'Mad Men' Cast Interview | TimesTalks

[@Skiddysz]

0:40 "No, I don't have to clap for myself, what am I doing?"

[@mikhail6884]

Zsolt very roger sterling

[@nathanielacosta4537]

John Hamm would make the best Bruce Wayne/ Bat Man EVER!!!

[@xPirus26]

I can see that brother. I can see that! :)

[@jackoo666]

dude yes.

[@lavieja7938]

Or that Superman Zod´s son.would be perfect

[@danielancap1094]

Nathaniel Acosta doing James Bond

[@imaadmajeed]

He's rumored to be in the running for it!

[@mollymonroe1693]

John Slattery is so much like his character Roger that even Weiner almost called him "Sterling" at 7:56

[@captnquazar2153]

I’ve been binge watching this show on Netflix. I love it. I’m on the last season now and I’m very sad it’s coming to an end. I have no idea what to replace this show with

[@rushpan93]

Better call Saul?

[@linrogers4326]

Lyrick For some reason I haven't watched any of it, until this week. Hooked at once. Have watched all seven series this week! My OH not amused. Love it so much, absolutely brilliant.

[@chrisguest7367]

We are through with 89 episodes and 2 to go! All in under 2 months..ranks as one of the best shows of all time..stellar cast too.

[@chrisguest7367]

@@linrogers4326 me and the missus watched every episode together.WE SIMPLY COULD NOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS BRILLIANT SERIES 😁

[@carlettesimmons1410]

I'm obsessed with it lol

[@Fischstix95]

Thank god John Slattery is at least almost as cool as Roger.

[@Fidozo15]

I'm convinced that he hardly even acted at all. He just read lines and acted normally

[@hemmojito]

Considering the time pressure they were under it's astonishing what a perfect script they were able to deliver each season. I have so much respect for the writing of this show

[@nildesperandum4776]

Mad Men should just have their own channel and run 24 hours a day for our viewing pleasure whether they like it or not.

[@adrienneadetti1223]

I agree

[@hankshepherd2.086]

c heron same here and they should produce two more seasons for that channel

[@angelsarereal6003]

Netflix binge watch all the time....!

[@Kal-El207]

I literally loved Joan deeper into the show. She was just so lovable and caring. And man Don and Pete and Peggy. God the whole cast had so much depth. Pete really came into his own.

[@andys3035]

Just finished the series and it was spectacular. Very well written and the acting was really good. One of my favorite shows without question

[@tinaferr]

I hope you've watched it again in the year since you've posted this! It's even better the second time around . just like the sopranos

[@alexanderbaker9581]

tinaferr you’re so right

[@brianyoung3]

Fewer shows per season and way better writing make for legendary series. It's not a guarantee of course but the bar has been raised

[@garykuovideos]

I always enjoy seeing such stylized actors in their street clothes. It makes me wonder just how much fun each of us could have under the care of those experts in costume and makeup!

[@tomault3063]

yeah. but don't kid your self, you've got to have talent.

[@garykuovideos]

@@tomault3063 One doesn’t have to be a featured actor to have fun. I’m sure the extras on the show had a great time in their period clothing as well.

[@isabella6206]

This is one of my favourite shows I lived through the 60`s and like the vibe of Mad Men.

[@annematthews490]

This is the best written show I have ever watched - so deep & thought provoking- grew up in the era of this show.

[@hserokdivad]

Man, Layne looks friggin bad ass.

[@brendahettmansberger2905]

downright hot, i'd say.

[@zacshifler]

Mad Men has so much style, the nostaliga makes your heart hurt. Love it when im watching it, love it even more when im remembering it

[@taylordesjardins6355]

John Hamm should be the next James Bond

[@tswilkinson92]

Taylor Desjardins he wouldn’t sound right with a British accent

[@X150t]

Bond has always been British, they'd never cast an American to play the part. It just wouldn't be right. He'd be an excellent Batman tho

[@Pistakunt]

​@@X150t George Lasenby

[@DarrenBonJovi]

Cant imagine Jon Hamm doing an English accent.

