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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Alabama's morning news. I'm JT. And joining me now is
one of my favorite guys from a favorite show, Yellowstones.
Jimmy is joining us, Jefferson White. How are you, sir?
Welcome in.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm great, JT. Thank you so much for taking the time. Man,
I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I got to tell you've got a great new fun
movie coming on, and I do want to talk about this. Obviously,
drink and be merry. It's a new holiday film. I'm
assuming this is. Please tell me a comedy, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
It's a comedy with a little sadness or a tragedy
with a little comedy. It's like all holiday movies, you know,
there's always a little bit of melancholy in there, and
it's also a joyful time. So I think it strikes
that balance.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
But it's not bad santor some horror film involving.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
No no, not at all.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
The fun movie for the whole family.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Can watch it, Yeah, I would say so family. I
especially for folks that are my age. You know, so
I'm a millennial. I won't get too specific there, but
I'm a millennial. So I think it's really great for
my generation and then our parents, you know. I think
it's really about this kind of intergenerational community between lineals
and their parents and jen X so you know my
folks my age and older.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Okay, awesome, So I'm looking forward to watching it. How
can I watch it? Where can I watch it?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You can rent it right now on amazonuch where I
usually rent digital video, So you can rent it right now.
It's available right now. Or you can buy a Blu
Ray if you like physical media. We're pretty proud of that.
We're pretty excited to have a Blu Ray disc out,
so you can really take your pick.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So prime on Amazon if you got that platform, you
can check it out. Drink and be merry. Jefferson White,
who also plays Jimmy on Yellowstone, I got to tell you,
I feel kind of bad. Actually, you know that you're
doing the interview with me that you never get any sleep.
My gosh, you never stopped working, dude, talk to me
about this. Your schedule is insane. Not only Yellowstone, which
(01:43):
is just incredible, but you started in a feature film,
Civil War. I mean, this was a great thing. Who
is it. Kirsten Dunst was also in that with.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
You, Oh yeah, and Kaylee Spainey and Wagner Mora and
Jesse Plemmons, a bunch of my favorite actors.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, great stuff there. And also I lane remember that
movie with Anne Hathaway. Folks. And now a lot of
people obviously know you from Yellowstone, but you're getting ready
to do a new film. You're gonna be starring as
Lee Harvey oswaldteen November nineteen sixty three. When does this
come out?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
That was an amazing one. We shot that this summer,
so I think we wrapped in August, so hopefully it'll
come out in twenty twenty six. I'm crossing my fingers.
I can't wait to see it. It was really an
amazing experience. The director role in Joffy is like an
incredibly revered, respected director to two Oscar nominations, just a
really amazing director. So I'm very excited for that one myself,
(02:40):
hopefully in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Before you played the role of Lee Harvey Oswald, well
you were you up to speed or did you have
to do some research on the whole Kennedy assassination and
Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby and the whole ball
of wax.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
You know, I would have thought I was up to speed.
I thought I had a pretty good grip, but it
goes pretty deep, so I definitely spent a lot at
There's a ton of information. He's a very people are
really fascinated with that story because it's a fascinating story.
So you can, really, you can make a whole career
out of doing research about those those few characters and
the very very specific circumstances of that assassination. So I
(03:16):
definitely went deeper while working on that film than I
had in the past.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
All Right, I'm going to ask you, is Lee Harvey Oswald, Lee,
did you do it alone or did you have some help?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
You got to watch the movie to find out. This
is exactly This is exactly what the film is about.
Is that question right there? And it's a fascinating and
strange question.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
That's incredible. I really am fascinated with that whole story,
and I still don't think we know all the answers
to everything that happened during the whole process of JFK's assassination,
but hopefully this film will shed some light. If not,
I just can't wait to see you in this character role.
You are like an amba. You just kind of change
colors and morph into and a chameleon. I should say
(03:57):
not an Amba do Amieba's change culture.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
But anywayily he shipped around. That's very nice for you
to say. I'm very honored that you said that. All
my favorite actors, the actors that I admire the most
are have that kind of flexibility. They do a lot
of different stuff. They keep surprising you. I'm trying to
learn that, you know. That's what I'm trying to grow into,
is a career as a character actor like that, because
(04:20):
it's my favorite kind of actor and it's my favorite
kind of movie.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Well, I'm really looking forward to seeing the comedy Drink
Could Be Married during the holidays. It's on Amazon, folks.
