>>> HE HAS BECOME A FAMILIAR FACE AROUND HERE AT THE "TODAY"
SHOW BUT YOU PROBABLY KNOW RYAN
EGGOLD BEST FOR HIS ROLE IN THE
HIT NBC SERIES "THE BLACKLIST"
PLAYING COVERT OPERATIVE TOM
KEEN.
>> NOW HES STEPPING BEHIND THE
CAMERA WITH THE NEW BIG SCREEN
COME BY A FILM HE WROTE,
PRODUCED AND EDITED. >> RIGHT BEFORE.TED.
>> RIGHT BEFORE. >> I WAS VERY BUSY.
>> YOU MUST BE EXHAUSTED. IM TIRED.ST BE EXHAUSTED.
IM TIRED.
>> SO PUTTING ON THIS OTHER HAT, WERE USED TO SEEING YOU IN ALLT,
WERE USED TO SEEING YOU IN ALL KINDS OF ROLES.
YOUVE GOT O COME ON A MILLION
TIMES AND WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS.VE TALKING ABOUT
THESE PROJECTS. SUDDENLY YOURE DOING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT.
DID YOU JUST GET THE BUG AND
THOUGHT LET ME TRY?
>> I HAD ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS
ABOUT DOING IT AND OBVIOUSLY
WORKING FOR A LONG TIME AND HAD
REALLY WANTED TO WRITE
SOMETHING, WRITING WAS ALWAYS
KIND OF LIKE A SECRET LITTLE
HOBBY.
I WAS LIKE WHY NOT TRY IT.
>> SOUNDS LIKE THE ONLY THING YOU DIDNT DO IT IS STAR IN IT.
DID YOU INDICATOR IT.
>> YES, I DID.
I DID ORIGAMI ON SET FOR PEOPLE
TO ENJOY. >> YOU CAST RYAN AND KOBE TO
PLAY THE LEADS.
WAS IT NICE TO HAVE A BREAK FROM
BEING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR
DID YOU WANT TO JUMP OUT THERE AND ACT?WANT TO JUMP OUT THERE
AND ACT?
>> IT WAS ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO BREAKS.AS ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO
BREAKS.
SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THERE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUVEIN
THERE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUVE WRITTEN IT.
WRITTEN IT.
I WANT IT TO BE LIKE THIS.
BUT THIS CAST IS SO AMAZING, JUSTIN, KOBE, RYAN, A BUNCH OF
GREAT FOLKS.
GREAT FOLKS. ITS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THEM
WORK.
WORK.
>> LETS WATCH A CLIP BECAUSE I
THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
MOVIES, RYAN, LIKE A SMALL MOVIE ONCE YOU HEAR ABOUT IT YOULLOVIE
ONCE YOU HEAR ABOUT IT YOULL WANT TO GO SEE LITERALLY "RIGHT
BEFORE AARON."
BEFORE AARON."
>> WHY WOULD YOU?
>> I DONT KNOW, I DONT KNOW. I CANT SEE MYSELF WAKING UP TO
YOUR FACE EVERY MORNING FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE.
NO OFFENSE.
NO OFFENSE. ITS NOT YOUR FACE.
YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER FACE THAN
I DO.
I DO.
>> I KNOW.
>> YOUR FACE IS GREAT.
ITS WHATS BEHIND US I DONT THINK I CAN LIVE IT FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME.
A COUPLE MONTHS. WE DONT HAVE TO BREAK UP.
I DONT KNOW WHAT IM TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
FORGET IT. WHAT ARE YOU ORDERING?
>> WHAT ARE YOU GETTING?
I JUST DONT THINK I CAN, --
>> SO HE ENDS UP, HIS
EX-GIRLFRIEND ENDS UP FINDING
ANOTHER GUY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THAT IS MOMENTS AFTER HES
GOTTEN THE NEWS THAT HIS
EX-GIRLFRIEND IS GETTING MARRIED
AND IS HE SORT OF SPINNING AND
REELING.
REELING.
HIS QUICK FIX IS WE SHOULD GET
MARRIED AND HE REALIZES THATS A HORRENDOUS IDEA AND ENDS UPTS A
HORRENDOUS IDEA AND ENDS UP GOING TO THE WEDDING AND MORE
HORRIBLE IDEAS FOLLOW.
>> JUSTIN SEEMS LIKE THE PERFECT
FIT FOR THAT ROLE.
HOW DID THAT COME TO BE?
>> HES PERFECT FOR IT.
I BUMPED INTO HIM AT SUNDANCE
WHEN I FINISHED THE SCRIPT WHICH
WAS PERFECT TIMING AND TALKED TO
HIM ABOUT.
HIM ABOUT.
HE READ IT AND SORT OF CONNECTED WITH IT AND RELATED TO IT.NECTED
WITH IT AND RELATED TO IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A LONG
TIME AND THEN HE CAME AND DID IT
AND THERES NOBODY ELSE WHO
COULD HAVE DONE IT.
>> ITS LOOSELY BASED ON YOUR
OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
>> SADLY, YES.
HODA, YOU KNOW IM OBSESSED WITH
RELATIONSHIPS AND LOVE AND ALL
THAT KIND OF THING.
THIS WHOLE IDEA OF THE ONE AND
ALL THAT.
ALL THAT. I WAS KIND OF GOING THROUGH A
BREAKUP WHEN I WROTE THIS AND
EXPLORING ALL THAT.
MY OWN TERROR ABOUT MARRIAGE AND
THESE THINGS.
THESE THINGS.
I JUST CAME UP WITH THIS CHARACTER WHO WAS CONVINCED HE
HAS MADE THE WRONG DECISION AND
WAS SORT OF PARALYZED BY THAT
INDECISION AND THAT SORT OF
WANTING TO GO BACK AND ALL THAT
STUFF.
STUFF.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE.SOMETHING WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE. SINCE YOUVE DONE THIS, YOUVE
DIRECTED, STOOD BEHIND THE
CAMERA, YOUVE DONE ALL OF THAT,
NOW YOU GO BACK ONTO THE SET OF
THE BLACK LIST".
I DONT KNOW WHY THIS IS -- DO
YOU HAVE THAT WEIRD THING GOING
ON?
ON?
>> IT IS A RELIEF TO WALK ON AND BE AN ACTOR AND NOT BEALK ON AND
BE AN ACTOR AND NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIGHTS OR
THE STAGING.
THE STAGING. >> IT SEEMS EASY NOW.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY.
I DONT HAVE TO WORRY WHERE THE TRUCKS, OR ANY OF THAT WHICH IS
REALLY NICE.
REALLY NICE. >> YOU PICK GREAT PROJECT AFTER
GREAT PROJECT AFTER GREAT
PROJECT.
PROJECT.
HERES HOPING THAT THIS MOVIE ENDS UP BEING ANOTHER GREAT ONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE.
>> PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO IT WHICH
IS THE BEST PART.
>> IT IS CALLED LITERALLY "RIGHT
BEFORE AARON."
BEFORE AARON." SEASON FIVE OF THE BLACK RITZ"
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