WEBVTT - Jumanji: The Next Level | Bombshell 0:00:04.430 --> 0:00:07.680 You're listening to Hello Movies, a podcast to get you 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.670 off the couch and into the theater. I'm Lana Gay. 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:13.630 Coming up, we talked to Jake Kasdan, the director of 0:00:13.630 --> 0:00:15.300 Jumanji: The Next Level. 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:18.610 Where's the jungle? This is a whole new thing. Nobody told us 0:00:18.610 --> 0:00:19.430 we had to do a whole new thing. 0:00:19.860 --> 0:00:22.039 We get a closeup look at the star- studded movie 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:25.849 Bombshell, about the scandal around Roger Ailes at Fox News. 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.510 Someone has to speak up. Someone has to get masked. 0:00:29.900 --> 0:00:32.360 Plus we've got Star Wars trivia, a look at why 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.650 people go to the movies on Christmas and a chat 0:00:34.650 --> 0:00:37.940 with Tanner Zipchen of the Cineplex Pre Show about upcoming movies. 0:00:37.940 --> 0:00:40.529 Make it short and spicy and if the main character 0:00:40.530 --> 0:00:43.030 is a girl, make sure she's married by the end. 0:00:43.449 --> 0:00:46.409 It's time to do a little listening before watching. Let's 0:00:46.409 --> 0:00:46.989 get started. 0:00:48.809 --> 0:00:51.080 We have some issues here. The game is busted. 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:55.080 It was a game. I'm not it. I'm going to be it. 0:00:56.020 --> 0:00:57.580 Welcome to Jumanji. 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:01.760 The next movie in the Jumanji franchise, Jumanji: The Next 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:06.149 Level, hits theaters December 13. The movie reunites stars Dwayne " 0:01:06.149 --> 0:01:09.880 The Rock" Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Kevin Hart 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.310 and then mixes things up by adding Awkwafina, Danny Glover 0:01:13.500 --> 0:01:16.410 and Danny DeVito. It's co- written and directed by Jake 0:01:16.410 --> 0:01:20.179 Kasdan who sat down with Cineplex Magazine's Ingrid Randoja to 0:01:20.179 --> 0:01:21.069 talk about the movie. 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.520 Hi Jake. Thanks so much for taking time to talk 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:23.810 to us. 0:01:24.069 --> 0:01:25.270 Yeah, good to be here. 0:01:25.420 --> 0:01:29.109 First of all, I really loved the first film. I thought it was so much fun. 0:01:29.539 --> 0:01:32.300 It felt like Breakfast Club meets Romancing the Stone. 0:01:34.530 --> 0:01:37.219 Oh, that's a great ... I love that. That's right in 0:01:37.220 --> 0:01:40.270 the zone of the things we were going for us. That's 0:01:40.270 --> 0:01:41.030 great to hear. 0:01:41.229 --> 0:01:44.100 Awesome, and so tell me, you're coming up with an 0:01:44.100 --> 0:01:46.750 idea for a sequel. How do you top that or 0:01:46.750 --> 0:01:50.210 what do you think? What do I need to bring to make the second movie 0:01:50.300 --> 0:01:52.500 work and have that same energy as the first film? 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.270 We wanted to make sure that we weren't just repeating 0:01:55.270 --> 0:01:58.940 ourselves. We really wanted to make sure that it could 0:01:58.940 --> 0:02:01.960 stand up and be its own thing, that we weren't 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:06.260 just duplicating and we wanted to expand their world a 0:02:06.260 --> 0:02:09.300 little bit and bring in some new people. And that was 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.620 the road that led us to the characters that are 0:02:12.620 --> 0:02:15.709 played by Danny DeVito and Danny Glover. And the thought 0:02:15.710 --> 0:02:20.560 of introducing them into our story was really what led 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:22.269 us all up and got us excited. 