Today Now! Interviews The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of "Fast Five"
Jim and Tracy welcome Chris Morgan, the kindergartener who wrote the latest action-packed "Fast And The Furious" sequel.
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We're so excited to welcome one of
Hollywood’s brightest creative talents,
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the screenwriter behind
this summer’s blockbuster,
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the new “Fast and the Furious” movie,
Fast Five.
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Chris Morgan, thanks for joining us.
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- Hi.
Hi, Chris.
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Now Chris,
these “Fast and the Furious” movies
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are just getting bigger and better.
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So when you sat down to write
this installment
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where there certain elements
you wanted to include?
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I want the cars to drive fast
and then some of them explode.
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Oh, that sounds so great.
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Now I believe we have a clip to show
our audience at home.
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Can you set the clip up for us, Chris?
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The car went out a train
and then there are a hole in the train
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and then the car brought the box
then the police went after them
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then the box hit the car
then it crashed into the ocean.
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Wow!
- It looks like this movie never slows down.
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…car goes Zoom and
then another time it goes…
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No spoilers. No spoilers.
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So Chris one of the biggest stars in the
business is in this movie, Vin Deisel.
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What was it like working with him?
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He has big muscles and in the movie
he said “I thought I was Done with this.”
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Now I understand the movie stays pretty
much 100% to your original screenplay?
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Yup.
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It’s so great to have that kind
of a chemistry with the director.
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And I understand Jordana Brewster
is coming back for this installment?
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Yeah, she is a girl and she likes to kiss
so she lets them play with the cars
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but sometimes she does
but mostly just the boys.
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Now this is one thing I really love
about your movies, Chris.
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I mean all the female characters
are so strong.
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Can I take off my shoes now?
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Oh, sure. Like your last movie “Wanted”
with Angelina Jolie, she is so tough.
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Yup, she sees a bullet
and the bullet goes “Poof” around her face
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but she ends up only had to take a bath.
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See? I love that.
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Now before we go, Chris,
I have to ask you –
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is there a chance we're going to see
more “Fast and the Furious” sequels?
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Yeah.
- Well how many?
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600.
- Wooh.
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Well I know where I'll be every summer.
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Well, Chris Morgan, thanks so much
for joining us here on Today Now.
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Oh, it looks like he’s talking himself out.
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Right – and all those moves.
- Right.
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Don’t forget, this Friday
Fast Five premiers in theaters.
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And when we come back we’ll talk
to an old woman who thinks it's 1958
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and I'm her dead husband.
Stay with us.
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