Subj: Access Hollywood Chapter Three
Date: 2/29/00 11:56:06 AM Central Standard Time
From: Melissa
Nancy O’Dell: Welcome back to Access Hollywood, and to our special one hour show about the new movie Collinwood. Last week Shawn Robinson sat down with Susan Saradon and Anthony Hopkins who play Dr. Julia Hoffman and Professor Elliot Stokes.
Shawn Robinson: Thanks Nancy, last week I had the chance to talk to Susan Saradon and Anthony Hopkins about their new movie Collinwood.
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SR: Hi, thank you for coming to the studio to talk to me about you new movie.
Anthony Hopkins: Your welcome, thank you for having us.
SR: Tell me about your character Susan.
Susan Sarandon: I play Dr. Julia Hoffman, she was brought to Collinwood to help Maggie Evans. Once she gets there she realizes that there is more going on, and from there she is in the middle of the mystery of Collinwood.
SR: Anthony, why does Professor Stokes come to Collinwood?
AH: Julia asked him to come, when he gets there he finds that Julia is involved with what is happening more than she should be.
SR: We’re going to show a clip, that is between Dr. Hoffman and Professor Stokes.
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Elliot Stokes: Julia it’s just like Emerson said, “Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge and fox and squirrel and mole. You cannot recall the spoken word, you cannot wipe out the foot-track, you cannot draw up the ladder, so to leave no inlet or clew. Some damning circumstance always transpires. The laws and substances of nature -- water, snow, wind, gravitation -- becomes penalties to the thief.” You don’t think that he’ll get away with it do you?
Julia Hoffman: I can help, I know I can. . .
ES: Julia, your deluding your self. There is nothing you can do, he must pay for his crimes.
SR: Before you go I want to ask you, what drew you to this movie?
SS: I was fascinated with the story, and it was so nice to have Julia there and get to talk to her.
AH: I agree, I think it was great to have the family on the set. I think it helped us to have their input in everything.
SR: Thanks for coming and talking with us.
NO: When we come back I will be talking to Kevin Spacey and to Alec Baldwin.
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NO: Welcome back, a week after the Oscar nominations I talked to Kevin Spacey, we have shown part of that interview, but what we didn’t show was what he said about his new movie Collinwood.
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NO: You’ve been busy lately, you got two movies coming out, your finished The Iceman Cometh, you just got an Oscar nomination.
Kevin Spacey: Yes, I am really happy about that, but I’m happy that Annette (Bening) and Sam (Mendes) got nominations too. The movie was really great to work on.
NO: You play Roger Collins in the upcoming movie Collinwood, what did you have to do to get ready for that role?
KS: I talked with Roger and the family, and I read the journals. I put something in the character that, from talking to Roger I think he has.
NO: Did you like being able to consulate the family during the filming?
KS: Yes, that was a great opportunity that you don’t often get the chance to have the people there.
NO: Good luck with the Oscars.
KS: Thank you.
NO: In an interview with Alec Baldwin, we first found out about his new movie.
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NO: It’s good to see you again.
Alec Baldwin: Thank you, it’s good to see you again.
NO: So what have you been doing lately?
AB: Well, I’m filming a movie in Maine, it’s a true story. That’s about all I can say about it now.
NO: Can you tell us anything about your role?
AB: I play Burke Devlin. He has something of a mysterious past, he has a connection to the Collins family.
NO: It sounds exciting.
AB: It is, we got a lot of wonderful actors and actresses working on this film.
NO: Well I can’t wait.
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NO: When we come back we will be looking at what it took to produce the special effects of the movie.
To be continued. . .
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