- Title: FJ-HRN-2608
- Summary: The Women /Meg Ryan & Annette Benning: HRN-2608 The Women Meg Ryan & Annette Bening Cam A
- Description:23:26:51 - A01. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.26.51 Out: 23.27.10 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening Ryan was attached when they first thought about making it Ryan I was attached by like a thread. And then the thread, I really really wasnt, I didnt have the kind of tenacity about this. It was all Diane, Diane English was with this for 13 years. 13 years of every day, the movie coming together and falling apart, every day. 23:27:13 - A02. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.27.13 Out: 23.27.56 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening why is it important to tell this story now Bening Well its great fun, and its great fun and its about female friendship and you know theres a problem theres a, Meg plays Mary and Marys husbands having an affair, but you never see the men, you never see the men in the story, its all women, and its really about female bonding and how this event in her life sort of affects all of us, how we handle it, how we protect her, how we sometimes make mistakes, uh so I like it, its very human in that way. Ryan its a good story. I think its a good story. You do wonder throughout whats gonna happen next, whats gonna happen next, whats gonna happen next. Thats a lot to say for a movie that has a good narrative, a nice strong story. 23:28:04 - A03. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.28.04 Out: 23.28.31 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening Megs character says it hurts more losing her friends than her husband Ryan Definitely in the universe of this movie, yeah, and I think whats interesting is that in the universe of this movie, you know they go through this tough time but the reunion, the effort that Sylvie, Annettes character makes, is so wonderfully heroic. I kept wanting Steven to make those seem moves, secretly wanting him to learn from her. Bening Well he tries then, he does actually try. We dont see him but he does try. 23:28:38 - A04. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.28.38 Out: 23.28.47 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening how did she picture Steven Ryan I had someone in my mind but it wasnt an actor. It was a guy who kept popping into my mind, so, Im not gonna tell anyone but you wouldnt know who it was anyway. 23:28:48 - A05. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.28.48 Out: 23.29.36 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening Bening Oh um I think its one of the coolest things about the story, and if you talk to people everyone will say something different who they have in mind, especially if they use like if they do use an actor, they use somebodys name that somebody pops into their mind because its a reflection of do you think hes a good guy? Is Marys husband a good guy who went out and had an affair on her? Or is he a bad guy? Or is he an innocent? Someone you can forgive, someone who you know Ava plays, she says shes not a vamp, hahaha but she plays the Joan Crawford character, lets put it that way, and it was, is she the seductress and he is this innocent guy who is. Ryan Is he like an innocent bystander? Bening Guy, I was gonna say something else, but anyway, yeah, I, you know I didnt have a specific person, but I was interested to hear what other people think about that. 23:29:42 - A06. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.29.42 Out: 23.30.23 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening did they miss the presence of a guy actor? Ryan No there were a lot of guys around but. Bening Yeah there were a lot of guys. Ryan Yeah but it was just too fun to have all these very different women together. I think we really got instantly that were all different and we all gained from knowing each other. We like really really had a legitimately great time together. Bening And the makeup trailer was so fun. You know you spend hours on movies, people are constantly trying to make you look good and putting makeup on you and doing your hair and so there was so many women and so there were so many people doing makeup and hair constantly and we would have great gossip sessions in the makeup trailer, not that we ever really gossiped. Maybe lightweight gossip. You know there was a little bit. 23:30:31 - A07. HRN-2608 Cam A In: 23.30.31 Out: 23.31.00 Sound Bite: Meg Ryan & Annette Bening Jada and Deborah were hilarious also right? Bening Yes they were and really fun. Ryan Yeah, yeah. Bening Jada Pinkett around the world I think. Ryan Yeah theyre interesting people, really interesting people. Jada today, I loved her, we just did a big group interview, her answers always so so. Bening Like she could speak in an auditorium. Ryan Yes hahahaha. Bening Like I said, have you thought of giving a seminar? I mean shes like so inspiring, I feel like, yes! Ryan Shes like an inspirational speaker. Bening Yes she is! She is, shes inspirational.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/2008
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 2000s
- File Name: FJ-HRN-2608