Blowing It With the Legendary GENE HACKMAN

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Sam Jaeger (Parenthood, The Handmaid's Tale) joins us this week and opens up on how the repetition of denial as an actor has him feeling like his last job will be his last, despite his success in hit shows like Devil in Ohio, Parenthood, and more. Sam talks about how he feels like he’s made it haphazardly through life with his ADD and how later in adulthood he faced anxiety and depression. We also get into what it was like directing co stars on Parenthood, his iconic Gene Hackman stories, and how he feels like sloppy seconds for Owen Wilson and Ewan McGregor.
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Blowing It With the Legendary GENE HACKMAN #insideofyou #genehackman

[@Saarman82]

Think he's talking about Sharon Stone. They worked togehter on The Quick and the Dead

[@Timthethespian89]

That was my thought too hahaha

[@rolandofgilead43]

@@Timthethespian89 honestly i had forgotten that he even worked with her at all and i haven't seen The Quick and the dead (1995) in years it's a great film too. and yeah i wish he would do one more movie since he's in his 90's now he doesn't need to do an action flix it could be him playing a retired Lawyer who has to go back to trial one last time

[@sdotyall]

Id put money on it...when he said "she" and "horse" I immediately knew who it was 🤣😂

[@DeltaEcho303]

The KZbin algorithm puts that movie in my queue every few weeks. I must've watched the gun shop and killing Ace Hanlon scenes about a dozen times and will watch them a dozen more because Hackman's that good.

[@rolandofgilead43]

@@DeltaEcho303 yes he is I've seen a lot of his movies but I haven't seen them all yet

[@tonyrodney9610]

To be fair, Gene Hackman was known as a natural actor who had no real method, he just became the character as soon as someone yelled action and then dropped it as soon as someone yelled cut. Someone telling him their method of creating a complete back story probably would make him laugh.

[@moncorp1]

That's how Anthony Hopkins is. I forgot who it was, but some young method actor was asking him how he prepped for his role. Hopkins just smiled and said, "I don't prep. Its make believe. Pretend. Its called acting."

[@Jensley_Report]

Sharon Stone was allegedly the actor with the horse. Also Bruce Campbell has great Gene stories. Like when Sam Raimi convinced Gene to sit down like a king while all the peasants stood.

[@johnmagill4556]

Got that straight away

[@peterkirby7546]

The moment he said 'her horse' I knew xD

[@mykal.7424]

That last story was about Sharon Stone .. The Quick and the Dead . She became full of herself after Basic Instinct .

[@Helen-mh8mq]

I watched The Conversation last week.Gene Hackman is so good!

[@straypigs]

FANTASTIC movie, and fantastic performance, right?!!! Wow. Was it your first time seeing it? What a movie. Amazing cast too. Teri Garr is amazing in that, for instance! I always forget she's in that, and she's great! Allen Garfield was also terrific in that, he was one of the first to die of CoVid, I think it was April of 2020, poor guy. Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Cindy Williams, John Cazale.....you don't see movies with casts like that anymore! :D

[@Helen-mh8mq]

@@straypigs Seeing Harrison Ford and Cindy Williams was such a surprise! I didn't remember that they were in the movie.

[@vlsr71]

Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide was Epic.

[@sefu37]

I wish I can you show my comics signed by Gene Hackman. They are so cool!

[@Darryl6636]

Gene Hackman is my all time favorite actor

[@MrRuhu77]

Oh my God. He’s totally talking about Sharon Stone. Lmao!!!😂

[@peterkirby7546]

You could tell he realised he was being too specific halfway through xD

[@johnmanor5236]

Ya I was like -"her", "horse", "Gene Hackman"... "Quick and the Dead" Sharon Stone, lol!

[@tq2769]

@@peterkirby7546 Totally.

[@toughbiblepassages9082]

“What’s that one movie with Bonnie and Clyde?” That is EXACTLY what Norm MacDonald would have asked.

