Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper Sundance Video Interview THE COMPANY MEN
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted:February 2nd, 2010 at 6:49 pm
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Just a few minutes ago I posted my video interview with writer/director John Wells for The Company Men, and now I’ve got two of the stars, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper. During the interview, Jones and Cooper talked about being at Sundance, how they got involved in the film, working for John Wells on his first film, Tommy Lee Jones talks about The Sunset Limited (which he directed), and a lot more. Hit the jump to watch two great actors talk about their upcoming movie:
If you’re not familiar with The Company Men, here’s a video review I did while at Sundance. But the quick summary is it’s a very realistic drama that stars Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner and Rosemary DeWitt. It’s about three men that attempt to survive a round of corporate downsizing while trying to fend off its effects on their families and their identities.
A few things before watching. This interview was recorded as part of a roundtable interview for The Company Men. This was not an exclusive for Collider, hence why you’ll hear other people asking some of the questions.
Here’s what we discussed:
- Being at Sundance and what that means to them
- You can watch me get direction from Tommy Lee Jones about my microphone stand that was on a potato chip bag
- Working with Roger Deacon again
- What got them involved in the film
- Jones talks about a project he was fired from
- Working with John Wells on his first film
- How has the changing indie movement affected them
- 8:45 Tommy Lee Jones talks about his next directing job The Sunset Limited which he is about to wrap on
- How did they research for the roles
- Did they know each other before this job
MASSIVE SPOILER warning. DO NOT Watch after 14 minutes or you’ll hear massive spoilers
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Related Links
- Writer/Director John Wells Sundance Video Interview THE COMPANY MEN
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- Sundance Video Review: John Wells THE COMPANY MEN Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, and Rosemary DeWitt
- Sundance 2010: First Images from John Wells’ THE COMPANY MEN Starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, and Chris Cooper
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Cooper and Jones seem pretty bored during the interview- seem like low key guys who would hate doing press. Loved at the end seeing that publicist get frustrated though.
Another good interview Steve.
thanks. yeah…they are not easy interviews
Interesting interview. I kinda expected that these two guys would be more interactive with each other, given how they're both highly respected actors. Though interviewing two actors at the same time tends to create lots of lulls between questions.
Mr. Tommy Lee Jones is known for being prob the hardest to interview in Hollywood. Still, the guy is pretty cool.
“That's a really bad camera, man.”
Pretty cool ending there: “I've seen Bobby Duvall down there.”
Cool news about Cooper working with Sayles again.
Pretty cool ending there: “I've seen Bobby Duvall down there.”
Cool news about Cooper working with Sayles again.