[@lasagnekiller]

Christina and January are so ridiculously goodlooking they far surpass any of the other cast members, men included.

[@kjames460]

Is there a full version of this? I find it hard to believe they would put this stellar cast together for ten minutes.

[@UnchainedMelodie92]

I've watched this whole show about 6 times- it's definitely one of my favorite shows of all time. The characters, the cinematography, the fashion, the acting! All amazing and perfect. Can't say that all of that is as perfect as Christina Hendricks, though! Also, at 8:40 when Jon talks about shows "overstaying their welcome" I instantly thought of The Walking Dead.

[@willy541000]

Allison Chains I stopped watching walking dead but can’t imagine a satisfying ending, though 7 seasons does seem like a good length for most tv series.

[@UnchainedMelodie92]

@@willy541000 It's past the 7 season mark, it's at 10 seasons now. The show went completely downhill after the 7th season, unfortunately.

[@Benjumanjo]

The show Suits lost it's magic after the 3rd season, and yet it continued for 6 seasons after that! Learn from Sienfeld and Mad Men and never go past the mark.

[@nic343]

just finished the show. im so upset it left me wholesome and with no questions, cant stop crying

[@boomer2095]

Thanks to Netflix, shows like Mad Men are experiencing a resurgence based on binge watching. This interview shows the genuine genus of the show how in that they planned to run the show 7 years, and say this in the fifth season. Compared to Dexter that stayed on showtime four years past its expiration date and people quit watching. This is what made Mad Men unique, was it was a story that took 7 years to tell. 😎👍

[@brendank5413]

I literally cried when Lane did what he did. He had such a childlike wonder with the U.S. and I feel like the audience really bonded with him in that one episode when Don took him to the movies. I want to find Jared Harris and give him a hug because it looked like he was channeling real pain when Don told him to resign.

[@honey-jf5vo]

Christina Hendricks really looks like a porcelain doll

[@patriciamunoz4883]

Es una muñeca.

[@LuisDiaz-lb5mc]

honey she’s Gaby Gaby the “doll” of Toys Story 4

[@queenbee7074]

honey shes gorgeous 🔥😍

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

she looks like a doll alright...

[@wafaaharmel4643]

She's beautiful

[@thinkpad411]

Man it's so odd to see them out of character!

[@nkm11tbm]

thinkpad411 especially for vincent

[@mikem4314]

thinkpad411 vincent really just reminds me of pete

[@Be1smaht]

Because they are so believable

[@spudthegreaterusa8386]

Na, John Hamm is never out of character....

[@anantambisht4895]

Nah dude they all are acting out, they are winning over the time talk, it's called role playing they doing

[@palmatrh]

Mad Men, what a marvelous look into the world of my parents. I would have been about Bobby's age then. I was born in 56. It helps me to understand the nightly martinis and the indifferent parental style. Fast forward 30 years when I was raising my kids in the 90's and I was involved with everything and that's not an exaggeration. My kids were going to have the memories and opportunities that my parents could have cared less about. Now my kids have kids and they are busy with their lives and doing beautifully. The irony is I am treated with the same indifference by my children that I experienced from my parents. I'm beginning to wonder if my parents had it right all along.

[@pasternacco]

God, Christina Hendricks is goooooorggeous!

[@arricammarques1955]

Yes! Looking very pale, was it her stylist day off?

[@jasonlefler3456]

pasternacco As soon as she walks in the room, the game is already over...

[@freeecountryy]

@Jim Halpert I agree. I love that complexion

[@austinraftery1740]

@@bbmcrae but shakey I love this woman

[@destroyermaker]

@Alex It adds to it. Not everyone has to be tan to be beautiful.

[@jenniferjensen9434]

Jared Harris as Layne Price was my favorite character.

[@sammyjo2852]

No Peggy? BAAAHH!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

An ad writeress's tale ... .

[@bellmeisterful]

Yeah too bad huh

[@viccon4639]

Panda Monium she must have been at a Scientology convention

[@rumudinc3057]

Vic Con What? Is she one of those??

