"Masters of The Air" interview with Filmmakers & Cast including Gary Goetzman, Callum Turner & more

for letting us watch this on the big screen this  is uh pretty incredible so so this epic nine-part   series completes the trilogy that playton Partners  Gary gsman Tom Hanks and also Stephen Spielberg   made to commemorate the courage and sacrifice of  American soldiers in the battle to stop Hitler's   Germany and Japan and World War to so it started  with Band of Brothers which tracked the US Army's   10 10 101st Airborne Division that won six Emmys  continu with the Pacific which told the story of   the Marines in the Pacific Theater and that won  eight EMS so we have an opportunity to find out   yeah from the cast tonight the challenges and  thrills involved in putting together this all   inspiring series which has just crushed it in  the ratings um first I want to introduce Gary gsman who with partner Tom Hanks has produced  everything from Mama the Mama Mia films Charlie   WS dwar man called Auto Polar Express that Thing  You Do Philadelphia and um and before that it was   with Jonathan Demi on the Silence of the Lambs  and the talking had doct stop making sense so and   in a bit of trivia he was the inspiration for the  main character in Paul Thomas Anderson's licorish   Pizza um so now so um masters of the air marks  the completion of 29 episodes of television and   the there's a companion documentary the bloody  100th narrated by Tom Hanks and it features   steel Steven Spielberg talking about what these  courageous men uh did now Gary I got a question   for you I expected you come out alone so okay all  right it's okay it's okay I'll introduce you guys   in a why why was it so important to you to Tom  to Stephen to memorialize these stories oh my   God because they're I'm always bad at this part  hey man hi everybody um you know listen the best   stories are from history no matter what the  uh always for us non-fiction is always more   fascinating Than Fiction I know it's just the  way it is and there's uh no greater stories of   human cost Triumph uh passion love and uh and  just uh the the biggest story of our world is   keeping it in a democratic beautiful place and so  those stories they're simple but now this one um   I didn't realize until I watched it how important  and crucial what these guys did because you know   we all remember uh Steven Spielberg's uh Saving  Private Ryan but that D-Day invasion it couldn't   have happened without these guys what they did  talk about that for a sec well I mean they were   the tenderizer right on this uh tough steak has  um and uh it was our guys the guys we talk about   here who uh ran those missions they didn't  exactly know how they were going to go you   know and uh but it was important to soften up  uh the mainland of Europe there where our boys   could land without any more Jeopardy than they  already experienced and that's where the title   came from so now for the stars who played some of  the brave soldiers and masters of the air let's   start with Callum Turner who plays Major John  buff Dean best auson B character major jaale   Buck clevin now Callum still got lats like a bat  from all the rowing George cloney made him do   and the boys in the boat looking good so Anthony  Bole plays liutenant Harry Crosby Who air SS to   become the hund's first navigator and who guided  the pilots through treacherous bombing runs to   Bullseye strikes that took out everything from  German weapons fact factories railroad supplies   lines and put the war on Hitler's doorstep um  now Anthony's versatile too now he's just uh   Play He's it's coming out now plays Lincoln  assassin John wils both in the Apple TV plus series you're killing it you know right  we have Nate man who plays Major Rosie Rosen this heroic pilot who reachs  to 25 missions needed to go home but   he kept going reached 52 getting shot  down twice and Barry kogan plays the   heroic flyer Lieutenant ctis P now he was  asra nominated for the bhe of in airin we   saw a lot more of his range and even  more than that if you look closely in saltburn ah and rafy law play Sergeant Ken lemons tra  patched up these bullet riddle planes and kept   them airborne and last but hardly least comes  Josiah Cross who plays Richard one of the heroic   tusky men who were unsung at the time when given  the chance bomb the hell out of the Nazis welcome gentlemen so Gary uh Damen Lewis Ron living  Donnie Walberg Tom Hardy Michael Fender James   McAvoy Colin Hanks are among the many who  popped in Band of Brothers went on to have   great career in the Pacific we have Jame we had  James bad Dale John Bernthal Ramy mik and many   others who popped in the Pacific um how many  speaking roles in masters of the air about 325 wow and um three 25 speaking R and so now  Austin Butler has Elvis and dune to now where   was he then when you guys shot this because what  I love about this is we're looking at this uh this   this this group of handsome young men and some of  you are going to be big stars some of you kind of   already are well I got to tell you these guys all  the great guys who went before them are great guys   and fabulous but but I love these guys a lot and  uh and really a real array of great actors in this   show and I they've already got great careers going  on and uh things we'll see pretty pretty quickly I   think um but what was the question I I was asking  I was sort of getting your reaction to these um   epic series as a propulsive force in launching big  careers and uh we're really proud of