. >> was needed at the pasadena playhouse, the aspiring actor met another young actor, dustin hoffman. the two were voted least likely to succeed. >> take a good look. >> pop. i'm buck barrow. >> that changed when he was cast in bonnie and clyde. hackman was nominated for an oscar, the first of numerous anti-hero roles from the 1960s on. the acclaim covered up a potential career disaster. he was fired from the graduate, starring his pal hoffman, after just two weeks as mr. robinson. >> i thought it. >> was like the. >> beginning of the end for me. >> hackman pressed on a ski coach in downhill racer, an astronaut in marooned and a second best supporting actor nomination for i never sang for my father. there were tensions on set with father melvyn douglas, who had wanted another costar. in real life, hackman's own father left the family when he was 13. >> when you. >> decide to do. >> a role, you choose both the good. >> and the bad that's happened to you. >> and you try to make that that. >> come alive. >> i popeye's here. two hands on your heads. get off the bar and get on the wall. >

, along with dustin hoffman. >> and we had a tough time at the pasadena playhouse, but i think we've overcome it. >> i would say so. >> all right. joining us now is sandra minetti. he's a writer, director and editor in chief of hollywood international film magazine. thank you so much for being here. we're all reminiscing about there's so many amazing movies that you even forget how many movies that gene hackman was in, because he was such a pivotal, played such pivotal roles in so many. what were some of your favorites? >> well, it wasn't just the number of movies. it was the quality. um, we've all got enough favorites, i think, to program. >> a gene. >> hackman film festival. i'll just rattle them off. uh, no way out. uh. mississippi burning. uh. the birdcage. the list goes on and on. the fact was that gene hackman's name on a poster was a hallmark of quality. and it wasn't just that, um, you know, he was good at picking material. he was making these movies. good. uh, he was just incapable of giving a bad performance. you know, it was always excellent. what a professional. >> incred

not bad for a man voted least likely to succeed at acting school. classmate dustin hoffman.r that, his big break. but the role didn't come naturally. i had asked the director to replace me because ijust i had never played a role quite that demanding. you get kind of used to it, you know? i ain't gonna hurt no woman... and he got very good at it... ..but i'm gonna hurt you. and another nomination for mississippi burning. or it's gonna be your ass we're talking about, notjust the black kids. but there was more to him than that. from the paranoia of the conversation to the comedy of the royal tenenbaums, he was a versatile actor who excelled at playing the ordinary guy. andwhilehemay have . reflecting on the premier league midweek games first, liverpool now 13 points clear, and a win for manchester united, who beat ipswich town, with winger alejandro garnacho in the headlines. he was substituted early on and headed straight to the changing room, rather than the bench — a matter head coach to the player about. the argentine went straight down the tunnel, as united fans in old tr

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he was part of a generation of actors like dustin hoffman and al pacino, robert de niro robert duvall changed the whole idea of what it meant to be a star. he was able to create these really nuanced performances and have these kind of antiheroes. a lot of people he played lived in a really morally grey, morally ambiguous area and it made the parts, made the films all the more fascinating because of the life he breathed into them. >> john: do you have a favorite hackman character or movie? >> i think my personal favorite would probably be "night moves." he plays a private eye who was obsessed with a mystery and always seems to be a few steps behind where everyone else was. it's really, it's kind of a little bit like harry call a '70s paranoid thriller a masterful performance. >> we only have about 20 seconds left. the fact that he left acting does it say anything about hackman or acting? >> i think it only says he wasn't a pretentious actor. wasn't interested in actorly things, wasn't part of the hollywood scene. he was an everyman on screen and off. >> john: brent lang from "variety."

he'd been given that particular award alongside classmate dustin hoffman. the time of his first big movie. take a good look, pop. i'm buck barrow. for his role in bonnie and clyde. bleak, brutal and gripping, the french connection turned him the director to replace me because ijust didn't feel i could do it. i ain't gonna hurt no woman... ..but i'm gonna hurt you. for mississippi burning. now, you either go on the record for us right now, or it's going to be your ass we're talking about, of the royal tenenbaums, he was a versatile actor who excelled at playing the ordinary guy. and while he may have lacked traditional tributes to the oscar winning star have been given tributes to the oscar winning tributes to gene scar winning tributes to gene scar winn and wife who were found dead in home �*home in �* home in santa fe. have been - iven ' wiéquw fellow dramatists. godfather director, francis ford coppola's who directed hackman in, the conversation, led the tributes. inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity. meanwhile, star trek actor george take

not bad for an actor that was, along with his lifelong friend dustin hoffman, voted least likely to succeedool. he may have liked traditional film idle good looks, but he was undoubtedly a star. caitriona: the oscar-winning actor gene hackman, who has died at the age of 95. now, israel's military chief says he takes full worst possibility after it published its first of -- full responsibility after it published its first list of accounts of failures after the october 7 attacks in 2023 by hamas. the report highlights completion see in the israeli military about the intentions of hamas, with gaza view does a secondary threat compared to the threats posed by iran and hezbollah. the report says about 5000 government crossed through the fortified barriers separating israel and gaza on the seventh of october. it also says that in some instances, we did soldiers were evacuated before civilians -- wounded soldiers were evacuated before civilians. thousands freed from scanned centers in myanmar are now stranded in makeshift camps, with some speaking of low food supplies and poor sanitation. they wer

