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<v Speaker 1>This is Later with Lee Matthews, the Lee Matthews Podcast

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<v Speaker 1>More What You Hear weekday afternoons on the Drive.

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<v Speaker 2>Coincidentally, over the weekend they were rerunning I think it

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<v Speaker 2>was on HBO Leaving Las Vegas, one of her pinnacle films.

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<v Speaker 2>But you also know Elizabeth Shoe from The Karate Kid

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<v Speaker 2>Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future, and my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite going all the way Back to Uh Call to Glory.

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<v Speaker 2>She's in a new feature that is out and now

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<v Speaker 2>called The Good Half. Did I did I impress you

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<v Speaker 2>with my fandom?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? You did. That was my first television show, my

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<v Speaker 3>first part.

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<v Speaker 2>My Yeah, well, I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 3>If it was that that you actually watched it when

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<v Speaker 3>it was out on the television set.

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<v Speaker 2>I was the one Elizabeth it was. It was you know,

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<v Speaker 2>at that time people were getting into that nostalgia back

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<v Speaker 2>to the sixties kind of thing. Musically, everybody was listening

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<v Speaker 2>to Ole's and and HARKing back to that Kennedy era.

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<v Speaker 2>That the movie that the show dealt with.

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<v Speaker 3>So so watch that. I love that show.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, show, Well, I wondered if that was that was

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<v Speaker 2>first of the Burger King commercial.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, the Burger King commercials. But you know that, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>that was my first actual part.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. We're going to talk about your new feature and

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<v Speaker 2>your new part here in just a minute, but I

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<v Speaker 2>did want to say Leaving Las Vegas is one of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorites of yours because just watching it back over

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend, you did you did a good job showing

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<v Speaker 2>the pain in your character's face as this person she

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<v Speaker 2>cares about spirals into alcoholism.

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<v Speaker 3>MM. Yeah, what a what a great opportunity that was.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's just such an amazing part, and I

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<v Speaker 3>feel so grateful that I got one. I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>that was the the one, you know, the one that

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<v Speaker 3>was just so challenging and also was received so well

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<v Speaker 3>and was an amazing experience. It's very rare that it

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<v Speaker 3>all comes together that way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, I also wonder did you deal with any

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<v Speaker 2>alcoholism like that in your life to draw upon.

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<v Speaker 3>No, definitely not. But you know, I have dealt with loss,

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<v Speaker 3>so I feel like I kind of channelled what that's

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<v Speaker 3>like to lose somebody, and sort of even though he

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<v Speaker 3>was alive and in front of me, I was losing

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<v Speaker 3>him slowly but surely, So that's I could understand what

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<v Speaker 3>that was like, I guess.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Now you're in a new film called The Good Half.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in theaters now, and you play I guess it's

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<v Speaker 2>come full circle. You play a mom.

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<v Speaker 3>I play a mom. Yeah, I play a mom who

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<v Speaker 3>is no longer with us, who is who.

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<v Speaker 4>Is deceased but is very much alive in flashbacks. It's

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<v Speaker 4>really cool because the whole movie is about my death,

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<v Speaker 4>but also obviously it's about how my really interesting family

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<v Speaker 4>has to deal with my death and how they grieve

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<v Speaker 4>and how they remember me. And so, yeah, egastistically or

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<v Speaker 4>its fun to be the center of the movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and you got some great co stars with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Jonas, Britney Snow, David Arkat, Alexander ship Walls.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, amazing. Yeah, there's just an extraordinary cast. I was

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<v Speaker 3>just honored to be a part of it, and really

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<v Speaker 3>like kind of a small part of it, to be honest,

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<v Speaker 3>in terms of the amount of time I got to

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<v Speaker 3>be on set working with them, So I really cherished

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<v Speaker 3>all the scenes that I had. Nick Jonas is incredible

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<v Speaker 3>in the movie, and Britney Snow is just heartbreaking, David

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<v Speaker 3>Arquet's hilarious, and MAT's hilarious. It's really it's a very

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<v Speaker 3>very special movie.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it more comedy or is it more dramedy or

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<v Speaker 2>I think.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very emotional. But I also think I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>very funny. I was surprised how much I laughed. I

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<v Speaker 3>probably laughed more than I cried, to be honest. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's what makes the movie special. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's so real. All these people are running away from grief.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, they're dealing with all the logistics of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the funeral home and the things they have to get accomplished,

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<v Speaker 3>and they're all angry and resentful, and some are guilty,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, it just it's very just very raw

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<v Speaker 3>and very very real.

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<v Speaker 2>The good half is the film. It's in theaters now.

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth Shoe is with us. Elizabeth, you're touching on something

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<v Speaker 2>because I had to deal with this recently. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that whole funeral home thing and dealing with all of

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<v Speaker 2>the details. I mean, it's it really is staggering and

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<v Speaker 2>overwhelming to any family.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, and the logistics are almost like a place

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<v Speaker 3>to hide, you know. I think that's what's so funny

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<v Speaker 3>about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I love in the trailer of that last scene where

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<v Speaker 3>they're they're looking for caskets, and that lady's inside of

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<v Speaker 3>the casket, and the guys trying to sell it to

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<v Speaker 3>are like, well, this is going to be your forever home.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's so terrifying, it's hilarious.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, the good half. It's in theaters now. Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 2>Elizabeth Shoe is with us. She stars as the mom,

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<v Speaker 2>along with Nick Jonas and many other great stars too.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh did you draw in any personal experience for your

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<v Speaker 2>acting job here as a mother?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I am a mother, so that helps. I have

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<v Speaker 3>three kids. It's probably the centerpiece of my life and

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<v Speaker 3>the great joy of my life. So that part I

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<v Speaker 3>really understood well. And yeah, of course I've gone through loss.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think there's anyone out there who hasn't, So

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<v Speaker 3>I understood that side of it. But but my character

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<v Speaker 3>is very she's very much alive, which I also really

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<v Speaker 3>enjoyed playing. She's very immature, and I don't think she

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<v Speaker 3>dealt with her impending death very well, and so that

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<v Speaker 3>didn't allow her children to deal with it the way

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<v Speaker 3>they could have. You know, she did. She was in denial.

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<v Speaker 3>She didn't want to she didn't want to face what

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<v Speaker 3>was going on. And I think that happens to a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of families, and you can.

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<v Speaker 2>See it in The Good Half in theaters now. Elizabeth

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<v Speaker 2>Shoe is with us, also continuing to play on several

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<v Speaker 2>on the Netflix Dramae on the Verge. We'll look forward

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<v Speaker 2>to seeing you on that and many other projects to come.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thank you. I hope you'll go see this movie.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening to Later with Lee Matthews, the Lee

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