jay roach is here to ralk about his new film.back in just 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ mark: you may have noticed we talk a lot about donald trump on this program. now we will talk about a different d.t., dalton trumbo. the new bio-drama starring bryan cranston opens tomorrow, about the screenwriter during the blacklist era in midcentury hollywood. the film's director, jay roach, a personal favorite of ours, "game change," talks about how he sees this movie set in 1957 of being7, as sort like about 2015. jay: over and over, people try to make political hay and use fear to get other people to conform. it seems like that happens all the time. seems like an old trick all politicians use, all people who have causes, try to get you scared to get you to behave. john: during this period, two things happen in america that young people would be stunned could occur in america. japanese internment camps and blacklisting of people in hollywood. explain to young people the dynamic that occurred and how it could be that in america such a thing could happen

first jay roach directing it. all of his films are smart and funny, which is a wonderful thing, and then bryan cranston, pinch me hard. >> how did you learn to do that? >> honestly, i was practicing that before i met with the director for the job. i wanted to make sure i had as many opportunities because i was learning from scratch. >> your character, obviously, you're the wife of bryan cranston's character. >> the hollywood ten is a very notorious phrase that's been used a lot. and a lot of people aren't familiar with what that is. there are screenplay writers who were banished to apply their craft because of their affiliations, either rumored affiliations or the fact that they had done anything at all to do with the communist party. there was so much fear about that post world war ii. and hetta hopper, i don't know how to compare her to today. beautifully portrayed by helen mirren. she had like 30 million readers, and the way the media is controlled today is nothing compared to how it used to be. because you did

>> it was a premier fit for oscar contenders as bryan cranston, helen mirren, elle fanning, and jay roach screened there biopic about trumbo. >> the nation would have bn very different had the blacklist but able to succeed to it today's standards. censorship of art is a bad thing. censorship of the media. censorship of journalism. freedom ofof speech. the freedom to assemble and practice your religion without persecution. those are the hard-fought civil liberties that he stood for. that is the message that comes through in this movie. it is very entertaining. >> with h e studio system, you had a lot of protection. you had mr. that was created around you, ana for you at you had a lot of mystery that wa created around you, and for you, and mythology in the persona. today they just want to scrape it off and see the soft white underbelly. and they go, oh yeah, we do that. then they walk away. i think there is something wonderful about the mystery created about old hollywood. >> i hope people will ask, what would i have done? how would i have behaved? would i have been willing to sacrifice my

it does it with the great humor of jay roach. >> do you have is to audition any more or do they say, we want diane lane for this or that, and do they say, come in to read or do you walk in and get the job? >> it is a respectful meeting. i make sure they inform myself about the people i am meeting about with as well. auditioning. i don't think that i any got any parts from auditioning. i don't do it well. >> you get nervous? >> well, i think that back when it was more regular for me to be experiencing that, i would go into a sort of the whiteout, panic, and i was not sure what i was doing, and i was a little bit ainge ngry and insecure or angry about being insecure, and so it just, probably didn't go well. don't get a lot of parts with that attitude. >> and people feel better that you got nervous. >> oh, yes. >> you have a lot of projects coming up. deep throat thing. >> watergate to be clear. >> yes. >> and "superman." >> yes shgs , the role of martha kent reprised and i got to work in helena ford coppola as well in a documentary and i get to work with liam neeson. >> continue the gr

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he and "trumbo" director jay roach joined me to speak about the film and the man it was based on. cranston what attracted him to the script. >> i wasn't used to being scrutinized like that in the film industry. the ripple effect the eventual blacklist had was profound. the character himself, dalton trumbo, was just bigger than life, dramatic, flamboyant. hi was a contrarian. he could be very irascible. he was a pretty hard drinker and a chain smoker. >> brown: constantly. >> constantly. >> brown: you have to take this individual and look into real history. >> yeah. >> brown: how much did you know and how much did you fill? >> it's more about extracting from this incredibly complex story, a 13-year story, and distill it down to something. it's our great screen writer who told the story of john mcnamara. he had done a few things to make it more sort of relatable and manageable by doing a couple composite characters.lewis -- ly who represents a writer. there are a few choices like that that made it a story you can tell in two hours. >> brown: you have to dramatize it. you also have r

