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Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is Later with Lee Matthews, The Lee Matthews Podcast
More What You Hear Weekday Afternoon's on the Drive.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Everybody remembers him for his Academy Award winning role in
Jerry Maguire, but he's done so many other things. Outbreak
as good as it gets, What Dreams May Come? My
favorite Men of Honor, Pearl Harbor, and many many more.
Cuba Gooding Junior is joining us, And of all those roles,
Cuba Gooding Junior, I will always remember when I first
saw you as guy getting his haircut in coming to America.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Well, you know, it's funny. I always do that when
I meet people, and then they start talking about my
career and they're like, man, I loved you boys and
the Hood, and I loved you in this and I
loved you and you know what my very first filmar
was And they go, what I go, coming to America?
They go, oh, yeah, you were great in that. I go,
and who did I play? And they never know? So
I always show me the photo of me sitting in
that barbership, and.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I don't know how you got through that scene with
Eddie without breaking unless there were a lot of breaks.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Well, there were a lot of breaks. Took us four
days to shoot that scene because if you remember, he
was four or five different characters in that scene. Every
time he had to go through makeup, it was like
a four to five hour turn breakdown, and then we'd
have to do the entire scene from that angle, every
single take. And I just literally sat in that chair
(01:28):
for four or five days. So it was crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
At the end of it, you really did have to
get a haircut.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Cuba Gooding juniors here to talk about Angels Fallen Warriors
of Peace and this is the sequel to your first
Angels Fallen.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
That's correct. I wasn't associated with the first one, and
I got to tell you. So what happened was my
agents called me, said, there's these brothers that are director
of producers. They're big in the commercial world, especially doing
commercials from LGE and all of the you know, the
electronics and whatnot. And they did this sequel to this
(02:05):
movie and they'd like you to see footage from it.
And I said great, and they said, no, the movie.
That's the sequel to the movie. I said, oh, they
have footage of it. So they sent me this footage
of this world that these demons and angels fighting, and
they said, and we're going to put you right in
the middle of it. And I realized then that I
(02:26):
almost have outlived my time on film in cinema because
this new generation of filmmakers, man, they just the things
that they do in computer now with AI and all
of the tools that they have. It will really seeing
that the transition to the next generation right now and
audience is they are this generations. I believe Ridley and
(02:51):
Tony Scott and I think they're real storytellers. But time
will tell. But I put my hat in their rings
and then stand behind them as real.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Filmmakers, you and me both, Kouba Gooding Junior. I mean,
I've seen so many innovations in this business. I mean
when I started, I was spinning platters and cutting up
audio tape. It would be nothing for me to have
a horful of tape by the end of the day
because of all the editing I had to do. And
I don't even have to do that anymore. It's amazing stuff.
But Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace, this is, I guess
(03:22):
best described as a sci fi fantasy horror.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, yeah, you have. It's funny because I've been associated
with a couple of faith based movies lately, the one
that comes out August second Firing Squad, and this one
preceding it with Angel's following Warriors of Piece in the
Ancillario markets for video. But this film specifically deals with
(03:52):
you meet these soldiers who are fighting in Iraq and
having to deal with the horrors and the reality of war,
and some of their members in their troops have fallen.
And then at the same time, parallel, you see the
angels that are protecting them, fighting that spiritual warfare that
(04:13):
is unseen to them. But one thing leads to another,
and these two worlds collide in this kaleidoscope of visuals
that I think are truly impressive. And again, the level
of storytelling that these two brothers, Zeus the producer and
Ali the director, rise to to bring these two worlds
(04:35):
together is truly amazing, and I think, and I think
that's where I'm involved.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
So Cuba or Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace it is
out now. Denise Richards is also co starring in it.