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it's rea did you ever see the movie outbreak with dustin hoffman about the monkey?stephen: it was about more than the monk >> guy: the monkey was the main a little town called ferndale. it's a little victorian village, an amazing town. i grew up there and i was always into foo matter of fact, i was so into food i would fake being sick to stay home to cook. i've got to explain why. my parents were i macrobiotic cooking. >> stephen: what does that mean? >> guy: really healthy. we had steamed fish and bulgur. now i love steamed fish and bulgur. i stayed the night at my friend's house and they had a whole loaf of meat. [laughter] >> stephen: wait, do you mean meat >> guy: yeah but it was just a whole loaf of meat. i was so a why do they get to have a loaf of meat? i came home and told my mom's point was if you don't like the way we cook, then you so i was the brave 8-year-old, i went to the store. you could sign for the check at the count i asked john, i said what do i i want to make steak. he sold me some ribeyes. i said what do you make with steak? he said p i didn't

starred in the legal thriller runaway jury, where he got a chance to act with his longtime friend dustin hoffmanfollowing year, he appeared as the former president in the comedy welcome to mooseport. after stepping away from acting in 2008, hackman wrote several books and continued painting, which he had said was one of his hobbies. hackman had three children with his first wife, fay maltese, before getting divorced in 1986. he remarried in 1991. with over half a century in the public eye. gene hackman will be remembered for his intensity, charisma and magnetism. >> let's get the floor. let's go. let's. >> so many memorable roles again. if you're just joining us, legendary actor and oscar winner gene hackman has died. he was found dead along with his wife and their dog inside his santa fe, new mexico home, the santa fe sheriff saying there is no immediate indication of foul play, but there is an ongoing investigation. again, if you're just joining us, legendary actor gene hackman, dead at 95. 95.ea back trso our regular programmig already in progress. >> doge will help pete hegseth has welcomed

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and that kid's name was gene hackman met was dustin hoffman. he became friends with robert duval. three of them were like the biggest actors in the world. and they were just fantastic. and t they have made great movis that we still to this day can enjoy. >> lawrence: we hope to learn more about the cause of death. we are going to have a forensic -- dr. baden to discuss what could have possibly happened. >> steve: there were images i saw this morning that he had been seen in public a while back very frail, 95 years old. he didn't go out much anymore. we will keep you posted in the meantime switch gears. kier starmer is set to meet with president trump later on today as he looks to stand strong in his support for ukraine while maintaining the united kingdom's special relationship with the united states. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson is in washington with the latest for us. >> good morning, guys, first it was french president emmanuel macron visiting monday and now britain's turn. kier starmer will meet president trump at the white house. last week starmer says he wants to deploy peace

starred in the legal thriller runaway jury, where he got a chance to act with his longtime friend dustin hoffmanthe following year, he appeared as the former president in the comedy welcome to mooseport. after stepping away from acting in 2008, hackman wrote several books and continued painting, which he had said was one of his hobbies. hackman had three children with his first wife, fay maltese, before getting divorced in 1986. he remarried in 1991. with over half a century in the public eye. gene hackman will be remembered for his intensity, charisma and magnetism. >> he's got the floor. let's go. let's. [music] >> what an incredible career. and we are seeing tributes coming in from all over, including from filmmaker francis ford coppola, who directed hackman in the movie the conversation, which was set in san francisco. this is a post that coppola posted earlier today on his instagram account, celebrating the actor as inspiring and magnificent in his work and with fatigue and light-headedness, i knew something was wrong. then i saw my doctor and found out i have afib, and that means there's a

dustin hoffman saying gene was like brando in that he brought something unprecedented to our craft, somethingdidn't immediately understand as genius. powerful. subtle. brilliant. hackman's hometown of danville, illinois. also paying tribute. the marquee now reading rest easy, gene hackman, danville loves you. andrea fujii, abc news, new york. >> it would be a big loss to lose this place. just our access to the bay. there's t no better science being done than here. >> the only marine lab on the san francisco bay is in danger of shutting down. coming up at 530. why? it's in danger of closing. and w all day big deal meal. choose from 4 delicious entrées and 5 tasty sides with a drink. oh, and nobody else includes breakfast items all day. just this guy. at jack, every bite's a big deal! welcome to jack in the box! know what i'm doing tonight? i'm pouring chocolate all over... my new banana french toast sticks! crispy, fluffy, and just $3.49! what'd you think i was gonna say? get so munch more. welcome to jack in the box! you're watching abc seven mornings live. >> a really horrific case involving

