May 21, 2025 • 6 mins
“Should I ask Tom Cruise for a selfie… or pitch him a short film for an Oscar?” That’s the burning question Ben Rogers wrestles with as he prepares to meet the legendary action star—and it’s just the beginning of this wild ride on The Ben and Skin Show.In this laugh-out-loud episode, Ben, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive headfirst into the chaos surrounding the upcoming Madden biopic. From Nicolas Cage as John Madden to Christian Bale as Al Davis, the casting alone is enough to raise eyebrows—but it’s the behind-the-scenes drama that really steals the show. A mysterious actor storms off set over a controversial scene involving nudity and a disputed use of the n-word, sparking a fiery debate among the crew and our hosts.🎬 Key Moments & Themes:
- Ben’s hilarious anxiety over meeting Tom Cruise: “Do I ask for a selfie or get him to do a liner for the show?”
- The Madden movie meltdown: full-frontal nudity, prosthetics, and a director with a reputation for chaos.
- A deep dive into David O. Russell’s past clashes with stars like George Clooney.
- A side-splitting debate on whether staring at a prosthetic “dong” is less traumatic than the real thing.
- A detour into dark true crime documentaries and the absurdity of the Liver King doc.
- “Boom. Look at that penis.” — Skin, imagining a Madden locker room musical number.
- “If you’re staring at a giant one… does it matter if it’s real or plastic?”
- “Maybe don’t be an actor if you can’t handle locker room dongs.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Get there as soon as you can. It is delicious.
But right now it's time for this the sticky floor,
the giant pickle for feed.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
The big story in movie culture is that Ben's gonna
hang out with Tom Cruise.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Tomorrow best friends.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Man.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I mean, I can't wait to see which way it goes.
Do I ask for a selfie? Do I get him
do a liner for the show. You can go any
number of ways, Man.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Get a selfie and see if you can shoot a
short film that you can nominate, get nominated for an
Academy Award.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
We talked a little bit about the upcoming Madden movie
that's being made about John.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
We talk to him about that.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh hs, and what do you think about the casting
for that?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Has he ever done a movie with Nick Cage? Hell? Yeah,
what that one time? I don't think he has. I
don't think he has yep.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah. Would be saying who is his most Who does
like the the actress that he celebrates when he goes
to the theater. Who are some people that he enjoys
seeing do their craft? Does he like Leo or is
it competition and Diesel.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Ask him if he still has any sort of grief
from the set of Taps when he made that movie
with Timothy Hutton.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yeah, he was so young. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
So Nicholas Cage is John Madden, Christian Bale will be
Al Davis.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So here's what happened.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Though. There's a supporting actor unnamed as of right now,
and he allegedly quit the film a couple of days
ago because the director, he says, claims that the director
used the N word, and there was a scene that
involves some full frontal nudity. But sources close to Amazon
(01:39):
Studios are like, nah, that's not what happened. This guy's
twisting the words. So the film's director is David Russell of.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Oh, that's David O. Russell.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
David Oh yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. You probably best know
him for Silver Linings, Playbook, American Hustle. He's done a
lot of stuff, did a lot of great indie movies
early on too.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
So Crew and Casman told TMZ Friday that Russell was
working with the unnamed actor on an impromptu monologue and
he allegedly dropped the in bomb and that upset actor
and a couple others walked off the set, but studio sources,
Amazon sources tell TMZ it was actually the actor's idea
to use the inn word in the scene after a
(02:20):
private creative conversation with the director. Ultimately, the word was
not used when they shot the scene, which is great.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We don't need that word used.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Just going back in my memory bank, I believe David O.
Russell got into big fights with George Clooney when they
made Three Kings Ah, that they were both very headstrong
on what they wanted and that they clashed on the clones.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Coloney also got butt hurt when Biden didn't recognize him.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I mean, in hindsight, it's like.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
My Clooney stock has gone way down. Like you, the
eighty five year old guy didn't recognize you, eighty two whatever,
and you're buttered about it.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
We think it's gonna happen. We forgot that one dude
couldn't stand.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
It's like.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
He's staring right at him in a wheelchair.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
God, I love you Chuck the power phase of Corey Seeger,
We're also told TMZ's also told by the cast and
crew sources that a day earlier the same actor made
it clear he did not want to be in a
nude scene in a locker room setting, which pissed off
David Russell. Yeah, what you know, Hey, maybe don't be
an actor like you're on.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You're on the Madden movie as a supporting actor. There
might be a nude locker room scene.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I mean, they do a lot of prosthetics though, Like,
can't they just they can get that matter?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I mean if you're staring at a giant one and
you're like, does it matter to you if it's real
or just just plastic? But I always pretend it's real
when I'm just saying, man, I don't know if for
his trauma, if you don't want to stare at dong
if it's prosthetic, I don't think it impacts his trauma.
