Aug 3, 2020
Talia Shire is an icon. Well, you know. I mean, she's Connie Corleone in all The Godfather films. And she's Adrian, as in 'Yo, Adrian!' in all the Rocky films. Now she's in a new movie, Working Man, which you can catch now on demand or DVD.
In this episode, you'll witness Talia and me forming a little friendship. And you'll hear her wisdom and behind-the-scenes stories about:
- The Godfather
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Marlon Brando
- John Cazale
- Jimmy Caan
- Kay's abortion
- The fight between Carlo and Sonny
- Auditioning and landing the gig
- Francis on shaky ground
- How the cast became a real family
- Rocky
- Sylvester Stallone
- Adrian's shyness
- The love between Rocky and Adrian
- What changed after Rocky + before Rocky II
- Working Man
- Her co-stars: Billy Brown (How to Get Away with Murder) and Peter Gerety (Ray Donovan, Sneaky Pete, The Wire)
- The Conversation
- Talia's supremely talented family, which includes:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- August Coppola
- Sophia Coppola
- Roman Coppola
- Nicolas Cage
- Jason Schwartzman
- Robert Schwartzman (see his film RAD)
- Art, creativity, Buddhism, community, relationships
- Life, family, partnership, evolving, grandchildren
- The Tribeca Film Festival
- Old-school Hollywood studio days
- Barbara Stanwyck and Michael Powell
- Being shy
- Nepotism
- Fame, theater and being a character actor
- Losing her husband
- What document she carries in her bag
- Dating
- The journey of life
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