And then your role as Lee Harvey Oswald has to
be a complete, totally one to eighty from Jimmy on Yellowstone,
I mean, right, I got to talk to you about
Yellowstone for a minute here. I mean Kevin Coster. Obviously,
if you haven't seen the show, you know you know
it ends not well for Kevin's character, you know, John Dunton.
(04:46):
But that series one of the best series I think
I've ever seen, and the Taylor Sheridan story on how
he was broke before you know, he got into this
and he was kind of stuck in a pigeonhole, if
you will, in Hollywood, and he said, well, you know what,
I'm just gonna go on my own then, and wow,
billion dollar shows now and just spin offs everywhere, and
you know, nineteen twenty three and just all these other
(05:07):
shows are great. And now with this whole situation with
Yellowstone ending, but you know other shows spinning, are you
still going to be a part of that whole scenario
with Taylor?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Well, first, I just want to address what you just said,
because I couldn't agree more. I really admire Taylor in
a million ways. One thing that I really have tried
to learn from him is to kind of seize the
reins of your own destiny. He's an incredible example for
actors everywhere because he was being an actor is very mercenary.
You're sort of sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.
(05:42):
And at a certain point he got sick of that
and he said, Okay, I'm going to make my own luck.
I'm going to work harder than anybody, and I'm going
to build an empire for myself. You know. So that's
something I really really admire in him, and I think
you're exactly right to like name that that's one of
the things that's so special about him, and that's something
that we all are sort of trying to learn from him.
(06:02):
So I hope that I get to work with Taylor
more in the future. I agree. I think he's one
of the best writers period in television particularly, but also
I'd love his films, So I really hope that I
get to keep working with him. But more than anything else,
I also want to really truly internalize that lesson, which is,
don't sit around and wait for the phone during make
(06:22):
your own luck, make your own work. Yeah, and this
film Drink and Be Merry is really me and my
friends trying to do just that. You know, it's us
trying to say, hey, it's hard to sit around and wait,
we're not sure when the next job is coming. Let's
make our own movie. Let's do this ourselves. Let's kind
of take responsibility for our own careers.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Very cool, Very cool. All right, one last question on
Yellowstone Saga, and then we'll move on a little bit here.
But did you find yourself gravitating towards any particular actor
during your rep you know, your reps with the cast
in the episodes. Was Kevin Wine, was it you know,
was it Rip? Was it you know, anybody else on
(07:02):
the show that you know, you kind of hung with
and became, you know, buds with.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Well, all of us in the bunk house, we really
got to spend a ton of time together, So my buddy,
Ian Bowen, Denham, Richards, jen Landon, Ethan Lee, Jake Green,
we all got to spend so much time together, so
that that was a really really rich kind of place
to learn. And then those scenes I would have with
Cole Houser who plays Rip, or with Kevin who played John,
(07:26):
obviously that was like that's the masterclass, Like those are
the really precious moments. I use the sports metaphors sometime
and it's like you want to catch those passes from
Tom Brady. Getting in those scenes and feeling what it
feels like to work with the best, that's like a
real privilege as an actor. So our job is to
kind of be ready to catch the football no matter
(07:48):
where it comes from. But we're especially lucky when we
get to catch it from from from you know, from
actors like that.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
From well, I got to tell you, you know, your
character just stood out so well and you did say,
such a great job with it, and you know, hats
off to you on that. And I'm so excited about
seeing not only the new movie Lee Harvey Oswald, but
also you know, drink and be merry this holiday season.
It's available now on Amazon.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
It's available right now.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Awesome, awesome, Well, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jefferson White, thank you so see,
I can't get away from it.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
I don't mind it, man, I'm honored. Thank you very much,
thank you for taking the time.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
I appreciate you. And Merry Christmas to you, Jefferson, thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Merry Christmas to you too.