Oh you know, or just go be in a different movie.
I don't know what to tell me.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Dide you like a lot of people would like this
job and are happy to be in the lower room
with the dogs because they want to be a part
of this epic Madden movie.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
But he's saying gratuitous dongs. I'm above this. I can't
be in this. Yeah, you know your words gratuitous? You know,
he didn't say that.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
What is the studios are saying that they they said,
we did not spring nudity on anybody.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Is it a song and dance number like Euphoria? Exactly?
I was thinking for.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
The Madden dude that'd be immigrated and Madden walks in
and he's spraying all their feet with his ten actin.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, tough act in ten acting.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Boom, look at that preenus.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Are you guys?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Are any of y'all aware of the Netflix documentary about
the American family murder story's.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Taking things to dark? I think it's called American Family Murder. No.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
No, it's a story that was apparently all over the
news that I didn't even know it existed, and because
of that, they're filming it as the trial's going on.
You know how sometimes you can watch certain documentaries that
take place over time, and they're there for it, and
so you get this thing where like you're half I
was halfway through it and I was like, wait a minute.
(05:13):
So they're interviewing the people, So did they go to
jail or not? Because they're interviewing them, and then it
keeps going and unfolding you're like, damn, they were interviewing
these people for five and six years.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
I've seen this well I don't know if it's this version,
but I've watched the crime story on this the guy
who killed his wife.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, it's pretty or no, she killed him all American
Murder of the Family next Door?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Is that what it is? No, it's not that one.
Maybe maybe it's an American murder series.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
I mean everything is titled American murder Story. Now you
know what the far of documentary that we talked about
an hour ago? You know what it Auto sent me
to after that? What the liver King documentary.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
It's so bad. It's an infomercial form. Oh god, you've
seen it. That's so bad. Yeah. I started watching it.
I was like, damn, this sucks even for me. I
just want to watch it. I want to watch him
eat crazy stuff. Man, this is terrible. All right, There
you have it. There is the movie news Tension on
the set of the Madden movie. Coming up next, school
bus Chaos in Arlington. We got some bands that are
(06:13):
coming to town you need to know about. We'll talk
Dallas Stars Hockey. That's how we finish up the five
o'clock hour don't go anywhere. We'll be back in just
about three minutes right here, on ninety seven to one,
the Eagle
Andrew's American Pizza Kitchen and Plano Texas Preston and Plano Barkway.
Get there as soon as you can. It is delicious.
But right now it's time for this the sticky floor,
the giant pickle for feed.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
The big story in movie culture is that Ben's gonna
hang out with Tom Cruise.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Tomorrow best friends.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Man.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I mean, I can't wait to see which way it goes.
Do I ask for a selfie? Do I get him
do a liner for the show. You can go any
number of ways, Man.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Get a selfie and see if you can shoot a
short film that you can nominate, get nominated for an
Academy Award.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
We talked a little bit about the upcoming Madden movie
that's being made about John.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
We talk to him about that.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Oh hs, and what do you think about the casting
for that?
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Has he ever done a movie with Nick Cage? Hell? Yeah,
what that one time? I don't think he has. I
don't think he has yep.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah. Would be saying who is his most Who does
like the the actress that he celebrates when he goes
to the theater. Who are some people that he enjoys
seeing do their craft? Does he like Leo or is
it competition and Diesel.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Ask him if he still has any sort of grief
from the set of Taps when he made that movie
with Timothy Hutton.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yeah, he was so young. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
So Nicholas Cage is John Madden, Christian Bale will be
Al Davis.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So here's what happened.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Though. There's a supporting actor unnamed as of right now,
and he allegedly quit the film a couple of days
ago because the director, he says, claims that the director
used the N word, and there was a scene that
involves some full frontal nudity. But sources close to Amazon
(01:39):
Studios are like, nah, that's not what happened. This guy's
twisting the words. So the film's director is David Russell of.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Oh, that's David O. Russell.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
David Oh yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. You probably best know
him for Silver Linings, Playbook, American Hustle. He's done a
lot of stuff, did a lot of great indie movies
early on too.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
So Crew and Casman told TMZ Friday that Russell was
working with the unnamed actor on an impromptu monologue and
he allegedly dropped the in bomb and that upset actor
and a couple others walked off the set, but studio sources,
Amazon sources tell TMZ it was actually the actor's idea
to use the inn word in the scene after a
(02:20):
private creative conversation with the director. Ultimately, the word was
not used when they shot the scene, which is great.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
We don't need that word used.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
You know.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Just going back in my memory bank, I believe David O.