0:02:22.579 --> 0:02:25.970 The beauty of the film is you have the actors playing against type because they 0:02:26.010 --> 0:02:29.639 have teenagers that are stuck in their body. So that's 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.740 so awesomely fun for actors because they get to do 0:02:34.060 --> 0:02:36.079 opposite of what they are. It must have been fun 0:02:36.079 --> 0:02:38.369 to direct that and to trust them to go over 0:02:38.370 --> 0:02:39.519 there. Tell me a bit about that. 0:02:39.940 --> 0:02:45.929 Yeah, that that part of it is a blast and is really the 0:02:46.150 --> 0:02:50.269 central idea in these movies to me. And the big 0:02:50.269 --> 0:02:53.260 idea with one has to do with the movie stars 0:02:53.260 --> 0:02:57.209 playing these characters that are completely against their ordinary personas. 0:02:57.209 --> 0:03:02.500 And I happened, luckily, to find just the perfect cast 0:03:02.500 --> 0:03:06.639 for that on the first movie. And they've extended that 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:10.629 in new directions that are just as much fun and 0:03:10.630 --> 0:03:13.320 just as much fun to direct in this one as 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:13.481 they were in the first one. 0:03:13.481 --> 0:03:19.529 What the hell is this? Would you look at me? Now 0:03:19.530 --> 0:03:22.571 I haven't looked like this since- 0:03:22.570 --> 0:03:23.620 Never. You look like this never. 0:03:23.620 --> 0:03:25.210 I think my eyes are a different color. 0:03:25.260 --> 0:03:27.029 All of you is a different color. 0:03:27.739 --> 0:03:32.649 So what did Danny and Awkwafina, the two Danny's and Awkwafina bring to the 0:03:33.139 --> 0:03:35.020 energy or the chemistry on set? 0:03:36.020 --> 0:03:40.550 They were all three just wonderful additions. But in terms 0:03:40.550 --> 0:03:45.700 of the actual filming that was infused with this incredible 0:03:45.700 --> 0:03:49.530 new energy by having these two legendary guys that I've 0:03:49.950 --> 0:03:53.860 loved and looked up to my entire career, two of 0:03:53.860 --> 0:03:58.360 my absolute all time favorites with DeVito and Glover, completely 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:02.190 transformative in terms of what that was like for me, 0:04:02.190 --> 0:04:06.900 for the crew that I worked with. And then Awkwafina 0:04:06.950 --> 0:04:10.470 on the other side of it was really just this 0:04:10.470 --> 0:04:14.480 seamless, perfect addition to this group that the other four, 0:04:16.130 --> 0:04:19.370 they've become quite close over the course of these two 0:04:19.370 --> 0:04:22.859 movies and the chemistry that you see and what they 0:04:22.860 --> 0:04:26.630 put out to the world is absolutely genuine and exactly 0:04:26.630 --> 0:04:29.360 what they're like. So they really have a great time 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:35.680 together and Awkwafina just hopped right into that with total 0:04:36.770 --> 0:04:41.960 confidence and she is just fantastic. I loved working with her. 0:04:42.529 --> 0:04:45.120 One of the interesting things about this movie is you 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.589 go out of the jungle, you've got different vistas, right? 0:04:47.589 --> 0:04:49.789 There's different places that you go. Where were some of 0:04:49.789 --> 0:04:51.010 the places that you shot? 0:04:51.370 --> 0:04:55.080 Yes, that was an exciting part of a sequel. But 0:04:55.130 --> 0:04:59.469 this idea that the game is busted, that everything's going 0:04:59.469 --> 0:05:02.759 to be different now manifests in a couple of different 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.979 ways. And one of them is that everybody's playing different 0:05:06.979 --> 0:05:11.099 characters than they were in the first movie. And the other 0:05:11.099 --> 0:05:16.020 is that the effect of busting the game has broken 0:05:16.020 --> 0:05:20.460 down walls and now we're seeing parts of Jumanji that 0:05:20.460 --> 0:05:24.349 we never knew even existed. So we returned to Hawaii 0:05:24.370 --> 0:05:26.779 and the jungles that we spent most of the first 0:05:26.779 --> 0:05:32.390 movie in. We were outside of Calgary, in the Kananaskis, 0:05:32.529 --> 0:05:37.289 the absolutely spectacular mountain range where a lot of people 0:05:37.849 --> 0:05:41.450 have gone to shoot. We were in New Mexico in 0:05:41.450 --> 0:05:46.659 the desert and then we were in far Southern California, 0:05:46.659 --> 0:05:51.359 near the border of Mexico in the Glamis Dunes. We 0:05:51.359 --> 0:05:53.700 really go a lot of cool places in this movie. 