that you know   and and we want to believe that that's the case  that we that we're really good at identifying   young actors and actresses who really are going to  bring it you know through their lives and um we've   just been lucky out tell you but uh we we love  them all no and and um and you told me that uh   and you'll have to pronounce his name shoy shoy  H shy gatwa the new Doctor Who right worked as   one of the Tuskegee Airmen and uh yeah and then  uh Isabelle May um she plays uh you know she's   she's not in there that long but Isabelle May is  fair dust on this she is the she's the the face   that prompted uh Taylor Sheridan to write 1883 so  I'm sure we're going to see a lot of great things   from her yeah way buzy will you yeah wow love you  so much she really you wouldn't believe any other   woman in the world could make Austin dream of  them through the entire War it's hard to find   any she's here she's wonderful and uh I need you  to raise the teleprompter to the next thing if   you wouldn't mind oh you're reading I didn't want  to be reading off no cards but I'm only a semipro   so I want all of you guys tell me a quality about  your specific character that most connected you   to your character let's let's let's start with  rafy I mean for me there was so many qualities   that I I was inspired by when I kind of came  to know Ken lemons through his book and through   the research I did I think the thing that stuck  out for me most was just his willingness to lead   by example um he was always spoken of was such  like a warm humble loving person um and I think   throughout the show it's it was really important  to be able to kind of bring that to the ground   crew and show from their eyes and their ears what  they were going through is these guys went off on   these missions and sometimes didn't return or a  lot of the time didn't return so I think it was   like his willingness to kind of push through and  lead by example to his men and Barry how about you   boy your your character Arc is just so shocking  and guarding I mean it was incredible I died ages   ago like episode three crazy but they in spirit  and um what connects me I mean he's uh he's Irish   half Irish I mean given that but you know I wanted  to kind of bring um a sense of you know the Irish   kind of bring a sense of humor to to to massive  things you know I mean and Troy kind of you know   play and brush under the car so I wanted to kind  of humanize and and do that in a way and but   yeah well and and Josiah how about you I mean you  know the we've since things have been made about   the tusi Airmen but it was a very interesting um  their their rise of importance um in World War II   was quite a thing to behold um what did you latch  on to about your character um for me I think that   historically over time um specifically I guess I  mean with all of us sitting here you know outside   of Gary of course but you know we come from a  different Generation Um and I think that there's like oh I really wasn't joking my bad my bad  um uh I feel like for us it's like there's   sometimes a Detachment right cuz me growing  up you know it kind of these stories kind of   felt like folktales in a way you know what  I'm saying so to be up close and person um   I think what connected me or attached me to  the story was that it really happened um it   really happened and specifically um with the  Tuskegee they were in a lot of ways forgotten   you know um the allore The Fan Fair of World  War II they're kind of like left out of the   newspaper Stories the the newscast um so I  kind of wanted to put a face put a voice to   it um you know to actually have people care  that make sense and and and Nate how about you yeah um you know I I kind of remain bold  over by what Rosie was able to accomplish and   his courage and you know learning about him and  getting to you know watch some interviews with   him when I Was preparing for it just like the  way people spoke about him it wasn't just this   this it was this man of tremendous honor but also  this man of great warmth and Grace and I was like   if I can sort of balance those two because in one  added you're kind of like just astounded by what   you know his choice to go back and to remain with  them but also you know he he he led with such a   with just this you know this warm sort he was just  this warm handshake of a guy I try to just sort of   balance it between us yeah um and Anthony what  about you your character is a very interesting   character he starts really uh uh in a place of  kind of embarrassment and projectile vomiting   and he ends up to be um you know true hero yeah  I think for me it was that what attracted me like   when I read the script I read the first couple of  episodes and everyone felt like they were in B the   brothers and Crosby felt like he was in an Adam  Sandler be movie everyone was being very heroic   and smoking and looking cool and Crosby was going  oh God I can't do this and throwing up on people I   thought I want to play that guy that's that's the  guy for me um I just don't know I I just found him   so so interesting there's a t in a clip of him  speaking when he's in a 7s in the nose of a b   17 and he'd been through so much trauma so much  hurt so much heartache and he still spoke with   such humor and such lightness and I thought  that was a real good inspiration you know I   wanted to play him yeah and and Callum how about  you now your character was uh you know uh he was   his buddy kept him grounded but he clearly had a  temper and um you