1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Life audio and the sequels can be tough in a 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: movie of business. 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, did you think this one would work? I was terrified. 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 3: I didn't know if it would work stepping into this, 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 3: I just did want to screw up what the first 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 3: one did, and I didn't want to go back to 7 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 3: it if it was a gimmick, And so I was 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 3: really skeptical. But my co director brenmaccorky brought the story 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 3: to me with Bart and said, have you heard the 10 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 3: second half of Bart's life? And it was this idea 11 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 3: of like what happens if the happily ever after breaks? 12 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 3: You know, what happens after you get everything you think 13 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: you want and the crowd goes home and the plause 14 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: stops and life gets hard. 15 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: And so I think that was a message of hope 16 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: that really really resonated with me. 17 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: To tell Tim Timmins, who's kind of this new character 18 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 3: in the story that becomes a spiritual guide for Bart. 19 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 3: And then the idea and my levint to Bela absolutely 20 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 3: kills it at it. And then the idea of being 21 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 3: able to go back and finish what Dennis and I 22 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 3: got a chance to start, you know, eight years ago, 23 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 3: to finish that story and fully complete it. And we 24 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 3: just really want as we stepped into it, we wanted 25 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 3: it to be a story that took those stories somewhere 26 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: new and fresh, and it wasn't what you would expect 27 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 3: in a typical sequel, and that it would really catch 28 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 3: you off garden. 29 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: As audiences have. 30 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 3: Watched it, you know, test audiences and things like that, 31 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 3: it's been awesome to see the response because it's not 32 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 3: at all what they expect. 33 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 2: Dennis, what what resonated with you about this film? Why 34 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 2: did you want to be a part of it? 35 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 1: Jose I want to be at every one of his movies. 36 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: That's that's why it's a feeling that's very antual. 37 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, and uh so, But it's not really a sequel 38 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 4: to be it's a continuation of this and that you know, 39 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 4: I have a small part in it because it's I've 40 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 4: been I'm a memory really, it's really what this comes 41 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 4: down to, and in that Bart's memory of his father 42 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 4: and his relationship with him. 43 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: Thank god he had a good one in there, and 44 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 2: it you. 45 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: Know, it just it's this movie is very much about 46 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: fathers and son and the. 47 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 4: Chain of that relationship, you know, from generation to generation, and. 48 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: That's really glad to be a part of that. 49 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 2: This is at least your third living dentist with with Andy, 50 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: and it's gonna John. 51 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: Had these movies changed you personally? 52 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: I mean I would think that's playing these roles about 53 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: redeption over and over and impact of person. 54 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 4: Well, I don't know if they've changed me, but you know, 55 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 4: there's a thirst out there for for these movies, and 56 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 4: there was the thirst in meet to play parts like 57 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 4: this because it really it's you know, these are what 58 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 4: makes movies about are things that I've struggled with, think 59 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 4: about happened in my life. You know, those things that 60 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 4: don't get talked about or you know that the real 61 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: questions life. That's what Andy is so good about, authentic 62 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 4: in his storytelling like that without beating it over the head. 63 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 4: He speaks to that that inner voice in all of us. 64 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: Then that ask the big questions Andy, This is a 65 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: movie that has about ten positive themes. 66 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 2: In my mind, what are the big ones that you 67 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: want to resonate with with audiences? I mean, I think 68 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: the real big one is gratitude. You know. 69 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 3: Gratitude is like you know, I think the first movie 70 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,800 Speaker 3: was about Bart. There's a father son story of a 71 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 3: son coming to terms with his father and it resulted 72 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 3: in hope. This movie is you know, we kind of 73 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: break that happily ever after. And this movie is about 74 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 3: Bart as a father having to come to terms with 75 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: his own son, realizing that, you know, he feels not prepared, 76 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 3: that his dad never taught him how to do this job. 77 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: And what it results in in this story is gratitude. 78 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 3: And I think gratitude is is hope with teeth to it. 79 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 3: It's it's hope that's fought for and lived in it. 80 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: It's something that you struggle to find. And the catalyst 81 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 3: to that story and this one is this character Tim 82 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: Timmins that Milevin Tamelia plays amazingly, and Tim has an 83 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: amazing story that a lot of people don't know that 84 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 3: they'll find out as they watch the movie. But he 85 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 3: wakes up every day grateful for another day and mark's 86 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 3: an X on his wrist with a sharpie, like he's 87 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 3: marking off a calendar for a day that he wasn't promised. 88 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 3: And it's just that idea of that idea of gratitude. 89 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 3: I think that's an important one. And then that idea 90 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 3: of just completing, like Dennis said, that chain of fatherhood, 91 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 3: of healing the relationship with your father so that you 92 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 3: can give it to your son or to your kids. 93 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, the gratitude is the shortest road to happiness, I said, Hey. 94 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. 95 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's interview, please make sure to describe 96 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 5: and share the episode with a friend. A big thanks 97 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 5: to the team at Life Audio for their partnership with 98 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 5: us on the podcast. 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