>>> WE ARE BACK WITH MISS CLAIRE DANES.
DANES.
SHES BEEN ACTING SINCE SHE WAS
13 YEARS OLD, PICKING UP EMMYS AND GOLDEN GLOBES AND SO MANYS
AND GOLDEN GLOBES AND SO MANY OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.
>> IN A NEW MOVIE "A KID LIKE
JAKE," CLAIRE PLAYS A MOTHER
DESPERATE TO PROTECT HER
4-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH GENDER
DIFFERENCES WHILE NAVIGATING
KINDERGARTEN IN NEW YORK CITY. >> CLAIRE DANES, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YOU.
IT BRINGS UP SO MANY DIFFERENT
ISSUES.
OBVIOUSLY, ITS A TIMELY ISSUE
OF GENDER CONCERNS.
BUT ALSO, THE KIDS AND PARENTS AND WANTING TO DO THE BEST.NTS
AND WANTING TO DO THE BEST. IM SURE THAT COMPLEXITY IS WHAT
INTERESTED YOU.
>> TOTALLY.
ITS SOMETHING WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, VERY TOPICAL.ALL, YOU
KNOW, VERY TOPICAL. WERE ALL THINKING HARD ABOUT,
AS A CULTURE IN OUR SOCIETY.
WHAT IS IT, WHAT ARE GENDER
POLITICS AND IDEAS ARE BECOMING
EXPANSIVE AND RECONSIDERING
THEM, WHICH IS AMAZING.
ITS CALLED "A KID LIKE JAKE." BUT THE EMPHASIS IS NOT SO MUCH
ON THE KID.
ITS REALLY ABOUT THE PARENTS,
WHO ARE STARTING TO BECOME AWARE
OF THE FACT THEIR CHILD MIGHT
NOT BE CONFORMING TO THE GENDER
NORMS AND MIGHT RENDER HIM
VULNERABLE IN THE WORLD.
AS THEYRE GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS OF APPLYING TO SCHOOLS,
YOU KNOW, THEIR KIND OF
ENCOUNTERING ALL THESE LABELS
AND POTENTIAL PREJUDICES.
AND ITS JUST ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF TAKING THAT IN.
AND I THINK EVERY PARENT, YOU
KNOW, IN THIS CASE, IT HAS TO DO
WITH GENDER.
BUT EVERY PARENT HAS ENCOUNTERED
THE FACT THEIR CHILD MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAID, VULNERABLE
IN SOME WAY.
SO, I THINK, YES, ITS SPECIFIC.
BUT ITS ALSO KIND OF UNIVERSAL,
TOO.
TOO.
>> ITS A MOM STORY.
MOM AND DAD.
>> ITS A MOM AND DAD STORY.
>> YOU HAVE A SON ABOUT THE AGE
OF JAKE.
>> I DO.
>> HOW MUCH OF YOUR OWN
MOTHERING OR PARENTING DID YOU
BRING TO THIS?
>> I DIDNT HAVE TO LOOK VERY FORI DIDNT HAVE TO LOOK VERY
FOR
FAR.
IM A NEW YORK MOM OF A 4 1/2-YEAR-OLD, AT THE TIME WE
FILMED THE MOVIE.
SO, THE PARALLELS WERE
OVERWHELMING.
OVERWHELMING.
IN SOME WAYS IT WAS ALMOST
HARDER TO PLAY BECAUSE IT WAS SO
INTIMATE.
YOU KNOW?
IT WAS SO RELATABLE, PERSONALLY.
AND CYRUS, MY SON, CAME ON SET AND WAS FRIENDS WITH LEO.N SET
AND WAS FRIENDS WITH LEO. AND THERE WAS LIKE THIS MELDING
OF REALITY AND FICTION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY
RENDERED, AN INCREDIBLE SCRIPT
AND WONDERFUL CAST.
IT WAS JUST, YEAH. IT WAS -- I WAS VERY LUCKY TO
HAVE A CHANCE TO EXPLORE THESE
THEMES AND PLAY THIS CHARACTER
THAT WAS JUST SO HUMAN AND SO
RELATABLE.
RELATABLE.
>> WELL, I DONT KNOW. IN IS -- I MEAN IM IN A HARD
POSITION BECAUSE I WANT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT "HOMELAND," MY
FAVORITE SHOW.
FAVORITE SHOW. IM OBSESSED.
IM OBSESSED. BUT ALSO, YOURE AN EXPECTING
MOM.
MOM.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEW BABY
NEWS.
>> NEW BABY.
YEAH.
IM GETTING THERE. IM IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IM REALLY EXCITED.
>> OH, MY GOSH. AND THE 4-YEAR-OLD, CYRUS, DOES
HE GET IT, WHATS COMING?
>> HE IS GETTING IT.
HES MOSTLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
IT.
IT.
THERE WAS A WOBBLE WHEN HE WAS SAYING, YOURE GOING TO LOVE THE
BABY MORE THAN YOU LOVE ME.
I WAS GOING TO WALK ANYBODY MORE
THAN HIM.
THAN HIM.
ANYBODY THAT WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR.DY THAT WALKED THROUGH THE
DOOR.
WE MOVED THROUGH THAT. HE KEEPS KISSING MY STOMACH AND
MY BELLY.
MY BELLY. ITS VERY STWEET.WEET.
IM SURE THERE WILL BE
VICISSITUDES OF EXCITEMENT AND
DREAD.
DREAD. >> HELL BECOME COMPLETELY
INDIFFERENT VERY SOON.
ON WITH HIS LIFE.
I WILL ASK ABOUT OUR FAVORITE
SHOW, "HOMELAND."
SHOW, "HOMELAND." SEASON EIGHT AHEAD OF YOU.
WRAPPED A BIG SEASON SEVEN.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE ON
SEASON EIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF ITS THE LAST SEASON OFNDERING IF
ITS THE LAST SEASON OF "HOMELAND."
"HOMELAND."
>> THERE IS NO CONCLUSIVE WORD
ABOUT THAT.
IT FEELS LIKE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT, BUT, YEAH.IT, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT, BUT, YEAH. THERES KIND OF AN ELLIPSIS.
>> YOURE SAYING IT FEELS LIKE
IT IS THE END?
>> IT FEELS LIKE IT IS THE END.
>> I DONT WANT IT TO BE THE
END.
END.
>> CAN YOU CATER TO SAVANNAHS NEEDS? YOU CATER TO SAVANNAHS
NEEDS?
>> IT WILL END EVENTUALLY. >> NO.WILL END EVENTUALLY.
>> NO.
>> I DONT KNOW. WE START FILMING IN JANUARY.
USUALLY WE FILM LATE SUMMER,
EARLY FALL.
EARLY FALL.
BUT THIS IS A LITTLE IN THE WAY.
LIFE IS INTERFERING.
>> CLAIRE DANES, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
THIS IS "TODAY" ON NBC.
LOVE HAVING YOU.
THANK YOU.