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i'm pleased to have david sigh upon and oscar isaac back at this table.oses, it was nick wosisco, it was a tumultuous six years. and in his career. and it's what drives the piece. i mean i think if we don't get him right, and if we don't get his arc correct, then we have an amorphous explanation of public housing policy over six hours that, you know, i would be terrified of what doesn't-- this piece doesn't work without it being nick wosisc owe story. so we had to get the right actor. >> rose: did you? >> i believe we did. you know as amazing as the writing was when i saw it, it is quite dense. and it's also, i was not used to reading something, although it's not long form but it's longer form than definitely what i have been used to. which is feature films. so even how to read it, i was a little bit-- i was new to it. and you know, i met with david and paul and paul said to me, really, really smart thing for a direct tore say to me. >> paul hagis the director. >> he said, i don't know if you remember, i want to you do this oscar because i have no idea ho
i'm pleased to have david sigh upon and oscar isaac back at this table.oses, it was nick wosisco, it was a tumultuous six years. and in his career. and it's what drives the piece. i mean i think if we don't get him right, and if we don't get his arc correct, then we have an amorphous explanation of public housing policy over six hours that, you know, i would be terrified of what doesn't-- this piece doesn't work without it being nick wosisc owe story. so we had to get the right actor. >>...
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the mayor is played by oscar isaac in a new hbo miniseries -- show me a hero.ated it. here is the trailer for show me a hero. [video clip] don't tell me -- don't tell anyone but i always wanted to be the man. he used to talk about it all of the time. kids used to call me the mayor. more than a compliment. the city intentionally segregated housing for 40 years. >> the whole government is white. he wants to take low income housing and put it in east yonkers. i live here. i am nothing like what they describe. >> what are you going to do? is that guy from yonkers again asking if he can get any help from the state of new york. ♪ >> what is the matter with these people? somewhereted to live but everything has a cost. recognizedme you your failure as a leader. >> you want to live where people are angry with you? >> you know, it is all property values, underneath it all it is fear. >> quite a year for you mr. mayor. >> justice is not about popularity. no, it is not. but politics is. ♪ charlie: he has done it again. i am pleased to have both david simon and oscar isaac
the mayor is played by oscar isaac in a new hbo miniseries -- show me a hero.ated it. here is the trailer for show me a hero. [video clip] don't tell me -- don't tell anyone but i always wanted to be the man. he used to talk about it all of the time. kids used to call me the mayor. more than a compliment. the city intentionally segregated housing for 40 years. >> the whole government is white. he wants to take low income housing and put it in east yonkers. i live here. i am nothing like...
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and you worked with oscar isaac here. so fantastic. such a great actor. >> can i just say something about him? >> seth: no, sorry. [ laughter ] >> no. >> seth: he kind -- i would love you to. but we just -- no. >> no, oscar isaac, i have been so incredibly lucky in my career to have worked with some of the greatest actors probably maybe ever, like in the last 30 years i have been doing this. like, really a azing actors. but there is really only sort of a handful that i've had the experience where their cameras are rolling, and they talk. and i think that they're talking to me. >> seth: when they're doing lines from the show. >> yes, and i'm like, and i go blank. but it's not just that he's natural, it's that he's -- i don't know if you've ever heard katharine hepburn talk about spencer tracy, but she said, "there's no embroidery." you know? "there's no embroidery. he's just does it. it's just the truth." and it is. it is sort of like he just -- the best com iment gou can give an actor is to say, "i didn't see you act in that performanc
and you worked with oscar isaac here. so fantastic. such a great actor. >> can i just say something about him? >> seth: no, sorry. [ laughter ] >> no. >> seth: he kind -- i would love you to. but we just -- no. >> no, oscar isaac, i have been so incredibly lucky in my career to have worked with some of the greatest actors probably maybe ever, like in the last 30 years i have been doing this. like, really a azing actors. but there is really only sort of a handful...
