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Jason Clarke

Actor Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Brotherhood) chats with Matt Schichter in Los Angeles.

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Episode #456 · Jason ClarkeJanuary 2013 · 00:03:16

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0:06Let's talk about this film. Yeah big film. Yeah, no, yes, and we went we know we opened big which is Which is a plus? That's the best reward we could possibly ask for See I heard in the process you and Joel kind of switched roles and came back what happened there? That is that Joel Joel Edgerton Oh no no no no that was one of those strange misconceptions He was going to do when Catherine was going to do the tour of Orestor. Joel was going to play the lead guy in that And so the two totally different characters and then they you know Catherine switched and she made zero doc 30 instead You know when we will know what happened. I like debunking internet rumors. That's what we're doing here Yeah, it was an engineer funny cuz Joel and I have best buddies, you know, we're very all good friends And it was just you know, it was the story that went around but you know Bring it. Let's talk about the movie. Yeah

0:56So are you worried I always like I see this film and I worry about like especially for someone like Catherine and Mark repercussions for maybe The crazies over there You know, I'm not worried at all. I'm more worried about what's going on with Iran You know, I'm where we're going as a world in the nation, you know in terms of you know, that's looming on the horizon You want to go political with our conversation? We could do that. It's so crazy. I mean just to put into perspective of like absolutely Do I worry no, I mean you know Proud of the film. Absolutely How do you get into character like where does it start for you when do you feel most like your characters it in the Makeup trailer is it when you're reading the lines, but how do you get into character? In the scene When when action or beforehand when you get on that set, I mean you've done everything you can do to you know

1:41Feel the fridge with food. So you got, you know, put everything inside you and hopefully it's all there You get there with another actor and you hopefully when you open the door There's a lot that's gonna come out, you know, you stay open and honest and and And that's it You find it when you rock up in you know in Jordan and India and you hit the streets So, you know you start feeling the environment around you know, it's it's everything that comes in together at once and then Hopefully you have one of those You know magical moments where the last two minutes of that scene that you just shot, you know You can't remember because it was just you're alive. Mm-hmm. Yeah, where did you prepare for this for like? How did you prepare for this role? I don't I played a role on Fox on Chicago code where I played a homicide detective and I watched a lot of homicide interrogations And that really was that was my first and probably biggest

2:30You know lesson in terms of watching these is it anytime in a homicide equal for your lawyer It's over and you watch it but interrogate or any any puts that moment off You know and possibly it never comes and you can get a full-on confession, you know, but you just see that was my opinion then I I also travel a lot so I which help in terms of understanding What a CIA field operative does in terms of you know you go to these other countries under and up on a false job and you have another life and you're also gathering information and Then I read therapy books to do with just creating a relationship, you know working on how you can talk to somebody and create a relationship to To give and take I keep going but I think you got to go so thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you Appreciate it best love

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