to comedic roles like lex luther and superman, orthe roles like lex luther and superman, or the young tenenbaumes. it was always nuanced and very complex. he was which was in the conversation which was in the conversation which was directed by francis ford coppola who has already paid i but gene hackman is in it and i really like gene hackman. no matter necessarily the quality matternecessarilthhequality the script, his to give the script, his performance was so exceptional. loved as well comedic he played: w he played: maybe roles he played. maybe they weren't going to win him weren't geing te win him ~ , , ~ but he weren't going to win hing .. . . ,, but he obviously leaned osgars. but he obviously leaned those talents, ’—***’ the villainous lex luther like the villainous lex luther and superman. growing up in the 2 w: those were always repeated, saturdays and so people would have sundays, so people would have watched those films sat with their parents on a weekend. the their parents en a neekvd the ten imams a bit royal ten imams came a bit later in his career, in long before w w long before

lex luther in those movies. hoosiers, of course. unforgiven. he won an academy award for that. mississippi burning, you can go on and on. and the one i know, joe shares my love for royal tenenbaums that's right. >> gene hackman. >> yeah. also. >> don't forget. >> his great role in get shorty. >> yeah. >> he was great in that. wide range. wide range of acting abilities. he was who he was off. i met. >> him a. >> couple of times off screen, and he was the same off screen as many of his characters were on screen. a legitimate, legitimate movie star. >> yeah. so great. also. oh. >> sorry, john. >> no, just going to say jonathan and the staying power here. here. we're watching him in film in the early 2000, royal tenenbaums. but think about it. you talk to somebody who was a big movie fan in the early 70s to talk about french connection. bonnie and clyde, you talk to somebody. it's a big fan in the early 80s, you talk about lex luthor and superman, late 80s. what would they talk about? they talk about hoosiers in the 90s. people would be talking about what an incredible job he did in unforgiven, the 2000. my favorite movie thus far of the 2000 royal tenenbaums. you talk about a guy t

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tenenbaums was even as recently as 2001. >> yeah, he won two baftas, four golden globes, a screen actors guild award. nominated for five oscars. he could do thrillers, westerns, comedies. remember he was lexah. very recently. that's rig ht. sam >> yeah. very recently. that's right. sam san bernardino in california is where their home is. we will bring you any any news on this as we as we find it. reactions, of course, are poufingin it. reactions, of course, are pouring in from the acting community, particularly from hollywood, paying tribute to a legendary actor. and we use that phrase too often, don't we? but phrase too often, don�*t we? but it really is. he really is legend. >> he also instituted a glitch, didn't he? you hardly. he was. he was. he. he did his stuff. he did his acting. that was it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he that did the talking. he wasn�*t. he wasn't into being. wasn't. he wasn't into being. >> a celebrity. >> a celebrity. >> no, no, he�*d have hated. >> no, no, he�*d have hated. >> that by any definition. he got two bafta awards, four golden globes, screen actors guild award. he actually officially retired from acting in 2004. his final film role. i don't know whether you