Charlie leslie odom junior is here. What brought you to hamilton . Leslie sometimes you find the best jobs in this business, you did not audition for, you have no idea how you got there. Week, if imy last get a straight offer, i do not want to ask how it came about. Realize,id they might why did we asked this guy . Years ago to two do a reading of the show. I had seen them do it at vassar. I had seen maybe 45 minutes and was blown away. When i was invited to do the reading, i prepared like id never had before. I came in and all of my music. I knew what they were working on. It had powerful potential. I knew how it affected me. Lyn is only one year older than i am, this is our music. I recognize the rhythms and the syncopation, and the pulse of the peace p iece. Charlie people wondered when hiphop would come to broadway, because rock had come to broadway. Leslie the height happening, and being a watershed moment for hiphop music and latin american actors. , iistened to the heights them
Documentary series, take five will premiere on sundance. Has another series from airing on may 17. I am pleased to have you here. Lets talk specifics. What is take five. . Josh we have a new streaming service. Charlie hbo does it, hulu does it. Josh that took care of it. It is a streaming service, thank you for explaining. It is called sundance now. Arguably perhaps the biggest reservoir in collection of documentaries that man has amassed. Charlie you have curated a collection. That was actually a cable channel called discovery on that idea, way back when. Josh exactly right. It is perhaps the case that the cable channel with ads to support it is not the right formulation or for the worlds greatest documentaries that may have not mass appeal, but may have great importance. To that end, in addition to this collection which we are adding films as well, we did our first original series. The notion was to do Something Interesting in documentaries and timely. , if i, we try to create can sa
I filmed so many animated movies with my g. I. Joes. My dad had those big over the shoulder camcorders. He brought one home. We never shot family videos, it was just me, making movies. Charlie you think you would be a director . I wanted to be Stephen Silver spielberg. He does not get you far in school. I kind of figured to that that is to i was socially, doing the school play. I played a lot of people. Charlie weis that just happen charlie did that just happen . How is it that one kid wants to do those things . What is it in you that made you want to do those things . Those of the things that you do are the things that you do. Is an incredible to do what we love . You have to think about how you looked into this lucked into this. Charlie all of the great albums of all of the great musical theater. My fair lady, sound of music, south pacific. That was the music that we played to clean up after parties. We would dance because we are rican. Can puerto charlie were you shy or like you are
Reflects the qualities of both subject and biographer. Miss, balanced, deliberative, and a deep appreciation of history and the personalities who shape it. All of that being said, i am pleased to have my friend, and the friend of this broadcast, jon meacham. Where do we start. This has been a 17 year project. Jon 17 year odyssey. To my mutual friends, immediately found president bush to be more cockaded and interesting and conversation then the caricature in the press. Charlie how so . Jon the quiet, consistent charisma. I understand how he became president. It was person, by person, by person. Always paying attention to you. The other guy. Wanted to make sure you are comfortable. Part of that fundamental political transaction. What is the fundamental political transaction with politics . You can trust me with your fate. Almost instantly i saw this is how he did it. Charlie the idea of a biography. Jon it developed over the next few years. Me unconditional access to his Vice President
The only thing to do is track on land. Meanwhile we set out here like ducks. I am talking to you. The proper thing to do it be quick. Ish him off i understand. What happened . We did what we had to do. He was buried. All i had was that more boy. You took them from me, do you understand . He is afraid. He knows how far i came to find him. I aint afraid to die anymore. I have done it already. Charlie joining me now is the director. He won three Academy Awards in quite 15 for this film, bird star, leonardo dicaprio. The writer describes his a writer describes his performance is a ferocious commitment. I am pleased to have them both here at this time. Welcome. I love this quote, mrs. You in the hollow it hollywood review. With leo, i said, i would love to see you fragile, vulnerable, to see the man that could be broken, he was very excited by that. Is that how you describe hugh glass . Leonardo it is an interesting story for all of us read it is sort of a campfire legend that represents th