0:05:54.020 --> 0:05:57.339 Is there a one scene that was really challenging to 0:05:57.339 --> 0:06:00.369 shoot where you said, " Oh boy, I hope we get 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:01.929 through this. I hope we all survive this"? 0:06:02.570 --> 0:06:06.159 Yeah, there was a moment up in Kananaskis where we 0:06:06.159 --> 0:06:10.770 were shooting a quite central scene at the end of 0:06:10.770 --> 0:06:14.529 the movie. Someone says, " Just keep doing what you're doing 0:06:14.890 --> 0:06:18.969 but you should know that there's a storm coming and 0:06:18.990 --> 0:06:21.629 there will be 40 to 50 mile per hour winds 0:06:21.990 --> 0:06:27.969 and blizzard within a couple of hours. We're not sure when." 0:06:28.039 --> 0:06:28.099 Oh my gosh. 0:06:28.099 --> 0:06:32.609 That was the moment where you think, " Are we going 0:06:32.609 --> 0:06:34.960 to get through this?" And then it won't be blue 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:39.250 sky again for a week. So we sort of powered 0:06:39.250 --> 0:06:41.369 through and got it. That was a moment where we 0:06:41.370 --> 0:06:46.500 wondered whether we would make it and the movie gods 0:06:46.570 --> 0:06:50.799 smiled on us and we did. The actors rose to 0:06:50.799 --> 0:06:53.120 it and we just got what we needed and got down 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.529 and about five seconds later the storm hit. 0:06:55.700 --> 0:07:00.400 Oh wow, that's amazing. Do you think you learned about directing 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:03.069 watching your dad? I know you were on Big Chill 0:07:03.070 --> 0:07:05.109 and Silverado as a little kid when he was making 0:07:05.109 --> 0:07:08.420 those movies, Lawrence Kasdan, but did you watch him and 0:07:08.469 --> 0:07:10.390 did you say, " I want to do this"? When did 0:07:10.390 --> 0:07:12.030 that hit for you? 0:07:12.030 --> 0:07:17.570 Yes, absolutely. He's the dominant mentor and teacher in my 0:07:17.620 --> 0:07:20.939 life and career and we're very, very close then and 0:07:20.940 --> 0:07:23.550 still. And when I was a little kid I got 0:07:23.550 --> 0:07:26.980 to see what it was like to make movies and 0:07:27.670 --> 0:07:30.590 that obviously made a huge impression. 0:07:30.870 --> 0:07:34.210 What do you want audiences or viewers to feel when they walk 0:07:34.210 --> 0:07:35.730 out of seeing The Next Level? 0:07:36.220 --> 0:07:39.619 I feel like the next level is a continuation of 0:07:39.620 --> 0:07:41.850 what we started in the first one. But I am 0:07:42.450 --> 0:07:46.270 happy to report at the end of this journey as 0:07:46.830 --> 0:07:49.890 it's about to blast off another world that I really 0:07:49.890 --> 0:07:53.420 do feel like we made a different movie than the 0:07:53.420 --> 0:07:56.610 first one. It's a big ride and you laugh a 0:07:56.610 --> 0:07:59.160 lot, and I think you'll love the people that you 0:07:59.290 --> 0:08:00.470 get to know along the way. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.320 That's great. That's exactly what kind of movie I want 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:03.739 to go see. 0:08:03.860 --> 0:08:04.059 Well, good. I've got one for you. 0:08:07.580 --> 0:08:09.950 Thanks so much, Jake. I'm a big fan of your 0:08:09.950 --> 0:08:10.880 movies and your dad's movies. 