- Title: FJ-HRN-1596
- Summary: Mekhi Phiffer & Sharon Leal/This Christmas: HRN-1596 Cam A This Christmas Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal
- Description:06:37:48 - A01. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Phifers first film Phifer Yeah open casting call. (Talks) My first time acting, yeah. First time auditioning hahahahaha (Talks). Leal Inspiring. So inspiring. (Talks) No I didnt know that. I knew that was his first thing, but I didnt realize how it went down, no, thats incredible. 06:38:16 - A02. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Phifer on getting the film made. Phifer Well I knew Preston, and uh I and we had, you know, Ive known him for a few years and uh he called me and said look Ive got this script, I really want you to be in this movie, and you know my schedules so crazy, so I went home, read it, loved it, called Clint, called Pepper, and uh said look I really want to be a part of this and help you put this whole thing together. I think this is a really special project and think that my film company could be an asset to you guys. So uh we said, Come on, lets do it, and uh, we just went up and running with it. 06:38:51 - A03. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Leal on working with such a great cast. Leal Its incredible, its great, its, I mean, its just not too long ago, Im, you know, watching a DVD of Soul Food, and Im like, Oh, Mekhi Phifer, and you know, Regina King, you know, its just incredible to be all of a sudden, you know, face-to-face with these people that Ive admired their work over the years. So Im having the time of my life. Im really humbled to be working with them, and its really been fun. 06:39:17 - A04. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal The improvised dance scene at the end of the film Phifer Yeah we we uh, just called everybody one day and said come on lets do this uh soul train line. Leal Yeah, it wasnt even in the script. It was just like, were gonna do this, is everybody down, and it was like, Yeah, sure. Haha. 06:39:35 - A05. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Leal on family Leal I have a very big extended family, absolutely. And you know, like most people, um, we all gather together you know that one day out of the year and uh we get all kinds of drama and different personalities and thats you know a universal thing I think that everyone can relate to. A lot of times its about getting through Christmas, not necessarily you know having the most perfect holiday ever. It never is. Um, but, you know, um, but weve managed to get together again the following year, so we must be doing something right, and, you know, it is family. Thats what this movies about, so 06:40:14 - A06. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Phifer on Phifer A little stressful? Ha! Gotta spend a bunch of money (talks) Right, right, right. Well, you know, with ER, you know, especially in the past five years or so, um, you know, we always go down for Christmas, you know, as far as the show. And uh so I get to go back to New York which I really get to do so I get to see everyone, uh, so its really not that stressful, you know. Um, uh, you know, my mom does, I give her money and my lady so they do all the shopping so I dont have to do any of that nonsense. Um, so I dont have to get stressed out by that at all, and I love New York in the wintertime, so its actually pretty enjoyable. (talks) Leal I have, of course, I lived there for several years. Yes. 06:41:07 - A07. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal on the writer and the base for the story. Phifer Yeah I think he did definitely base this on his family. Um (Talks). Yeah, yeah, and with obviously, you know, based on Leal Loosely based. Phifer Loosely based. Yeah, you know, but, you know, uh, he just did a great job. 06:41:42 - A08. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Leal on mothers during the holidays. Leal Right, I mean, its just like shes got however many days like three days to figure out whats going on in your life and so a lot of times youre just like ma you know, thats mothers for you, theyre just like whats happening and everybodys trying to catch up you know a years worth of life you mightve missed out on and its just kinda cramming everything into a few days home for the holidays. So, definitely, yeah. 06:42:16 - A09. HRN-1596 Sound Bite: Mekhi Phifer & Sharon Leal Phifer They are talking about it, you know. We havent, you know, heard the word yet, I mean, we still getting pretty uh pretty good ratings, you know, uh, so well just have to see what they decide and you know what they wanna do. (Talks) Yeah, yeah, exactly. And thats why, you know, its a great show, and we have a good time.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/2007
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 2000s
- File Name: FJ-HRN-1596