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

While the show was active, I started watching in its second season and gladly followed it all the way to its conclusion. Recently, I decided I ought to watch that first season I missed on NetFlix - especially since the first season is often a series' best foor forward... Well, of course I ended up binging the entire series from pilot to finale over the course of a couple of weeks. Time well spent. I'm not even sure that I can cite another series that went seven seasons start to finish deep and never "jumped the shark". Mad Men remained consistantly sublime in attention to detail for an era of explosive social change and riveting in its continuity for deft focus on multiple nuanced character arcs, dynamics, and relationships that are all seeded and nurtured to satisfying cultivation. Mad Man is an impressive accomplishment in television. Even more so when uninterrupted by production broadcast delays. It may not be my most favorite show ever, but it's in strong contention for placement among the top of the heap for sure. What a rare great gift of a show.

[@whedonobsessed]

Jared Harris looks like such a rockstar, I love him

[@mikegill6558]

I've watched MM through twice ..I really didn't want it to end ..so well written so engrossing...one of my favourite and best tv shows ever made ... I did want to see " Red" mmmmmm

[@timdrums1]

Am re-watching all the series right now (thanks COVID-19 self-iso 🙄) and it struck me again just how incredibly well-written and executed it is. But also I how extraordinary it looks. So much love in the colours, lighting, cinematography, editing, music (wow!!), sound recording - and attention to detail in every frame. Strange when you read the basic premise of the show, that it in no way reflects the existential problems, issues and magical/seductive qualities that it embodies. And which slowly emerge through the extraordinary script. Literally a world within worlds. For me, along with ‘Six Feet Under’, one of the most incredible TV series I’ve ever seen and can never be matched for it’s singular voice and impact.

[@SherbertLemon1000]

Lol when they were talking to joan about if it was scary that shed be written off in the series I wish they panned on Lane

[@AdRoatM]

JHamm said, “…lasting impact…” I’d say! It’s 2023!

[@sarahrebecca2348]

season six was incredible

[@fawngreenberg6430]

Just finished binge watching it on NetFlix. Years ago, I didn’t know or understand what the fuss was about.. now I do!! Completely intoxicating show with great acting; it was mesmerizing. Sterling was my favorite character and Slattery nailed it. As for Hamm, hubbahubbahubba

[@gailwebb9619]

Agree. Roger Sterling had the BEST one liners in the show....he was always funny and made no excuses for his behavior! And who knew John Slattery could sing like he did in the scene with him in blackface?

[@Sayuri89]

Jon has such a SEXY voice!

[@brendahettmansberger2905]

Sexy EVERYTHING!

[@CoolDrifty]

You should’ve seen Jon Erik Hexum

[@WeAreTheSHWE]

I'm pretty sure that January Jones is the only woman still alive that can pull off the retro haircut.

[@TheDaddyO44]

Anyone ever do a cigarette count for the entire 7 seasons??

[@leoboss3712]

That's a great idea for a video!

[@romicor9]

No, but several pages did a count of "women Don Draper slept with". They were 19, counting Betty.

[@leoboss3712]

+Romi C Its gotta be more!

[@dancormier1349]

I’ve never smoked, but if I ever get lung cancer it’ll be because of this show. Imagine how much was spent just on cigarettes? LOL

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Cigarette body count: onscreen, just Betty.

[@mooalijasmine]

That’s true. Having dialogue that couldnt really be interchanged speaks to distinct characterization, high caliber writing, and consistent motivations.

[@rklolson]

hahahaha John Slattery clapping for himself and realizing it at 0:40

[@tejaswoman]

WTH did they invite Jared Harris and then never use any comment from him/never ask him anything?

[@JudgeJulieLit]

May be this video is but a clip of a longer show, where Jared Harris more participated.