know and um what what about that   character did you latch on to I mean there was a  lot I latched on to there was a lot I liked about   John Eagan and uh you know he has that temper and  he drinks a lot and he dances and he sings and he   wants to have a good time but underneath all of  that is a human that wants the best of the world   and um him and clevin joined up before Paul har  and that says it all about him you know he wanted   to fight the good fight in the way they knew how  or thought how and um I just had so much respect   for him you know at the beginning of the war this  was an experiment they lost a lot of men and uh   they didn't really know what they were doing the  bloody hun was all over the place one point uh   General L May was going to shut that Squadron down  wow um and it was just that ferocious spirit that   that I attached myself to and enjoy well you know  like what Josiah was saying about a generational   disconnect when I was watching it I was thinking  to myself man could I would I have the courage   to rise the occasion how often did that occur  to you guys as you you know as you were kind of   living as we got hand our coffees in the cockpit  I mean no that question would come into play you   know I mean and for me um you know I think we're  spoiled these days yeah um I'm I'm guilty of it   you know we have everything that we need and the  lads did try and create like the the scenarios   and the environment by being on the the rig and  that and that question yeah definitely crossed I   say um sorry you got I was just going to say for  me on a daily basis filming I was always reminded   of just how young they were I was 23 24 when we  were shooting it and Ken lemons was 19 he was in   charge of up to 50 men responsible for their lives  and even just kind of trying to put yourselves in   those shoes on the day of filming it's it's I mean  it's impossible to but you can try and relate and   try and get yourself there but thinking my little  brother who was 19 at the time thinking of putting   him in a position like that and trying to kind  of go back into 1942 and see what these guys were   doing every day I was always reminding myself and  it was it was hard to kind of even put yourselves   in those shoes together there I definitely think  that um I I myself um was constantly reminded of   the ease in which we live in in the society today  the cars you just press Start you go you have no   real like understanding or wherewithal of even  what you're doing um and for specifically uh   Lieutenant mon to be that astute you know with  numbers and Mathematics with these planes it's   to me it it wasn't like they were just like  you know flying to drop off cargo somewhere   you know I mean they're flying to kill somebody  you know um and I feel like that type of levity   I think kind of all the guys carried it because  we're we're all lifting each other up you know   what I'm saying and I feel like that was the the  biggest thing um as far as connecting wise where   it's like it's not about you it's bigger than you  um and I think that that is kind of one of the you   know detachments of the I guess the generation  because it's like people are just for them today   you know and these men couldn't be so Alo the  the the percentages so severe I think 77% of   men would go down you know and wouldn't come home  so you know they were putting themselves in the   most volatile situations known to mankind ever  and they did it because they were fighting for   something they believed and they were fighting  for each other well well you know uh one of the   things that that came through in Technicolor  was that um they were made Brave because of   the camaraderie of their the me the other members  of the hundredth I think and you shot this for a   long time and while Co was raging in the UK so  what was what was the bonding like between all   you guys I mean who was the best prankster among  you what are some highlights here was there a ring leader backck off we played games and yeah why  why am I saying that weirdly we did play games   we played like di games and someone else say  something you mentioned camaraderie yeah right   what happened M yelling at him um you know  Gary you make all these great documentaries   about musicians they always are like this  with the mic I know I don't use a [ __ ] mic   man showing as that Generation Um sorry Leslie  um but the camaraderie thing extends to a lot   of places when you have something go on this  long and just by crook no planning we have a   few people in the audience I have to have  stand up and say hello to us really quick   and I know the boys are going to love this too  um the man who wrote all the music every note   in this show Blake Ney here somewhere look  at him he's just a c look at him wow also   here the greatest living costume designer  on the planet Colleen Atwood somebody stand upen colen where are you get the lights come on  let me see um right Mark chfi is the editor on   every one of these episodes and boy we live  together didn't we brother I really miss you   we love you dearly and Mike minkler multi  Academy Award winning greatest mixer on the   planet is here Mike where are you with those  stupid glasses there you are fantastic and Li   jack up too here's our supervising sound  designer um look at them they're hanging   together still still sitting together at the  board can't beat it Mike thank you so much for   letting me point out people here who we love you  listen absolutely um oh and David Shields one