>> well, you know, peter berg is a new york fan, new york giants fan, from new york and had been awaree with the giants and then i happened to be part of a small article that "the national geographic" did in 2010 that was spotlighting and showing the advancements in prosthetics and my photo was part of that article, and peter berg saw that and that's where he got the idea ofs canning me in the movie. >> when they reached out and said, hey, we want you to be in the movie, were you reluctant and said, oh, c shg, i can do t? had you ever acted before. >> i played a free in a school play and i actually halfheartedly just said yes when he asked me. you know, part of me was let's just see where this goes but really didn't believe i was going to ultimately end up acting. they'd eventually find out i couldn't act and have to go for direction. >> but clearly you did a very good job, you know, this is a blockbuster movie. if you're going to start, why not start big and this is what you did. do you think this is going to kind of help open the door maybe for other vets to, you know, be extended th

peter berg is the director and producer and u.s.acting debut in this film. good morning, colonel. >> good morning. >> greg i mean not just any movie that you're starring in, it's going to be a blockbuster, "battleship" and you're starring with liam neeson and so many other well known actors. was it intimidating at all? >> not really. i mean, i guess i was so focused on doing what i needed to do i didn't have time to worry about what else was around me. so i was just really kind of focused onto the task. >> and in your wildest dreams did you ever think you were going to end up in a big hollywood blackbuster like this one? >> not at all. not in any of the thousand scenarios that i came up with would i ever be in a hollywood movie. >> peter you really made a concerted effort to have a lot of active and retired military take part and be part of this movie. >> yes. you know, i'm -- "battleship" is a big, fun, summer movie. we want to invite moms to come and bring their kids to see the film. it really is a family friendly film. that being

pete berg, who -- >> jimmy: peter berg, oh yeah.'s process. he loves the improv. and there's another guy across the table from me, and he asked me he's, like, "who you coming in for?" i'm, like, "a guy named tim riggins." and he goes, "what?" and i'm like, "yeah, i'm going in for tim riggins." so basically, long story short, i went in and pete comes in, and we do improv for 30 minutes in this board room. he was an espn reporter. and the guy that was across the table from me was the only guy in for riggins, so he thought it was a formality -- that he already had it. >> jimmy: oh, he thought was a lock? >> yeah, 'cause i came out of nowhere at the last second, quite literally. >> jimmy: you can't beat taylor kitsch. >> no. >> jimmy: come on, man. someone's gonna try to knock you down before you even stand up? so, what happened? >> so pete and i improv'd for 30 minutes. and i'm going back and forth, and he's doing this interview, and basically, i was -- he loves it if you're creative and you come back at him as well. he'll try and stum

and the director peter berg, too, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: luckily, our cameras were there. have a look. >> hi, it's me, guillermo, i'm here at the premiere of "battleship" and coke zero sent me over here to look for secret hidden can of coke zero during the interview. yeah! hi, how are you? >> good, how are you? >> wow. you are no joke. >> yeah. >> that's legit. >> yeah. >> looks legit. >> you think i'm in a good shape to be in this movie? >> ah, no. >> no? >> no. >> hold the mike. hold on. tell me about this movie. help me -- >> why do you do this to us, jim mi ? they scare off. >> they need explosions. >> then they both kiss. >> okay. >> they kiss harder, and then they mount each other. >> and then what happens? >> they make love and they have baby boats. >> do you die in this movie? >> ah -- >> that's a yes. that's a yes right there. >> is it? >> yeah. >> can you find the can? real coke taste, zero calories. you can have it all. why do the aliens want to kill us? why? >> because we suck. >> you think so? no, we're very friendly. we're very nice. >> we're not really. >> b

now, we know of course in recently commentary by peter berg and graham alison that secretary gates andartwright and vice president of biden all opposed not necessarily the attack but the form of the attack putting boots on the ground, having two helicopters come in with these special forces, the seals to take them out. >> right. right. >> so it was a very risky proposition, but the president wanted to make -- he wanted today have 100% certainty which it was bin laden because it was not certain. they didn't know i was there. they wanted today make sure the job was there. not by some sort of technological gimmick. >> amazing, david. >> yes. >> brilliant. >> the important thing that's left undon is al-qaeda al-qaeda has been terribly weaken the first by george w. bush but much more so by president obama but the taliban, in afghanistan, have not been weakened sufficiently. they remain a formidable force, particularly pocket of the country. >> another important reason to have the agreement. professor nacht, professor michael nacht, former assistant secretary of defense for global strategic

directed by peter berg who directed "friday night lights." i love the cast.e this. i think adults will like it. rihanna did a great job. it's a must-see. >> and we're just going to say, yes, it is by universal pictures. it's our parent pictures but we're not promoting it for that reason. how about "the dictator"? the build-up has been coming for how many years, seems like? >> yes, many years. this is a must-avoid. i saw this in a movie theater with three people. nobody was laughing. i was offended by many parts. i'm just telling you from the average moviegoer's stance, it's a must-avoid. this is his fourth film starring and co-writing in a movie and i just thought it missed the mark. >> his fans will go. but others, not so much. >> and i don't think it's going to do very well at the box office. >> what about this big-name grouping with the comedy "what to expect when you're expecting"? >> 32 million books sold worldwide. unfortunately, expect to be very disappointed in this film. i went to the premiere of this. i actually watched it with the stars of the movi