Russell got into big fights with George Clooney when they
made Three Kings Ah, that they were both very headstrong
on what they wanted and that they clashed on the clones.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Coloney also got butt hurt when Biden didn't recognize him.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
I mean, in hindsight, it's like.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
My Clooney stock has gone way down. Like you, the
eighty five year old guy didn't recognize you, eighty two whatever,
and you're buttered about it.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
We think it's gonna happen. We forgot that one dude
couldn't stand.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
It's like.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
He's staring right at him in a wheelchair.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
God, I love you Chuck the power phase of Corey Seeger,
We're also told TMZ's also told by the cast and
crew sources that a day earlier the same actor made
it clear he did not want to be in a
nude scene in a locker room setting, which pissed off
David Russell. Yeah, what you know, Hey, maybe don't be
an actor like you're on.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
You're on the Madden movie as a supporting actor. There
might be a nude locker room scene.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
I mean, they do a lot of prosthetics though, Like,
can't they just they can get that matter?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I mean if you're staring at a giant one and
you're like, does it matter to you if it's real
or just just plastic? But I always pretend it's real
when I'm just saying, man, I don't know if for
his trauma, if you don't want to stare at dong
if it's prosthetic, I don't think it impacts his trauma.
Oh you know, or just go be in a different movie.
I don't know what to tell me.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Dide you like a lot of people would like this
job and are happy to be in the lower room
with the dogs because they want to be a part
of this epic Madden movie.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
But he's saying gratuitous dongs. I'm above this. I can't
be in this. Yeah, you know your words gratuitous? You know,
he didn't say that.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
What is the studios are saying that they they said,
we did not spring nudity on anybody.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Is it a song and dance number like Euphoria? Exactly?
I was thinking for.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
The Madden dude that'd be immigrated and Madden walks in
and he's spraying all their feet with his ten actin.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, tough act in ten acting.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Boom, look at that preenus.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Are you guys?
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Are any of y'all aware of the Netflix documentary about
the American family murder story's.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Taking things to dark? I think it's called American Family Murder. No.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
No, it's a story that was apparently all over the
news that I didn't even know it existed, and because
of that, they're filming it as the trial's going on.
You know how sometimes you can watch certain documentaries that
take place over time, and they're there for it, and
so you get this thing where like you're half I
was halfway through it and I was like, wait a minute.
(05:13):
So they're interviewing the people, So did they go to
jail or not? Because they're interviewing them, and then it
keeps going and unfolding you're like, damn, they were interviewing
these people for five and six years.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
I've seen this well I don't know if it's this version,
but I've watched the crime story on this the guy
who killed his wife.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, it's pretty or no, she killed him all American
Murder of the Family next Door?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Is that what it is? No, it's not that one.
Maybe maybe it's an American murder series.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
I mean everything is titled American murder Story. Now you
know what the far of documentary that we talked about
an hour ago? You know what it Auto sent me
to after that? What the liver King documentary.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
It's so bad. It's an infomercial form. Oh god, you've
seen it. That's so bad. Yeah. I started watching it.
I was like, damn, this sucks even for me. I
just want to watch it. I want to watch him
eat crazy stuff. Man, this is terrible. All right, There
you have it. There is the movie news Tension on
the set of the Madden movie. Coming up next, school
bus Chaos in Arlington. We got some bands that are
(06:13):
coming to town you need to know about. We'll talk
Dallas Stars Hockey. That's how we finish up the five
o'clock hour don't go anywhere. We'll be back in just
about three minutes right here, on ninety seven to one,
the Eagle
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