How Did This Get Made? - The Pope's Exorcist LIVE!

Episode Date: October 20, 2023

The HDTGM crew break down 2023's the Pope's Exorcist starring one of our finest Italian actors, Russell Crowe. LIVE from Largo in Los Angeles, Paul, June, and Jason discuss Russell Crowe riding his vespa from Italy to Spain, how the movie retcons the bible, and what they would do if their own child became possessed. Plus, they scrutinize the real-life Father Amorth's claim that he performed over 100,000 exorcisms. HDTGM is going on tour this Oct & Nov! Go to hdtgm.com for tix and info.Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer/HDTGM Discord: discord.gg/hdtgmPaul’s Discord: discord.gg/paulscheerCheck out Paul and Rob Huebel live on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/friendzone) every Thursday 8-10pm ESTSubscribe to Unspooled with Paul and Amy Nicholson here: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledSubscribe to The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael here: www.thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcastCheck out The Jane Club over at www.janeclub.comCheck out new HDTGM merch over at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hdtgmWhere to find Jason, June & Paul:@PaulScheer on Instagram & Twitter@Junediane on IG and @MsJuneDiane on TwitterJason is not on Twitter

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him out like a god damn ghost buster. When there's a problem, Russell Crowe jumps on a which we'll discuss and saves the goddamn day. This movie is amazing and not just the accents. There are so many things to break down. So many things to talk about in this movie, but here is just a little subject line. It's fucking awesome. More movies like this. More loose-fitting clothes on Russell Crowe. Because I think it brings out something good. No belts. Better performance is okay. Ladies and gentlemen, to break down tonight's movie, please welcome Michael, as Mr. Jason Mann, Zookas. Yeah!

Yeah! What's up, jerk? Yeah! Yeah! I love it. I love it. June and I already heated backstage. We were literally mid in the middle of it,

and you said my name, and I was like, oh shit, the show is happening. Fuck yeah, Friday night, Largo, here we go. No, Jason, no. Saturday night. Saturday night, Largo. I don't, can it be Saturday night? At Largo?

Right here with all these fine folks. That's right, I guess it's Saturday fine. Start the show over. Ha ha ha ha ha my new favorite Italian actor, Russell Crowe. Oh, he's so Italian. Ha, ha, ha. Jason, where do you fall in this movie? I mean, because I'm watching this, and I am enjoying the hell out of it.

Well, I have a lot to say about it, but I'm also finding it scratches an itch for me that I like. I had a blast and this is a hundred percent a movie I full on would never have watched. Never. But for this podcast and I genuinely was like, I'm so grateful that I'm watching this right now. Earlier this afternoon because I was like,

fuck you, this is crazy. Like everything seems like perfect and I'm delighted. But I'm, I only wanna talk about the very end of the movie. And I can't, yeah, I'm like chomping. So let's get into it. But that, I mean, specifically, the good news, chomping, so let's get into it. Well, okay, Grace, I mean, look specifically. The good news is, whoa. This was a blow.

It's not an overly complicated plot, as far as what we have to get through. I don't know, because there are at least seven multi-minute exposition dumps that are not helpful to understanding the movie. Here's all I'm gonna say. Kudos to any movie that retcons the Bible, and you know what?

Here's someone who retcons everything you know about a great podcast host. Please welcome June Day and Raphael! Welcome, June. How are you, Paul? I'm doing well. Thank you for asking. June, just before you say anything, it is Saturday, 9. So, so many. This opening is so rocky because Jason and I backstage. I did say the Pope's exorcist. I did say the Pope's exorcist. I did say the Pope's exorcist.

I did say the Pope's exorcist. I did say the Pope's exorcist. I did say the Pope's exorcist. This opening is so rocky because Jason and I backstage. I did say the Pope's exorcist. I did say that because. Oh, we're really doing it behind the scenes tonight. Because when I was watching it, I thought, when I saw the title and I saw in Russell Crowe's one of my favorite actors, and I stand by this performance,

and I stand by him 100%. I stand in solidarity. He is one of my favorite actors, and I stand by this performance, and I stand by him 100%. I stand in solidarity. He is one of our finest Italian actors. I love him. One of the greats. I need a hell out of him. Kroes. It's so good.

He's so good butt-paw. What I thought for a good portion of this movie was that the Pope of the Catholic Church would need an exorcism at some point? And I thought, this is the best concept for a movie I've ever heard of. And I'm so excited to see it get exercise. Well, by the way, sorry, go ahead.

No, I was like, isn't that kind of what happens, but we never see it because the Pope in the middle of this movie just vomits blood. Well, I thought, so that I did in that exact moment think, oh, because that's when they're saying, oh, the demon has possessed multiple people. I was like, oh, he's gonna grab the Pope as well, especially after that vomiting of the blood.

And then the Pope is 100% cool afterwards. So that's when I was like, well, he's for sure possessed, because now he's healthy and doesn't have any ailments anymore. I honestly think he just had a virus. You think he just... You think he had RSV? Yes. Because the way they talked about his illness, it was like the Pope is ill. And the young people have that subway to in a club.

But I have, I, just out of real curiosity, and please be cool about it. Is there anybody in the audience who may be able to help us with Vatican and or Pope questions as I am certain they are gonna be brought up. But do you have an actual ability to front row you do? What? Front row.

You grew up Catholic. Well, I grew up Catholic too. I didn't see you. That's what I was talking about. You didn't make me an expert. Get out of here. On Vatican politics. Anybody?

Any bishops or cardinals in the house? Jason, all I'm gonna say is this. This is based on a true story. So everything we see here is laid out perfectly. This movie, my first note, the movie that asks, what if Russell Crowe is Italian? I mean, I- Okay, but seriously, I know we're all doing jokes about him.