[@luisotre]

You mean Joan Harris

[@brendahettmansberger2905]

I have been watching all 7 seasons of Mad Men on Netflix over the past few months (I only have the final episode remaining to watch, and I am so lamenting the series being over - but, as I've done with other series, I intend to watch it all again at some point, knowing what I now know about the characters. I'll get the box set so I can enjoy background feature materials!) I can easily say that Mad Men is my second-favorite TV drama ever (first place goes to Six Feet Under). Such complex, fascinating characters and evocative story lines, against the rich historical and cultural backdrop of the 60s. I have done some acting in the past, and SO wish I could've been on that set at some point. I believe what Hamm says here about them being close-knit; I bet they had a blast. Slattery seems like a real pisser, and not surprisingly, since Roger Sterling is one of the funniest characters I've ever experienced (though of course that has as much to do with brilliant writing). Hamm also seems a bit like Don in his generally serious demeanor, but it was great to see him break into a full-blown smile at one point! Too bad Jared Harris (Pryce) didn't get a word in - I really dug his portrayal of Lane, and I know he directed at least one episode (Hamm and Slattery directed more than one each). Also too bad Elizabeth wasn't on hand...going to try and find more cast interviews.

[@abeltesfaye_]

Whew, what an essay.

[@judymarie3977]

Christina Hendricks reminds me so much of Marilyn Monroe. Love the whole cast. Too bad they couldn't get Elisabeth Moss (Peggy Olson) , my fave character other than Roger Sterling.

[@kckazcoll1]

good interview and the subtitles on this are hilarious!

[@boo5860]

I'm in love with Christina Hendricks

[@russ375]

I love this show. Acting perfect. Writing fantastical done.

[@Luilak]

Lane Pryce didn't get to talk at all!

[@briansierzega]

Can you say....he was left hanging? 😜😬

[@arricammarques1955]

Suicide proof Jaguar, priceless!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Now, if it were a round table ... .

[@p.maryyayabear7078]

He is dressed like 60's style😊

[@anantambisht4895]

He is busy saving ppl in chernobyl from nuclear disaster

[@whatabouttheearth]

The characters of Sterling and Draper remind me of several guys I was in the Marines with, literal stoically funny guys. Jon Hamm looks alot like my Senior Drill Instructor (who was the devil incarnate)

[@rumudinc3057]

6:54 I didn't​ think someone as successful and good-looking would address such common issue among adults. I have even more respect now.

[@drewcampbell8555]

Interesting to hear them discuss the ending two years out. I thought it final episode, and especially the final shots, amongst the very best in TV history. Devasting, terrifying and utterly brilliant encapsulation of the core theme of the entire drama.

[@charlesheck6812]

Beautiful show in every respect

[@HankFinkle11]

January is a beautiful lady.

[@alexanderbaker9581]

Raylan Givens pretty much perfect looking

[@GEMINITREKKER]

Great show and a Great Cast! Sad its going to end at Season 7.

[@Efton3443]

i love Mad Men i watch it all the time

[@tejaswoman]

It's always so, so weird seeing Vinnie out of character!

[@emilron]

Whereeee is peggy?

[@RealSimpleTheTruth]

Love it! Brilliant! What more is there to say! Oh BRAVO!!!!!

[@maryanng6841]

THANK YOU MATTHEW WEINER FOR MAD MEN

[@jokerswildio]

Awesome show!! I totally got lost and hooked on a binge this Thanksgiving weekend. The only thing that bothered me a little was how they left a lot of open endedness to some plot lines; we see them in one episode and that's it, as if they vanished into thin air. For example, Laney developes a crush on a picture of a girl he found of a lost wallet, which turned out to belong to some mobster looking guy. This could have been an excellent and suspenseful story arc. There are many other examples, to me it seemed like the writers were getting desperate and not focused on the sense of continuity important to television series. Overall, great cast and direction and dialog writing. However, number one in my book, has to go to the set and costume designers. They not only captured the mode, but made a natural transition from the early to late 60s, which must be one of the most radical and obvious change of style and fashion in modern history. The only character who did not change much was Don, but that went completely with his character. Kudos to the costume and set designers!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

And Roger. The great fashion change after World War One, from graceful romanticism to machine and jazz age angular adventurism, is a contender to that from the suited, hatted and gloved early through mid-1960s to the society-gone-wild late 1960s into the fauvistically paisleyed, polyester peacock '70s.