[@crackheadbiden7269]

Or you know who else? You guess it FRANK STALLONE😊

[@robmoore1341]

Stone caused problems on total recall, the fight scene with Arnold, she walked off set because he grabbed her neck which the scene called for and she was alright with in rehearsal.

[@RonBaker456]

Love watching Michael interview. He gets so excited and I hear a little of Farley interviewing McCartney in there when he talks about Hackman. Love the passion and fun.

[@DeltaEcho303]

No offense to Michael, but Gene is still my favorite Lex Luthor. The Oval Office scene in Superman II is legendary where he gets three evil super beings eating out of his hand using wit, intellect and negotiation.

[@geraldking4080]

The Popeye Doyle approach to Lex Luthor would be intense.

[@CinefreekProductions]

It sounds like that actress was Sharon Stone.

[@lucero3945]

That's what I was thinking.

[@VirgilZandig]

I forget who it was (definitely in the last decade), but a director talked about trying to get Gene Hackman to do a small role in a low budget film. "Mr. Hackman works for money," was the response from his manager.

[@bernlin2000]

There's always a fair chance that the manager has their own agenda in those kind of exchanges. Bigger films mean bigger residuals, more ability to charge higher fees for being a manager.

[@drjwww]

If it has been within the last decade, I wouldn't put much stock in it as Hackman has been retired since 2004. While I'm relatively sure he's had (probably very lucrative) offers, he never took any of them. Even if the story is true, the "Mr Hackman works for money" could simply be the way of preventing people from asking again by insulting them straight out of the gate. I doubt even Marvel (or similar) money could get him back again.

[@lordofthereels6790]

God I wish Hackman had done ONE more great movie after Mooseport or had retired off Royal Tenunbaums like a true legend. I love Ray Ramono too, but Mooseport? :(

[@seanezekielsmith]

ive had this exact thought many many times

[@VirgilZandig]

If you like Gene Hackman, you can at least be glad to know Mooseport probably bought him that second vacation home in Europe he always wanted.

[@straypigs]

Lots of great actors have their last movies not be the best of their career. (Joan Crawford's last movie was "Trog", lol). The Royal Tenenbaums IS his last movie, as far as I'm concerned. Nicholson didn't go out with a great movie, either. I'd LOVE to see Nicholson and Hackman come out of retirement and do a movie together, maybe as brothers or something. They never worked together!

[@elizabethlanders9805]

I remember watching Mississippi Burning 3 times in a row at the movie theater. A lot of people were upset at the story for taking a well documented piece in history and fictionalizing it. But I couldn't get enough of Gene Hackman. He was just so damn good in that movie. Mr. tough guy Agent Rupert who is out for justice. Loved the barbar shop scene where Gene takes a shaving razor to the throat of that controlling, racist, pipsqueak deputy, and knicks him for good measure. Gene's character was also tender and sympathizing. I love Gene Hackman, he is one of my top favorite actors.

[@TimMurphy41]

LOL! That second story was hilarious when I pictured it.

[@lpluva1]

10 to 1 it was Sharon Stone.

[@straypigs]

I looked up all of the many westerns he did; as far as famous actresses: he did two with Candice Bergen (and has only had nice things to say about her), he did one with Liv Ullman (Swedish) and then one with Sharon Stone. I think you're right!

[@lpluva1]

@@straypigs I've been lurking around the Biz for a while, and I've heard she is nice enough, but a pain in the ass to deal with.

[@bernlin2000]

I like the idea of having to ask to tell TWO Gene Hackman stories...the podcast can be infinitely long, who gives a damn lol: get those Gene Hackman stories on tape!!! 4:50 Wow...and that's why he's beloved by Hoosiers such as myself. That's the Midwesterner mind in its full glory 💗

[@purefoldnz3070]

at least he didnt ask "what was the name of that Superman movie you made?"

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

I would have asked him about Young Frankenstein.

[@mikek5958]

Now that's funny!