I thought he did great. He did great. He is. He did fucking great. He is great. He did great. I would love. He is. He did fucking great. He is great. He did great. I would love an Italian person to weigh in on this performance because I will say, I also saw Russell Crowe play Zeus

in the recent Thor movie. He only plays Greeks or Italians now. He's deep in this accent. All I'm going to say is that Russell Crowe does what he wants, and I like this new era of Russell Crowe, where he doesn't have to be fully built. He doesn't be gladiator. But when I first saw him,

he's enjoying the holidays. Yes. It's his body type, and I appreciate it. I need him. I'm ready for him, in fact, to be just like full on dad bod rolling. The idea that he's basically James Bond as a priest by the end of this movie.

It's so great. I can't not do it. I want this to be what a faith-based movie is. And if the church was smart, they'd be making these instead of the Jim Cavizel rescues children from child traffickers or whatever. This should be faith-based movie, maybe. Well, I mean, I love the way that this movie open

because again, if we think about the Pope's exorcist as the new James Bond, you have this amazing opening, patient, Vespa, and he's gonna go talk to this possessed person. He keeps on calling him a boy, by the way. That's an adult man. Yeah, that person was an adult. The first one is like, you sure? Just because he has track pants on. Like, he said, that's a 36 year old man. I just like that the opening of this movie, by the way, this is a period piece.

Just in case, you know, if you've not watched it, it's a period piece. So, but the period piece is the 80s. Yes. The 90s. The 90s? The 1980s, right? Yes, yes. It's like 87, but there's something so funny about,

we've watched these exercise movies, we understand a certain thing, he's like, hey, devil, a bet you can't get inside a pig. And the devil's like is like, hey, devil, I bet you can't get inside a pig. And the devil's like, that's so. I can get that pig at any day. Get in the pig. I think it gets in the pig. Bam, they kill a fucking pig.

I was like, this is awesome. This is the big. Great. I'm just thinking about the church's stance on this movie, the Roman Catholic Church. And I'm always thinking about them. I'm always thinking about. Did you look on this movie, the Roman Catholic Church. And I'm always thinking about them. I'm always thinking about... Did you look into it?

How there? I didn't. But I didn't go that far. But I was just musing. Because at a certain point, I thought, is this... are they trying to say that the Roman Catholic Church had nothing to do with the Spanish Inquisition? I'm asking.

Well, that's the right one. Yeah, they are, yes, they are because it was the devil. Because it was the devil, so it's like, but what's also weird about that is like, didn't the Pope, the real Pope, or Pope John? Don't look at me. One of the recent popes, like, did come out and fully apologize for the inquisition. Yeah. And so... Well, let's be clear,

they're having to apologize for quite a lot. Quite a bit. And by the way, that was what was so funny is, like, I kept on watching this movie just thinking, like, wow, in this world, priests are only interested in women. And that's hilarious. I wrote that too!

I have that same note. They're burdened... It's just a woman. The grown women that they feel, interested in women. And that's hilarious. I wrote that too. I have that same note. They're burdened to the women. They're being interested in women. The grown women that they feel, they're some connection to that they love. Yes, so can you please have the young boys haunt them for the rest of their fucking days?

Well, young boys pull them in by projecting beautiful women. And that may be also a retconning of the whole cat, the child abuse. What was crazy to me was the devil's? It's true. Because every time one of those women are appearing before the priest, it's the boy

saying and doing all of that. Yes, think about that. I wrote down multiple quotes that the little boy says, but it just happens that the preceded is a grown woman. Okay, so in the world of this movie, they, in the world of this movie, the Catholic church started the Spanish Inquisition because the devil got a hold of a friar.

Yes. And he was able to then sow evil. One one fryer. Yeah, one guy. One specific fryer, what a love to have met him. What a love to have seen him. What's crazy is that the devil's plan in doing this is that they can awaken all of the other army of devels,

demons rather, if Fallen Angels rather, who are somewhere on earth, the 199 other locations, blah, blah, blah, so they can raise an army of Fallen Angels to destroy the church. My guy, give it another couple of years. And all of the church is destroying itself. And also, I felt like the devil's position was that the inquisition wasn't successful.

And I'm like, I feel like it did a number for many years. Definitely had an impact. I mean, here is the explanation of it. And by the way, a bold choice. Here we go. The exorcist becomes possessed himself. Pride and a hodah. You know he is the man who convinced me that he is a beller. Father Deeners, how did he ask?

So that means, from the time he has possessed in 1475, everything that happens after this is the work of the devil. Centuries of persecution and torture, to worst abuses of the Inquisition, all start by the fire and done in the name of God by the devil The Vatican must have known this the church covered it up and they better the truth here. I Mean so it's not the church's fault Great news everybody Get back on the train and get in there By the way, I do think and maybe you can't ever get rid of it, but Russell Crowe has such

a distinctive rogue orb. There's an energy behind it that any accent doesn't sound right really on him. I disagree. Okay, wow. At certain points, I thought, oh, in his history, Father Crow, his history is that he moved to Italy as an adult and that's when he went to seminary and stuff. I justified it and thought Italian isn't his first language,

but I believe he's somewhere on the way. I was trying to have that happen because this movie's also doing that thing that bad movies do expertly, which is jump between English and other language as Spanish, Italian. As needed in conversation, not as needed by,

as needed in conversation for us, the audience, not how they would speak to each other. I just agree because the way, okay, I thought it was a brilliant choice to have the first 20 minutes be subtitled, bold move for a mainstream commercial film. All right, so first 20 minutes, Russell Crowe subtitled, and then he goes, and then you see him talking

to another priest in the Vatican, and then it just boom, English. And you're like, oh, they're speaking Italian. And then like, oh no, they're not. They're not. They're switching to English. Yes. And they do everyone through that.

Yeah. They do that throughout in ways that are so preposterous and absurd. The Vatican's like speaking English. And then what? And yeah, it is. And one of the guys in the Vatican's American, and then it was only like elate in the movie when Russell Crowe introduces himself as an Italian man

that I was like, wait a minute. Because I also thought he was just like, head-learned Italian for his job, and that was that, but he was still Russell Crowe. Oh, and then the other priest is Spanish, but when Julia comes in, she's just full on English. Like, hey, everybody, welcome up. We bought an Abbey, anyway, so Peter, Frederick,

what are we doing here at the roof? Like, no attempt at any... I would love it if Cameron Crowe did a remake. We bought an Abbey. Crowe V Crowe. I just want this movie to acknowledge it. Everyone had a universal translator. That's what it's like. It is what it's like.