0:08:11.380 --> 0:08:13.329 Thank you. And I'll pass it on to him too. 0:08:19.489 --> 0:08:21.980 Help me, Obi- Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope. 0:08:23.450 --> 0:08:27.429 Let's make some connections here. Jake Kasdan's dad, Lawrence, is 0:08:27.429 --> 0:08:30.790 an Oscar- winning screenwriter who co- wrote four Star Wars 0:08:30.790 --> 0:08:33.760 movies. The final chapter in the epic Star Wars movie 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.579 saga is about to hit theaters. So let's take a 0:08:36.579 --> 0:08:39.420 look back all the way to the 1970s to the 0:08:39.420 --> 0:08:42.120 movie nobody thought would be a hit. In fact, the 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.600 British crew working on Star Wars thought it was just 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.699 a kiddie movie. But George Lucas always knew he had 0:08:47.699 --> 0:08:51.490 something special. That said, his original script was massively different 0:08:51.620 --> 0:08:54.069 from what we saw on screen. It was a whole 0:08:54.069 --> 0:08:56.859 lot longer too. When he realized he couldn't make a 0:08:56.860 --> 0:08:59.640 movie that went on for so many hours, he took 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.870 the first third of it out and made that his 0:09:02.870 --> 0:09:06.079 movie. The next two thirds would become the sequels, The 0:09:06.079 --> 0:09:09.010 Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. There were 0:09:09.010 --> 0:09:11.499 a lot of other changes Lucas made along the way, 0:09:11.709 --> 0:09:15.209 which brings us to today's trivia question. I'm going to 0:09:15.209 --> 0:09:18.410 give you four fun facts about creating the very first 0:09:18.410 --> 0:09:22.239 Star Wars movie. Three are true and one is pure 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.309 science fiction. Use the Force to see if you could 0:09:25.309 --> 0:09:28.760 figure out which one. One, Han Solo was going to 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:33.449 have green skin and gills. Two, Chewbacca's voice was to 0:09:33.449 --> 0:09:37.760 be provided by John Travolta. Three, the dark side of 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:42.390 the Force was called the Bogan. Four, Jodie Foster was 0:09:42.390 --> 0:09:45.349 going to play Princess Leia. We'll give you the answer 0:09:45.410 --> 0:09:45.860 in a bit. 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.040 I want to convince you that I belong on air, 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.239 Mr. Ailes. I think I'd be freaking phenomenal on your network. 0:09:57.500 --> 0:09:59.579 I could pluck you out and move you to the 0:09:59.579 --> 0:10:01.959 front of the line. But I need to know that 0:10:01.959 --> 0:10:05.290 you're loyal. I need you to find a way to 0:10:05.290 --> 0:10:05.700 prove it. 0:10:06.010 --> 0:10:09.179 Another big movie coming out this week is Bombshell. It's 0:10:09.179 --> 0:10:12.010 about the sexual harassment scandals at Fox News that brought 0:10:12.010 --> 0:10:14.939 down Roger Ailes. To talk about it we have film 0:10:14.939 --> 0:10:17.790 writer at Sasha Stone. She's written for Variety and the 0:10:17.790 --> 0:10:20.740 Hollywood Reporter and she's the founder and editor of the 0:10:20.740 --> 0:10:22.939 website Awards Daily. Hi Sasha. 0:10:23.209 --> 0:10:23.790 Hey. 0:10:24.069 --> 0:10:27.030 Can you first tell us the story behind the film Bombshell? 0:10:27.300 --> 0:10:31.569 Yeah, so Bombshell is produced by Charlize Theron who also 0:10:31.569 --> 0:10:35.239 plays Megyn Kelly in the movie in an incredibly transformative 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.420 performance. People won't even recognize her. When I see pictures 0:10:38.420 --> 0:10:40.280 of her, I think I'm looking at Megyn Kelly and 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.880 I get them confused. So she wanted to tell the 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:46.660 story of what she considers to be a film about 0:10:46.660 --> 0:10:49.390 the Me Too era, but not necessarily told from the 0:10:49.390 --> 0:10:53.489 left. It's the idea that the sexual harassment and the 0:10:53.500 --> 0:10:57.160 culture of harassment and the protest against it can also 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:01.339 exist in a conservative environment. That's the thrust of the 0:11:01.339 --> 0:11:05.790 film. So it's Charlize Theron, it's Margot Robbie and it's 0:11:05.790 --> 0:11:09.920 Nicole Kidman, and then a huge cast of cameos playing 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.880 all the people you recognize