Scene Stealers

Liam Neeson and Mark Vanselow join Scene Stealers to break down some of their most memorable work together, from A Million Ways to Die in the West to Michael Collins to Taken. Liam and Mark have been making movies together for almost three decades, with Mark serving as Liam’s longtime stunt double, and now Mark is directing Liam in The Mongoose. Liam explains why he trusted Mark with a shot in A Million Ways to Die in the West no other stunt double would want, how he accepted the Volpi Cup at Venice for Michael Collins while lying in a hospital bed, and why he was convinced Taken would go straight to video until his wife broke the news it opened at #1. Plus, the ex-SAS soldier who choreographed the iconic kitchen fight in Taken. Along the way, Mark opens up about going from stunts to the director’s chair, and Liam shares why stories told by real people matter more than ever. The Mongoose is in theaters October 30th. Go see it on the big screen. Timecodes 00:00 Cold open 00:18 Liam Neeson & Mark Vanselow on The Mongoose 00:41 From stuntman to director 02:06 Car chases and story-driven action 03:12 Stunt performers who became directors 04:05 Why we love action movies 05:05 Why human stories matter in the age of AI 06:04 A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST 07:00 Mark’s 25 years of stunt training paid off 08:16 What’s next for Mark as a director 08:47 MICHAEL COLLINS 09:17 Michael Collins and the Volpi Cup 10:00 Winning the Volpi Cup from a hospital bed 11:07 Why Michael Collins is still controversial 12:09 Was Tom Cruise supposed to be in Michael Collins? 12:54 A record-breaking opening in Ireland 13:08 Monarch ad read 15:37 TAKEN 16:18 Taken: “I thought it was straight to video” 17:04 Finding out Taken opened at #1 17:32 Building Taken’s fight style 18:40 The most important thing in stunt work 19:23 The driver who counted the bodies 20:33 Taken’s body count and the kitchen fight 21:24 Wrap Scene Stealers is a film interview show from Out of Order where actors, directors, and filmmakers watch and break down some of their most memorable on-screen scenes. Use code STEALERS at https://Monarch.com to get your first year of Monarch Core half off at just $50. #LiamNeeson #Taken #SceneStealers #TheMongoose #FilmInterview #MichaelCollins #AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest #StuntDouble #ActionMovies #ActorInterview

John Turturro joins Scene Stealers to break down the roles he's best known for, starting with his new film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. He talks about mentoring younger actors, gaining 35 pounds (and getting shingles) for Quiz Show, pranking Robert Redford with a Meryl Streep story, the real reason he took Rounders, how he created Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski, and how he built Emilio in Mr. Deeds from scratch, wig and all. Go see The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles October 23 and nationwide October 30. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold Open 0:50 Welcome 1:25 THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK 1:57 Passing the torch to younger actors 6:08 "You die twice" 8:35 QUIZ SHOW 8:51 Gaining 35 pounds, shingles, and Herb Stempel's voice 11:19 Pranking Robert Redford with a Meryl Streep story 14:27 The Quiz Show premiere story 15:10 Actors as pickpockets: absorbing, not stealing 16:44 Playing Howard Cosell 18:00 ROUNDERS 18:28 Why Rounders was a poker move 22:09 Why he doesn't gamble 23:00 THE BIG LEBOWSKI 23:33 Jesus Quintana and the Coens 26:22 Soldiers, DVDs, and tattoo mail 27:45 Hitting a double, triple, or homer in a small role 28:03 Mr. Deeds and working with Adam Sandler 30:15 Outro Scene Stealers is where we watch our favorite scenes with our favorite actors. #JohnTurturro #SceneStealers #TheOnlyLivingPickpocketInNewYork #TheBigLebowski #Rounders #QuizShow #MrDeeds #RobertRedford #FilmInterview #CohenBrothers