i think peter berg cast me in "friday night lights," it's full circle moment with him, as well.ctually go do another movie in september together. so we're basically dating now. >> i know there's something we noticed about you, there's less of you. you don't have that hair that we've all come to know you for. >> gone. >> how did he convince you to get rid of it. >> i think any time you step onto one of these destroyers -- i had it off when i was prepping. just you're not going to get away with long hair in the navy. >> the updo doesn't work? >> no, it doesn't work. >> i have to ask you about john carter. it's got a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. >> right. >> it didn't do all that well at the box office. at this stage in your career what do you take away from an experience like that? >> i don't really do movies for box office. so it's, you know, i really did sign up to become a better actor. i'm surrounded by many oscar winners from willem dafoe and i would do it all over again. i had an amazing experience. i loved it. >> real quickly you've got another film coming out wi

peters berg. they gave every indication of being too cooperative with the protesters, and last week, interior troops were brought in to control moc cows because the -- moscow because the troops were not trustedded. >> follow-up question. are you worried about your own safety when you go back? >> i worry sometimes. i don't want to overstate it because there are people, and there's people i know who actually have. attacked and threatened in the last couple years, and i'm not one of them. >> please. >> do you think the protesters might at some point turn violent? one of the protesters speaking in front of them sort of threatened to take the kremlin, you know, we have enough people to take it. >> has a way of getting away from him, and it was very clear that he couldn't believe he was saying what he was saying, and he was rather remorseful actually. there's always a risk, and one thing that has happened is the protest woman has been radicalized significantly in just since the beginning three months ag

>> peter berg is a new yorker and has been a new york giants fan all his life and so my relationshipmind. then i was part of a small -- small part of an article that jal geographic did on advancements in prosthetics and pete saw a picture of me in that article and i think that's when he got the idea to cast me. >> brian: so he said, you got to come did you know and be in this movie. what was it like being on the cast of this huge production? >> i'm extremely blessed to have that opportunity. it was really special. the whole crew and cast and everything were absolutely wonderful and really receptive to this nonactor me here being a part of the movie. >> brian: did you get a chance to save brooklyn decker? according to our staff, she's hot. >> yes. >> brian: you can't give away the plot! >> i won't. we worked together to help perhaps save the world, how about that? >> brian: don't give it away. bring us back to your service. you were in the first persian gulf war. it's surge time. you were coming back for a memorial service when your humvee was hit. in fact, you just showed us what was

peters berg. they gave every indication of being too cooperative with the protesters, and last week, interior troops were brought in to control moc cows because the -- moscow because the troops were not trustedded. >> follow-up question. are you worried about your own safety when you go back? >> i worry sometimes. i don't want to overstate it because there are people, and there's people i know who actually have. attacked and threatened in the last couple years, and i'm not one of them. >> please. >> do you think the protesters might at some point turn violent? one of the protesters speaking in front of them sort of threatened to take the kremlin, you know, we have enough people to take it. >> has a way of getting away from him, and it was very clear that he couldn't believe he was saying what he was saying, and he was rather remorseful actually. there's always a risk, and one thing that has happened is the protest woman has been radicalized significantly in just since the beginning three months ag

peters berg. they gave every indication of being too cooperative with the protesters, and last week, interior troops were brought in to control moc cows because the -- moscow because the troops were not trustedded. >> follow-up question. are you worried about your own safety when you go back? >> i worry sometimes. i don't want to overstate it because there are people, and there's people i know who actually have. attacked and threatened in the last couple years, and i'm not one of them. >> please. >> do you think the protesters might at some point turn violent? one of the protesters speaking in front of them sort of threatened to take the kremlin, you know, we have enough people to take it. >> has a way of getting away from him, and it was very clear that he couldn't believe he was saying what he was saying, and he was rather remorseful actually. there's always a risk, and one thing that has happened is the protest woman has been radicalized significantly in just since the beginning three months ag

peter berg also says many files have not been released, not been declassified.fist question, will there be more intention to do so, to declassify them, and whether or not that's the case do you have a sense in conversation with people who are involved in classification or not what the criteria may have been for the release of these 17 files? but not others? >> um, so if you read our report, there is a section called from abbot todd to the tt -- abbottabad to the, ttp, ad this section really kind of describes the process of how the ttp receives battlefield documents. we only receive them at the end of a very long process, when everything has been exploited for security, intelligence by the goth and only when they're done with them and they want to reclassify them, that's when we see them. we have no say. as i said earlier, i don't have a security clearance. i don't -- so we research and we teach. so we are the typical academic outfit in a liberal arts school. we don't do more than -- so i wish, i wish i could have a better answer for you. from our perspective we