on Fox News, like Geraldo 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:17.240 Rivera. As you're watching it, you'll see all the different 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.810 people that you recognize with actors dressed up to play them. 0:11:20.811 --> 0:11:24.949 I was going to say because Director Jay Roach, he's part of 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.429 the project and he's known for comedic franchises like Austin 0:11:27.429 --> 0:11:30.610 Powers and Meet the Parents, but also political films like 0:11:30.610 --> 0:11:34.170 Trumbo and Recount. So this is a serious subject matter, 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:37.599 but it sounds like there are some comedic elements to 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:37.979 the film. 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.420 Yeah, if you've ever seen Recount, it's very similar to 0:11:40.420 --> 0:11:43.510 that. It starts out pretty funny, like Charlize Theron breaks 0:11:43.510 --> 0:11:46.060 the fourth wall and speaks right to you and it 0:11:46.300 --> 0:11:48.219 moves really quickly, but then of course it starts to 0:11:48.219 --> 0:11:50.209 get more and more serious. And by the end, it's 0:11:50.209 --> 0:11:54.059 become a very serious film about these women who felt 0:11:54.059 --> 0:11:57.839 victimized by Roger Ailes and by the entire Fox News establishment. 0:11:58.610 --> 0:12:02.410 The attitude off camera was even worse. You're a man 0:12:02.410 --> 0:12:05.420 hater, learn to get along with the boys. You're sexy 0:12:05.420 --> 0:12:08.520 but you're too much work. I have a whole list. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.510 Will other women come forward? 0:12:10.910 --> 0:12:13.410 It's interesting because you mentioned Charlize Theron breaking the fourth 0:12:13.410 --> 0:12:15.989 wall and it feels like the way they're telling this 0:12:15.990 --> 0:12:19.870 story, which obviously is a very hefty story and talking 0:12:19.870 --> 0:12:23.329 about scandal and assault. It's interesting the actual way that 0:12:23.329 --> 0:12:26.270 they have written the screenplay version of this story. 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.839 It is and there's a documentary floating around about Roger 0:12:29.839 --> 0:12:32.559 Ailes and if you've watched that you get, that has 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.339 a lot more information that I don't think that they 0:12:34.339 --> 0:12:36.099 felt like they could put in the movie, but it 0:12:36.099 --> 0:12:39.679 gives you good background information about some of the stuff 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.170 that the women were going through. But really, this is 0:12:42.170 --> 0:12:46.459 a movie about Megyn Kelly's arc from going from someone 0:12:46.459 --> 0:12:48.809 who was faithful to Fox News who really ... all these 0:12:48.809 --> 0:12:51.640 women really just wanted to be journalists. They weren't in 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.420 it to be celebrities. They actually believed that they were 0:12:54.439 --> 0:12:57.410 doing the kind of work that a journalist would do. 0:12:57.849 --> 0:13:01.179 And so Roger Ailes, he made it a deal with 0:13:01.179 --> 0:13:03.790 each of them as they came in and Megyn Kelly 0:13:03.790 --> 0:13:06.740 was one of them early on in her career. And 0:13:06.740 --> 0:13:09.290 the idea was you do what I want you to 0:13:09.290 --> 0:13:11.040 do and you do what I want you to do 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.120 with other men or else, not only are you fired, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:15.450 but I'll ruin your career. 0:13:15.650 --> 0:13:16.160 Horrible. 