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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 Afternoon's on the Drive.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody remembers him for his Academy Award winning role in

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry Maguire, but he's done so many other things. Outbreak

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<v Speaker 2>as good as it gets, What Dreams May Come? My

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<v Speaker 2>favorite Men of Honor, Pearl Harbor, and many many more.

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<v Speaker 2>Cuba Gooding Junior is joining us, And of all those roles,

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<v Speaker 2>Cuba Gooding Junior, I will always remember when I first

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<v Speaker 2>saw you as guy getting his haircut in coming to America.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, it's funny. I always do that when

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<v Speaker 3>I meet people, and then they start talking about my

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<v Speaker 3>career and they're like, man, I loved you boys and

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<v Speaker 3>the Hood, and I loved you in this and I

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<v Speaker 3>loved you and you know what my very first filmar

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<v Speaker 3>was And they go, what I go, coming to America?

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<v Speaker 3>They go, oh, yeah, you were great in that. I go,

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<v Speaker 3>and who did I play? And they never know? So

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<v Speaker 3>I always show me the photo of me sitting in

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<v Speaker 3>that barbership, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how you got through that scene with

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<v Speaker 2>Eddie without breaking unless there were a lot of breaks.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, there were a lot of breaks. Took us four

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<v Speaker 3>days to shoot that scene because if you remember, he

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<v Speaker 3>was four or five different characters in that scene. Every

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<v Speaker 3>time he had to go through makeup, it was like

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<v Speaker 3>a four to five hour turn breakdown, and then we'd

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<v Speaker 3>have to do the entire scene from that angle, every

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<v Speaker 3>single take. And I just literally sat in that chair

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<v Speaker 3>for four or five days. So it was crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>At the end of it, you really did have to

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<v Speaker 2>get a haircut.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Cuba Gooding juniors here to talk about Angels Fallen Warriors

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<v Speaker 2>of Peace and this is the sequel to your first

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<v Speaker 2>Angels Fallen.

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<v Speaker 3>That's correct. I wasn't associated with the first one, and

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<v Speaker 3>I got to tell you. So what happened was my

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<v Speaker 3>agents called me, said, there's these brothers that are director

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<v Speaker 3>of producers. They're big in the commercial world, especially doing

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<v Speaker 3>commercials from LGE and all of the you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>electronics and whatnot. And they did this sequel to this

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<v Speaker 3>movie and they'd like you to see footage from it.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said great, and they said, no, the movie.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the sequel to the movie. I said, oh, they

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<v Speaker 3>have footage of it. So they sent me this footage

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<v Speaker 3>of this world that these demons and angels fighting, and

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<v Speaker 3>they said, and we're going to put you right in

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<v Speaker 3>the middle of it. And I realized then that I

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<v Speaker 3>almost have outlived my time on film in cinema because

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<v Speaker 3>this new generation of filmmakers, man, they just the things

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<v Speaker 3>that they do in computer now with AI and all

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<v Speaker 3>of the tools that they have. It will really seeing

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<v Speaker 3>that the transition to the next generation right now and

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<v Speaker 3>audience is they are this generations. I believe Ridley and

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<v Speaker 3>Tony Scott and I think they're real storytellers. But time

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<v Speaker 3>will tell. But I put my hat in their rings

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<v Speaker 3>and then stand behind them as real.

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<v Speaker 2>Filmmakers, you and me both, Kouba Gooding Junior. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen so many innovations in this business. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>when I started, I was spinning platters and cutting up

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<v Speaker 2>audio tape. It would be nothing for me to have

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<v Speaker 2>a horful of tape by the end of the day

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<v Speaker 2>because of all the editing I had to do. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even have to do that anymore. It's amazing stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace, this is, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>best described as a sci fi fantasy horror.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, you have. It's funny because I've been associated

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<v Speaker 3>with a couple of faith based movies lately, the one

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<v Speaker 3>that comes out August second Firing Squad, and this one

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<v Speaker 3>preceding it with Angel's following Warriors of Piece in the

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<v Speaker 3>Ancillario markets for video. But this film specifically deals with

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<v Speaker 3>you meet these soldiers who are fighting in Iraq and

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<v Speaker 3>having to deal with the horrors and the reality of war,

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<v Speaker 3>and some of their members in their troops have fallen.

