If you like watching anything Morgan Freeman, then you might like that he’s got new interview airing on TV.
Encore has a new half-hour news and interview series, “In The House.” Hosted by Peter Bart and Peter Guber.
Morgan Freeman will be appearing in their premiere episode for an interivew, along with Tom Ford.
Below is the press release with highlights from the first show:
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Burbank, Calif., November 25, 2009 – Academy Award®-winning actor Morgan Freeman (portraying Nelson Mandela in director Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film Invictus) and former superstar fashion designer turned director Tom Ford (A Single Man) headline the premiere episode of “In the House,” a new half-hour news and interview show focused on the entertainment industry, premiering on Encore Thursday, December 3 at 5:30 p.m. (et/pt). The show is hosted by two legendary Hollywood insiders – Peter Bart and Peter Guber. Lori McCreary, Freeman’s producing partner, is also a guest on the premiere episode. Upcoming guests include: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and the film’s writer Mark Boal; and multi award-winning Emmy® actress Betty White (You Again).
Highlights from “In the House” after the break
► Morgan Freeman on Clint Eastwood’s mandate – “ ‘I hire you, you know what you’re doing, I know what I’m doing, let’s go make a movie.’ Clint is not a micro manager at all.”
► On Nelson Mandela – “I’ve known him since the mid ’90s and have watched him very closely. He said that if anyone portrayed him he would want it to be me. … ‘Invictus’ is more like a day in the life rather than the life of…we do not deal with him autobiographically.”
► Freeman on his most underappreciated film – “’Glory’ was a very well done picture. I don’t think it got the correct push. It had great acting, great direction and was a very important picture.”
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Fashion designer turned director Tom Ford discusses his directorial debut A Single Man starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Ford read the Christopher Isherwood novel 25 years ago when he was a television commercial actor living in Los Angeles. The film is a romantic character study set in the early ’60s.
► Ford on his first film – “I had complete creative control of this. I found the project, produced the project, directed the project and financed the project. I have to say, I don’t know if I could work any other way.”
► Ford’s goal for the film – “The film was designed to be something from the heart and I think whenever you do that, whenever you’re passionate about something, usually people can feel that passion on the other end.”
* Ford to Guber, who was asking him how to market his challenging film – “We’re not talking so much about marketing here – you’re talking about marketing; I talk about marketing my fragrance and my sunglasses – with this I’m talking about something I’m passionate about and letting it speak to audiences.”
► On how women will relate to Julianne Moore’s role in the film – “This is something that women can relate to. No one ever talks about female mid-life crisis in our culture. Women today (our film is based in the early ’60s), a beautiful woman is one of the most powerful things. They learn to move through society by the way we objectify them…and then…all of sudden… at a certain age…it’s just pulled from under them. And what do they do? They’ve played the game and they’ve done everything that our culture tells them that they’re supposed to do.”
► From fashion to directing – “As a fashion designer, it is fulfilling, but it doesn’t last too long. Great fashion is always very current – of the moment. A piece of film, whatever the time…you’re caught up in the moment.”