0:13:16.620 --> 0:13:18.760 Yeah, and when you watch the Roger Ailes documentary, you'll 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.699 see a lot of the women who turned him down 0:13:21.699 --> 0:13:24.069 whose careers were ruined because of that. They're not in 0:13:24.069 --> 0:13:27.459 this movie Bombshell, but they're out there. And so this 0:13:27.459 --> 0:13:30.829 is like a success story. It's a story about female 0:13:30.829 --> 0:13:33.209 strength in the workplace. It's a story about people who 0:13:33.209 --> 0:13:36.770 are reluctant to come forward because they, Megyn Kelly says 0:13:36.770 --> 0:13:40.099 throughout, I'm not a feminist. This isn't my fight. But 0:13:40.099 --> 0:13:43.089 her career is threatened. And the same with Margot, who's 0:13:43.089 --> 0:13:46.220 the only one who's shown at the time to be 0:13:46.660 --> 0:13:51.119 coaxed into a sexual predicament with Roger Ailes because she's 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.230 the young one and the other two have already, he's 0:13:54.230 --> 0:13:56.780 already moved through them and moved on, but she's the 0:13:56.780 --> 0:14:00.579 new one coming in and so it's actually her case 0:14:00.579 --> 0:14:04.119 that ignites this whole thing because they start to see 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.059 that it's happening to other women and it won't stop 0:14:06.059 --> 0:14:07.020 until they stop it. 0:14:07.069 --> 0:14:10.910 Fox News star and Gretchen Carlson dropped a major bombshell today. 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:11.780 What is she doing? 0:14:11.780 --> 0:14:13.639 This could kill Fox News. 0:14:14.050 --> 0:14:15.679 What did you like the most about this movie? 0:14:16.069 --> 0:14:19.210 Well, I liked the performances, especially Charlize Theron, and by 0:14:19.210 --> 0:14:22.080 the way, she's really tall. She's like six feet tall 0:14:22.610 --> 0:14:25.020 or even taller than that. And so her performance as 0:14:25.020 --> 0:14:29.410 Megyn Kelly is so studied. It's one of those incredible 0:14:29.540 --> 0:14:33.530 performances where an actor sometimes disappears into the role and 0:14:33.530 --> 0:14:35.640 you see that a lot with men. You don't see 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.700 it a lot with women. And this is the second 0:14:37.700 --> 0:14:39.450 time that she's done it because she did it with 0:14:39.450 --> 0:14:42.500 Monster where she completely transformed herself and she won an 0:14:42.500 --> 0:14:44.630 Oscar for that. But I think what I liked about it was that 0:14:46.490 --> 0:14:49.800 it managed her to talk about the Me Too movement 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:53.260 and show the power of a lot of women coming 0:14:53.260 --> 0:14:55.010 together and backing each other up. 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.600 It's been great to talk to you. Thank you for taking the time. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:58.240 We appreciate it. 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:00.450 Sure, no problem. I hope you like the movie. 0:15:05.660 --> 0:15:08.680 Earlier in the podcast, we gave you four facts about 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.760 George Lucas's original plans for the first Star Wars movie, 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:15.130 but only three were true. Did you guess which one 0:15:15.130 --> 0:15:18.570 wasn't? Here they are again. One, Han Solo was going 0:15:18.580 --> 0:15:22.239 to have green skin and gills. Two, Chewbacca's voice was 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:26.050 to be provided by John Travolta. Three, the dark side 0:15:26.050 --> 0:15:29.910 of the Force was called the Bogan. Four, Jodie Foster 0:15:29.910 --> 0:15:33.700 was going to play Princess Leia. First, Han Solo was 0:15:33.700 --> 0:15:36.790 going to have green skin and gills. Originally, he was 0:15:36.790 --> 0:15:39.930 a tall, green, noseless alien. Also, Luke was going to 0:15:39.930 --> 0:15:42.430 be a 60- year- old general or maybe a dwarf. 