but three's the limit. >> rose: joining me, david frankel, the director of the film. film's three stars, steve carell, tommy lee jones and, of course, meryl streep i'm pleased to have all of them here at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: this is a classic script that's been around. >> yes, there's a list i gather that travels around through the offices in hollywood and everybody knows about it. >> the blacklist. >> rose: the greatest scripts that are not produced and maybe not produceable. (laughs) because everybody agrees on... >> rose: had you seen that script before david brought it to you? >> no. >> yes. >> i had? >> yes. >> oh, okay. >> rose: how do you know? >> because she... meryl was involved in the movie way before i was. and she had... >> rose: so rather than you... >> oh, they never told me that! they told me he's going direct it and that's how they rope you in. >> there was a whole other... there was a production that... there was a team moving through production and it didn't gel and then they sent me a script and they said meryl wants to do thi