[@RolandDeschain1]

The Aussie version of Gene Hackman was Bill Hunter. Similarly, he didn't have a pretentious bone in his body.

[@bertonilsmith3657]

Def the best actor to ever play Luther

[@magicology]

Maybe put the name of the actor in the title? Just a suggestion. He’s good on Handmaids Tale

[@zyzzyvacation]

''Mr. Hackman, what was the name of that Popeye movie you were in?''

[@crashoverride23]

I'd like to meet who did the casting for behind enemy lines to cast Gene Hackman and then to think Owen Wilson would be the perfect counterbalance to Gene Hackman in an action movie that casting director should be fired never to work again.

[@straypigs]

The two worked great together in "The Royal Tenenbaums", Hackman's last great movie (certainly better than the action garbage he was doing in the 90s). In fact, Owen Wilson WROTE "The Royal Tenenbaums" so......I'm not sure you really know what you're babbling about. I wouldn't be surprised if the only way they got Hackman for "Tenenbaums" was because Owen had already worked with him on that dopey action movie (they both came out the same year, Tenebaums second).

[@tom2698]

The story about Bonnie and Clyde reminds me of Chris Farley interviewing famous people - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHmzgnmGmc9rodE

[@andycanfixit]

That's awesome. I've always hated the method approach, you are an actor, this isn't Being John Malkovich, you aren't climbing into some other person or going back in time or anything else. When the scene is done you aren't Abe Lincoln or the Joker etc. I loved Martin Freemans take on it and how much of a pain it can be to work with people that do method on sets.

[@dominicsanchez2972]

I’m no great aspiring actor, but back in the day when I had been in theater I found semi method works. I wouldn’t see much point for film acting if I had ever done that. But I did find that when I stayed a little more in character for a 3 hour stage performance my acting was a little stronger. But I wasn’t obsessive about back stage

[@andycanfixit]

@@dominicsanchez2972 I can see while being on stage that might help but a lot of these method folks do stupid things once the director calls cut, like making others refer to them as the character or treat them how the character would expect to be treated and even go so far as to pretend not to understand how modern technology works if it's a period piece or refusing to respond to their actual name. That is just being a pretentious pain in the rear and making everyone else's job much more difficult. I think some of these folks do it simply because they can and for others its just a crutch.

[@dominicsanchez2972]

@@andycanfixit I for sure agree with you 100%. With what little experience I have acting if I was on a film set I’m chillin between takes for sure.

[@straypigs]

First off, his name is Morgan Freeman. Secondly, Gene Hackman used "the method". Thirdly, YOU don't understand "the method". Fourthly: EVERY actor has a method, and whatever it takes to get the result, you should have no complaints. You clearly aren't an actor or have an idea what it takes to turn in a performance. Couch potatoes like you should really keep your mouth shut and just enjoy the movies. Hackman - and his two pre-fame friends Robert Duvall and Dustin Hoffman - were all Brando fanatics and used "the method". The story isn't that she was a method actress, the story is that she was pretentious about it.

[@andycanfixit]

@@straypigs Actually his name is Martin Freeman as I am pretty certain Morgan didn't star in The Hobbit...

[@oblitafier]

Imagine telling that story and thinking leaving the name out would be enough lol

[@steveconn]

Title is a smartly unreleased Gene movie.

[@johnnyutah1983]

Gene is the GOAT

[@eltravos99]

Has Michael never met the other guy who played Lex Luthor?

[@heffe4257]

“Young 20 something soldiers.” No, you were 20 something actors, playing dress up.

[@rajabcroswell9020]

Sharon Stone was the actor in the second story. Method? She's not a good actor.

[@ferdinandbethea3777]

It's GOTTA BE Sharon Stone!!!!

[@845835]

I wonder what question he wish he could have asked had the other guy not messed up.

[@lbrad2001]

Its got to be Sharon Stone

[@alfandeddie]

Drive your horse? 😂

[@jameshiler7830]

Sharon Stone.

[@maverick33guy95]

Man this guy can't tell a story