It's just crazy. It's just crazy. But it really is. I mean, I buy it. I like what Russell Crowe is doing. Well, I think what's interesting and makes it compelling is it's a great performance. It's so much that he's such a good actor that he can pull off and literally shoulder this whole movie,

which arguably should be about the family, the people that this is happening to. These family doesn't give a shit. There's a boy with hate written across his chest, and the daughters in the other room, like listening to her walkman, like, nah, nah, nah, nah. Like, she's acting like, oh, mom and dad are fighting over the bills.

And so time. No, your brother is fucking puking birds, which I had to rewind. I thought it was a heart. Thought it was great. What was the bird from? The woman, I remember. The woman, come on, the movie makes so much sense.

You know, it's in Russell Crowe's flashback. Okay. The woman who he didn't save eats a red bird. And then the boy vomits the same bird up. I did. You said that so confidently but I don't think anyone jumped on board with it. Let me see. Hold on. I'm going to go out from the audience. You're off my page. Where are you? Where are you? You said it. You did. You said it. This is dangerous. All right. So what did you say Where are you? Where are you? You said it comes. You did. You said it comes. This is dangerous.

All right, so what did you say? Because you might be right. So when Russell Clowe is in the resistance and he like fake dies and then comes back to life, the first thing he sees is the cardinal. Oh, now that makes sense. You're right. Okay, perfect. But that is a, that's like that kind of retconning or weirdness when like, I don't know, this

is a real deep dive dive but in death on the Nile or they had to explain why Ercule Perot has a big mustache like it was a weird like why are we going back to this also thought to dive into sort of like the trauma of what Russell Crowe experienced in war the this is where the movie makes certain choices where I'm like, it is, certain choices are so insane. Just like, absolutely wild. And then his backstory as a soldier was actually very subtle and not, I mean, I'm not saying it wasn't traumatic.

It must have been terrible to experience what he experienced. But I thought for sure, at a certain point, we're gonna see a longer version of that scene and he's going to have done something really terrible Right and but what we really just see is that he pretended to be dead and that he has survivors guilt Which is so nuanced and so there there's no sort of Excuse me? I mean, audience is really getting this, tonight. I can't.

I would wait about this guy. This guy's been on his best behavior so far. It's a lot of other people. It's so interesting because everybody's contributions are also like at, like, at personal level? Yes. Volume up? Yes.

I feel like, you know, I feel like we're interrupting their conversation. I did say you're a part of the show, but not this much. Well, it is trauma-like. It is trauma-like because, but at one point, we get during another exposition dump, an explanation about who's possessed. And it is certain people who have experienced trauma are more susceptible to possessions.

And that was upsetting to hear. Yeah. I was like, haven't they been through enough? I have a question about this. It's made me hit. And this is going to be, I'm opening myself to you. OK, it's a safe space. Is it?

Why in all these movies are people like in the bed? Like the devil's inside you, it's gone, I'm fucking go to the stuff. You can't. I, I had the exact same question. I had it in a slightly different way, which is why does the possessed person always go through the exact same series of stuck in a bed,

vomiting stuff, crab walk upside down? Yeah, gravity doesn't apply to me. I'm climbing every, it's the same. To me, it's like a... Buh! Stick a crucifix in your breasts! I'm out! Like I'm walking, I'm done. I'm like, like, like, they hang on the bedroom, like they're like unemployed. I don't know why. Like, get a job, Henry. Get a job. They hang out in the bedroom like they're like unemployed. I don't know why. Like get a job, Henry. Get a job.

And everyone has to come into this room. There was a weird way he's not tied to the bed. You can leave it any point. He seems very powerful. But they just get the fuck out. The mini-chicco sideways and Russell Crowe shows up. Guess what? I'm telling the mom and the sister get out of here.

That's crazy. That's crazy. And I had to do some mental gymnastics about why they stayed in that house. I was like, well, they couldn't afford to go anywhere else. It is irreplaceable. I'm actually like putting on some Mary-Up bonvoy points and get a hotel.

Russell tells them to make some coffee. He's like, you guys go to sleep, why I take care of this? He's like a plumber. He's like, you guys go to sleep, I like take care of this. It's like, he's like a plumber. He's like, okay. I'll clean the toilet, but it's gonna take me, I gotta get the guys here anyway.

Take a nap. Here's my super quick question. He is based at the Vatican. Yes. This is in Spain. He arrives on his Vespa. In this movie, Dr. Russell Crowe ride a Vespa to Spain. Listen. Reaay!

Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay!

Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! Reaay! I mean, really? Then, then, when he's back at the Vatican, he is entering on the vest again. I don't know if there are train cars that are just for vestless. I will say this. I was like, this is blowing my mind. By the way, this is a true story, so you would imagine that the vest, the probably is something that the egg-

The real guy? Yeah. No. Oh, that's a- Just some of the Russell Crowe decided to add. I love that. It's not gonna be cool. That's what we got them right. He's absolutely right. He is a hundred percent right,

because not only is it so memorable, but because it makes no sense, it is clearly the whim of an actor. To be like, no matter where I am, I write a Vespa. The same Vespa. Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da I did want to just touch this one comment that the mom makes. The mom says to the daughter, you gotta stop dressing like this. You're not in America anymore. We're gonna be surrounded by contractors.

And my thought on that is interesting. It's like, so American contractors would not be as flirtatious, or like, like, it's the way she says it, it's like Italian contractors are really. Spanish. Oh, Spanish, yeah, because they're in Spain at that point. But Spanish, yeah.

I was more shocked that as chaos ensued, she seemed to be wearing less and less clothing. Like, maybe I understand her active rebellion upon arrival at the home and to stick it to her mom. But once things get real nuts on Magazzo with the demon, guess what, I'm putting all my clothes on, and I'm wearing my sneakers in case I need to get the fuck out of this house.