Alabama's morning news. I'm JT. And joining me now is
one of my favorite guys from a favorite show, Yellowstones.
Jimmy is joining us, Jefferson White. How are you, sir?
Welcome in.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm great, JT. Thank you so much for taking the time. Man,
I appreciate that.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I got to tell you've got a great new fun
movie coming on, and I do want to talk about this. Obviously,
drink and be merry. It's a new holiday film. I'm
assuming this is. Please tell me a comedy, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
It's a comedy with a little sadness or a tragedy
with a little comedy. It's like all holiday movies, you know,
there's always a little bit of melancholy in there, and
it's also a joyful time. So I think it strikes
that balance.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
But it's not bad santor some horror film involving.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
No no, not at all.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
The fun movie for the whole family.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Can watch it, Yeah, I would say so family. I
especially for folks that are my age. You know, so
I'm a millennial. I won't get too specific there, but
I'm a millennial. So I think it's really great for
my generation and then our parents, you know. I think
it's really about this kind of intergenerational community between lineals
and their parents and jen X so you know my
folks my age and older.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Okay, awesome, So I'm looking forward to watching it. How
can I watch it? Where can I watch it?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
You can rent it right now on amazonuch where I
usually rent digital video, So you can rent it right now.
It's available right now. Or you can buy a Blu
Ray if you like physical media. We're pretty proud of that.
We're pretty excited to have a Blu Ray disc out,
so you can really take your pick.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
So prime on Amazon if you got that platform, you
can check it out. Drink and be merry. Jefferson White,
who also plays Jimmy on Yellowstone, I got to tell you,
I feel kind of bad. Actually, you know that you're
doing the interview with me that you never get any sleep.
My gosh, you never stopped working, dude, talk to me
about this. Your schedule is insane. Not only Yellowstone, which
(01:43):
is just incredible, but you started in a feature film,
Civil War. I mean, this was a great thing. Who
is it. Kirsten Dunst was also in that with.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
You, Oh yeah, and Kaylee Spainey and Wagner Mora and
Jesse Plemmons, a bunch of my favorite actors.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Yeah, great stuff there. And also I lane remember that
movie with Anne Hathaway. Folks. And now a lot of
people obviously know you from Yellowstone, but you're getting ready
to do a new film. You're gonna be starring as
Lee Harvey oswaldteen November nineteen sixty three. When does this
come out?
Speaker 2 (02:17):
That was an amazing one. We shot that this summer,
so I think we wrapped in August, so hopefully it'll
come out in twenty twenty six. I'm crossing my fingers.
I can't wait to see it. It was really an
amazing experience. The director role in Joffy is like an
incredibly revered, respected director to two Oscar nominations, just a
really amazing director. So I'm very excited for that one myself,
(02:40):
hopefully in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Before you played the role of Lee Harvey Oswald, well
you were you up to speed or did you have
to do some research on the whole Kennedy assassination and
Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby and the whole ball
of wax.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
You know, I would have thought I was up to speed.
I thought I had a pretty good grip, but it
goes pretty deep, so I definitely spent a lot at
There's a ton of information. He's a very people are
really fascinated with that story because it's a fascinating story.
So you can, really, you can make a whole career
out of doing research about those those few characters and
the very very specific circumstances of that assassination. So I
(03:16):
definitely went deeper while working on that film than I
had in the past.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
All Right, I'm going to ask you, is Lee Harvey Oswald, Lee,
did you do it alone or did you have some help?
Speaker 2 (03:26):
You got to watch the movie to find out. This
is exactly This is exactly what the film is about.
Is that question right there? And it's a fascinating and
strange question.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
That's incredible. I really am fascinated with that whole story,
and I still don't think we know all the answers
to everything that happened during the whole process of JFK's assassination,
but hopefully this film will shed some light. If not,
I just can't wait to see you in this character role.
You are like an amba. You just kind of change
colors and morph into and a chameleon. I should say
(03:57):
not an Amba do Amieba's change culture.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
But anywayily he shipped around. That's very nice for you
to say. I'm very honored that you said that. All
my favorite actors, the actors that I admire the most
are have that kind of flexibility. They do a lot
of different stuff. They keep surprising you. I'm trying to
learn that, you know. That's what I'm trying to grow into,
is a career as a character actor like that, because
(04:20):
it's my favorite kind of actor and it's my favorite
kind of movie.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Well, I'm really looking forward to seeing the comedy Drink
Could Be Married during the holidays. It's on Amazon, folks.
