NEED TO RECTIFY THIS.
HODA?
>>> TURNING TO A FILM THAT'S
ALREADY GETTING SOME OSCAR BUZZ,
THE NEW MOVIE "NEWS OF THE
WORLD" RELEASED BY OUR SISTER
COMPANY, UNIVERSAL PICTURES.
IT STARS TOM HANKS.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HIS VERY
FIRST WESTERN.
BEFORE SHE TOOK SOME TIME OFF
THIS WEEK, SAVANNAH CAUGHT UP
WITH TOM, WHO WAS HEADING BACK
HOME AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS
SHOOTING ANOTHER FILM IN
AUSTRALIA.
>> "NEWS OF THE WORLD" IS A
STUNNING ODYSSEY THROUGH TEXAS
IN 1870.
>> STOP!
STOP!
I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ENGLISH?
>> THE FILM FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY
OF AN ORPHANED GIRL, JOHANNA,
AND CAPTAIN JEFFERSON KYLE KIDD,
PLAYED BY TOM HANKS, A CIVIL WAR
VETERAN WHO EARNS A LIVING ON
THE ROAD READING NEWSPAPERS TO
REMOTE AND SOMETIMES ROUGH AND
TUMBLE COMMUNITIES.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME
IS CAPTAIN JEFFERSON KYLE KIDD.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO READ THE
NEWS FROM ACROSS THIS GREAT
WORLD OF OURS.
>> LIKE THE ORIGINAL PODCASTER.
FOR TEN CENTS, LISTEN WHAT I
HAVE TO SAY.
>> OR NEWS ANCHOR.
>> OH, HEY!
I SHOULD HAVE GONE THERE.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE REASON KIDD GOES AROUND AND
READS THIS NEWS IS TO INFORM
THEM, ENGAGE THEM AND ENLIGHTEN
THEM.
>> YOU GO.
TAKE THE HORSES AND GO.
>> YOU'RE OUT WEST.
I LOVED HOW YOUR PRODUCER, GARY
GUTZMAN SAID IT.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET YOUR
BUTT IN THE SADDLE.
>> I LOVED THE SADDLE AND THE
HORSE.
>> I WONDERED IF YOUR BACKSIDE
WAS A LITTLE SORE FROM THAT
RICKETY OLD CARRIAGE YOU HAVE.
>> OH, MY LORD.
YOU END UP INHABITING A LOT OF
POSITIONS THAT YOU DON'T
NORMALLY.
BY AND LARGE, I THINK I CAN ACT
ALMOST ANYTHING, INCLUDING
HOPPING ON A HORSE AND MAKING IT
GO.
YOU CANNOT ACT RIDING A HORSE IF
YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO RIDE A
HORSE.
YOU JUST DON'T SIT UP THERE AND
DO SOMETHING -- ME AND -- WIMPY
WAS HIS NAME.
WE SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME
TOGETHER.
AND HE ACQUIESCED TO MY PRESENCE
MORE OFTEN THAN --
>> WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
I'M SORRY.
WAS THE HORSE REALLY NAMED
WIMPY?
>> WIMPY, AND WIMPY WAS MY R
RIDING HORSE.
>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE
CHALLENGE OF PLAYING WITH A
CHILD, AND THEN THE DOUBLE
CHALLENGE OF PLAYING WHEN THE
CHILD'S CHARACTER DOESN'T EVEN
SPEAK ENGLISH.
>> SHE SPEAKS KIOWA, BECAUSE SHE
WAS TAKEN BY THE KIOWA WHEN SHE
WAS A BABY.
AND ELENA IS GERMAN, 11 YEARS
OLD AND ALREADY SPEAKS TWO,
MAYBE THREE LANGUAGES AS FAR AS
I KNOW.
I DON'T WANT TO CALL HER A CHILD
ACTOR, BECAUSE THAT MEANS --
THAT HAS CONNOTATIONS OF
TECHNIQUE AS OPPOSED TO SOUL.
A LOT OF TIMES KIDS, WHETHER
THEY'RE NATURAL ACTORS OR NOT,
CAN SOMETIMES BE LIKE WORKING
WITH PARROTS WHO HAVE LEARNED
THEIR LINES AND NEVER -- LOOK,
I'M 64 YEARS OLD.
I FOUND MYSELF WISHING I COULD
BE AS EASY AND FREE AND AS LOOSE
ON CAMERA AS SHE WAS.
>> BY THE WAY, DOES -- ISN'T IT
A HOLLYWOOD RULE NOT TO WORK
WITH KIDS AND ANIMALS?
YOU'VE GOT A KID AND YOU HAVE
WIMPY, THE HORSE.
>> I BREAK THOSE RULES,
SAVANNAH.
THOSE RULES MEAN NOTHING TO ME.
THE REASON YOU DON'T WANT TO
WORK WITH KIDS AND ANIMALS IS
BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM CAN EASILY
STEAL THE SCENE FROM YOU.
THAT HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN
WITH HELENA AND OCCASIONALLY
WIMPY STOLE FOCUS AS WELL,
LITTLE BRAT.
BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO ROLL WITH
THOSE PUNCHES.
>> I HAVE TO ASK, HOW ARE YOU
AND RITA?
YOU WENT THROUGH COVID.
I KNOW YOU'RE FEELING BETTER.
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE
VACCINE?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO TAKING?
>> WE'LL BE GETTING IT LONG
AFTER EVERYBODY WHO TRULY NEEDS
TO GET IT.
BUT YES, WE HAD IT.
IT WAS A TOUGH COUPLE OF TEN
DAYS BUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IS
THE SECOND HALF OF THE COVID-19
FORMULA IS THAT WE DIDN'T GIVE
IT TO ANYBODY, YOU KNOW.
LOCKING DOWN.
WE WEAR MASKS AND WE STILL DO
NOT JUST SO WE DON'T CATCH IT
BUT SO THAT YOU DON'T GIVE IT TO
SOMEBODY IN CASE YOU ARE ONE OF
THOSE KIND OF LIKE ASYMPTOMATIC
CARRIERS.
>> IF THEY ASKED YOU BECAUSE
YOU'RE TOM HANKS AND EVERYONE
LOVES YOU AND TRUSTS YOU, HEY,
WILL YOU DO IT PUBLICLY, WOULD
YOU CONSIDER DOING THAT, WHEN IT
WAS YOUR TURN?
>> YEAH, SURE.
YEAH.
>> LAST THING, WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN AT THE HANKS' FOR
CHRISTMAS?
THE HANKS' HOLIDAY?
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, BECAUSE
DAD HAS BEEN GONE FOR AS LONG AS
HE HAS, IT'S GOING TO BE A
LITTLE BIT ON THE MUTED SIDE,
BUT WE HAVE YET TO DECORATE THE
TREE.
AND I HAVE ESSENTIALLY -- WHAT'S
THE DATE TODAY, THE 17th?
>> YEAH.
>> I HAVE EIGHT SHOPPING DAYS,
ACTUALLY REALLY ONLY NINE --
SEVEN SHOPPING DAYS LEFT TILL
CHRISTMAS.
>> YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR
SHOPPING?
>> WHAT WAS I GOING TO BRING
BACK FROM AUSTRALIA,
HAND-PAINTED BOOMERANG AND JARS
OF VEGEMITE?
NO.
I GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS BUT
I'LL BE HITTING UP WHATEVER
STORES ARE OPEN.
>> I KNOW.
I'LL SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.