>>> WE ARE BACK NOW.
8:39 WITH OSCAR NOMINEE ANDREW
GARFIELD, WHO STARS IN A
POWERFUL, NEW MOVIE.
IT IS CALLED "BREATHE."
>> IT IS THE TRUE STORY OF
ROBIN, WHO CONTRACTED POLIO AT
28 YEARS OLD, LEAVING HIM PARALYZED AND UNABLE TO BREATHE
ON HIS OWN.
WITH HELP AND INSPIRATION FROM
HIS WIFE AND SON, ROBIN WENT ON
TO INSPIRE MILLIONS.
>> LOOK WHO IS HERE.
OH, LOOK.
THERE YOU GO.
LOOK, JONATHAN, ITS DADDY.
>> HELLO, JONATHAN. HELLO, DEAR BOY.AN.
HELLO, DEAR BOY. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. ALREADY GOT US.
>> JUST THAT.
>> PASS THE TISSUES.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WHATS AMAZING, TOO, SO THAT WAS JONATHAN, ROBINS SON, ANDT
WAS JONATHAN, ROBINS SON, AND HIS WIFE, DIANA, WHO ARE STILL
WITH US.
WITH US.
JONATHAN IS ACTUALLY A PRODUCER ON THIS FILM.CTUALLY A PRODUCER
ON THIS FILM.
>> IT IS JONATHANS STORY.
HE IS OUR SOLE PRODUCER AND THE
CATALYST AND THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS FILM BEING MADE.CE
BEHIND THIS FILM BEING MADE. HAVING HIS PARENTS STORY, YOU
KNOW, MAKE EVEN MORE RIPPLES IN
THE WORLD THAN THEY HAVE
PREVIOUSLY.
PREVIOUSLY.
THEYRE REALLY REMARKABLE PEOPLE.REALLY REMARKABLE
PEOPLE.
>> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL STORY. I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD HAVE
LOTS OF ACTING CHALLENGES, AS
WELL, BECAUSE YOUR CHARACTER,
OBVIOUSLY, CONTRACTS POLIO.
THERES SO MUCH THAT HAS TO GO
ON RIGHT HERE IN THE EYES AND
THE EXPRESSIONS, RIGHT?
>> WE, ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE, IF WE
HAVE AN IMPULSE TO HUG EACH
OTHER, WE GET TO DONT, IF IT IS
CONSENSUAL HUGGING.
CONSENSUAL HUGGING.
WITH SOMEONE WHO, OF COURSE, IN ROBINS SITUATION, YOU KNOW, HIS
BODY WASNT ABLE TO FOLLOW THOSE
IMPULSES.
IMPULSES.
SO THE ONLY PART OF HIS BODY THAT COULD EXPRESS ITSELF WAS
HIS FACE AND HIS EYES.
SO HE WAS ABLE TO EXPRESS SO
MUCH, YET HE LOVED LIFE SO MUCH,
THIS MAN.
THIS MAN.
HE LOVED PEOPLE.
HE LOVED CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE.
HE WASNT NOT EVER GOING TO LET
PARALYSIS STOP HIM FROM BEING AS
IN LIFE AS POSSIBLE.
IT ALL WENT INTO HIS FACE. HE BECAME VERY, VERY ACTIVE AND
NOT SELF-CONSCIOUS AT ALL, IN
HOW HIS FACE WAS MOVING.
BECAUSE HE WAS SO LONGING TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW HOW HE WAS FEELING
ALL THE TIME.
>> I LOVE THE TITLE OF THE
MOVIE, "BREATHE," BECAUSE IT IS LITERAL IN SOME SENSE, BECAUSES
LITERAL IN SOME SENSE, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT A BREATHING
MACHINE THAT ENABLED ROBIN TO
LEAVE THE HOSPITAL, SOMETHING
THAT WAS UNHEARD OF THEN, BUT
ALSO HOW HE -- THAT HE CONTINUED
TO BREATHE AND LIVE, EVEN IN
SPITE OF THESE HARROWING
CIRCUMSTANCES.
