Adam Driver Talks New ‘Ferrari’ Film, Playing Kylo Ren & More with Rich Eisen | Full Interview

we are thrilled to have right here on the Rich Eisen show in studio the man who plays Ferrari himself in the new film Ferrari that's available in theaters Nationwide on Christmas day another fantastic movie directed by Michael man and in it the actor Adam Driver here on the Rich Eisen show great to see you sir yeah thank you very very much for having me dude you're great in this movie thank you very much you are very welcome how do you how do you how do you get into the this role I mean it seemed like you transformed yourself clearly uh how did you prepare and get into this role for Ferrari a lot a lot of it winds up being kind of by osmosis you know we shot it all in Moda and were there a month before it started and the Prosthetics and Michael is had the he's very much into internal life he so for him the key to the character was someone who the mentality of a racer someone who is you know Pro myopic Focus for a prolonged amount of time so we raced a lot of cars in California or here in Moda and we know when we were shooting with just the chassis of the cars that we used in the movie that W weren't didn't have shells on them yet so that's that's the the cars that we see in the in the film is what I'm saying yeah some some of them are the real deal which were you know shipped with you know security guards about say did you get behind the wheel of one of those no no no no no there's like a guy that stands behind cones and it's just like you know keep keep moving but Michael he's he's he's like that he'll ship a car from he shipped one of the Maseratis and you know strapped nine uh microphones to it and took it through a tunnel cuz he just just for the sound it's never in the movie but the sound of is not going to be just just for the sound because you can't duplicate it so he he's he's a Relentless and his kind of quest for being authentic I think just by being there in the place you uh it just kind of naturally happens right it's it's kind of like going to a a a a different country adjusting to a time zone Z of a different country you you you go to London and you're all all messed up for a couple days and then just just naturally you start adjusting to the time it's the same same thing with playing a character for like that for 14 hours a day for months you without thinking about it you naturally just start to well the neat thing is there's a source material there's a book on which this film is based Enzo Ferrari the man the cars the races The Machine by Brock Yates I imagine you devour that book correct yeah Pier Ferrari who's in the movie as a as a kid was open the doors literally to Enzo's house and Enzo you know his BR he was in his office and opened up a briefcase that he hadn't even seen so we're watching him watch you know open his father's briefcase and going through all of his stuff how do you keep from wanting to you know not want to dive into it yourself right I mean oh yeah yeah he show all the ties all of everything that he wore the the the barber shop that's in the movie is the actual barber shop where he got his hair cut the guy who's cutting his hair is the grandson of the guy who actually cut his hair the M the crash at the end of the movie is where the crash is that is yeah yeah yeah without giving it too much I know CU it was there's a such a it's a jarring finish straight up like and the way it builds and the way that everything's going and and and the film again um is about Ferrari's life and at this very specific moment in time so um and there there are some thrilling race moments but this is really a story about Enzo Ferrari who he is his family life how it made him who he was and what happened at this very important moment in the mid-50s his life it's a very character driven film if if it's not if people are expecting it to be just non-stop racing with no with a very weak you know uh plot it's not that it's very much about him at a you know the death rate I think of his drivers in the late 50s like 55 to 57 something like 50% and the his business also the racing world was changing it was uh suddenly television was coming in and how his business was going under because he was more interested in racing than he was selling commercial vehicles and then personally his uh his wife you know they had lost a son and their relationship was very business oriented and he had a uh a son with another woman named Lena lardy and yeah right and that's pier and he was um you know do I take the name lardy or or Ferrari so but then Michael's key into that is someone who's a racer who who is calm on the surface but kind of furiously paddling underneath and has to stay you know at least project an image of um control you know as as Racers uh do they're they're have to are aware of every everything around them in a way become you know hyperfocused so uh Adam Driver here on the Rich Eisen show again Ferrari in theaters Nationwide on Christmas Day what do knowing Ferrari obviously is as well as you you you must what do you think Enzo Ferrari would think of what Formula 1 looks like right now what do you think you would say about that yeah I I don't I'm not I'm not so keyed into what