Ethan Hawke joins John Feitelberg on Scene Stealers to break down some of his most memorable performances. Ethan stars in The Lowdown, Season 2, out now on FX and Hulu! He sits down with John to discuss the series, working with legendary filmmakers, and the craft behind some of cinema’s most unforgettable performances. From Before Sunrise and Dead Poets Society to Training Day, Ethan shares the stories behind the scenes, what he learned from working with Robin Williams and Denzel Washington, and why imperfection is essential to great art. Plus, Ethan breaks down the magic of improvisation and why Jack Nicholson's run in the 1970s might be the greatest decade of acting ever. Watch The Lowdown, Season 2, now. New episodes drop Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT on FX and 9pm PT on Hulu! CHAPTERS 00:00 — Cold Open 00:50 — Welcome to Scene Stealers 02:14 — The Lowdown and Building a Great Character 05:18 — Why Imperfection Makes Art Better 08:21 — Working With Tommy Lee Jones 10:51 — Ethan Hawke on The Lowdown and Reservation Dogs 16:00 — Before Sunrise 18:06 — Richard Linklater's Approach to Acting 20:05 — Why the Before Trilogy Feels Like a Dream 21:12 — Writing Realistic Dialogue 23:17 — Did Before Sunrise Predict the Future? 27:04 — What Ethan Hawke Learned Making Tape 29:20 — Dead Poets Society 30:29 — Robin Williams 32:03 — Identity, Empathy, and Becoming a Character 36:24 — What If Ethan Hawke Had Never Made Dead Poets Society? 38:21 — Finding Your Own Path 39:59 — Ethan Hawke on Working With Robin Williams 42:35 — Today's Sponsor: Square 44:33 — Training Day 46:07 — The Legacy of Training Day 49:12 — What Does Improvisation Actually Mean? 51:17 — The Secret Behind the Before Trilogy's Natural Dialogue 53:02 — How Great Directors Create Magic 55:30 — Ethan’s Favorite Scene: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 57:03 — Was Jack Nicholson's Run the Greatest Decade in Acting History? 59:18 — Action Movies 01:01:09 — Ethan Hawke's Next Dream Collaboration Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at https://square.com/go/STEALERS! #squarepod Subscribe for more episodes of Scene Stealers, where we sit down with our favorite actors to revisit the scenes that shaped their careers and changed the way we watch movies. #EthanHawke #SceneStealers #Film #Acting

Josh Hartnett breaks down his most iconic scenes from The Virgin Suicides, Oppenheimer, Pearl Harbor, and Basquiat, and previews his new Netflix series Below, streaming October 8. On this episode of Scene Stealers, host John Feitelberg sits down with Josh Hartnett to watch and break down the scenes that shaped his career. Josh talks about shooting Below on location in Newfoundland, how he stole a real person's walk for Trip Fontaine, what a Christopher Nolan set is actually like, his Pearl Harbor boot camp, and the time cops showed up with g**s drawn while he was making a short film at a Dairy Queen at 17. BELOW: Streaming October 8 on Netflix Don’t sleep on Ultra Pouches. New customers get 15% Off with code SCENE at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at https://square.com/go/STEALERS! #squarepod TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold Open 0:28 Intro: Josh Hartnett on Scene Stealers 0:48 Below on Netflix (October 8) 1:34 Shooting Below on location in Newfoundland 2:30 The Newfoundland accent 4:04 Newfoundland culture and fishing villages 4:22 Why they floated houses between islands 5:19 The iPhone villain rule 6:08 Come From Away, Gander, and Newfoundland hospitality 10:04 Josh's Below wardrobe 10:57 Scene 1: The Virgin Suicides 11:53 How Josh stole a real guy's walk for Trip Fontaine 14:17 Adapting books and why divisive movies matter 15:18 Why a 40% movie beats a safe 80% 16:29 Working with first-time directors and indie films 17:46 Oh Lucy!, the movie more people should see 19:00 "I was on hiatus from people's minds" 19:59 Taking a year off to write a screenplay 22:35 Scene 2: Oppenheimer 23:31 Inside a Christopher Nolan set (no chairs, no phones) 25:18 Emma Thompson hand-delivers the script on red paper 25:54 Casey Affleck's Nolan call and the fear of overstepping 27:15 Chasing roles and the Ashton Kutcher Pearl Harbor story 28:08 Balancing fatherhood and acting 28:48 Filming on location vs. staying in LA 30:12 Scene 3: Pearl Harbor 30:48 Shooting the Pearl Harbor attack and Sergeant Donnelly's boot camp 32:45 Michael Bay's "360 shot" promise 33:37 Ten films in four years and finding his path 35:13 The Dairy Queen short film that ended with cops and guns drawn 36:25 Scene 4: Basquiat 37:03 How Basquiat inspired Josh to pursue the arts 38:41 Josh's Julian Schnabel recommendations 39:17 Wrap up Scene Stealers is where we watch our favorite scenes with our favorite actors, directors, and filmmakers. Like, comment, and subscribe for new episodes. Turn on notifications so you never miss a guest. #JoshHartnett #MoviePodcast #Netflix #SceneStealers #Oppenheimer #PearlHarbor #TheVirginSuicides #ActorInterview #ChristopherNolan #Actor #JohnFeitelberg