You play the character Gabriel who is reached out to
by a very mysterious character, Balthazar.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, Yeah, So my character has and been kind of
the artie an angel. This this character played by Josh Burdette,
and he is now tasked to recruit him into the
(05:21):
spiritual realm to continue to fight against evil and demon specifically,
and it takes him some time to convince him that
this is real. And when he does, you get to
the audience has pulled into this world and it's one
of those visual roads that we go down in cinema
(05:41):
that that to do it the way that these brothers
have done it, I think it's just it's going to
be something that people really enjoy.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
So and it's angels fallen, warriors of peace, and you've
got some pretty biblical sounding names in here. But do
they parallel the actual biblical case characters of Archangel Michael
and Gabriel and Balthazar.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
They do to some degree. Yeah, they absolutely do to
some degree. I mean, my character, the Bowbazar character is
probably closest to the Marchie Angel Michael. I know that
some of the framework put behind his backdrop and how
(06:25):
he's been fighting demons from since the beginning of time
are pulled straight from the Bible. So yeah, I'd say
that they were amoutgamations of some of these characters, these
biblical characters.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Absolutely kuber Gerning Junior and the movie is Angels Fallen
Warriors of Peace, which is out now, and I think
this will also this will strike a chord with many
veterans of some of the modern conflicts we've had lately.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Absolutely, when you meet Josh's character, he is invented with
this troop of soldiers in Iraq who are fighting to
help alleviate some of the conflict over there, and you
actually the footage that they showed me, which is what
made me side on in the movie, was so visually studying.
I couldn't believe that they did what they did with
(07:14):
the budget that they had for this movie. I mean,
you really feel like you're in warfare over there. And
what's great about real filmmakers is that you can be
in such conflict and visuals that are so stimulating at
the same time you you care about these characters. You
you fall into hoping that you know, it's easy to
(07:36):
watch a boxing match with two boxes that you don't know,
but when you hear the back story of someone who's
fighting for the you know, a loved one that was
recently passed. It gives you an added you know, some
more skin in the game, and I think that's what
happens with these characters. There. You learn about their their
their past and their history and where they're going, and
(07:57):
I think our story makes you really care for them.
So it's one of those stories that really resonates with
the audience.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Cuba Gooding Junior, Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace. I would
love to talk to you about men of Honor because
I too am a diver. It's one of my favorite
roles of yours. But we'll have to do that on
the next interview because I'm out of time. But I
thank you for joining us and we look forward to
seeing Angels Fallen. Thank you, Cub Gooding Junior.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Thank you, love you.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Thanks for listening to Later with Lee Matthews, the Lee
Matthews Podcast, and remember to listen to The Drive Live
weekday afternoons from five to seven and iHeartMedia Presentation
This is Later with Lee Matthews, The Lee Matthews Podcast
More What You Hear Weekday Afternoon's on the Drive.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Everybody remembers him for his Academy Award winning role in
Jerry Maguire, but he's done so many other things. Outbreak
as good as it gets, What Dreams May Come? My
favorite Men of Honor, Pearl Harbor, and many many more.
Cuba Gooding Junior is joining us, And of all those roles,
Cuba Gooding Junior, I will always remember when I first
saw you as guy getting his haircut in coming to America.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Well, you know, it's funny. I always do that when
I meet people, and then they start talking about my
career and they're like, man, I loved you boys and
the Hood, and I loved you in this and I
loved you and you know what my very first filmar
was And they go, what I go, coming to America?
They go, oh, yeah, you were great in that. I go,
and who did I play? And they never know? So
I always show me the photo of me sitting in
that barbership, and.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I don't know how you got through that scene with
Eddie without breaking unless there were a lot of breaks.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Well, there were a lot of breaks. Took us four
days to shoot that scene because if you remember, he
was four or five different characters in that scene. Every
time he had to go through makeup, it was like
a four to five hour turn breakdown, and then we'd
have to do the entire scene from that angle, every
single take. And I just literally sat in that chair
(01:28):
for four or five days. So it was crazy.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
At the end of it, you really did have to
get a haircut.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Cuba Gooding juniors here to talk about Angels Fallen Warriors
of Peace and this is the sequel to your first
Angels Fallen.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
That's correct. I wasn't associated with the first one, and
I got to tell you. So what happened was my
agents called me, said, there's these brothers that are director
of producers. They're big in the commercial world, especially doing
commercials from LGE and all of the you know, the
electronics and whatnot. And they did this sequel to this
(02:05):
movie and they'd like you to see footage from it.
And I said great, and they said, no, the movie.
