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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: Jack Houston is the grandson of legendary filmmaker John Houston,

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Speaker 2: but he's made his career as an actor like a

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Speaker 2: ant Angelica Houston. That is, until now. He makes his

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Speaker 2: directorial debut with his new feature film, Day of the Fight,

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Speaker 2: about a prize fighter making a redemptive return to the

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Speaker 2: ring after a stint in prison. Jack's biggest acting role

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Speaker 2: came on Boardwalk Empire, playing disfigured war veteran Richard Harrow.

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Speaker 2: The star Jack's new movie is former Boardwalk coastar Michael Pitt,

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Speaker 2: who starred as Jimmy and famously earned a reputation for

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Speaker 2: being temperamental. In fact, his Boardwalk character's rumored to have

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Speaker 2: been killed off because producers found Michael too difficult. Those

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Speaker 2: persistent rumors damaged his career, but that very experience was

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Speaker 2: exactly why Jack saw Michael is the perfect actor for

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Speaker 2: Day of the Fight. He tells Deadline, I knew him

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Speaker 2: my gut. There was nobody else for this film. What

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Speaker 2: he's been through over the last ten years on the

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Speaker 2: outs of Hollywood. When you talk about second chances, redemption

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Speaker 2: or sacrifice, what this character is going through Mike was

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Speaker 2: going through a lot of these things himself. Day of

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Speaker 2: the Fight hits theaters this year.

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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.