LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO KEEP DROPPING ALBUMS 50 YEARS LATER, GO FOR IT. THAT’S WHAT I SAY.
THE BIGGEST MOVIE OPENING OF THE
YEAR COULD HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND
AND IT’S ANOTHER SUPERHERO MOVIE
. GREG RUSSELL JOINS US WITH
REAL TALK. HELLO MY FRIEND. HOW
ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU DOING?
WELL, THE GOD OF THUNDER IS BACK
IN THOR LOVE AND THUNDER. THIS
IS DIRECTED BY TAIKA WAITITI.
YOU WHO ALSO DID RAGNAROK. DOES
THIS ONE HAVE THE SAME SORT OF
COMIC EDGE THAT RAGNAROK? YES IT
DOES. I MEAN, IT’S COMEDY RIGHT?
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. YOU’VE
GOT CHRIS HEMSWORTH AND CHRIS
PRATT. BOTH ON SCREEN TOGETHER,
BOTH JUST BOUNCING OFF OF EACH
OTHER AND A LOT OF OTHER FUNNY
SCENES. BUT OF COURSE, THERE’S A
LOT OF ACTION AND EVEN SOME
DRAMATIC PARTS AS WELL. SO
PERHAPS PLAYS WHAT STAR KILLER
OR WHATEVER FROM GUARDIANS OF
THE GALAXY, SO THERE’S THE
CROSSOVER ELEMENT IS THERE FROM
THE BEGINNING? SO IN RAGNAROK,
IT WAS HULK AND THOR, RIGHT?
THINK SO. YEAH ALL RIGHT. SO YOU
KNOW, THERE’S FAN SERVICE IN
PLAY HERE. FAMILY JUST
INTERTWINED ALL OVER THE PLACE
TO LOOK. KING YOU CAN TELL THEM
WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY TIME
THAT FOR THIS RAGTAG MOTLEY CRUE
MISFIT DESPERADOS FROM THE TIDE
OF THE BATTLE. EXTEND NAMES IN
HISTORY. THE ODDS MAY BE AGAINST
US, BUT I’LL TELL YOU THIS FOR
FREE. HERE IT COMES AND HERE,
YOU KNOW. HELLO. OKAY SO HOW
MANY TIMES CAN YOU SAVE THE
UNIVERSE? I’M GETTING SO TIRED
OF THIS. BUT ANYWAY, HOW MANY
REELS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE SAVING IT? IT’S GOING.
IT GETS A FLOOR. I MEAN,
EVERYBODY’S GOING TO GO SEE IT.
IT’S CRITICAL PROOF. GREG
RUSSELL, YOU I COULD DARE YOU TO
GIVE IT A ONE. I WOULD NEVER
WISH YOU NEVER WOULD. BUT NOBODY
WOULD BELIEVE YOU. NOBODY WOULD
CARE AND NOBODY’S GOING TO SEE
THIS MOVIE JUST BECAUSE YOU GAVE
IT A FOUR BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING
TO GO SEE IT ANYWAY, RIGHT? SO I
COULD SAY. OKAY WE’RE GIVING A
ZERO. HOW’S THAT? HOW’S THAT
FOR? JASON BIG ZERO. NEXT UP THE
THIS JUST KIDDING. NEXT UP IS
BLACK BIRD. THIS IS A SERIES
THAT’S OUT ON APPLE TV PLUS AND
ONE OF THE LAST PROJECTS THE
LATE RAY LIOTTA WORKED ON. IT’S
AN INTERESTING SERIES ALL ABOUT
THIS YOUNG GUY PLAYED BY TURN,
EDGERTON, WHO COMMITS A CRIME.
THEY’RE GOING TO PUT HIM IN
PRISON FOR LIFE. BUT THEN THEY
TELL HIM HE LOOK, THERE’S THIS
GUY. WE WANT TO GET INFORMATION
OUT OF WHO WE ALREADY HAVE
LOCKED UP. YOU GET THE
INFORMATION FROM HIM ONLY HAVE,
UM, FOR LIKE 10 OR 15 YEARS. SO
IT’S THIS BIG DECISION THAT HE
HAS TO MAKE. SO DID GET TO TALK
TO SOME OF THE FOLKS AND SO THEY
HAD TO SAY. BEGIN LOOKING AT THE
THINGS FROM LIKE INSIDE OF EACH
DIFFERENT CHARACTERS LIKE EVEN
YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING TO BE
HAPPENING NEXT. IT’S REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE SHOW TO WATCH.