I'm going back through the, so it's a period piece. Maybe she's a fan of Andre Agassi, so she's wearing the jean cutoff shorts. But it's one of those, I mean, it's a great moment in the movie because they seemingly were traveling forever and the mom's like, oh, why are you dressed like that? It's like, they've been in the car for hours. Like why are you just noticing that she It's like, they've been in the car for hours. Like, why are you just noticing that you've been jean shorts now? I also felt like I needed a little explanation

from the mom about why they had to move in that quickly. Like this. And also, why did they, it is a, I'm not kidding. It's a hazard. Also, there was a big wide shot at one point where it looked like Hogwarts. The house was enormous. You can sell it from America.

Oh yeah, you don't need to dress it up. You don't need to live in it. Someone wants to fly the Spanish castle. Flip the abbey. You don't need to flip. It's like it really is. It's like, is it going to go for that much more? What would you put in an elevator?

Throw the property, bro. Now let me ask you this. Do you think that the dad getting impaled in the car in front of the sun and dying, and starting this whole process of the construction opening up the portal to hell? Do you think that that was the devil's plan somehow? Or that was just sort of convenient. I think it was convenient.

Yeah, but I don't know. I can't figure out like the, it was the long-term plan of anybody is in this movie, but it did seem to be more happenstance, the construction precipitated the opening of whatever crack. The hell, Mal, good to be, it's a Buffy Abbey was built on, I think it probably was something I missed in one of the exposition dumps in the beginning where he's like, go to the library, read all the research.

And he goes there and I think there's something about that Abby's location and the Abby was on the place where they hid the fact that the Spanish inquisition was... The devil's words. No, the Abby is... Okay. The Abby is... The Abby and its well of skulls. Yeah, those, I believe, are the fallen angels. Okay.

That the devil is trying to wake up to use it. There are 200 sites. So apparently, there's going to be 200 installments of this movie series. Each one, they find a new site. Each site has 200 fallen angels. That's gonna be the Devil's Army. Is that wrong?

Yes, that's wrong. All right, hold on. This audience is not with me tonight. This is, this is like going to a murder mystery. Everyone has one piece of information from the movie that they were able to retain and then when you get together with 200 people You can actually nail it who said yeah, okay, who wear wear okay? Yes, all right in the back. Okay. What what is the right answer? The skulls belong to the victims of the Spanish Inquisition the fallen angels each get their own sight I see I see I'm sorry.

Wait, is that Tim? Yes. Yes. Of course. Okay, Tim, I take it back, you can criticize me. But none of you other motherfuckers can. Also, Tim, what are you doing in the back, my guy? Tim's being smarty, scratches out.

It's better back there. Okay, that makes, okay. It makes a little sense, not a lot. But then why? What was the, okay, maybe Tim, you can just yell, Paul, you don't have to go back. What was the hell mouth? Because it's built on a Buffy style hell mouth where I was like, is this a place where the separation between earth and hell is thin and you can traverse it? What is the thing?

They go downstairs and they go, oh, getting close to hell. No, but then there's only things that they went about 20 people, oh, the survey. Yeah, there's a lot of gas and sulfur. Yeah, but then there's the puddle on the ground that appears to be like a hole to hell. I don't know. I was like, is this what is this?

And then the Virgin Mary comes out of it and then she turns into a demon and then. Oh, I thought that was Jesus. I thought that was Jesus. Who was that Jesus? No, I think it was a Virgin Mary, wasn't it? Wow. I thought that was Jesus. What about Jesus?

No, I think it was a Virgin Mary, wasn't it? Wow. Yeah. I mean, look, because isn't that boy-o-boy? This movie is, for how much the movie is about, like, a hero-priest vanquishing pure evil with the power of the holy mother and Jesus Christ. This is fucking wild. I mean, this, this to me.

And we're all like, uh-huh. But I really like this. This to me, this little scene kind of encapsulates the tone. This kid is great. Amazing. This kid is great. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing. This kid is doing fantastic work and is covered in prosthetics and fake teeth and all sorts of stuff.

I thought he was giving a great performance, especially in the first scene between when Russell Crow arrives and the kid sits up in bed when Russell Crow starts praying and they have their first back and forth, dynamite, the kid is fantastic. I love it. This is, I think the scene I'm right in saying, this is probably the tone of the movie, which I kind of love, but it's also weird.

Here we go. You don't know, no, do you? Then tell me, tell me your name, unless you are 12. I'm not so stupid, Pop! You convinced me to get into a peg! So you won't tell me your name. My name is Blasphemy. My name is Nightmare.

My nightmare is France. We need the World Cup. You can't hurt me. A joke forever. KBA. That's it. This tone is amazing. This right here is giving me big time smie-goal vibes. Yes. This is giving me, if you told me this was a Andy Circus CGI,

or a rather motion capture character, I would believe you. I love that this kid threatens Russell Crowe. I'm going to think, I'm going to make you come. Yeah. And you're gonna like it. And that's gonna fuck you up more than anything. He says, I'm gonna make you come. It's his little kid is saying all of that. To a priest.

Finally, the kids get revenge. Seriously. And just so you know, I got my hair blown out from the beginning, I was like, I'm gonna make you come. It's his little kid is saying all of that. Finally, the kids get revenge. Seriously. And just so you know, I had to, I got my hair blown out for you all. So you're welcome. Very welcome.

That's great. But I had my little ear buds in, Beats, the Beats Buds. But she had to get in and do some work. And I said, oh, I'll take them out. And so the Bluetooth disconnected, I was watching the movie while I was getting it on this scene. And I just sat and watched and she watched. And then I made no mention of it and then just put them back in and continued to watch.

It was very strange. How did this movie... You know what, this movie? I was in the middle of this movie and I realized what it reminded me of structurally or the type of movie it is. And genre wise, it's not like that, but it is a horror version of national treasure. Because it's just about finding secret rooms and maps and decoding puzzles and finding like secret elements to then kill a,

do a thing. I was like, this is like fucking national treasure. Imagine if this series of movies met up with Nicholas Cage. But see, my big complaint, and honestly, my only complaint, is that this movie had the most, like, just disappointing ending. What? What do you mean?