[@spinneB]

same here! i cant discuss it with anyone because none of my friends watch it! and you´re right. BB is my favorite but there´s really something about Mad Men

[@bernadettevirgines3545]

I love them all; the actors and the characters they play.

[@MsBAustralia]

One of the best shows ever in existence. I didn’t know how much we needed a show like Madmen until it wasn’t there anymore. I miss it so much. I have to say I didn’t enjoy the show quite as much when Don got together with Meghan. The writing felt different after this character was introduced and I just loved Betty so much...

[@dadooddarren2116]

They really got some of the most gorgeous women in the world for this show. Christina Hendricks is a goddess & January Jones is a foxxx

[@vampireducks1622]

Would've been nice to hear from Jared Harris.

[@turkey0165]

Barbara broccoli needs to interview and do a screen test of Jon Hamm as the next James Bond!

[@Christineog11]

Aww Lane Pryce was a softy. ❤️ I sure miss him. I felt so sorry for him 😭

[@rkumar2706]

OMG ! Matthew is wearing the JLC Memovox from pilot episode

[@pokey99099]

Where the fuck is Peggy?!

[@MrMigueldelaO]

I bought the DVD's and keep watching the show. I am amazed how underneath all this brilliant writing and acting are major social points like the "family values" people who are making their money off 2 piece bathing suits but insist they are for "family values" and don't want "sexy" ads. Total hypocrites. I love the way Don throws them out of his office.

[@83drewski]

Jon and John are the man!

[@benjaminglover1570]

Probably the show of the century.

[@jakemilani5389]

Christina is gorgeous

[@Be1smaht]

And shes a wonderful actress right?

[@arricammarques1955]

Peerless acting in mad men.

[@artf828]

I've ignored Mad Men for the longest time because I thought it wasn't good. But I'm mistaken! Now that I'm in the final episode it's like I don't want to play it anymore. Perhaps maybe because I don't want it to end. My heart is feeling sad and I hope the ending is not that heavy.

[@kd6836]

Remember when you did that show? That was awesome.

[@ruthierochford7666]

Christina is quite a beauty. Jared Harris is my favorite.

[@sevenfold089]

Weiner has a Tony Sopranoesque sense of style.

[@FirstTunaInSpace]

Matthew Weiner is wearing a JLC Memovox tuxedo dial. I wonder if its the same one he bought for Don to wear in the first season.

[@Fiddlemaster56]

Edited for time I guess, even though KZbin has no need for "time", but there was one person brought in for that interview that didn't get a single moment to talk in the edited version.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Yes. I would love to have heard Jared Harris explain how he acted Lane's hanging, without actually hanging. That dangling corpse did not look like a dummy. If not Mr. Harris, brilliant special effects.

[@ZaydDepaor]

John Slattery looks like Justin Theroux here. Sad this show is over was one of the best I've seen.

[@carloslozada2121]

Great show

[@Jangras11]

Christina Christina... You Flemish Flame, You Rubens' Dream of Dreams

[@JamesB00n]

Where can I see the whole interview?

[@sandolivie2911]

Mad Men a melhor série de todos os tempos!! Amoooo!!!

[@CrivRex]

It would of been cool if they made a version where Don accepts Jim Hobart’s offer. May be interesting.

[@Lovemytrials65]

I love this show. I just finished it and I’m sad about it...😭

[@NickWalenda]

Snap just fineshed

[@jonhamm734]

Thanks dear and nice to meet you 🌹

[@wernlas]

john hamm the next 007 bond

[@MaureenVanellison]

9:03am Jon hamm said you feel like an outcast because I don't know anyone's name....thank you!...an outcast is an understatement as to how Americans have made me feel!