formula one is now well it's just it's as as huge as it gets right now I mean it is an international sport that is on par with everything else right now that everybody wants to see and watch certainly now even in America right now right so I I guess you know what would he think I guess of something that is so significant in the racing world when he was involved in a race that that went so poorly for him I guess right well I guess I mean you would ask Enzo what what his favorite car was and he would always be the it'd always be the next one was the answer and you go to the factory because I went to the Ferrari factory and you watch them make these cars and I was expecting it to be like a um you know I I don't know people there just one guy's job is to pull some heavy down and like steam comes out and it's you know but but it looks like a science lab you know they're people in white coats just imaculate going over a a small detail you know for it feels like you were walking into yeah like a science lab it doesn't feel like any any greasy or you know messy it's it's very clinical there there's nobody going underneath you know underneath the car right now to check on the carburetor no no no it's you know I love a bunch of people on lab codes so then what you learn about him what' you learn about him when it's all said and done about Enzo Ferrari Adam kind of very a and there's well a lot of people had their own versions of who he was but I I really like the idea that he was very aware of his image and uh played up to it and uh he kind of embodies something that I aspire to in life I feel like when things are um bad for me I kind of let everybody around me know it but but he was very contained and calm under pressure and and this is all pre psychology so he's not he's not also self-analytical he he is instinctual and all about moving forward and doesn't second guess impulses you know Adam Driver here on the Rich Eisen show you got a good um Michael Man story you want to share what do you got for me yeah my f my favorite Michael Man story actually was I have lots of them but my favorite one that kind of uh for me it says who Michael well we were in pre-production for this uh for for and we were here and we were going to go do a makeup test in some Factory somewhere and Michael likes to get in the car with you which I didn't know he likes to ride in the car so he can talk to you and and you know talk on the phone and like kill a lot of birds with a lot of stones and uh he wanted to get coffee and he was like do you want coffee so we pulled over the side of the road at this 7-Eleven and we got a coffee we get back in the car this will get good I am I am completely locked in I'm completely locked in we get on the highway and he's like oh I lost I left my uh my wallet back in the 7-Eleven so there's like a a local road on the south so we we get off and we go back to this like really busy intersection it's like three lanes here divided by a median three lanes going the opposite direction it's repeated on all four sides yes and we were we pulled up to the stoplight for maybe 10 seconds and Michael's in the back with me and he just he's like I'll be right back opens the door runs across the lane of traffic to the left jumps over the median runs across three lanes of oncoming traffic runs uh in the parking lot into the 7-Eleven and disappears in the door I can't remember if the door of our car was open or closed but for the sake of the story I'll just say it was open and uh me and the driver are kind of like then the the light has still not turned green and uh then then before it turns green Michael comes busting back out running across the parking lot again across three lanes of traffic jumps over the median another Lane of traffic gets in our car and then you would think you would then go left when it turns left when the light actually does but then tried to convince the driver to go cross over two lanes of traffic to get back in the highway cuz he didn't want to waste any more time because he uh because we had to make it to this makeup test so that that's my goal in a nutshell I have one followup if you don't mind Adam dver did he have a slushie in his hand what did he come out of 7-Eleven with with with his wallet okay yeah that's it that's it want a taquito or a hot dog I just don't know no yeah you just wanted a coffee and the the coffee was still in the car he just wanted to go get his wallet cuz he left it there understood yeah yeah it makes sense okay just didn't know if he came back with anything else no no no my God yeah oddly 700 bucks in cash he robbed it he robbed the 7even came out fantastic he turned Neil mccol and he to I love that Ferrari again in theaters Nationwide on Christmas day uh everyone should go see it it is awesome the cast is unbelievable Penelope crw shayen Woodley Patrick Dempsey just to name three along with you Adam a driver ever uh when we have somebody of your stature with a significant filmography and career we have a segment called celebrity true or false about your career we which to know if these are actually true facts that we've seen online and about written about you or if they're false if you don't mind okay and we we actually have a great production value