What's far? You mean, like, the battle was disappointing or the battle was really disappointing? I thought the last scene and... No, no, I don't know. You mean, you mean the 199 scene? Yeah. Yeah, that was wonderful. Although, even that was little disappointing because I was like, did they really just suggest

we're gonna watch $199 of these? $199. And that's like the way that my name is Earl, like when a TV show's like, oh, you have 500 more people to apologize to. That's our season. You know what I'm just like? You can have this leave, though.

Give me one of these a week, and I'm happy. But then they tell us, almost immediately after that, that this man has died. Who? Father Crowe. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, the person it's based on. The person it's based on, so I'm like,

there's no way we're getting, there's no way from this point on he was able to accomplish 199. Oh, Jim. Hold on. Oh, boy. Oh. I'll read you something right here. The number of exorcisms performed by Russell Crowe's character, Friar Amaroth, very, depending on who he's reporting to.

He is claimed at times over a hundred thousand exorcisms over his career. Hang on a second. How's that? Three? I'm going to need to figure that out. How many days in a year? Wait. So I'm assuming some of these were mass exorcisms for large groups of people?

Oh, we need to exercise the entire audience. Sure. Yeah, exactly. Or maybe over an Oh, like, if we needed to exercise the entire audience. Sure. Yeah, exactly. Or maybe over an entire, like, yes, concert or whatever. Well, he goes on to say, when questioned by skeptics, he claimed that a person could be possessed with upwards of 1,000 demons. Oh.

And. Oh. And, and he measured each prayer and write in the exorcism as a singular exorcism. Okay, so he, therefore, the numbers are a little, therefore possess people might require tens of thousands of exorcisms to be healed. Okay, this is ridiculous. But here's my question.

I could not quite understand what happened between him and that woman he did not help. Oh my gosh, that's her name. That's my favorite moment of that is she can remember me. I'm the woman you let die. Like, yeah, we got it. You're not the ghost of Christmas past. Like, if I let you die, I'm like, I don't know if there's like, underline it for me. But what's crazy is, Russell Crowe's having this moment with this woman that he let die in,

these memories and everything. But everything she's saying from the other priest's point of view is coming from an 11 year old boy. Understood. But was she possessed? He says no. He said she had mental illness that he, in his pridefulness, didn't pass on to someone else. He didn't take care of her. But I don't know that he was credentialed to take care of her. I think it would have been inappropriate for him. June, I am not sure.

That's the whole thing. But he is the Pope's exorcist. But he doesn't. He's like, I see him once a week for 90 minutes. He is. But that's his whole MO. His MO is, he's like a bag cop. So when he gets called in, he's like,

Father, get the fucking here. And he's like, what? You shouldn't be killing pigs. And he's like, what? It's like, you shouldn't be killing pigs. There, and he's like, hey. Thomas, come on. Thomas Gabriel in my office, right? Yeah. And that's his whole thing.

It's like, I answer. You got to talk to my boss. They have bo. Oh. Ha, ha, ha. OK. OK. There are multiple scenes where there's an action pact, something happening.

And the thing that we cut to on the other side is the Pope reading a book from the 1400s or whatever, that is redacted. I know. And I was like, the State Department released it. I was like, it's a redacted, illuminated manuscript. I was like, what's the whole business? Can someone give him a desk? Yeah! And he said, let the Pope stand.

Yeah! Let him sit. Let him sit. Let him sit. Let him sit. Let him sit on the Friday night. Oh! Yeah!

By the way, I'm also realizing that this movie also works by the rules of Rumpel's still skin, which is if you can get the demon to say his name, he's out. Like, don't trick me. Yeah. Well, there's a Russell Crowe treats all demons, like, you little scamp.

Like, he's all you gotta do is, yeah, Rumpel's does good or Mr. McSixle clicks. Just got him to say his name backwards and he goes back to his dimension. And he does these things like, he is not, he is non-plus by demons. He's at all time, obviously, he's got his little toolkit. The most uncomfortable I've seen Russell Crowe

in this entire movie is after the long Vespa ride. We're just pulls up on the side of the house to wash his pits, his dirty, his dirty little pits over there. Like, I go, what is that? That's a choice. That's a choice. Actress choice.

A guaranteed choice. That's another Russell Crowe choice. That's a choice. This movie is rotten with lines and character beats that for sure are all him. I remember Darren Aronovsky telling his story once about every day he would have to go up to Mickey Rourke and take sunglasses out of his pockets, because he would fill his wardrobe with sunglasses that he would mid-scene pull out and put on, because he thought the character would wear sunglasses. What's so funny about this?

He won an Oscar. For a movie he was actively sabotaging. Come on. So funny about this movie too is like we're we are supposed to be on the side of you know fighting that's Satan and all But there are times in this movie where I'm watching Catholicism play out. And I'm like, what the fuck is this? Like, people are confessing and they're like,

and the priest is like, do you feel sorry? And they're like, yeah, I do. And they're like, great. You were absolved. It's like, they're getting like the quick notes of it. It's like, yeah, we do the big shit we do for the, that's a shit.

But it's all, yeah. It's the arc, tipple framework of the scenes we're watching are a team up of heroes against the bad guy, the demon, the whatever. But it's so funny that all of their mechanics, tools, and everything else are from the church and that they have to absolve each other of sin. And of course they quickly I thought that all of that stuff was so wild and so interesting. I loved his little case. Oh, he has a

little the medallion when he I thought it was very cool when he did the thing where he's doing the for the in front of Henry and the with his eyes and then his eyes splitting to that was great. I thought that was dynamite. I loved that. But to your point, June, the ending is disappointed because it kind of falls into that trap that all these movies fall into, which is like,

ah, just throw some CGI shit at it. No, yeah, there it at, it happened. Because it is so like small. When they go into it. I'm adapting it to a Broadway. And the end is gonna be a little tricky, you know, to figure out how to do. You think it should be a musical

because you think Russell Crowe's band 60-odd foot of grunts should have done all of the music? By the way, I will tell you. I do wanna talk about Russell Crowe's singing. I'm a huge fan of Les Mizz and could he sing that part? No.