IT’S FULL OF TENSION AND
SURPRISES. AND DENNIS LAHANE
REALLY WROTE IT EXPERTLY, I
THOUGHT THE WRITING WAS KIND OF
THE FOUNDATION WITH WHICH THE
REST OF THE SHOW SURVIVED AND
THRIVED. I THINK THAT PLAYING
LARRY, TOO, IS. IS EQUAL PARTS
DAUNTING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW
YOU’RE IN FOR A WILD RIDE AND
HAVE TO DO AND SAY SOME THINGS
YOU WOULDN’T NORMALLY WANT TO.
BUT IT’S ALSO SUCH A PRIVILEGE
TO PLAY A REAL PERSON TO DO IT
WITH THAT LEVEL OF TALENT
SURROUNDING YOU AND TO TRY TO
TELL THIS DIFFICULT STORY WITH
WITH A LOT OF THOUGHTFULNESS AND
, UM AND TACT, MYSTIFY WOULDN’T
BRING UP. YOU KNOW RAY LIOTTA. I
MEAN, THIS WAS LAST PROJECT TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WORKING WITH
HIM. UM IT WAS A DREAM COME
TRUE. IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED
TO DO FOREVER. I SAID THAT IF I
EVER GOT IN CHARGE OF CASTING
THE SHOW, HE’D BE THE GUY. HE
WAS ON THE SHOW NO MATTER WHAT
IF I COULD GET THEM AND THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND I HE
WAS A ABSOLUTE BUT THE MOST
CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL TO WORK
WITH AND FORMED A BEAUTIFUL
FATHER, SON BOND WITH KAREN. AND
UH AND THEN LAST CONVERSATION WE
HAD ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE HE
DIED, HE SAID. YOU KNOW MY IN
THE NEXT ONE, AND I SAID, OF
COURSE, AND HE SAID, WELL, WRITE
ME A BIG PART. AND I WAS LIKE,
OKAY. GREG GREGORY, OR YOU, GREG
GREGORY. NOW THERE ARE WELL
THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN JUST KEEPS
GETTING BETTER FOR YOU. SAME
THING. IF YOUR MIDDLE NAME IS
BRUCE, I’M REALLY GONNA MY
HEAD’S JUST GONNA SPIN BUCK
BRUCE PARK. NOT TOO FAR. G B K.
YEAH YOU GO. OH, MY GOD. WE CAN
SHARE EMBROIDERY. AH CHEERING
PEREMPTORY. WHAT DID YOU THINK?
THINK OF BLACKBEARD. IT IS. IT’S
A MOVIE THAT OR SERIES THAT WILL
PULL YOU IN BECAUSE YOU JUST
WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IN THAT SITUATION? SURE, WELL
ACTED. AND THEN ALSO, LIKE I
SAID RAY LIOTTA’S LAST MOVIE,
AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THIS MUCH
HE WAS IN TOWN ABOUT 10 YEARS
AGO OR SO MAKING MOVIES. AND HE
DID ONE IN FERNDALE, A FRIEND OF
MINE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE
PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE THEY WERE
SHOOTING AT. HE WOULD COME OVER
THERE EVERY DAY AFTER THEY GOT
DONE AND JUST HANG OUT IN THE
BACKYARD WITH THEM AND, YOU
KNOW, SHOOT THEM. JUST SHOOT THE
BALL. JUST A NORMAL GUY. AND SO
THAT WAS A GREAT STORY, YOU
KNOW, TO HEAR AND JUST WANT TO
PASS THAT LONG. ALRIGHT. WELL
WHERE CAN PEOPLE SEE MORE OF
YOUR INTERVIEWS, MOVIE SHOW PLUS
DOT COM. DID YOU SAY MOVIE SHOW
PLUS DOT COM? YES, I DID. I
HEARD YOU SAY MOVIE SHOW PLUS
.COM. THERE YOU GO. WE’RE STILL
GETTING OUR TATTOOS WITH THAT.
THANK YOU, GREG. AND I GUESS I
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