to go with it please hit it for Adam Driver celebrity true or false you can't handle the TRU there you go that's it again I know you did just did SNL so you're you appreciate great production value for fourth time exactly there you go all right first up Adam Driver true or false you spent your first big acting paycheck from Law and Order on a pair of Air Jordans that's true yeah yeah yeah okay so uh first of all uh who were you in this law order um I was I think a character's name was will slansky I I did it kind of TW is that will right there on the screen I think so I think so I did it I did the the mothership one and then the SVU I both played creeps that's my that was my nie okay all right it still is all right do we know uh what was the what was the uh what was the pair of Air Jordans uh uh no I don't know the name of them I still have them in my closet you do oh yeah yeah and I don't wear them they they are very dusty they have like a kind of like a clear plastic panel on the back part of the shoe and it's kind like filled with dust and okay uh and I don't clean them and I don't wear them so then why why Air Jordans you just wanted I always wanted a pair when I was a kid and we couldn't afford them so and I would I had one pair of Nikes that I got at a garage sale this is in Indiana this a small mishala Indiana but but we couldn't afford Air Jordans so when I could actually when I actually had money uh that was the first thing I wanted to get to me that symbolized you know I respect that were you aord fan oh yeah yeah massively yeah it was like the late 90s I should have been a Pacers fan but because we were a little closer well because Jordan was Jordan so I you know so all all of uh that was my he was he was my uh my childhood so Jordan over Reggie Miller is what you're saying at the time yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah you even say no it's okay you made the face you which is good enough you made the nod towards the indan Indian but are you wearing Jordans right now was the first thing that we talked about when he came out okay yeah you remember what year this was maybe we can pinpoint what Jordans you bought what year was this year no no no what whatever year that was whatever whenever he was will the creep on Law and Order but I didn't even know they were like you know air ons like I didn't know anything about you know the I just knew that I went and bought the first pair of Jordans that look like and and they're still in your closet still in my closet yeah I I'll take a picture I I would we'd appreciate that all right uh second uh item Adam dri true or false you landed girls thanks to spontaneously licking Lena Dunham's arm during the audition true or false oh I don't know uh I said apparently you know you don't remember your I would imagine you remember like a lot of people there I had the Jordans I was feeling very confident okay all right so that's think we've ever had a a pass before either it's true or false but yeah yeah I don't know if that's if that's what she said then that's not I don't remember like I I got it you know I licked her I know that was a I don't even remember licking her okay at all the arm or anything like that no I mean yeah no I mean I probably did at some point okay very good well you got the rooll and obviously it's it's a confusing time you it's led to a few things uh all right uh next up true or false before filming Patterson you got a commercial driver's license so you could legally drive a city bus while filming in Patterson New Jersey yes that's true yeah so you went through training for it or something like that yeah actually oddly enough there was a a a driving school in Queens I think called the Ferrari Driving School get out of here yeah yeah I just put that together yeah I have the certificate for it and everything so what so you you went to Ferrari driving school to learn how to operate a city bus yeah but it wasn't like Ferrari Ferrari it was just it was just like it probably guy Nam Ferrari Ferrari with one R Gus Ferrari Tom Ferrari's Driving School Tommy the the Dumber brother you know went through the process of yeah I knew that we were going to be shooting this movie and I I I didn't want it to get to the part where suddenly Jim jish who directed the movie was limited by shots that we could do and by its schedule by you know suddenly having to compromise and getting a stunt driver so I'm like well if I get my license and I know there was a lot of scenes where I'm driving I didn't want to think about the mechanical parts of it I feel like I should know that stuff because he would know that stuff and then I can be a you know open to actually act and not not look like I was just kind of making it up I feel like those people have such a rhythm and I I needed to know that Rhythm and the only way to do it was in my mind was to get a commerci was to get a bus license is it is it like getting your driver's license where you somebody got in and and you had to go through a test drive with somebody and a really angry guy was really so mad at me even even the guy before gave me like an advice about like the uh cuz you have to you it's very specific about crossing train tracks and he he gave me the wrong information