Mark Duplass joins Scene Stealers to break down his career : from shooting Creep on a $100 budget in a cabin outside LA to building the Creep Tapes on AMC+ and Shudder, working with a teenage director on Backrooms, and reflecting on 15+ years of doing things his own way. He discusses mental health, mentorship, and why the old rules of "breaking in" don't apply anymore + scene breakdowns from The League, Creep Tape, Safety Not Guaranteed, and Paddleton. Season 3 of Creep Tapes is out now on AMC+ and Shudder. 00:00 – Cold open 00:03 – Welcome + Creep Tapes Season 3 01:09 – The origin of Creep: shooting on a $100 budget with Patrick 02:38 – "It never has to see the light of day" : how Creep almost didn't exist 03:50 – Selling Creep to Netflix and finding an audience slowly 05:01 – Growing up in New Orleans and redefining what "success" looked like 06:02 – Survivor's guilt and why he mentors young filmmakers 07:28 – "I got my dream and I don't like it anymore" 09:50 – Why he keeps bouncing between big paychecks and $100 shoots 10:54 – Building an "oddball career" as actor/writer/director/producer 11:45 – Mentoring Colin Trevorrow and getting Safety Not Guaranteed made 13:24 – Working with Kane Parsons, the teenage director of Backrooms 15:03 – His mentorship philosophy: belief over advice 16:37 – Opening up about mental health on Instagram 20:15 – The response from fans and why it mattered 21:29 – The Russell Crowe "Beautiful Mind" analogy for mental health 22:11 – Seeing Tori Amos and what healing looks like over time 23:26 – Revisiting his SXSW "Cavalry" speech, 11 years later 24:22 – Why the path is more complicated now but the tenets are the same 25:28 – YouTube and Tubi as the new way to prove your show before streamers buy it 26:51 – CREEP TAPES 27:16 – Playing different characters every episode of Creep Tapes 29:11 – Half-writer, half-actor: his unscripted performance style 33:30 – "Balls equality" and nudity on his own terms 36:01 – SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED 37:57 – Scene breakdown: Safety Not Guaranteed 40:12 – Pulling favors to make a $750K movie look expensive 41:15 – The scripts that never get made and why that's fine 42:11 – What actually gets him up in the morning now 43:10 – Sean Baker's Oscar run and stepping back from the chase 44:06 – Producing Elliot Tuttle's $50K film Blue Film 47:04 – THE LEAGUE 48:43 – Remembering $8,000-an-episode beginnings 50:20 – Why big "man-child" comedies stopped getting made 51:41 – Where Tires fits into that conversation 52:38 – Airport encounters and fans who want The League back 53:28 – Learning how to be gracious with fans 54:10 – Signing a six-year deal and deciding Season 7 was "mostly about the money" 56:14 – Behind the scenes with NFL players on The League 58:34 – PADDLETON 59:47 – Paddleton and the breath-holding trick that fooled Ray Romano 01:03:42 – Closing thoughts + where to watch Creep Tape Season 3 #SceneStealers #MarkDuplass #CreepTapes #IndieFilm #IndieFilmmaking #Filmmaking #FilmTwitter #ActorInterview #TheLeague #Backrooms