[@ClaudiaVirmondMadeira]

MAD MEN: I was born in 1952, therefore I was 2 years older than Sally. It was very well done. I watched the 5 episodes on Netflix nonstop. 2 things: 1ST)Don’s character: It makes you wonder all the time: is he good, or bad, or just human, with negative and positive traits? UNTIL LANE’S SUICIDE. He kicked a man who was drowning back into the water. A minimally decent person does not do that. Even criminals may eventually save someone. Then I decided: DON IS A MONSTER! His crimes, for which he would be court-martialed, were far worse than those of Lane’s, and he WAS GIVEN A 2ND CHANCE by people in the firm who knew about his desertion and covered up for him. In front of a judge his crimes would be punished infinitely more severely (2 YEARS IN PRISON MINIMUM, dishonor, or even death, since the crime was aggravated by stealing someone else’s identity. Source: Wikipedia) whereas Lane probably would not even go to jail. 2ND) THE QUICK MORAL DECADENCE: IT WAS NOT LIKE THAT ALL!! AND I MYSELF BEGAN WORKING IN OFFICES IN 1970, CAN VOW FOR THAT. But there are groups, especially those who are in favor of gay marriage, as opposed to those who are against it, WHO LOVE PORTRAYING THE STRAIGHT COUPLES AS BEING EXTREMELY PROMISCUOUS, because that gives them the ideal defense. SEE!! We cannot be blamed for any moral decadence, BECAUSE STRAIGHT COUPLES BEGAN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF MORAL DECADENCE FIRST ANYWAY!! HAVEN'T WE HEARD THAT MANY TIMES? !! There are 2 gay groups: the honest, decent ones and the radical movements. And it is the 2nd group that loves to use that argument.

[@floofy5529]

tldr; But I kind of get the gist of what you're saying. Every character has broken down since the start of episode 1. At least, every male. I think peggy and berty were the only ones who evolved through the entire series. Peggy grew up and made it in a man's world. Peggy stopped being a jealous child and eventually made it through obesity. Don's character broke down the most, the guy has serious issues.

[@MusicsBrotherCam]

Nah lane's crimes were those of excess fraud and misloyalty. He personally defrauded both Don and their company. Don didn't steal from anyone you (or I) misunderstand or disagree upon the value system of the character. Lane was basically greedy and weak he didn't say no to his wife and didn't want to lose faith. The company had a good year ... He just needed to ask his wife to chill. Instead he chose to defraud people and abuse his position of power as head of accounts. Don had no other option but to fire him. He simply can't be trusted to play his role. And for the record he would have done jail time. Dons crimes were essentially victimless wernt they?

[@Vimeo1x]

Don looks...well...drunk.

[@arricammarques1955]

The liquid brunch curse!

[@rogergomez1]

probably is...

[@soonsmyth9981]

I love Mad Men

[@mauriciotancredi106]

I'd like to see Jon Hamm as James Bond

[@jonesahmed4372]

Dave Itzkoff is a great host!

[@jojokintel]

Mathew "I cast my son who can't act" Weiner LOL

[@dandylionriver]

My very favorite series ever! Don Draper can have me any way he wants me. 😘😂

[@rbfoster]

I know the cigarettes were "fake" but John's voice was definitely deeper then than it is now.

[@saaadgaming]

John Hamm for James Bond? Do people agree?

[@ediah5]

I believe that John Hamm struggled very little if not ever to play the character Don Draper.... he is so Don Draper in real life. Very cool.

[@bensiagel]

The host reminds me of Cameron Diaz going undercover in Charlie's Angels

[@mirianscott7669]

Jajajaja yes!, is like a woman impersonation of a man

[@hanb902]

I skipped the ad

[@sniperquasi]

some of the humor is absurd, sarcastic, ironic and black. This pertains to the lawnmower especially, ie. 'foot in the door'. haha. As for the rest, it's more a tribute to the characters being trapped in such a time. It seems likely to me that in today's world most of the characters wouldn't have gotten married, but that's a modern inflection. The draper scenes are bittersweet and tame, but in a huge majority of mad men scenes there are huge events culminating from the tiny details.