No. But he acted the hell out of it to a point where I was like, I don't care that you're not singing what is my favorite song in all of musical theater. And that's the power of the fact. I think that's the same here. I cannot imagine this is a good Italian accent. You know what's funny?

Would we played, when Paul played that clip before? I wasn't watching it. And I was just listening and I thought, this sounds very good. Yes. But once I've got my eyes on him, it's electric. You are drawn in.

Yes. That's the genius of Russell Crowe. Is he can sell, he's such a good actor in spite of troop and anus level stuff like this act I mean this accent is wild I will say almost Mario can I just say about can let's go get the devil it's me can I just say about the best vaccine like there is a part of me that almost wanted to laugh when he came out on the

best button, his priest outfit and sunglasses. But I thought it looked pretty fucking cool. And I was like, wow, this actor, man, like, that's it. Like you're telling me that's not Orson Welles' come back. That's awesome. I mean, it really is. It is amazing. It is amazing. But you're right, that's really nuts, I thought, which is, okay, sorry, I interrupt you, go ahead. Oh no, I just, I think that there is, you said it before, he couldn't sing that part in the name is,

but he believed that he was singing it the best that anyone had ever sung it. And I think that's the difference. It's like, he has no hesitation. Well, that's, and also, oh, do we want to talk about Jovier and Lymis? And that character, because he, and I've seen, I've seen every version of Lymis,

and he brought something and a new, he brought a new take to it, you know? And it wasn't about, and so then I start thinking he sounds great, and I know he doesn't, but I can't help but think he does. It's crazy. I will take this. You cannot take your eyes off of him. And that's what's incredible.

I hung out with Russell Crowe one night for hours. It was amazing, and the night started off in a crazy way, but the second thing that happened was this. He calls over a waiter, we're at a restaurant, and he goes, get a button this table and take out these lights. And the waiter just said, all right, the waiter got on the table in a very fancy restaurant,

unscrewed a light, unscrewed the other one. The table that we were eating on, walked off, like he got him, spengolied or something, like he just said, magic. You take out these lights, right? And the guy walked, like he did, like, oh yeah, we do every night, I walk on the tables, and I take out the overhead lighting of this restaurant. And I watch, I was like, no hesitation. It was, he is incredibly, and in every movie performance,

incredibly capable, and everything. In this movie, I believe they walk into the catacombs of this building. He's not at all phased by any of the discoveries that they make. Nope. He sledgehammers walls down, he opens wells full of skulls, they get down into the hellmouth area. And there is a 500 year old desiccated corpse, shrunken up corpse, and he recognizes who it is.

He goes, oh, that's father what? It's named the most famous, the most famous exercise in history. Talked about him like he was Michael Jordan. Oh yeah, I'm a, yeah, this guy. He recognizes the shriveled up body. Up, up, up. I was like, yup. Absolutely, he's like, yeah, that's guy. He recognizes the shriveled up body. Uh-oh, but I was like, yup. Absolutely, he's like, yep, that's who that is, whatever.

Oh. Are you not entertained? I'll watch him do whatever. He cannot. I know. He cannot ruin, I mean, the movie without, I mean, without him, this movie is an absolute unmitigated disaster. Unless Nick Cage is in there, in which case, give me every second.

I, I, I, I, there's a bunch of weird choices here too. I want to show you one thing. I know we talked about the Inquisition a little bit, and this is a visual thing, but so this is the, the symbol of the Inquisition, right? That is the symbol, that is the true real thing. This movie decided, well, we'll change that a little bit, and that became that. Where did that come from? Oh, a video game. So, wait, all right, so I'm going to show you. It's just from a video game called Dragon Age.

They're like, yeah, we'll do that, we'll do that. That will be what we'll use instead. They ripped off a video game's Inquisition symbol. That's what, oh wait, that's... Wait, in the video game, it's an Inquisition themed video game? I will, yes. Everybody knows the video game, it's an Inquisition themed video game? Ibo, yes. Everybody knows the video game.

Jason, Dragon Age, man. Dragon Age. Man, you gotta get in the age, bro. They called out for that because that does seem egregious. I mean, you just did it. Like, there are three elements in the real symbol, but none of them are in eye. Like no. That is curious that an eye has been inter- here's what I think. Graphic designer in a different country is like in acquisition, Dragon Age pops up, like got it.

No, no, no, no, no,'s, I don't think it was stolen. I think it was Googled. And they're like, that one looks weird. I like that one. Yeah, I bet you. Well, that one is, yeah, designed. That's why you like it. So I think you're right.

I agree with you. It's a foreigner's fault. Hey. God, dammit. I will say that this father did have some views that were not mentioned in the film, one of which is on yoga. And at a film festival in 2011, the character

that Russell Crowe is based on said, yoga is satanic because it leads to the practice of Hinduism and all Eastern religions are based in a false belief in reincarnation and Practicing yoga is Satanic and it leads to evil just like reading Harry Potter Wow boom hey, no, like that's I love when you can hit night like you're like, okay, ooh Like you kind of keep on it's like hitting all the buttons in the elevators like, like you're like, okay, ooh, ooh, you kind of keep on, it's like hitting all the buttons in the elevator.

It's like, you're going down, bra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra. I did love that this father had a, like a chief officer title in the Vatican. He was the chief exorcist, which I was like, wow, that's a real title. That sounds- There's a lot of people working in that building at the end of the movie, Are they all, are they all,

well, that's like the holiest of holy places. Yeah. What looks like, like, like, M.I. 5 from the James Bond movie. He's not even like, like, it looks, like, all I want is the cue to come on back.

This crucifix also does this. Well, did you, did anybody else think in the scene, in the scene that we were, you were complaining about June, where the not very exciting final battle, the two priests are battling, and there's all this back and forth,

and they've got, one of the priests has a medallion, and one has the cross, and did it sound to you like the cross made gun sounds? Yes, and it was like... There was a lot of tossing the guns like they were in bad boys or something, and it was a lot of tossing the guns, like they were in bad boys or something. And it was like grab and go. But it was not like, bam, bam, bam, bam,

it was like, and cross. But I felt like it was making the clankity, clank sounds of a gun or something. It felt like that's how they wanted it to come across. Like they were bad at things. There was definitely like a, yeah, yeah. It definitely had a much more metallic sound to it. I guess you do need to add this.