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:46.440 Also, his name was Luke Starkiller. Mark Hamill actually said, " 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:50.140 I'm Luke Starkiller here to rescue you," to Princess Leia 0:15:50.140 --> 0:15:52.330 in that scene where they first meet and they had 0:15:52.330 --> 0:15:55.070 to dub over that dialogue after they changed his name. 0:15:55.460 --> 0:15:58.680 Jodie Foster as Princess Leia? Sure. They offered it to 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.490 her, but she was already booked on two Disney movies 0:16:01.490 --> 0:16:04.590 and didn't have the time. PS, she's fine with it 0:16:05.070 --> 0:16:07.960 and yes, the dark side of the Force was originally 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:12.080 called the Bogan. The light side, the Ashla, and thankfully 0:16:12.170 --> 0:16:16.080 that was changed. So no, Chewbacca's voice was never going 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:20.100 to be provided by John Travolta. Sound designer Ben Burtt 0:16:20.130 --> 0:16:23.790 chose a combination of bears with a dash of walrus 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:27.680 dog and lion thrown in for Chewie's voice. He toured 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:31.950 marine land to get inspired and saw a walrus stranded 0:16:31.950 --> 0:16:34.239 at the bottom of a pool that had been emptied 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:38.019 for cleaning. When it moaned, he knew he found just 0:16:38.020 --> 0:16:41.670 what he'd been missing. A tall, fuzzy star was born. 0:16:41.990 --> 0:16:45.430 Bonus fact, the studio was concerned about Chewbacca's nudity and 0:16:45.430 --> 0:16:49.310 wanted him to wear short. Okay, Star Wars fans, go 0:16:49.310 --> 0:16:52.700 see the final chapter in the Skywalker saga on December 0:16:52.700 --> 0:16:55.210 20th. I'm betting some of you even have your tickets 0:16:55.210 --> 0:16:57.989 already. If you don't, head on over to cineplex. com 0:16:57.990 --> 0:17:06.280 to get them. ( singing) 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:06.290 Oh boy. 0:17:06.780 --> 0:17:08.639 Do you like to go to the movies on Christmas 0:17:08.639 --> 0:17:11.909 Day? If you do, you're not alone. Turns out Christmas 0:17:11.909 --> 0:17:13.889 Day is one of the busiest days of the year 0:17:13.889 --> 0:17:16.980 at movie theaters. One reason, there isn't a whole lot 0:17:16.980 --> 0:17:19.929 of other stuff open, so if you don't celebrate Christmas, 0:17:20.109 --> 0:17:22.450 it's something fun to do while everything else is closed. 0:17:22.690 --> 0:17:25.919 If you do, you've probably wrapped up your celebrations by 0:17:25.919 --> 0:17:28.270 the middle of the day and now everybody's going a 0:17:28.270 --> 0:17:31.590 little stir crazy. I get it. One of my personal 0:17:31.590 --> 0:17:34.389 Christmas Day favorites was watching La La Land, which I 0:17:34.389 --> 0:17:36.899 thought was just a perfect holiday movie. Now, back in 0:17:36.899 --> 0:17:40.889 1947, Paramount Pictures took a big risk and decided to 0:17:40.889 --> 0:17:44.490 open a non- Christmas movie on Christmas Day. It was 0:17:44.490 --> 0:17:47.780 the Road to Rio starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope 0:17:47.830 --> 0:17:51.040 as two out- of- work musicians named Scott and Hotlips. 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.109 The risk paid off. It was a huge box office 0:17:54.109 --> 0:17:57.970 success and even nabbed itself an Oscar nomination for best 0:17:57.970 --> 0:18:02.100 score. A new tradition was born. Since then, studios had 0:18:02.100 --> 0:18:05.119 been releasing all kinds of movies around the holidays, hoping 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.869 to grab those Christmas crowds and make a play for 0:18:07.869 --> 0:18:10.629 Oscar nominations before the end of the year. So we 0:18:10.629 --> 0:18:12.980 wanted to know what movies have you gone to see 0:18:12.980 --> 0:18:15.639 on Christmas? Maddie told us she and her family went 0:18:15.639 --> 0:18:18.030 to see Lord of the Rings on Christmas Day. Each 0:18:18.030 --> 0:18:20.440 of the three movies, three years in a row. 0:18:20.850 --> 0:18:25.010 Legend tells of a ring, created by an ancient evil, 0:18:26.399 --> 0:18:30.210 that gave it's wearer the power to enslave the world. 