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. >> jimmy: oscar isaac, who's my man. >> he nails this role. >> jimmy: did you see "ex machina"?machina." he's fantastic. >> winona ryder's in it. some great cast members. >> jimmy: anyways, people are going to dive into it, get into it. set in a small town -- >> yonkers. [ scattered cheers ] it's a true story that happened in the early '80s. >> jimmy: there you go. [ laughter ] you'll remember. >> there's one yonkers. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. they multiply during the night. by the ned of the night, there's gonna be two yonkers. >> and then they become honkers. >> jimmy: it gets really crazy. yeah, it gets crazy after a a while. >> it's a true story that happened in the mid '80s, about how yonkers was sued by department of justice for not taking care of their housing projects. so it's a very, very good story. and the story-telling that paul and david do is amazing. can't take your eyes off it. >> jimmy: i cannot wait. we have a clip. here is jim belushi as the mayor running for re-election in hbo's "show me a hero." this sunday. >> angelo, there's been a lot of op
. >> jimmy: oscar isaac, who's my man. >> he nails this role. >> jimmy: did you see "ex machina"?machina." he's fantastic. >> winona ryder's in it. some great cast members. >> jimmy: anyways, people are going to dive into it, get into it. set in a small town -- >> yonkers. [ scattered cheers ] it's a true story that happened in the early '80s. >> jimmy: there you go. [ laughter ] you'll remember. >> there's one yonkers. [ laughter ]...
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the main actor, oscar isaac, tremendous performance as the charismatic young mayor who has to deal withd you know that matt miller lives in yonkers? >> i did not. erik: you are an official resident. >> it rings true to you. erik: david simon's show may touching her. matt: yonkers is a very big and spread out place and this show is about a very read-out part of -- specific part of yonkers, a part which is in pretty serious economic ruin. >> it was 80% white and now it is a majority of immigrants. it has changed. matt: regardless of the racial makeup, it is a horrible place. economically. with very bad infrastructure problems and a lot of crime, better education. it has not turned out well. >> you elect to live there. [laughter] erik: this is going to come across sounding like a cross question. i'm curious whether you talked to david simon about whether incidents like ferguson and michael brown or eric garner in new york city and the emotions that those -- that they provoke make content-based around race relations good business. >> we did not talk about that. he has a platform where he ca
the main actor, oscar isaac, tremendous performance as the charismatic young mayor who has to deal withd you know that matt miller lives in yonkers? >> i did not. erik: you are an official resident. >> it rings true to you. erik: david simon's show may touching her. matt: yonkers is a very big and spread out place and this show is about a very read-out part of -- specific part of yonkers, a part which is in pretty serious economic ruin. >> it was 80% white and now it is a...
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from the new film "american ultra" kristen stewart and star of the miniseries "show me a hero" oscar isaacring continues] carly rae jepsen: ♪ i really really, really, really like you and i want you do you want me do you want me, too? oh, did i say too much? ♪ jane: my! michael: you good? jane: thank you. i'm good. thank you. whoo! thank you! michael: ohh. wow. ha ha ha!
from the new film "american ultra" kristen stewart and star of the miniseries "show me a hero" oscar isaacring continues] carly rae jepsen: ♪ i really really, really, really like you and i want you do you want me do you want me, too? oh, did i say too much? ♪ jane: my! michael: you good? jane: thank you. i'm good. thank you. whoo! thank you! michael: ohh. wow. ha ha ha!
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luis: otro de los personajes de star wars es el actor cubano guatemalteco Óscar isaac quien tambiÉn dijotodas las pelÍculas que estas grandes celebridades de hollywood vinieron a presentarnos en este mega evento. ♪ ♪ alejandro: una de las mÁs esperadas es star wars. -luis: l ademÁs de estos tÍtulos vienen "toy story 4", entre otras. luis: estoy muy emocionado con todo lo que vi. alan: muy completa tu informaciÓn. a todos los que nos gusta el cine, estamos esperando un aÑo espectacular. luis: cuando quieras te invito, tatcher. cuando llega lupita... ♪ que pasa lupita, no se ♪ que quieres hacer, cantar y bailar♪ luis: muy interesante. muchos proyectos de disney que vienen en las prÓximos meses y aÑos. el primero en estrenarse la star wars, episodio siete. esto serÁ el 18 de diciembre. te espero aquÍ, tatcher y vamos a la premier. alan: tÚ invita a los refrescos de las palomitas. paty: una maravilla para los latinos en hollywood. alan: vamos con otros latinos poderosos. >> estuve sÚper conectado a las redes sociales viendo lo que pasaba en disney y les quiero decir que en este evento llegÓ
luis: otro de los personajes de star wars es el actor cubano guatemalteco Óscar isaac quien tambiÉn dijotodas las pelÍculas que estas grandes celebridades de hollywood vinieron a presentarnos en este mega evento. ♪ ♪ alejandro: una de las mÁs esperadas es star wars. -luis: l ademÁs de estos tÍtulos vienen "toy story 4", entre otras. luis: estoy muy emocionado con todo lo que vi. alan: muy completa tu informaciÓn. a todos los que nos gusta el cine, estamos esperando un aÑo...