Adria Arjona joins Scene Stealers with John Feitelberg to break down her most iconic movie scenes from ONSLAUGHT (in theaters now), HIT MAN, ANDOR, BLINK TWICE and SPLITSVILLE. Adria reveals the personal detail she pitched for her ONSLAUGHT character, goes deep on working with Tony Gilroy on ANDOR, talks filming SPLITSVILLE's real-blood fight scene with Dakota Johnson, and gets honest about why she can't stop spoiling secrets to the people closest to her. ONSLAUGHT is in theaters now! In this interview, Adria Arjona breaks down: - The self-stabbing tic she came up with for ONSLAUGHT - Making HIT MAN with Glen Powell and director Richard Linklater - Working with Tony Gilroy on Star Wars' ANDOR - Filming BLINK TWICE with Zoë Kravitz in Mérida, Mexico - The insane real-blood fight scene in SPLITSVILLE - Why A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE might be the best female performance ever - Male vs. female directors, and why she wants to cancel method acting 00:00 – Intro 00:03:02 – Reginald Bell Johnson steals ONSLAUGHT 00:04:32 – "All I know is empathy" 00:05:23 – The self-stabbing scene she pitched herself 00:08:44 – HIT MAN 00:10:08 – Why Madison falls for a killer 00:11:19 – The Listerine strips 00:12:55 – Glen Powell's 100 characters 00:16:18 – ANDOR 00:17:12 – Reading her first Star Wars script 00:19:35 – Tony Gilroy picks up on the second ring 00:23:33 – Adria spoiled the ending (to her dad, boyfriend, brother) 00:25:32 – BLINK TWICE 00:26:08 – Living on set in Mérida, Truman Show style 00:27:37 – The Beyoncé needle drop story 00:28:38 – Male vs. female directors 00:29:51 – The actor she couldn't stand & "can we cancel method acting?" 00:32:40 – Monarch 00:34:55 – SPLITSVILLE 00:38:11 – The real-blood fight scene 00:39:46 – A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Scene Stealers is where actors, directors, and filmmakers sit down to watch and break down their most memorable on-screen scenes. Please subscribe! #SceneStealers #AdriaArjona #Actor #Onslaught #HitMan #Andor #BlinkTwice #Splitsville #MovieInterview

Mark Wahlberg & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II sit down to talk By Any Means... Mark as real-life mob hitman Greg Scarpa, Yahya as FBI agent Wayne Strider and then dig into scenes from their own careers. Mark tells the wild story of almost turning down The Departed (and hanging up on his own agent over it), plus the real reason for that shower cap in the film's final scene. Yahya discusses Wonder Man's cancellation right after his Emmy nomination, working with Sir Ben Kingsley, and looks back at The Get Down, his first-ever job, next to where he is now. Go see By Any Means, in theaters September 4th. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:38 – By Any Means: building Wayne Strider & Greg Scarpa 05:36 – Shooting the film's hardest scenes 08:41 – THE DEPARTED 08:55 – Wahlberg almost turned down the role (the Ari phone call) 10:58 – The hair extensions / shower cap story 13:31 – WONDER MAN 13:49 – Yahya on the Season 2 cancellation 15:58 – Working with Ben Kingsley 20:02 – BOOGIE NIGHTS 20:15 – Burt Reynolds' complicated relationship with the film 24:43 – THE GET DOWN 25:02 – Yahya on his first-ever job vs. now 26:52 – Training & final thoughts #SceneStealers #MarkWahlberg #YahyaAbdulMateenII #ByAnyMeans #TheDeparted #BoogieNights #WonderMan

Matt Johnson & Dominic Sessa Break Down TONY & Their Most Iconic Scenes The director and star of TONY sit down to talk building the film from Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, shooting on location in Provincetown, and the "layered heads" technique that makes every Matt Johnson movie feel so immersive. Plus, they break down scenes from BlackBerry and The Holdovers, and dig into the throughline of delusional ambition running through Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. TONY is out now in theaters, go see it. Chapters: 0:00 – Cold Open 0:29 – intro 1:24 – Pulling scenes from Kitchen Confidential 2:08 – Getting the real stories from Larry Luster 2:54 – Best restaurant in Provincetown 3:15 – Writing dialogue only after casting the actor 3:38 – The line that defines the movie 4:42 – Matt's "next to Dom's feet" directing style 5:31 – Letting actors run long takes without cutting 6:07 – Why Matt’s movies feel so immersive 6:50 – The "layered heads" technique explained 8:22 – Leo Woodall becoming a Boston guy 9:05 – The punch scene with Antonio Banderas 9:42 – Most P-Town thing that happened off-camera 11:06 – The Yellow Deli 12:04 – Learning the real New England seafood culture 12:42 – Getting drunk, karaoke at the Colony Tap 14:07 – BlackBerry scene: "Where the vampires hang out" 16:23 – Casting Glenn Howerton and his ability to rage 17:23 – Making 1975 Provincetown feel lived-in 18:52 – The Nirvanna the Band The Show fireworks scene 20:10 – The Holdovers 20:56 – Alexander Payne's "90% of the role" theory 22:33 – "I make movies with people I like" 24:10 – The throughline of delusional ambition (BlackBerry, Nirvanna, TONY) 25:32 – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie 26:23 – Matt hiding inside his own films / "The joke is on you" 27:08 – Go see TONY in theaters #TONY #MattJohnson #DominicSessa #TheHoldovers #BlackBerry #NirvanaTheBand #AnthonyBourdain #KitchenConfidential #FilmInterview #MovieInterview #IndieFilm #ActorInterview

