MONEY.
SO LET’S ROLL THE REEL TALK
LOGO.
ANNIE HATHAWAY AS SHE PREFERS
TO BE CALLED NOWADAYS, AND
IT’S ON APPLE TV AND FULL OF
EXPENSE.
GREG RUSSELL JOINS US FOR REEL
TALK.
A NEW MOVIE ON HBO MAX CALLED
"LOCK DOWN."
>> IT’S ABOUT A COUPLE READY
TO BREAK UP AND THEN COVID
HIT.
AND SO THEY’RE IN QUARANTINE
TOGETHER AND LOCKED DOWN.
I THINK ONE OF THE FUNNIEST
PARTS IS IF THIS MOVIE CAME
OUT LAST JANUARY, YOU WOULD BE
WATCHING IT GOING, YEAH,
RIGHT, SO FUNNY, UNBELIEVABLE.
AND NOW YOU’RE SAYING, THIS IS
MY EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE CHARACTER IS GOING OUT TO
THE STORE AND SHE SAYS, DON’T
FORGET YOUR MASK.
IT’S LIKE, DON’T FORGET YOUR
KEYS.
AND SHE IS WEARING, OTHER THAN
WHEN SHE HAS TO GO TO WORK,
JUST PAJAMA PANTS OR SWEAT
PANTS.
>> Jason: IT LOOKS FUN.
YOU HAVE TWO ACADEMY AWARD
WINNERS.
HOW MANY REELS?
>> A STRONG THREE.
YOU AND I WOULD SAY, IT’S YOUR
POPCORN MOVIE.
KICK BACK, LAUGH, AND ENJOY.
>> Jason: NEXT UP, A SERIES
OUT ON APPLE TV PLUS, IT’S A
THRILLER.
>> THIS ONE IS PSYCHOLOGICAL
THRILLER, ALSO LIKE THE
CLASSIC NOIR MOVIES.
AND THIS LADY IS IN HER ’40s
AND WAS A BIG-TIME DIRECTOR
AND NOW DIRECTING COMMERCIALS.
THIS GIRL HAS BEEN A FAN OF
HERS AND GAVE HER A SCRIPT.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL
THIS STUFF BEGAN TO HAPPEN.
GOT TO TALK TO THE STAR AND ALSO THE WRITER DIRECTOR.
ALSO THE WRITER DIRECTOR.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU
READING THROUGH?
WOW, WHERE IS ALL THIS GONNA
GO?
>> LIKE A MAGICIAN, LIKE A
LOVER.
SHE ONLY GAVE ME TWO SCENES TO
READ AND THEN SENT ME ON A
PLANE WITH 4 OR 5 MORE.
AND THEN LATER GAVE ME 6 AND 7
EPISODES, AND BY THE END OF
THE RER HERS SAL, I GOT 8.
OH MY GOSH!
IT WAS A REALLY INTENSE READ,
AND I LOVED IT.
FOR AN ACTRESS TO GET A ROLE
LIKE THAT IS A PRESENT FROM
THE UNIVERSE.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE
LITTLE CHARLIE CHAPLIN ON THE
BACK OF THE WALL, THE FACT
THAT I KNOW THAT HE WAS
WORKING WITH FEMALE DIRECTORS
BACK IN THE DAY IS SUCH A NICE
NUANCE RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
AND I HAVE TO ASK YOU,
PROBABLY THE MILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION: HOW DID THIS WHOLE
IDEA COME ABOUT?
>> IN THE BEGINNING, I THINK
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE I ENJOYED
SAYING I’M DOING A
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.
BUT THAT’S WHAT IT WAS.
AND THOSE ARE THE IMAGES I HAD
IN MY MIND.
IT WAS THE TRAIN.
IT WAS THE -- ALL THESE
VISIONS IN MY MIND.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT THAT’S --
THOSE ARE THE TOOLS FOR
TELLING THE STORY.
>> Jason: SO WHAT’S THE DEAL
HERE?
IS THIS CUT UP INTO HOUR-LONG
EPISODES OR 40-MINUTE EPISODES?
>> 45-MINUTE EPISODES.
BUT IT’S IN HEBREW, SO YOU
HAVE TO READ THE SUBTITLES.
BUT AFTER WHILE, IT’S ALMOST
LIKE YOU’RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT
THEY’RE SAYING BY WHAT THEY’RE
DOING ON SCREEN.
AND READING UP ON WHAT OTHER
FOLKS HAVE SAID ABOUT IT, IT’S
INTRIGUING.
AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN
NEXT?
>> Jason: AND SUBTITLED MOVIES
CAN BE INTRIGUING IN THEIR OWN
RITE.
GREG, WE’RE OUT OF TIME, GOOD