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♪ >>> AND TWO ACTING LEGENDS ARE
TEAMING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
A QUIRKY ROMANCE ON THE BIG
SCREEN.
SCREEN. BLYTHE DANNER AND JOHN LITHGOW
HAVE EMMYS AND TONYS, CROWDING
THEIR MANTELS.
THEIR MANTELS. AND NOW THE POWER COUPLE ARE
STARRING IN THE NEW MOVIE "THE
TOMORROW MAN."
TOMORROW MAN." >> YOU LIKE CHINESE?
WE DON’T HAVE TO DO CHINESE.
>> A WOMAN DOESN’T LIKE TO BE
LEFT IN THE DARK.
WHEN A GENTLEMAN TAKES HER OUT,
AT LEAST HE COULD DO IS CONTACT
HER IN SOME WAY AND LET HER KNOW
HE HAS FOND MEMORIES OF THEIR
EVENING TOGETHER, EVEN IF THEY
HADN’T, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT
GENTLEMEN DO.
GENTLEMEN DO. >> I AM A GENTLEMEN.
>> BLYTHE DANNER, JOHN LITHGOW,
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I WOULD THINK SO.
>> THERE IS NONE OF THIS ABOUT
IT.
IT. HE IS DEFINITELY A GENTLEMAN.
>> I DEFINITELY NOTICED THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM SHOCKED THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAVE
WORKED TOGETHER BECAUSE THE
CHEMISTRY IS SO PALPABLE.
>> WELL, WE ARE BOTH FROM THE
SAME GENE POOL.
1970s THEATER ACTORS.
SO WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MUTUAL
FRIENDS AND SORT OF COMMON
EXPERIENCES TOGETHER WITHOUT
EVER HAVING WORKED -- WE DIDN’T
EVEN REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER ALL
THAT WELL EXCEPT THE MINUTE WE
HIT THE SET WE NEVER STOPPED
TALKING.
TALKING. >> THE SAME STORIES.
THE ONLY NEGATIVE THING IS WE
HAD THE SAME STORIES, BUT
DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
DIFFERENT VERSIONS. WHISPER DOWN THE LANE.
WHAT DO WE CALL IT?
TELEPHONE.
TELEPHONE. YOU HEARD THAT?
>> ALL THESE CREW PEOPLE HALF
OUR AGE, THEY WOULD WATCH US
LIKE SOME SORT OF, LIKE THEY
WERE WATCHING STILLER AND MYRA
OR SOMETHING.
OR SOMETHING. >> THEY HAD THE POPCORN AND
WANTED TO LISTEN TO YOU CHAT
WITH EACH OTHER.
THIS IS A QUIRKY ROMANCE.
IT MAKES ME LOVE YOU BOTH EVEN
MORE.
MORE. YOUR CHARACTERS ARE ODD AND
QUIRKY.
QUIRKY. WHAT DREW YOU TO YOUR CHARACTER
ED?
ED? >> IT WAS A CAPTIVATING SCRIPT.
I JUST READ THE SCRIPT AND EVERY
20 PAGES THERE WAS SOME
COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED SURPRISE
IN THE STORYTELLING.
IT’S A BOY MEETS GIRL ROMANCE
BETWEEN TWO SEPTUAGENARIANS WHO,
AND IT IS SWEET AND FUNNY, BUT
IT’S GOT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT
COLORS.
COLORS. MELON COLLIE AND DREAD.
AND THEY ARE OLD.
TO ME IT WAS A STORY THAT NEVER
GETS TOLD.
GETS TOLD. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> BLYTHE, YOUR CHARACTER WE
DON’T FIND OUT HER SECRET UNTIL
TOWARDS THE END OF THE MOVIE.
WHAT DREW YOU TO HER CHARACTER?
>> IN MY CASE, HER.
>> HE DREW ME.
I THOUGHT, GOOD GOD, ALL THESE
DECADES.
DECADES. I WOULD SEE JOHN AND GO, OH, HOW
I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH HIM.
WHEN THIS WAS MENTIONED I LEAPT.
IT WAS ALMOST AS IF I DIDN’T
HAVE TO READ IT.
ALTHOUGH, WHEN I DID, I THOUGHT
THIS IS A CHALLENGE, TOO.
I LOVE TO PLAY PEOPLE I HAVE
NEVER PLAYED BEFORE.
>> ONE THING I LOVED WATCHING
THIS MOVIE IS I HAVE SEEN BOTH
MY PARENTS GO INTO THE DATING
WORLD, TRY TO FIND COMPANIONS,
AND THEY HAVE BOTH MANAGED TO
FIND COMPANIONSHIP AT AN OLDER
AGE.
AGE. I HAVE READ THAT GWYNETH WANTED
TO GET YOU ON TO THE DATING
SITES AND ALL THAT SORT OF
STUFF.
STUFF. HOW DID THAT --
>> I WOULD SAY USUALLY, LOVELY
GENTLEMEN, A COUPLE.
I THOUGHT, OH, I’D RATHER BE
HOME WATCHING TELEVISION.
ISN’T THAT AWFUL?
>> REALLY?
>> REALLY? >> WELL, BRUCE WAS A CHARACTER.
WE WERE LAUGHING ALL THE TIME.
SHE SAID, YOU CAN’T EXPECT TO
FIND DADDY AGAIN.
I AM VERY HAPPY.
I HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN AROUND
THE CORNER ON BOTH COASTS.
I HAVE TWO SETS.
SO I’M CONTENT.
>> JOHN, YOU ARE SO, SO BUSY.
I FEEL LIKE THE CHARACTERS YOU
HAVE PLAYED LATELY, I MEAN,
LARGER THAN LIFE CHARACTERS.
YOU HAVE BILL CLINTON, ROGER
AELS, WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THEN
ED.
ED. WAS IT FUN TO TAKE A BREAK FROM
THE BIG CHARACTERS AND JUST GO
INTO ED MODE?
>> IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SORT OF
GO MINIMALIST.
GO MINIMALIST. A SORT OF ORDINARY MAN WITH
EXTRAORDINARY ISSUES.
EXTRAORDINARY ISSUES. AND NO MAKEUP, YOU KNOW?
IT WAS BASICALLY ME, SADLY.
IN MANY WAYS, IT WAS LIKE A PLAY
BROUGHT TO LIFE.
ALL THOSE THINGS APPEALED TO ME.
>> WELL, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE, AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR HONORARY
DOCTORATE.
DOCTORATE. >> YES, IT’S SITTING NEXT TO MY
FAVORITE CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS.
WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL TALKS.
>> WHAT IS THIS?
>> I GOT MY FOURTH DOCTORATE.
>> THAT’S AMAZING.
>> I CERTAINLY DIDN’T DESERVE
IT.
IT. >> YOU’VE GOT TO GO TO THE BIG
EASY?
EASY? >> THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF OLD
LADIES, OLD ACTRESSES.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN DR. DANNER FOR
A WHILE?
A WHILE? >> IT WAS THRILLING.