0:18:31.859 --> 0:18:34.969 Christmas- y. Elisa said her family has a running joke 0:18:34.970 --> 0:18:37.129 about how depressing the movies are that they see on 0:18:37.129 --> 0:18:42.300 Christmas, like Les Miserables and Sweeney Todd. " Really heartwarming uplifting 0:18:42.300 --> 0:18:45.369 stories," she says. And MA told us about a study 0:18:45.369 --> 0:18:48.409 in contrast. One year, she went to see Vice about 0:18:48.409 --> 0:18:51.710 former vice president Dick Cheney. MA describes it as being 0:18:51.710 --> 0:18:54.730 about a man with no soul or heart. Perhaps not 0:18:54.730 --> 0:18:57.699 the best thematic choice for Christmas, but the year before 0:18:57.700 --> 0:18:59.590 that her family went for something a little more on 0:18:59.590 --> 0:19:03.950 point, the Post, about the Washington Post's attempts to publish 0:19:03.950 --> 0:19:07.820 classified documents revealing US involvement in the Vietnam War. " That 0:19:07.820 --> 0:19:10.220 was a good movie for a holiday," she says, " People 0:19:10.220 --> 0:19:13.169 behaving honorably." But you know what those two movies have 0:19:13.169 --> 0:19:16.639 in common, they were both about true life events, but 0:19:16.639 --> 0:19:20.440 more importantly, they both scored themselves some major Oscar nominations. 0:19:20.629 --> 0:19:23.270 The Post was up for best actress and best picture 0:19:23.639 --> 0:19:27.030 and Vice was nominated in eight categories, including all the 0:19:27.030 --> 0:19:29.960 big ones. Ask anyone who works at a movie theater 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:32.320 and they'll tell you that Christmas is a magical time 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.459 of year. People come with their families and perhaps to 0:19:35.460 --> 0:19:37.600 take a break from them. Either way, it gets you 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:39.919 out of the house and doing something fun. If you 0:19:39.919 --> 0:19:41.790 want to join in on the Christmas movie fun, you've 0:19:41.790 --> 0:19:43.929 got tons of choices and to talk about a few 0:19:43.929 --> 0:19:47.300 of them, here's Tanner Zipchen, host of the Cineplex Pre 0:19:47.300 --> 0:19:48.570 Show. Hey Tanner. 0:19:48.830 --> 0:19:51.500 Oh. Oh, I've just arrived. Hi Lana. 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:54.769 Nice to see you. Do you go to the movies on 0:19:54.770 --> 0:19:55.330 Christmas Day? 0:19:55.409 --> 0:19:58.310 Well, the thing is, I never leave the theater as 0:19:58.310 --> 0:20:00.480 you know, so do I go to the movies on 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:03.740 Christmas? I mean, I just happen to be there because I'm always 0:20:03.740 --> 0:20:04.970 there so yes. 0:20:05.190 --> 0:20:07.550 I do enjoy going on Christmas Day. It's actually a 0:20:07.550 --> 0:20:08.619 newer tradition for me. 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:09.359 Really? 0:20:09.359 --> 0:20:10.879 Yeah. My mom and I started going a few years 0:20:10.879 --> 0:20:14.879 ago and it's really nice. Also, there's no stress really. 0:20:14.879 --> 0:20:17.040 Once you're there, you just hang out. We eat popcorn. 0:20:17.250 --> 0:20:19.250 A good reason to get away from the family that comes 0:20:19.250 --> 0:20:21.950 into town. Like I just got to run out and get a couple 0:20:21.950 --> 0:20:22.160 of things. 0:20:22.490 --> 0:20:23.649 For two-and- a- half hours. 0:20:23.740 --> 0:20:24.240 Exactly. 0:20:24.340 --> 0:20:27.250 Depending on the movie. Well, let's talk about some movies that are hitting theaters 0:20:27.250 --> 0:20:30.449 on Christmas Day. I like the new version of Little Women. Greta 0:20:30.450 --> 0:20:31.680 Gerwig directing this one. 0:20:31.750 --> 0:20:34.369 Yeah, a bit of a reunion too with Saoirse Ronan. In 0:20:34.679 --> 0:20:37.330 Greta's last film, Lady Bird, Saoirse was the star of 0:20:37.330 --> 0:20:40.149 that. She's back in this, along with Emma Watson, Laura 0:20:40.149 --> 0:20:44.659 Dern, Timothée Chalamet, a huge cast, Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, 0:20:44.659 --> 0:20:45.409 Meryl Streep. 0:20:45.899 --> 0:20:45.959 Meryl. 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:49.440 Legendary Meryl Streep. Now this of course is not a 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:51.379 new thing on the big screen. This is the eighth 0:20:51.379 --> 0:20:54.470 time that we've seen this story told for the big 0:20:54.470 --> 0:20:57.379