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> I LOVE THAT.
I LOVE HOW EVERY BREATH WAS A MIRACLE, FROM THE PARALYSIS A
MIRACLE, FROM THE PARALYSIS ONWARDS.
ONWARDS.
HE WAS TOLD HE WASNT GOING TO LIVE VERY LONG.WASNT GOING TO
LIVE VERY LONG. HE ENDED UP LIVING DECADES AND
CREATED THIS INCREDIBLE LIFE.
NOT ONLY AN INCREDIBLE LIFE FOR
HIMSELF BUT OTHER DISABLED
PATIENTS AROUND THE WORLD.
I LOVE THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE
LIVING ON THE CUSP OF POTENTIAL
DEATH EVERY DAY.
EVERY BREATH COULD HAVE BEEN HIS
LAST.
LAST.
THEREFORE, IT MADE LIFE SO MUCH MORE MIRACULOUS AND MEANINGFUL.
>> WE HAD CLAIRE FOY ON, YOUR
CO-STAR, THE OTHER DAY, AND I
WAS STRUCK BY YOUR CHEMISTRY.
IT SEEMED YOU GUYS HAD KNOWN
EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME BUT
YOUD JUST MET FOR THE FILM.
>> IT IS A STRANGE THING.
DO YOU EVER MEET SOMEONE AND
FEEL LIKE, OH, WEVE KNOWN EACH
OTHER, NOT IN THIS REALM BUT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE IS A SOUL CONNECTION THAT
HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY.
IT IS RATHER SCARY.
YOU KIND OF DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT A LITTLE BIT, BUTO
DO WITH IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THANKFULLY, IT WAS USEFUL.
IT MEANT THAT WE COULD, YOU
KNOW, TRY TO ENCAPSULATE THE
INCREDIBLE, TRUE LOVE THAT
ROBERT AND DIANE THAT HAD FOR
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER.
>> I LOVED READING ABOUT YOU, DN
ANDREW.
YOURE AN OSCAR NOMINEE, AND
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT OSCAR
FOR THIS PERFORMANCE, BUT A TIME
IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU WERE
WONDERING WHAT TO DO AND WERENT
SURE.
IT WAS YOUR MOM WHO SAID, WHY
DONT YOU TAKE SOME DRAMA
CLASSES?
I LOVED READING THAT.
MOMS JUST KNOW, DONT THEY?
HOW DID SHE KNOW THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE YOUR THING?
>> YES, YOULL HAVE TO ASK HER.
SHE REALLY DID AND DOES. MOTHERS DO TEND TO KNOW.
YEAH, I DONT KNOW.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE SIM
SYMBE
SYMBE
SYMBIOTIC CONNECTION. I WAS IN HER WOMB ONCE.
AS A TEENAGER, I WAS DEPRESSED
AND QUITE SAD, DIDNT UNDERSTAND
THE MEANING OF ALL THIS INSANITY
WE CALL LIFE.
I DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO GO.
I WAS EXPERIENCING WHAT A LOT OF TEENAGERS DO, RIGHT?HAT A LOT OF
TEENAGERS DO, RIGHT? BECAUSE I LET THINGS GO, I LET
THE RIGHT THING COME IN BECAUSE
I CREATED SPACE FOR IT.
THIS FEELS GOOD, STORY TELLING.
>> WERE GRATEFUL TO YOUR
MOTHER, FOR ENCOURAGING.
>> SHELL BE HAPPY TO HEAR.
>> YOU ALSO HAD A JOB AT
STARBUCKS.
STARBUCKS.
>> THE MOST ROMANTIC TIME OF MY
LIFE.
IT WAS WHEN STARBUCKS WASNT
THIS MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATION BUT A RANDOM COFFEE HOUSE AND I
FELT MYSTERIOUS.
FELT MYSTERIOUS. GOLD IS GREEN IN NORTH LONDON.