This is an action movie. It's a cop movie. Well, that's it. That's what's so crazy is you think it's going to have all those hallmarks of the end out the shoot out at the end, but instead it's crosses holy water. And the movie makes such an interesting decision to pair him with Tomas and not the mother. And so then we're sort of on this journey with Tomas who I never cared about. Tomas, how did he sniff her?

How did he, yeah. How did he not die? Tomas absolutely should have died. Tomas was tossed out the fucking door. Like I was like, yeah, that's good. Wait, why do we need Tommas? Tommas had no journey. And also, like, the love of a mother,

which were told as the closest humans can experience it to the love of God, the father. Wait, is that true? That's what the movie said. But I'm like, the love of a mother did not do much in this film. Like it didn't, it didn't do, there was nothing called, like she just,

she just talked to her son after he was already deep possessed, nothing happened from her love. The family is irrelevant. Yes, truly like they, the movie is good. I didn't have any attachment to them. I was like, they can stay or go go like they don't mean anything to me I don't care if this daughter kills her mom in front of my very eyes I felt so

Disconnected from them, but that's the thing is like he is he and even like the criticism levied against him Is that he is too prideful and full of ego and then he is he's basically like a gunslinger Who's like I'm thelinger who's like, I'm the only one who can save this boy, get outta here. Like, the exorcist is about a family. Is about this happening to Reagan and her mom. You know, and this is like, you don't matter. You're just like, we're just kind of,

oh, but unless you can also be possessed. I liked it when the siblings were speaking in unison. That was amazing. I thought that was crazy. There was a bunch of creepy stuff. I thought it really worked. were speaking in unison. That was amazing. I thought that was great. There was a bunch of creepy stuff I thought really worked. Let's go to the crowd. Let's see if anyone here has any ideas.

Maybe it can shed some light on things that we don't know. Things that we talked about. I also love to know if anyone knows if the characters are still performing exorcisms. I think the answers are. The answers are. Yes. Go ahead.

Hi. I just thought it was so strange when shit was going crazy, shit was going crazy, that the mother was like, I'll go to sleep, and she's in another room. And then the daughter or the sister is sharing just a room like next door, and she's sleeping. I'm like, the priest, it was over 24 hours. Everybody was up, but the mother who was freaked out, and the sister, I don't understand.

I also thought it was, yeah. It was wild. And I did have the thought, because I was in the middle of watching this movie, and I walked upstairs and Paul did one of the crazy possessed voices. And in that moment, I thought, if it's honestly a child of mine was possessed, I would absolutely leave. I would absolutely leave. I would not, I don't know, I would not engage.

See, but this is where June and I differ because I believe, like I said earlier, I'm treating this person like a carpet cleaner. It's like, I don't need to be over them and look in like, oh, how you clean the carpet. I'm like, I trust you. I'll go in the other room and I'll make that sound. And honestly, there'd be no part of me that would be like, oh, it's Henry though. I'd be like, that you're the devil and I'm gone. Like I have not confused for what you said. I will say, yeah, go ahead.

That I've seen June get out for lesser things. Like the thought of it being possessed. I've seen you go, we're out, we're done. You made a sleepah hotel one time because you got that vibes. You're like, we're out. You made us leave a hotel one time because you got that vibes, you're like, we're out. I found this person. If a priest showed up at my house,

talking like he was talking, I would push back a step. I would be like, hang on a second. Wait, what do you say? Like he's like, very powerful demon. Has possessed your son, very, very powerful demon. Of course, I'm an Italian gentleman. Very powerful demon. She's like, uh-huh.

What? I mean, what? Jason, if you're a child, and we haven't even talked about the scene where he, the first time we hear that voice is when he grabs his mom's breast and says you didn't breastfeed me as a baby, baby hungry. Or something like that. Wait, it a second, I was like, what? That's my favorite scene in the movie.

Do we think that maybe that's where the mother's love didn't come into play? Again, that's all I would need to hear is baby hungry. And I feel like I'm gone. That's the teacher. I'm gone, I don't know you. Baby hungry with an arm. That's the T-shirt. That's the T-shirt. I'm gone. I'm gone. I don't know you. Baby hungry with an arm.

With an arm like this, baby hungry. All right. I'll be the only one buying that T-shirt. What's your question? So two things. One, Russell Crowe absolutely sounds like Puss & Boots. Oh yeah! And two, so, Friar as conduit for the devil,

speaking to Isabelle and Ferdinand, are busy saying that the founding of the new world was brought about by the devil, is he trying to make a comment on that? Wow, by the way, great point. I don't think I didn't realize that. Basically, the devil discovered America. It sounds like it.

I didn't put it together. And that's a really astute point. I think that's leading as the best question of the night. Did the movie just get a bit of a... Basically, America is the devil country. Yeah? Yeah, founded by the devil. Yeah.

He started founding father. That's why I don't. It is, it is heat enough. All right, yes. Oh, boy. Yeah, what do you got here? What do you got here? Reach a little bit to me.

Here we go. OK, so not to lay on with the more mom shame of the mom. But I believe that the mother's love never really came into play because when father Tomas is like, oh my god, I'm so sorry for your loss, your husband died. She's like, oh my god, it's okay. I'm there. Is the weirdest reaction. She said it.

She said it's cool. It's cool. It was so weird. I was like, no. I was so glad you brought that up. It was very, very strange. Very, very strange. That's forward.

We see that the son witnesses was very, very strange. I was so freaked out at that. That's forward. We see that the sun witnesses his dad get impaled through the skull and to rewind and say her reaction was, oh, it's cool. Yeah. Keep in mind, it's the 80s.