. >> at the pasadena playhouse, the aspiring actor met another young actor, dustin hoffman. two were voted least likely to succeed. >> take a good look, pop. i'm buck barrow. >> that changed when he was cast in bonnie and clyde. hackman was nominated for an oscar, the first of numerous anti-hero roles from the 1960s on. the acclaim covered up a potential career disaster. he was fired from the graduate, starring his pal hoffman, after just two weeks as mr. robinson. >> i thought it was like the beginning of the end for me. >> hackman pressed on a ski coach in downhill racer, an astronaut in marooned and a second best supporting actor nomination for i never sang for my father. there were tensions on set with father melvyn douglas, who had wanted another costar. in real life, hackman's own father left the family when he was 13. >> when you decide to do a role, you choose both the good and the bad that's happened to you, and you try to make that that come alive. >> i popeye's here. hands on your heads! get off the bar and get on the wall. >> as fierce new york city police detect

and i'm we're watching the clip right now from runaway jury with gene hackman and dustin hoffman. um, and it's, uh, there's a relationship between these two. i think the story is they were coming up together, and they were both voted least likely to succeed. >> yeah, they did come up together as friends, uh, you know, struggling actors in out here, out here in california, at at a playhouse and then later rekindled their friendship in new york as gene was struggling, gene actually got kicked out of the program and basically kind of thumbed his nose and said, i'll show you guys. i will be, i'm going to make it. and went to new york. and he's he's a testament of like the working actor, the the person that just shows up every day delivers. you mentioned the royal tenenbaums. he was adept at doing comedy. we talked about action movies, spy thrillers. it didn't matter. you knew if you put gene hackman in your movie, you were going to get award worthy performances. he won two academy awards, one for best actor in the french connection, with his classic character of popeye doyle, and then

. >> the pasadena playhouse, the aspiring actor met another young actor, dustin hoffman. the two were voted least likely to succeed. >> take a good look, pop. i'm buck barrow. >> that all changed when he was cast in bonnie and clyde. hackman was nominated for an oscar, the first of numerous antihero roles from the 1960s on. the acclaim covered up a potential career disaster. he was fired from the graduate, starring his pal hoffman, after just two weeks as mr. robinson. >> i thought it was like the beginning of the end for me. >> hackman pressed on a ski coach in downhill racer, an astronaut in marooned and a second best supporting actor nomination for i never sang for my father. there were tensions on set with father melvyn douglas, who would wanted another costar. in real life, hackman's own father left the family when he was just 13. >> when you decide to do a role, you choose both the good and the bad that's happened to you, and you try to make that that come alive. >> i popeye's here. two hands on your heads. get off the bar and get on the wall. >> as fierce new york

he and a longtime friend named dustin hoffman were even voted least likely to succeed by their classmatesn carroll is out front. >> i don't like. >> to talk about myself that much. >> gene hackman. >> had a hard time watching. >> himself on the big screen. >> but the same could. >> not be said for. >> audiences who helped to make. >> him one of the greatest. >> american actors. >> to grace. >> the silver screen. >> you got a stupid smile, you know that. >> hackman was known as an actor's actor. the new york times called him hollywood's perfect everyman. that's because hackman had that innate ability to embody every type of character he portrayed. >> we're going now. goodbye. >> whether it was a narcotics detective, a bank robber, or a basketball coach. hackman could make audiences see something authentic in his characters. >> you know, most people would kill to be treated like a god. >> hackman had a prolific career, though he got a late start to acting. eugene hackman was born january 30th, 1930, in california. his father ran a printing press. the family moved around a bit, finally settl

starred in the legal thriller runaway jury, where he got a chance to act with his longtime friend dustin hoffmanthe following year, he appeared as the former president in the comedy welcome to mooseport. after stepping away from acting in 2008, hackman wrote several books and continued painting, which he had said was one of his hobbies. hackman had three children with his first wife, fay maltese, before getting divorced in 1986. he remarried in 1991. with over half a century in the public eye. gene hackman will be remembered for his intensity, charisma and magnetism. >> hit the floor. let's go. let's. >> that was your movie? >> yeah. hoosiers. that was one of his boy. just incredible roles that he will be missed. and it's certainly a mystery right now. we'll have more on that. steve paulson has our forecast, which is pretty darn nice. again. >> it's that darn word again there, pamela. all right. pardon me. it will be darn nice again today. high clouds though are coming in. so a little different twist per usual, but with the offshore breeze in place, we may flirt with some records today. i'll sho