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<v Speaker 3>And then at the same time, parallel, you see the

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<v Speaker 3>angels that are protecting them, fighting that spiritual warfare that

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<v Speaker 3>is unseen to them. But one thing leads to another,

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<v Speaker 3>and these two worlds collide in this kaleidoscope of visuals

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<v Speaker 3>that I think are truly impressive. And again, the level

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<v Speaker 3>of storytelling that these two brothers, Zeus the producer and

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<v Speaker 3>Ali the director, rise to to bring these two worlds

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<v Speaker 3>together is truly amazing, and I think, and I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's where I'm involved.

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<v Speaker 2>So Cuba or Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace it is

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<v Speaker 2>out now. Denise Richards is also co starring in it.

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<v Speaker 2>You play the character Gabriel who is reached out to

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<v Speaker 2>by a very mysterious character, Balthazar.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Yeah, So my character has and been kind of

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<v Speaker 3>the artie an angel. This this character played by Josh Burdette,

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<v Speaker 3>and he is now tasked to recruit him into the

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<v Speaker 3>spiritual realm to continue to fight against evil and demon specifically,

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<v Speaker 3>and it takes him some time to convince him that

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<v Speaker 3>this is real. And when he does, you get to

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<v Speaker 3>the audience has pulled into this world and it's one

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<v Speaker 3>of those visual roads that we go down in cinema

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<v Speaker 3>that that to do it the way that these brothers

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<v Speaker 3>have done it, I think it's just it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be something that people really enjoy.

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<v Speaker 2>So and it's angels fallen, warriors of peace, and you've

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<v Speaker 2>got some pretty biblical sounding names in here. But do

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<v Speaker 2>they parallel the actual biblical case characters of Archangel Michael

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<v Speaker 2>and Gabriel and Balthazar.

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<v Speaker 3>They do to some degree. Yeah, they absolutely do to

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<v Speaker 3>some degree. I mean, my character, the Bowbazar character is

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<v Speaker 3>probably closest to the Marchie Angel Michael. I know that

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<v Speaker 3>some of the framework put behind his backdrop and how

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<v Speaker 3>he's been fighting demons from since the beginning of time

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<v Speaker 3>are pulled straight from the Bible. So yeah, I'd say

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<v Speaker 3>that they were amoutgamations of some of these characters, these

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<v Speaker 3>biblical characters.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely kuber Gerning Junior and the movie is Angels Fallen

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors of Peace, which is out now, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>this will also this will strike a chord with many

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<v Speaker 2>veterans of some of the modern conflicts we've had lately.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, when you meet Josh's character, he is invented with

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<v Speaker 3>this troop of soldiers in Iraq who are fighting to

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<v Speaker 3>help alleviate some of the conflict over there, and you

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<v Speaker 3>actually the footage that they showed me, which is what

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<v Speaker 3>made me side on in the movie, was so visually studying.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't believe that they did what they did with

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<v Speaker 3>the budget that they had for this movie. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>you really feel like you're in warfare over there. And

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<v Speaker 3>what's great about real filmmakers is that you can be

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<v Speaker 3>in such conflict and visuals that are so stimulating at

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<v Speaker 3>the same time you you care about these characters. You

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<v Speaker 3>you fall into hoping that you know, it's easy to

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<v Speaker 3>watch a boxing match with two boxes that you don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>but when you hear the back story of someone who's

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<v Speaker 3>fighting for the you know, a loved one that was

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<v Speaker 3>recently passed. It gives you an added you know, some

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<v Speaker 3>more skin in the game, and I think that's what

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<v Speaker 3>happens with these characters. There. You learn about their their

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<v Speaker 3>their past and their history and where they're going, and

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<v Speaker 3>I think our story makes you really care for them.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's one of those stories that really resonates with

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<v Speaker 3>the audience.

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<v Speaker 2>Cuba Gooding Junior, Angels Fallen Warriors of Peace. I would

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<v Speaker 2>love to talk to you about men of Honor because

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<v Speaker 2>I too am a diver. It's one of my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>roles of yours. But we'll have to do that on

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<v Speaker 2>the next interview because I'm out of time. But I

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for joining us and we look forward to

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<v Speaker 2>seeing Angels Fallen. Thank you, Cub Gooding Junior.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, love you.

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

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