John Feitelberg sits down with Common for an all-new episode of Scene Stealers to break down the scenes that defined his career. From his breakout role in Smokin' Aces to American Gangster, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Silo, Common reflects on the actors, directors, and moments that shaped him. He shares stories about learning from Denzel Washington, working alongside Keanu Reeves, and the decision to turn down a Kanye West tour to pursue acting. Common also discusses what drew him to Robert Simms in Silo, why he believes acting can heal people, his pursuit of an EGOT, and the films that continue to inspire him. Subscribe for more episodes of Scene Stealers. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Welcome & Becoming Robert Simms in Silo 01:28 - Why Common Chose to Play a Villain 03:11 - Can Acting Heal People? 06:16 - Lessons Learned From Playing Robert Simms 08:23 - Bradley Cooper & Obama 10:29 - Silo, Tim Robbins & Chasing an EGOT 14:50 - JOHN WICK : CHAPTER 2 15:00 - Behind the Scenes of John Wick: Chapter 2 17:24 - Keanu Reeves' Incredible Work Ethic 18:43 - AMERICAN GANGSTER 19:12 - Learning From Denzel on American Gangster 23:01 - SMOKIN' ACES 23:28 - Landing His First Acting Role (Smokin' Aces) 27:21 - Turning Down Kanye's Tour to Pursue Acting 29:19 - Working With Charlie Day on Fool's Paradise 31:44 - Why No Country for Old Men Is a Masterpiece 33:55 - The Comic-Con Lorax Story & Final Thoughts #Common #Silo #JohnWick #AmericanGangster #KanyeWest #KeanuReeves #DenzelWashington #AppleTV #SceneStealers #Movies #Film #Acting

Jeffrey Dean Morgan : Negan breaks down the Walking Dead bat scene, 10 years of playing the character, and his roles in Watchmen and The Losers. On this episode of Scene Stealers, Jeffrey Dean Morgan sits down to relive his most iconic scenes starting with The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 and the evolving dynamic between Negan and Maggie. JDM breaks down the legendary "bat scene," including the secrecy around who Negan actually killed and the alternate endings shot to catch a leaker. The conversation also covers Jeffrey Dean Morgan's role as The Comedian in Zack Snyder's Watchmen, his time on The Losers alongside Idris Elba and Chris Evans, and the story behind how he ended up owning Samuel's Candy Shop in Rhinebeck, NY with Paul Rudd. SCENES : - The Losers - Watchmen - The Walking Dead The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 3 is streaming now on AMC and AMC+. Chapters: 00:00 — Cold Open 00:18 — Welcome Jeffrey Dean Morgan 00:37 — Dead City Season 3: Negan & Maggie's Fallout 02:17 — Becoming a Walking Dead Superfan 03:05 — Getting Cast as Negan 04:15 — This Season's Shift in Tone 04:38 — Jenny's Death & Its Aftermath 06:04 — Why He's Still Playing Negan After 10 Years 06:28 — The Dead City Cast & Jimmy Simpson 08:14 — The Samuel's Candy Shop Story 09:06 — Buying a Cabin in the Hudson Valley 11:02 — Meeting the Rudds & Buying the Store 13:16 — THE LOSERS 13:37 — Reuniting With Sylvain White 21:34 — WATCHMEN 21:56 — Watchmen & The Comedian 22:20 — Doctor Manhattan & "The Big Blue Dick" 23:53 — The Nine-Day Opening Fight Scene 25:53 — His Dad on Set 28:12 — THE WALKING DEAD 29:31 — Negan's Introduction: The Bat Scene 31:15 — The Secret Alternate Endings 33:05 — Building the Lean & the Smile 37:17 — Wrap #thewalkingdead #deadcity #jeffreydeanmorgan #negan