guy almost lost it on me but I passed like I I I did it that's pressure yeah yeah yeah yeah but it's it's uh it's tough in New York to drive around or uh to get your license in a bus is uh uh was intense I love it Ferrari you went to a place called Ferrari for that all right two more Adam Driver true or false you turned down an invitation from Mark Hamill to hang out while shooting The Last Jedi cuz you didn't want to break character of kylo Ren false I'm so glad you're asking me about that to tot totally false we we uh there's so many things of Star Wars that are totally false no no it was it was literally a thing of scheduling we we met and we he he wanted to talk and get together at some point to talk about our characters and I was totally down I and um and then he kind of left you know and our schedules were not on the same page so it really was just a matter of scheduling it wasn't because I wanted to stay in character I I you know I love Mark I was not going to like I mean my God turn down to dinner with Mark to talk about the character that would be that would be crazy okay so I'm glad we're clearing that up what else you want to clear up maybe is there anything else yeah maybe maybe we'll see well here's another one uh true or false you took home your costume and lightsaber from The Last Jedi when you filmed when you finished filming true that's true I have all that is that next to the Air Jordans uh no different different I have like an office and with all this you know similar to what you have here I have all I steal from or steal stuff from movies I don't and I go and I pray to myself and okay very good was it an immediate yes when you were offered for kylo Ren no no no no no I wanted to think about it it was when we're shooting girls and I was a fan of the I was a fan of Star Wars and I didn't want it to be bad okay and and there was no script to read that was that was part of the gig you you you could get the part but then after you agreed to do everything then they put you in a tiny room and and allowed you to read the script for the first time what do you mean what are you talking about like like it's top secret is what you're saying oh yeah yeah yeah that JJ walked me through what he wanted to do with the character but you had to sign up and be like okay yeah I'm going to do it and then once you once I did that you know I went to London to start for pre-production there was like there's a tiny room down the hall you can go in there and read the script and uh so I was reading it for the first time and then you had to leave it there yeah then you had to leave it there yeah that was the first one it's like top secret oh yeah oh yeah it was massive massive we had special uh stuff and everything but did you know did you know that at least you're you're you're playing Vader 2.0 like at least did you know that as conceptually I yeah yeah and I had an overall Arc that in mind that he wanted to do which you know then changed but his his idea was that almost the opposite journey of Vader where Vader starts the most confident the most uh you know committed to the dark side and by you know the um the last movie he's he's the most vulnerable and weak and he wanted to start at the opposite where this character was the most confused vulnerable and by the end of the the three movies would be most committed to the dark side so that I tried to keep that Arc in mind regardless if that wound up not being the journey anyway because it changed obviously as we were shooting yeah right right but I was still kind of focused on that when did it change uh well with with Ryan he took it into a different direction but still kind of still tracked with the character then the last one it changed okay into being you know uh about them and the diad and and things like that and then again so you and and kind of evolving into Ben Ben solo that was never part of it that wasn't either no no no no cuz well Ben solo he was Ben solo from the beginning but it wasn't it was never a version where we actually see Ben solo when when I first signed up for it well I mean again so you're a Star Wars guy just like you know most everyone in the human race right so what was it like for you Adam Driver when har Ford's on the set and you know you're about to do what you're about to do to Han Solo yeah what was that like for you um a lot of the first movie was denial that I mean those movies are action adventure but in between takes they're pure comedy you know it's uh Stormtroopers trying to sit down you know it's like uh people trying to look move around and running into walls cuz they're wearing masks and you know it's like chewy like trying to eat you know yogurt and lift up his uh so I tried to like block out all of that but then there's so much Star Wars iconography and Harrison Ford that you want to try to stay focused but from what I remember that day was mostly about Harrison Harrison was like you know is it seemingly from the outside was an emotional thing it was thing is you know him and his son and me and our father and all that stuff was coming out in the scene and I remember we were on this big catwalk that we were shooting it and we were just him and I and we were talking and he was like looking