMBERS, AND HERE’S WHAT THEY
HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE MOVIE AND
ALSO ABOUT WORKING WITH WES. BUT
I JUST WANT TO START THIS WAS
KIND OF LIKE A MAGICAL TYPE
MOVIE. AND I JUST READ
SOMETHING, ADRIAN, WHERE YOU
SAID THAT THAT’S WHAT WES
CREATED FOR THE CAST. TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WELL I
THINK I WAS REFERENCING WHAT A
MAGICAL EXPERIENCE IT IS TO WORK
ON A WES ANDERSON FILM AND HOW
UNIQUE THAT IS.
>> AND I’VE WORKED ON MANY, MANY
FILMS IN MY LIFETIME, AND HIS AS
WES HAS THIS UNIQUE. SENSE OF
BUILDING A COMMUNITY AND A TRUE
BOND FOR ALL OF US. AND YOU
KNOW, WE DINE TOGETHER, WE STAY
IN THE SAME HOTEL, WE IT’S KIND
OF LIKE AN ACTOR’S SUMMER CAMP.
I THINK THE MOVIE IS A
CELEBRATION OF STORY AND
CELEBRATION OF PERFORMANCE AND A
CERTAIN GOLDEN AGE IN AMERICAN
CINEMATIC HISTORY.
>> AND WES USES THAT AS A STAGE
TO EXPLORE THESE HUMAN THESE
HUMAN THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY AND
LOVE AND YOU DESCRIBE IT AS IT’S
LIKE, LIKE A ZEN KOAN.
>> LIKE, THAT’S HOW I DESCRIBED
IT, BECAUSE IT’S NOT IT DOESN’T
REALLY MAKE SENSE AND YOU CAN’T
REALLY MAKE SENSE OF IT
INTELLECTUALLY. AND I THINK LIKE
A ZEN KOAN, IT’S MEANT TO STOP
YOUR MIND AND EXPERIENCE WONDER
, EXPERIENCE SOMETHING BEYOND
WHAT’S HAPPENING IS NOT YOU
CAN’T UNDERSTAND IT. SO YOU HAVE
TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH IT.
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GO INTO YOUR
HEART.
>> OKAY, WOW. SO THIS SEEMS LIKE
IT’S GOT A LOT GOING ON.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S GOT A LOT
GOING ON.
>> IT REALLY DOES. I MEAN, IT IS
THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE
JUST SWIMMING AROUND, YOU KNOW,
IN YOUR HEAD. SO YOU’LL HAVE TO
WATCH IT AND MAKE YOUR OWN
DECISION.
>> OKAY. I HOPE IT WON’T LEAVE
ME CONFUSED, THOUGH. YEAH IT
WILL. OKAY. AWESOME. HOW MANY
REELS FOR THIS ONE?
>> I’M PUTTING THIS ONE LIKE,
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE
THE WES ANDERSON FANS I TALKED
TO LOVED IT. YEAH. AND OTHER
PEOPLE WHO DON’T NECESSARILY
FOLLOW ALONG ARE LIKE, WOW. SO
WE’LL PUT IT THERE.
>> I CAN RELATE BECAUSE I’M AN M
NIGHT SHYAMALAN FAN. OH, OKAY.
SO FOR ME, I ALWAYS WALK OUT OF
A MOVIE LIKE, OH, THAT WAS
AMAZING. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST THEY DIDN’T
GET IT RIGHT. THAT’S WHAT IT IS.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, NEXT UP IS A
HORROR THRILLER CALLED THE
BLACKENING. NOW, THIS LOOKS LIKE
ONE THAT APRIL MORTON WOULD LOVE
BECAUSE SHE LOVES SCARY MOVIES.
I’LL PASS.
>> OKAY. BUT YOU LIKE COMEDIES,
THOUGH, AS WELL. I DO. I LOVE
COMEDY. WELL, THIS IS A SCARY
COMEDY MOVIE, OKAY.
>> THAT I COULD GET WITH.
>> YEAH, I COULD GET. AND I’LL
PUT TOGETHER FOR JUNETEENTH. AND
IT’S ALL ABOUT THIS GROUP OF
FRIENDS WHO GO OFF INTO THE
WOODS LIKE USUAL. HEY, WHERE’S
THE DEEPEST, DARKEST CABIN WE
CAN FIND? LET’S GO THERE. YEAH.
>> AND AS YOU KNOW, IF I WAS
EVER IN ONE OF THEIR. THESE
MOVIES, IT WOULDN’T BE A MOVIE
BECAUSE I’M NOT GOING INTO THE
DEEPEST, DARKEST CAVERN. THAT’S
THERE.
>> OKAY, BUT GOT TO TALK TO SOME
OF THOSE FOLKS AS WELL ABOUT
WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING IN IT,
INCLUDING JAY FERRELL. ALL
RIGHT. AND THIS DEFINITELY IS AN
INTERACTIVE MOVIE, JAY. 100%
YELLING AT THE SCREEN. YOU KNOW,
DOING THE USUAL DON’T GO IN
THERE. GET IN THE CAR. CAN’T GET
IN THE CAR. ARE YOU STUPID? WERE
YOU STUPID?
>> SORRY. GO AHEAD. SORRY NO,
NO, NO. THAT’S ANOTHER PART. I
KNOW. THAT HAS TO MAKE IT FUN,
YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO
OUT THERE AND SEE. ABSOLUTELY.
HAVE TO LAUGH ABOUT IT A LOT,
TOO. AND THAT’S AND THERE YOU
GO, MAN.
>> AND YOU WANT THAT EXPERIENCE.