That's the sequel to the movie. I said, oh, they
have footage of it. So they sent me this footage
of this world that these demons and angels fighting, and
they said, and we're going to put you right in
the middle of it. And I realized then that I
(02:26):
almost have outlived my time on film in cinema because
this new generation of filmmakers, man, they just the things
that they do in computer now with AI and all
of the tools that they have. It will really seeing
that the transition to the next generation right now and
audience is they are this generations. I believe Ridley and
(02:51):
Tony Scott and I think they're real storytellers. But time
will tell. But I put my hat in their rings
and then stand behind them as real.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Filmmakers, you and me both, Kouba Gooding Junior. I mean,
I've seen so many innovations in this business. I mean
when I started, I was spinning platters and cutting up
audio tape. It would be nothing for me to have
a horful of tape by the end of the day
because of all the editing I had to do. And
I don't even have to do that anymore. It's amazing stuff.
But Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace, this is, I guess
(03:22):
best described as a sci fi fantasy horror.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, yeah, you have. It's funny because I've been associated
with a couple of faith based movies lately, the one
that comes out August second Firing Squad, and this one
preceding it with Angel's following Warriors of Piece in the
Ancillario markets for video. But this film specifically deals with
(03:52):
you meet these soldiers who are fighting in Iraq and
having to deal with the horrors and the reality of war,
and some of their members in their troops have fallen.
And then at the same time, parallel, you see the
angels that are protecting them, fighting that spiritual warfare that
(04:13):
is unseen to them. But one thing leads to another,
and these two worlds collide in this kaleidoscope of visuals
that I think are truly impressive. And again, the level
of storytelling that these two brothers, Zeus the producer and
Ali the director, rise to to bring these two worlds
(04:35):
together is truly amazing, and I think, and I think
that's where I'm involved.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
So Cuba or Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace it is
out now. Denise Richards is also co starring in it.
You play the character Gabriel who is reached out to
by a very mysterious character, Balthazar.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, Yeah, So my character has and been kind of
the artie an angel. This this character played by Josh Burdette,
and he is now tasked to recruit him into the
(05:21):
spiritual realm to continue to fight against evil and demon specifically,
and it takes him some time to convince him that
this is real. And when he does, you get to
the audience has pulled into this world and it's one
of those visual roads that we go down in cinema
(05:41):
that that to do it the way that these brothers
have done it, I think it's just it's going to
be something that people really enjoy.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
So and it's angels fallen, warriors of peace, and you've
got some pretty biblical sounding names in here. But do
they parallel the actual biblical case characters of Archangel Michael
and Gabriel and Balthazar.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
They do to some degree. Yeah, they absolutely do to
some degree. I mean, my character, the Bowbazar character is
probably closest to the Marchie Angel Michael. I know that
some of the framework put behind his backdrop and how
(06:25):
he's been fighting demons from since the beginning of time
are pulled straight from the Bible. So yeah, I'd say
that they were amoutgamations of some of these characters, these
biblical characters.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Absolutely kuber Gerning Junior and the movie is Angels Fallen
Warriors of Peace, which is out now, and I think
this will also this will strike a chord with many
veterans of some of the modern conflicts we've had lately.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Absolutely, when you meet Josh's character, he is invented with
this troop of soldiers in Iraq who are fighting to
help alleviate some of the conflict over there, and you
actually the footage that they showed me, which is what
made me side on in the movie, was so visually studying.
I couldn't believe that they did what they did with
(07:14):
the budget that they had for this movie. I mean,
you really feel like you're in warfare over there. And
what's great about real filmmakers is that you can be
in such conflict and visuals that are so stimulating at
the same time you you care about these characters. You
you fall into hoping that you know, it's easy to
(07:36):
watch a boxing match with two boxes that you don't know,
but when you hear the back story of someone who's
fighting for the you know, a loved one that was
recently passed. It gives you an added you know, some
more skin in the game, and I think that's what
happens with these characters. There. You learn about their their
their past and their history and where they're going, and
(07:57):
I think our story makes you really care for them.
So it's one of those stories that really resonates with
the audience.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Cuba Gooding Junior, Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace. I would
love to talk to you about men of Honor because
I too am a diver. It's one of my favorite
roles of yours. But we'll have to do that on
the next interview because I'm out of time. But I
thank you for joining us and we look forward to
seeing Angels Fallen. Thank you, Cub Gooding Junior.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Thank you, love you.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Thanks for listening to Later with Lee Matthews, the Lee
Matthews Podcast, and remember to listen to The Drive Live
weekday afternoons from five to seven and iHeartMedia Presentation
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