And then your role as Lee Harvey Oswald has to
be a complete, totally one to eighty from Jimmy on Yellowstone,
I mean, right, I got to talk to you about
Yellowstone for a minute here. I mean Kevin Coster. Obviously,
if you haven't seen the show, you know you know
it ends not well for Kevin's character, you know, John Dunton.
(04:46):
But that series one of the best series I think
I've ever seen, and the Taylor Sheridan story on how
he was broke before you know, he got into this
and he was kind of stuck in a pigeonhole, if
you will, in Hollywood, and he said, well, you know what,
I'm just gonna go on my own then, and wow,
billion dollar shows now and just spin offs everywhere, and
you know, nineteen twenty three and just all these other
(05:07):
shows are great. And now with this whole situation with
Yellowstone ending, but you know other shows spinning, are you
still going to be a part of that whole scenario
with Taylor?
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Well, first, I just want to address what you just said,
because I couldn't agree more. I really admire Taylor in
a million ways. One thing that I really have tried
to learn from him is to kind of seize the
reins of your own destiny. He's an incredible example for
actors everywhere because he was being an actor is very mercenary.
You're sort of sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.
(05:42):
And at a certain point he got sick of that
and he said, Okay, I'm going to make my own luck.
I'm going to work harder than anybody, and I'm going
to build an empire for myself. You know. So that's
something I really really admire in him, and I think
you're exactly right to like name that that's one of
the things that's so special about him, and that's something
that we all are sort of trying to learn from him.
(06:02):
So I hope that I get to work with Taylor
more in the future. I agree. I think he's one
of the best writers period in television particularly, but also
I'd love his films, So I really hope that I
get to keep working with him. But more than anything else,
I also want to really truly internalize that lesson, which is,
don't sit around and wait for the phone during make
(06:22):
your own luck, make your own work. Yeah, and this
film Drink and Be Merry is really me and my
friends trying to do just that. You know, it's us
trying to say, hey, it's hard to sit around and wait,
we're not sure when the next job is coming. Let's
make our own movie. Let's do this ourselves. Let's kind
of take responsibility for our own careers.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
Very cool, Very cool. All right, one last question on
Yellowstone Saga, and then we'll move on a little bit here.
But did you find yourself gravitating towards any particular actor
during your rep you know, your reps with the cast
in the episodes. Was Kevin Wine, was it you know,
was it Rip? Was it you know, anybody else on
(07:02):
the show that you know, you kind of hung with
and became, you know, buds with.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Well, all of us in the bunk house, we really
got to spend a ton of time together, So my buddy,
Ian Bowen, Denham, Richards, jen Landon, Ethan Lee, Jake Green,
we all got to spend so much time together, so
that that was a really really rich kind of place
to learn. And then those scenes I would have with
Cole Houser who plays Rip, or with Kevin who played John,
(07:26):
obviously that was like that's the masterclass, Like those are
the really precious moments. I use the sports metaphors sometime
and it's like you want to catch those passes from
Tom Brady. Getting in those scenes and feeling what it
feels like to work with the best, that's like a
real privilege as an actor. So our job is to
kind of be ready to catch the football no matter
(07:48):
where it comes from. But we're especially lucky when we
get to catch it from from from you know, from
actors like that.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
From well, I got to tell you, you know, your
character just stood out so well and you did say,
such a great job with it, and you know, hats
off to you on that. And I'm so excited about
seeing not only the new movie Lee Harvey Oswald, but
also you know, drink and be merry this holiday season.
It's available now on Amazon.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
It's available right now.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Awesome, awesome, Well, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jefferson White, thank you so see,
I can't get away from it.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
I don't mind it, man, I'm honored. Thank you very much,
thank you for taking the time.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
I appreciate you. And Merry Christmas to you, Jefferson, thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Merry Christmas to you too.
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