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emmy and tony award winning actor bryan cranston who plays dalton trumbo and the film's director, jay roach quite an achievement. tell me what inspired you to want to bring this era as i described it, a shameful era, to life. >> well, it's just that. like any good novel, i read this script by john mcnamara and it told the story of a dark era when civil liberties were capitcast aside and men were sent to prison and denied their ability to pursue their own livelihood and be responsible for their families and such. it was stark and simply because they had a different opinion as to what might be an option politically. and that really drew me in and then of course, the character of dalton trumbo himself is a flamboyant, prolific, iconoclast. i just love the man. he's unique and quite talented in his field. >> did you find similarities in his flamboyance and his unique qualities to lbj, whom you played so memorably? >> yes, actually, i do. in fact, i think if you drew a diagram, you would find more things in common with those two characters than you do outside of that. both incredibly ambitious,

we get to revisit history very accurately in this film and laugh while we do it thanks to jay roach. >> one moment where i was particularly impressed with your skills were your juggling skills. did you have those prior. >> don't ask me to do it. i did not. i, in fact, took lessons before my first meeting with the director for the part. >> there you go, look at that. >> make sure -- >> speaking of juggling acts, you've got -- we actually had a for the day, today. her name is -- >> peggy. >> peggy. >> peggy the sheep. >> can you please explain -- >> she is my rock star. thank you so much for allowing her to come on with me this morning. she represents one of the many wonderful gifts that i intend to give this christmas through heifer international and people start talking about the holiday season early and i have witnessed great transformative gifts with paying forward. have you ever heard of -- >> yes. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by fitbit. find your fit. >> tummy ache, i ate too much. have a great weekend, everybody. thanks to ginger. she's going to sail off into the

movie written by jay roach. he directed meet parent and austin powers.e is doing this movie, whether dramatic. i gave that a four out of five. here's the cool thing. i live in d.c. smithsonian this week breaking bad donated objects from the show breaking bad to the smithsonian's national museum of american history. i had a chance to meet brian cranston the day before and he used my breaking bad tie bar at smithsonian event the next night. we talked about the cigarettes that dalton trumbo spokes. >> i would love to wear that tomorrow night. >> would you. >> you have another one. >> it is all yours, man. >> i'll wear this tonight. >> is there cross purposes. >> we will have them hide. it is an herbal cigarette that is meant for just that for smoking and movies on stage. a week in i'm getting my throat that is horse and i'm's coughing. i realize i'm an idiot. this is not good for me. >> interesting to see in the next day a at the the smithsonian event and brian cran ton's wife pulls me aside and said brian is wearing your tie bar tonight with the breaking b

we get to revisit history very accurately in this film and laugh while we do it thanks to jay roach.ow those -- did you have those prior? >> don't ask me to do it. i did not. i, in fact, took lessons before my first meeting with the director for the part. >> there you go, look at that. >> yeah. make sure -- >> speaking of juggling acts, i don't even know how to bring this one in because you got -- we actually had a guest star that you brought in for the day today. >> her name is peggy, right? >> peggy. >> peggy the sheep. >> can you please explain -- >> she is my rock star. thank you so much for allowing her to come on with me this morning. she represents one of the many wonderful gifts that i intend to give this christmas through heifer international, and people start talking about the holiday season early and i have witnessed great transformative gifts with paying forward. have you ever heard of -- >> yes. so just remember to go to #giveheifer. and this life... is unpredictable. life is deaths. and births. sickness and health. love and heartbreak. and covered california is there fo

jay roach directed this. he directed meet the parents and austin powers.ends comedy and drama. definitely shows his diversity as a filmmaker. overall, i love movies about movies. it's interesting to to learn the history. i gave it a 4 out of 5. cranston is unbelievable. you did a story how breaking bad donated objects to the smithsonian. the cool thing about that, the if you look at the pictures, bryan cranston is wearing a breaking bad tie bar. i gave that to him. dalton trumbo smokes a lot in the film and i asked what they were? >> i'd love to wear that tomorrow night. >> do you have it with you? >> no. but you have another one. >> it's all yours, man. >> all right. >> we'll have them high. >> it's an herbal cigarette that's meant for just that. smoking in movies and on stage. i thought i was going to be fine. because this guy, dalton trumbo is a chain smoker. about a week in, i'm getting my throat it hoarse and i'm coughing. i realize, i'm an idiot. i'm still ingesting smoke. this is not good for me. >> herbal or not, it doesn't matter. >> exactly. >> n

jay: victorio and al roach formed a business agreement. they were going to produce business togethers and as i remember grand operas. this was just before the war. it might have been 1939 or so. al roach took some heat in hollywood for the alliance. he said, i believe this is a direct quote, using the language of the time, he said benito mussolini is the only square politician i know. square means straightforward or honest. the pressure was too much. roach brought out victorio. he wasn't able to consummate the deal. host: so far not that vicious. who is the meanest of all of your 20 dictators? jay: the sons and daughters or the dictators themselves? host: the dictators themselves. jay: there's no way -- i'll give you an answer but with a preface. there's no way you rank hitler, stalin pulpot, others -- i don't think you should get much into the ranking business. saddam hussein. i want to tell you something about mao. i'll give you an opinion. not my opinion, but the opinion of those close to him. there's something especially chilling about