of   the cast members David shei there David stand  up David all cast anyone else the cast yeah go oh my God in the house tell D we were  good um well okay you want to shout out   more people no I guess I just wanted  to say that well what about Isabelle   Isabelle we did didn't we we yeah we  could do her again my mom is in the audience anyway I know this event was for a  different purpose but uh you don't get to see   uh things you do for apple and other streamers  uh in a theater like this and to be able to see   it here rumor kind of spread out and we had some  Crashers who I'm so happy they came and thank you   for that opportunity Mike has EV okay so okay so  Gary this one's for you so you so you got these   young guys and a whole bunch of other young guys  325 of them to be uh precise and you're all the   way on a road trip and you're shooting this  thing for like a year at the height of covid   in the UK were they were really strict and uh  Barry said they were playing games probably a   lot of them were kind of drinking games I  would imagine so what was it like to keep   these all these guys in line at a time when and  how big of a factor was Co when you shot wow um   this production spent $60 million on Co that's  prevention that's being closed down on days if   uh anybody was in a restaurant and somebody  got Co in it the NHS would Nick everybody and   you would have to stay in your house for 10  days and people in England believe the NHS   they call you they knock on your door they are  a fabulous organization they're also here stand up hey you know what that was good we keep talking  about a great these boys are I've got to mention   Lucy bevon who is the greatest casting person in  the world who cast this show and for the amount   of speaking roles that we had and all the problems  we had and nobody really got cast in person they   were all cast on Zoom if you can believe that um  and so anyway she was just fabulous to so but you   didn't answer my question so you I'm sure you  were the one who was responsible for checking   up on these young men and making sure they weren't  gathering in a crowd and that they were doing all   those protocols how big of a challenge was that  who is the biggest violator you really want to   know don't you I do Barry that's incredible I  didn't think we never said anything anywhere   no no um yeah well Barry was my biggest problem  early on but it was only I'm good now it was it   was only for a couple of days is that why he  went out in episode three no yeah I said hey   probably you get killed off watch it that's how it  goes no of course well you know um now Nate your   character and the that scene in that last episode  get rescued by the Russians and you he he Rosie   sees exactly what the Nazis were doing to Jews and  others they considered outcasts it was so Eerie   to watch describe what shooting that was like and  what the biggest challenge was for you to be faced   with just such an atrocity yeah I mean you have  to an earlier question about sort of what what it   what it means to ask yourself you know what what  what do these men fight for right and how do you   connect with that and and the question really for  us is like what would I fight for right what what   would it mean for me I think we all have something  like everyone has something like that they would   they would and you know in preparing for this you  know it it involved kind of two things because it   was a connection to this this story that this  you know this part of Jewish history which you   know I have a personal connection to and then  the experience of shooting it is is one of of   just processing right so like what what what  brings him in there and then you know I mean it   occurred to me watching it tonight that like the  only thing from that whole sequence from Landing   to getting back I I I only ask questions right  like he's only just like what's you know can   I go stretch my like what's happened like are  there's more of these like where are you going   to go what's you you know what's going to go next  and it's that it's that comprehension right that   act of comprehension to to piece it all together  um for him that I that I really uh cuz you know   the alternative is just like oh you know but  he doesn't know um he doesn't know what he was   in for well it was um it was it was shocking  so you know um what I loved about this whole   series is that there were many characters but all  of you had your moments to shine it was very well   um choreographed that way but when you're over  there and um and you're marching in that mud and   the rain what was the toughest part would you say  the thing that was like oh my God I got to get up   in the morning and do this again what was the  toughest thing it was really cold too that was   not fake I'm just saying I mean it really was cold  Gary spent 60 million on Co stuff and no heaters   yeah me yeah we had they had these hand warmers  for us but they really did like work they was cute there were plenty of things to  keep people warm but we did have work   to do Mike we couldn't just sit in  our trailer it was too [ __ ] hot   sometimes though up there you know  with the with the suits we had air conditioning ice blocks whatever we actually did  we had like a cool and packet touch to us really   spoiled well you know um in Top Gun Maverick Tom  Cruz set up this boot camp where he taught the   actors to be able to withstand acting in Jets  because basically he was the only one in the   first film who didn't go up and