>>> WELCOME BACK.
MATTHEW MODINE HAS BEEN PLAYING
ICONIC CHARACTERS FOR DECADES.
LIKE PRIVATE JOKER IN "FULL
METAL JACKET."
MORE RECENTLY, THE MYSTERIOUS
DR. MARTIN BRENNER ON "STRANGER
THINGS."
>> NOW, MATTHEW IS STARRING IN
THE HORROR FILM "WRONG TURN," AS
THE FATHER OF A DAUGHTER WHO
WENT MISSING ON THE APPALACHIAN
TRAIL.
IN ORDER TO SAVE HER, HE HAS TO
LEARN ABOUT THE SECRETIVE
COMMUNITY HOLDING HER CAPTIVE.
>> THEY SAID WHEN AMERICA FELL,
THEY WOULD BE THE FOUNDATION ON
WHICH THE NEW NATION WOULD BE
BUILT.
>> AND THESE DESCENDENTS OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING UP
THERE ON THE MOUNTAIN?
>> WE DON’T BOTHER THEM, AND
THEY DON’T BOTHER US.
US ANYONE WHO GOES UP THERE,
THEY DON’T COME BACK.
>> I’M SCARED ALREADY.
MATTHEW MODINE JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> SO THERE ARE SOME GORY SCENES
IN THIS MOVER CEREIE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU ACT
THEM OUT.
DYLAN WAS TRYING TO SAY, HE USES
HIS IMAGINATION, THIS AND THAT.
I SAID, LET ME LET HIM EXPLAIN.
>> THAT’S WHAT I DO.
I STUDIED IN NEW YORK CITY WITH
A WONDERFUL TEACHER, STELLA
ADLER, AND SHE ENCOURAGED US TO
WORK FROM OUR IMAGINATION.
THAT WHEN YOU GO INTO A ROOM, WE
USED TO DO EXERCISES, THAT YOU
WALK INTO A ROOM AND THERE’S A
MONSTER IN THE ROOM.
HOW DO YOU REACT TO THAT
MONSTER?
OF COURSE, WHEN WE WERE 18, 19
YEARS OLD IN DRAMA CLASS, WE
THOUGHT, THIS IS STUPID.
WHEN IN MY LIFE WILL I EVER HAVE
TO DO THIS?
BOOM.
>> THAT’S GREAT.
>> SO, MATTHEW, YOU KNOW, YOU
END UP USING YOUR IMAGINATION IN
THIS FILM.
I WOULD IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE IN REAL LIFE, TO HAVE ONE
OF YOUR KIDS DISAPPEAR, AND THE
LENGTHS YOU WOULD GO TO GET THEM
BACK.
>> WELL, I MEAN, THAT MADE THE
JOB THAT MUCH EASIER.
BECAUSE I’VE GOT MY DAUGHTER,
RUBY, AND MY SON, BOWMAN.
YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID ANYTHING
SHOULD EVER HAPPEN TO EITHER OF
THEM, BUT AS A FATHER, AS A
MOTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD DO
EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY’RE SAFE AND NOT
IN ANY KIND OF HARM.
SO THAT’S REALLY WHAT THIS
JOURNEY IS FOR THIS CHARACTER
THAT I PLAY.
IT’S JUST A LOVING FATHER WHOSE
DAUGHTER GOES MISSING, AND HE’S
DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS
POWER TO FIND HER.
>> MATTHEW, I HAVE TO SAY, IT
THREW ME OFF YOU’RE WEARING A
BLACK HAT.
I’M USED TO SEEING YOUR BRIGHT
WHITE HAIR.
I LOVE IT.
IT’S LIKE A WHOLE NEW LOOK.
CAN WE TALK "STRANGER THINGS" A
LITTLE BIT?
I KNOW THE INTERNET WENT NUTS
AFTER YOU VISITED MILLIE BOBBY
BROWN AT THE STUDIO SHE’S
FILMING "STRANGER THINGS" SEASON
4.
ANY CHANCE YOUR CHARACTER IS
RETURNING, OR WAS THIS A DROP-IN
AND VISIT?
>> THE TWO PEOPLE WHO CREATED
THE SHOW, IT IS A QUESTION FOR
THEM AND THEIR CRAZY
IMAGINATION.
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN, YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE BEGAN WORKING ON SEASON
1, SHE WAS 11 YEARS OLD.
I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH HER.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BUSINESS
THAT EATS CHILDREN ALIVE, YOU
KNOW, THAT CHEWS THEM UP AND
SPITS THEM OUT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HISTORY AND
SEE WHAT’S HAPPENED TO YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH THE
BUSINESS, ALL THE WAY BACK TO
JUDY GARLAND AND MICKEY ROONEY,
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PRESENT.
I’M JUST SO PROUD OF THE WAY
THAT MILLIE HAS COMPORTED
HERSELF, THE CHARITABLE WORK
THAT SHE DOES.
I JUST ADORE HER.
SO I DID THIS CROSS-COUNTRY
DRIVE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES,
AND I WAS GOING THROUGH ATLANTA,
GEORGIA, WHERE I KNEW THEY WERE
GETTING READY TO START.
I DROVE IN AND JUST WISHED HER
LUCK AND GAVE MY LOVE TO HER AND
HER FAMILY.
>> THAT’S AWESOME.
WE HAVE, LIKE, 30 SECONDS LEFT,
BUT I READ THIS LAST NIGHT AND
COULDN’T BELIEVE IT.
YOU’VE HAD SOME ICONIC ROLES IN
YOUR LIFE.
WE ALSO HEAR YOU TURNED DOWN A
FEW, INCLUDING, TELL ME IF THIS
IS RIGHT, TOM CRUISE’S ROLE IN
"TOM"
"TOP GUN" AND MARTY McFLY IN
"BACK TO THE FUTURE," IS THAT
TRUE?
>> YEAH.
"TOP GUN," I DID "FULL METAL
JACKET," SO IT WAS A BETTER FIT.
MARTY McFLY, MY FRIEND, ERIC
STULTS, WAS PLAYING THE START,
AND THEY WERE LETTING HIM GO.
THEY GAVE ME 24 HOURS TO MAKE A
DECISION, WHETHER I SHOULD
REPLACE HIM.
I DIDN’T SEE MYSELF IN THAT ROLE
EITHER.
I GOT TO SAY, HAVING MICHAEL J.
FOX, WHO IS A FRIEND, AND I
ADORE HIM AND LOVE HIM, I CANNOT
IMAGINE ANYBODY DOING A BETTER
JOB THAN HE DID IN THE MOVIE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IT WAS DESTINY.
>> IT ALL WORKS OUT, DOESN’T IT?
CERTAINLY DOES.
MATTHEW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TALKING WITH US.
>> AS THEY SAID IN THE MOVIE,
DENSITY.
>> THERE YOU GO.