around and he goes you know look what we get to do isn't this so great you know and I I was you know I I would think that he would be cynical or over it and it was the exact opposite he was very emotional and open and uh just as about he was Han Sol is about to eat it this is what he's saying yeah yeah yeah like he was so excited to be like he how lucky he was to be shooting this movie and and this character and like how how great film making is you know it was he was very Earnest and uncynical and uh pretty pretty great you I mean he's but you know he's Indiana Jones The Fugitive he's Dr Richard Kimbell yeah yeah yeah yeah and you were kind of like the one arm man in that instance looking at it you know what I'm saying and then I licked him which is odd you know that's approach that's an approach that's an approach I me my gosh that is unbelievable it's heavy it was it was nerve-wracking yeah yeah do you have people who like stare at you in real life like you you you did it you you killed Han Solo do you get people like pissed at you when you no initi well in the premiere I was worried cuz people were watching it for the first time and I I was like oh my God they're going to Riot and they're going to be like there he is and you know let's let's get him but it it all was fine and then like everyone less now actually I kind of said it recently that that but it's not really something that happens all the time but for for a while a couple years after afterwards like why' you kill on solo like like I I have no choice in this you know they asked me to be there and I stabbed him and that was it uh that was part of the script right and then you moved on yeah oh my God all right but my my memories of that were actually very nice I mean regardless of just stabbing him and you know and right falling down the shaft well just a moment for me if you don't mind um you know my daughter Taylor 10 years old she was kylo Ren for Halloween uh I wonder if you don't mind what what do you think of the form here oh great what do you think yeah very good what do you think menacing form oh yeah think it's a good angle the the saber do you think it's uh she's wielding it properly I mean it's okay could be critical no she needs some gloves okay she has kind of like a chewy there to the right that's she does a real life one I like the shoes too and okay good it's good yeah it's not it's not totally flat cuz if someone was attacking from the you know you need a little an angle you know to kind of ricochet the way I didn't even think about that if it was flat and then we just uh when you hit I'm trying to come up with something it's okay it's great she'll love that excellent I appreciate you saying that and last one is it true you wear the kylo ren mask while driving is that's not true no no no not no I have a couple masks I have a couple Sabers I have a blaster I I try to keep a lot of stuff from the from the set well we're having a blast with you here thank you for coming out well thanks for having me that's it it I mean wow you want to talk sports and all you got no I don't no I don't I've already done enough with the Pacers okay good enough um and I do I mean I do like Reggie Miller I like him as a commentator he is doing a very good job oh and then last one for you uh great job on on SNL that was fantastic I had no idea you played the piano like that number one yeah and then you as the baby me the yeah um was autobiography was jarring I'll be honest with you seeing you as a little baby on a plane it's a little jarring and then the uh the chocolate skit we're just going to have to leave there when they're pitching this stuff to you is there I mean are you all in on whatever the ideas are do you come up with your own what do you got no I no the monologue I I have opinions about or we talk about that but all the um but the you know they they the writers came up with the mo most of that stuff all the SKS yeah they they ask you if you have any ideas and I'm like I got nothing and and every time they always come up with something really great and weird and uh interesting one more you get a robe yeah yeah that's going to be I mean you get the you get the the the number five robe yeah yeah fantastic the jacket that's G to be great is it a jacket or it looks like a robe to me no is it I think it's a jacket but you might be right problem well you will have to know so uh so there's some homework I we we do need to see a photograph of these Air Jordans we would love to see that we'll connect with that uh and then homework for everybody out there go see Ferrari um in theaters Nationwide on Christmas day again uh another revelatory performance by you sir thank you very much huge fans of yours here on program and you're welcome here anytime oh I'll totally come back please I appreciate that that means a ton to us cuz we barely scratch the surface on Celebrity TR Falls literally I so many things to correct and we're here we're here to help we're here to help there is an ion rich and Eisen but we're team players Adam thanks for coming on here thanks for coming on here catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to 3 Eastern for free

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Published: Wed Dec 13 2023