'Richard Jewell's Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell and Jon Hamm on Working with Clint Eastwood
72'Richard Jewell's Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell and Jon Hamm on Working with Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood is certainly no stranger to awards season with previous movies like Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima and American Sniper being nominated for Best Picture Oscars. Richard Jewell, the latest offering from Eastwood, is looking to be another possible Best Picture nominee for the iconic actor and director. Based on a true story, the film stars Paul Walter Hauser as the titular Richard Jewell who was working as a security guard during the 1996 Sumer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia when he discovered a bag filled with pipe bombs. Alerting the nearby police, Jewell helps to evacuate the area and saves several lives in the process. Hailed as a hero initially by the media and the public, he was named a “person of interest” by the authorities three days later which led to the media turning on him and turning Richard and his mother Bobi's lives into a living nightmare.
Before the film's release, I sat down with Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates and Jon Hamm to talk with them about how they approached taking on the real life characters they portray in the movie. We also discussed how they prepared to act in a Clint Eastwood directed movie given his propensity to shoot as little takes as possible in order to bring the film in under budget. They also revealed to me the importance of getting the story right thru their work in playing these characters and getting "justice for Richard". Read the questions that I asked them down below and watch the video above to see their answers. The film also stars Olivia Wilde as reporter Kathy Scruggs which has been the subject of much controversy in early reviews of the movie. You'll be able to decide for yourself whether the controversy is warranted and if Eastwood has another Best Picture contender on his hands.
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