try to to to  to say dialogue and vomit their faces off so   and they learned how to do it but I know it's a  bit of movie Magic here but let us in on how you   were able to pull this off technically did these  guys take to the skies the foot is absolutely   breathtaking we're watching we're watching them  get bombed from above we're watching them drop   their payload we're watching them uh uh try to  duck bombs that are coming from um you know from   the ground uh tell us H how let let us in  a little bit how much flying was there did   these guys go up in the air how did you guys do  this Mike don't worry about it we're going into   overtime um you don't want to answer do you well  no I don't really want to answer I I kind of like   what people think happens you know I mean that's  I always say behind the scenes kind of stuff and   things that get explained that everybody loves  in the world but I like to just see it and go   wow you know I like it got an answer I you guys  you guys settle for that [Applause] answer well   let me ask it this way well what you ask  by the way work what was the what was the   toughest thing and the most ingenious thing  that somebody thought up to be able to make   the flying look as real as it did and not have  these guys just um you know uh air sick even on   the ground well we had a system they could get  air sick it's like a ride you know they're on   a ride they're in a cockpit and stuff's flying  around them and we're trying to help them jet   like V exactly visualize what's going on in the  air at the time they get to react to things that   are a little easier than the old systems of in a  CGI green screen you know flash a red light hey   there's the bom you know you could actually  give them stuff that was a little better in   the end it's not a perfect art you know and what  happens is uh you do fall back on the greatest CGI   I feel I've ever seen in my life which was was  done for us by stepen Rosen bomb who's in this audience stepen CG in where is he Stephen oh my  God he's here budy anyway seriously I mean I'm   just I've done a lot of this in my career and  I just think he's amazing what he does really   great but unfortunately now we have this image of  if there was we were having a group shot while you   were on the set we'd have these guys all covered  in pingpong balls wouldn't we yeah screen no this   was uh I'm kidding I mean this was absolutely  brilliant so now Gary you how long did you put   into this is it three years is that fair yeah  three years sure three years sure wow we shot   for 10 months guys right 10 years well when you  started something and that and so you're so a   movie like Greyhound which you also make and which  which was a big hit on Apple TV plus how long did   that take to make well that's more in the uh thre  Monon range of shooting right you still spent six   months posting it the interesting thing about  Greyhound is that there is not one drop of real   water in a movie that's entirely on the North  Atlantic so that's it just shows you the Steven   rosenbom what do you do without that guy what  do you do without him well now um so I'm sure   there are other stories to tell in World War  II um what a what a gigantic time commitment   what do you think um you and Tom and Stephen  go back to the well one more time and tell a   different aspect we certainly don't get tired  of uh watching them no but you know I I really   feel like we did this Trio of movies and we never  thought we were going to do another one after the   one we did but I'm pretty sure we're we're about  done and and these things kill you more in their   length than anything else they take a long time  these guys are tied up forever you know you're   you're really just uh working on all cylinders  for a very long period of time you get a great   sequence that you just love it's just killing you  and then you've got eight hours and 49 minutes   more of a movie you know it's just it never seems  to end you're chipping away at the biggest rock   you could ever imagine am I whining no you're  not you're I think we're more you'll see hour   and a half movies coming out of all those I think  and how how how you wonder how if you'll see that   many ambitious things that are that ambitious  what sort of a budget was this can you tell us   I think everybody knows this was between 250 and  300 million and you know I went yeah man we're we   going to kick its ass you you want to leave sir  I just want to I you're packing up your luggage   um but but um but now that's not a lot of money  I most of these movies you're enjoying noway is   are like over 200 250 and they're lying so  but we're not but that's how much it was I   think it's time we told what an incredible  what an incredible uh commitment and so now   I've got dialogue up there um which you need to  roll a little bit um so did is there anyone on   this list that we did not give a shout out to  Austin what about Colleen Atwood did we did we   got everybody on Mark did we uh Mike minkler we  got him Blake Neely we did Jack Whitaker Steven   Rosen bound we did Billy Rich Billy Rich Billy  stand up Billy's one of our other fabulous Ed right well you know what um this is  extraordinary if uh unless you guys have   some experience that you would like to share  I I think we've done what we need to do here thank you cool all right thank  you everybody for coming thank you

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Length: 34min 6sec (2046 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 16 2024