we were talking about the film conspiracy theory. a little history of this film. how did this unusual script come to you? it was sent to me by the writer via the director. he said he had written it for me. i had my doubts. they usually like to flatter you on these matters. larry: they lie. i don t know. yes. okay. they lie. larry: looks like he had you in mind. anyway, this lying bastard sent me the script. before i knew it, i kind of liked it. i found it very intriguing and well written. he is a very clever guy, so much so that i m actually doing a picture with him he wrote and now he s going to direct. i think he is good. larry: and one of the unusual things about this movie is you don t know what to expect. i had no idea what to expect because of that, because it wasn t a book, right? it s an original screenplay. that s it. larry: do you think it will surprise people? i hope so. i think that s the effect we re looking for, is to not have them expect cer
sunday nights, sundaes because it s a lot clearer then. you disrupt things as little as possible. but even apart from that, they were very gracious to let us use the 59th bridge and block traffic and things like that. you re talking about a major artery in and out of one of the boroughs. larry: you feel guilty? not at all. i don t feel guilty you see because it wasn t my doing that that happened. as far as the press goes, it is my fault. so i don t feel guilty. larry: mel gibson gets the rap. i feel like i took my stripes, you know. larry: and casting patrick stewart. was that your input too? i think he is a great. larry: great villain. never seen him as a villain. there is a very funny story with him. he is being shoved under the water with a mop, and all kinds of things are going on. and one of the grips, one of the lighting guys, andy from the deep south, and he says hey, your billy shakespeare didn t teach you this stuff, did he? where is your billy shakespeare no
larry: mel gibson has been at the top of his profession for decades, despite the apparent personal problems that have been report monday in the past week. he has an incredibly successful track record as an actor, director and producer. i spoke to him in 1997. we were talking about the film conspiracy theory. a little history of this film. how did this unusual script come to you? it was sent to me by the writer by the director. he said he had written it for me. i had my doubts. they usually like to flatter you on these matters. yes, okay, they lie. larry: looks like he had you in mind. anyway, this lying bastard sent me the script. before i knew it, i kind of liked it. i found it very intriguing and well written. he is a very clever guy, so much that i m doing a picture with him. he wrote and now he going to direct. i think he is good. larry: and one of the unusual things about this movie is you don t know what to expect. i had no idea what to expect because of t
larry: mel gibson has been at the top of his profession for decades, despite the apparent personal problems that have been report monday in the past week. he has an incredibly successful track record as an actor, director and producer. i spoke to him in 1997. we were talking about the film conspiracy theory. a little history of this film. how did this unusual script come to you? it was sent to me by the writer by the director. he said he had written it for me. i had my doubts. they usually like to flatter you on these matters. yes, okay, they lie. larry: looks like he had you in mind. anyway, this lying bastard sent me the script. before i knew it, i kind of liked it. i found it very intriguing and well written. he is a very clever guy, so much that i m doing a picture with him. he wrote and now he going to direct. i think he is good. larry: and one of the unusual things about this movie is you don t know what to expect. i had no idea what to expect because of t
where is your billy shakespeare now? but he still has that delivery. larry: that s funny. we re going to have to torture you, jerry. larry: we ll be right back with mel gibson, the director, actor, director, actor, who will find out what it s like to when you win awards for directing, what is it like when you re acting. i ll get to it. don t go away.