YOU WANT THAT EXPERIENCE INSIDE
OF A THEATER WHERE EVERYBODY
UBIQUITOUSLY IS JUST HAVING A
GOOD TIME. YOU DON’T WANT TO
WATCH IT AT HOME BY YOURSELF OR
WITH YOUR POODLE. OH, YOU WANT
TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN? THE DOG BE BARKING AT THE
SCREEN AND ALL THAT STUFF. YOU
BE LIKE, MAN, SHUT UP, PUNK.
>> YOU KNOW, MELVIN THE OTHER
GOOD PART IS IT ALSO GOES TO
SHOW, NO MATTER WHAT EVERYBODY’S
DIFFERENCES WERE PER SAY IN THE
PAST, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO
WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET THE
HECK OUT OF THERE. YEAH, YEAH.
IT’S ABOUT SURVIVAL. AT THAT
POINT, IT BECOMES ICE VERSUS HIM
OR THEM OR WHATEVER IT IS. IT’S
TRYING TO KILL US. AND, YOU
KNOW, WE COME TOGETHER TO SAVE
OURSELVES, BUT TO SAVE OUR
FRIENDS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, YOU
SEE YOU SEE HOW PEOPLE REALLY
FEEL ABOUT YOU. YOU SEE THE TRUE
STATE OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WHEN
YOU’RE IN DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE IS
ALL RIGHT.
>> HOW MANY REELS FOR THIS ONE?
>> I GET THIS 1A3 AND A HALF,
BECAUSE IT’S A COMEDY. BUT
AGAIN, IT’S NOT A PARODY LIKE
THE WAYANS BROTHERS DID. RIGHT.
BUT THE ENDING IS GOING TO BE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT. SOMETHING THAT
YOU WON’T SEE COMING. OKAY. I
LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT’S
THE REAL BIG THING FOR ME ABOUT
IT.
>> LITTLE MYSTERY. OKAY. NOW,
FINALLY, A NEW SHOW ON APPLE TV+
WITH TOM HOLLAND IN A DRAMATIC
ROLE. OH, YEAH. TELL US ABOUT
THE CROWDED ROOM.
>> THIS ONE IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE
YOU’RE YOU’RE GOING TO FOLLOW IT
ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND GO,
OH, MY GOODNESS. IT’S ALL ABOUT
HE PLAYS THIS YOUNG MAN WHO HAS
HAD SOME ISSUES. ALL OF HIS
ENTIRE LIFE, AND HE KEEPS
RUNNING INTO OTHER PEOPLE WHO
HAVE ALSO HAD THINGS GOING ON
AND THEY ALL KIND OF WORK
TOGETHER TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP
EACH OTHER OUT. NOW, TOM, NOT
ONLY IS THE ACTOR, BUT ALSO THE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GOT TO TALK
TO HIM ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE
ROLES. AND HERE YOU ARE, YOU’RE
ONE OF THE STARS. AND ALSO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. FIRST, TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. WHAT
MADE YOU WANT TO BRING THIS? YOU
KNOW, TO THE SCREEN, THE
TELEVISION SCREEN? I JUST THINK
THAT AKIVA HAD A REALLY, REALLY
AMBITIOUS IDEA, SOMETHING THAT
WAS VERY UNIQUE.
>> I THINK THIS SHOW IS KIND OF
THE PERFECT BALANCE OF BEING
VERY NOSTALGIC TOWARDS, YOU
KNOW, NEW YORK IN THE 70S AND
THE TYPES OF SHOWS THAT WERE
COMING OUT AT THAT TIME. AND
THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS NEW
AGE ERA OF TV, I THINK IT KIND
OF IS THE PERFECT BALANCE OF
BOTH. I THINK IT’S VERY UNIQUE,
INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS. AND FOR
ME, THAT’S KIND OF EVERYTHING I
COULD EVER LOOK FOR. YOU KNOW,
KNOWING SO MANY PEOPLE WHO
ALWAYS THINK THEY CAN FIGURE
SOMETHING OUT, TOLD A COUPLE OF
FRIENDS, YOU’RE JUST GOING TO
HAVE TO WATCH IT ALL THE WAY TO
THE END BECAUSE GUARANTEED
YOU’RE GOING TO GET IT ALL
WRONG.
>> RIGHT?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT’S DONE
BY DESIGN. WE WANTED PEOPLE TO
FEEL LIKE THEY WERE GETTING
SOMEWHERE. AND THE SHOW TO
CONSTANTLY BE PIVOTING AND GOING
WHERE YOU’D LEAST EXPECT. IT’S
KIND OF WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE
SHOW IS WHAT I’M SO EXCITED
ABOUT. I’M REALLY EAGER TO BE A
PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. I’M
GOING TO BE VERY PRESENT ONLINE
WITH THE FANS AFTER EACH EPISODE
COMES OUT. AND WHAT DO YOU
THINK? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
GOING TO HAPPEN? AND IT’S GOING
TO BE IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF
FUN.
>> ALL RIGHT. I LOVE A GOOD
MYSTERY TILL THE VERY END. OH,
SO WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE
SHOW? IT’S REALLY GOOD.
>> I MEAN, VERY WELL ACTED. AND
AGAIN, IT’S ONE OF THOSE WHERE
ONCE YOU GET TO THE END, YOU’RE
GOING, OH, MY GOODNESS. AND
YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO
WATCH IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT DID
MAKE ME THINK OF THE SIXTH
SENSE. WHEN YOU MENTIONED M
NIGHT WHERE YOU WENT BACK TO
WATCH IT AGAIN AFTER SEEING IT
THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE NOW
YOU’RE LOOKING FOR THE RED
HERRINGS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT.
OKAY. I LOVE THAT. SO, GREG,
WHERE CAN PEOPLE SEE MORE OF
YOUR INTERVIEWS?
>> JUST GO TO MOVIE SHOW PLUS
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OUT THERE. YEAH.
>> GREG HAS GOOD GIVEAWAYS.
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