Like, she basically is like, it's no big. Like, it is not a big deal at all. I was like, oh, is she gonna flirt with the priest? I know. Oh, it's fine, I'm single. It's very strange. And the house flipping now. By the way, double, if your son witnesses your husband's

in pailing and death, don't move him to a castle in Spain and be like figure it out, talk soon please. And I, because, honestly, and I was also like, did she not have any insurance? Like, what were the, what was, did they not have anything planned for this? Maybe she was responsible for it. I mean, oh wow. Now that's interesting. You know, let's just call it out. She cut the breaks. She cut the breaks.

Two quick things. Why were the doctors in Spain speaking Italian? I mean, look, I think across the board, this is a very multilingual movie. Everyone is speaking every language at any point. But yes, it's a good point. And by the way, this movie shot in Ireland. I guess I forgot that this was based on a true story, because I was convinced that both father and worth

and Padre Eskabel were possessed when they were in the Vatican. And I was waiting for the demon eyes to come out. Oh, at the very end, do you mean? Oh, that would have been great. I thought that would have been cool i thought thriller ending like a out of the thriller right i thought that i thought that the hope was going to be

possessed uh... and that's why he'd suddenly gotten healthy was that he had like the power of the demon you know and was healthy now and that they the setup was they were going to have to get him in the next movie but now okay they're just james bond so two quick things. One is June asked if the Catholic church still performs exorcisms and according to this website, it has grown exponentially.

So in 2005 in the United States, there were 12 Catholic priests doing exorcisms. Now they're around 150. I can see a world in which, because nobody's becoming a priest anymore, I can see a world in which if they're... It brings them in? A thousand percent. I agree.

I think it's motivating. I think it's motivating. It's sexy to just be a regular priest in today's world. We got a bad rap. But if you're an exorcist, now. Now we're talking. Now you're in showbiz, baby. All right, Tim also has his own question,

not just to follow up to June's thought. Go ahead. The woman who kills herself that's like plaguing Russell Crowe, you guys said that that was just mental illness, but it seemed like something more was going on there. There was like the bird connection when she landed on the cobblestone, the blood spatter was like angel wings. And then when the demon is torturing Russell Crowe as her,

it's like, do you remember, do you believe me now? Do you believe me now? So is the sin not saving her or is the sin not believing that she gets fucked by the devil every night? Oh my gosh, this guy's got an answer. He's got an answer. All right. So there were rumors. He does reference that there were rumors of sexual abuse. So I didn't think that's what he was saying. We have a very adamant person here. Yeah, June was saying that there was people in the Vatican that were obviously fucking this woman.

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So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what was haunting him. So that's what just to say it again That is what was haunting him that he didn't believe this woman who was who was being sexually abused All right, that's a fair haunting wow, it's a good haunting. Okay. Yes your question I just wanted to know if anybody else noticed so you mentioned it was filmed in Ireland

Which we sort of thought because it looked Irish and then we noticed that the supposed Library that's supposed library, that's supposed to be in Rome, is really obviously Trinity College, long-room library. And you can see the Brian Borough harp in multiple shots, which is like the symbol of Ireland. It's on Guinness's logo.

And it's real real obvious. So. Well, they spent the CGI budget on the last scene. We'll bet it on the same. So they couldn't go on the race, that other stuff. Hang on, it's like, in that harp might be in possession of the Vatican. Well, there you go.

Wow. Wow, this is really, we've learned way more than I thought we would. Yeah, we really did. The question was, everything was an education. But you know what? There is going to continue to be an education here as we hear what other people have to say because now it is time for second opinions. I'm Mark.

Connor. I already hate it. Have you ever met a girl that you tried to date? Their eyes are all red and I was just filled with hate. Let me tell you a story about my situation. I was talking to this girl in the badic nation. Oh baby, you got what I need. But you say I'm just a demon. But you say I'm just a demon. But you say I'm just a demon.

As for the ASU, you puked up a bird. But you say I'm just a demon. But you say I'm just a demon. So Paul calls Amazon at this time. I thought living a 5 star review wouldn't be no crime. Because I leave great reviews, and that's a fact. at this time. I thought living a 5 star review wouldn't be no crime because I leave great reviews and that's a fact when the boy grubbed his mom's tits that shit was whack. Amazing! Give it up! Wait a minute, stay there, stay there one second.

Stay there one second. Give it up for these guys. guys. Alright. There are 13,952 reviews. That seems to be a record for what we do on the show. 13,952 total reviews. 63% are five stars. And will you, Paul, will you remind, this came out like a month ago? Yeah, it came out just a little while ago. It came out April 6th, 2023. But that's amazing. Yep.

It has an 81% audience score, 81% and this average, the average is a 4.3. All right, so the reviews are great. From Dodger Girl 67, this is not your average exorcist movie. It led me to learn more about leading exorcists, and I did actually purchase some of the father's books. The movie was fantastic, so fantastic. I watched it five times within a week. Cinema photography was awesome,

and the use of Italian language mixed with English was very easy to follow. That is true. Five stars, great movie. Valerie Bickel writes this. Travis is this? Being an ex-catholic, this was awesome. It's surprising what people don't know.

Movie night! Title is wow. I like that one. I like that one. You read that one almost as if it was a poem. LAUGHTER Um, Alora writes, even being biased about being Russell Crowe, because he's going to be my next ex-husband, when we finally meet Null,

this movie is riveting. It's scary because the exorcist, the movie was made about, was a real exorcist. And while the movie story itself is all Hollywood and flair, the movie reminds us that there is true evil out there. And they're waiting for the humans to screw up and open themselves to it.

Effects are great, especially the young boy and my man Russell. What? He owns a rugby team and sings. I am a sucker for music. Is this really so crazy? It's so crazy. I just feel like could have written this. Like, this is so crazy, but also, yes, yeah, that's right. A movie is a big hit.

Budget was 18 million. It grossed 76.5 million worldwide. And once you hear in the States, and there's a sequel coming, people. There is a sequel coming. Oh, your phone. And you know that I'm working on my Italian accent. Oh, no. It's great news. A father or a morth thought.

It's a devil. And for those of you who didn't stay for the post-credit sequence, they pop up a picture of the OG, and there we go. Is there something in his nose? There does look like there's a boogie in there. Or maybe it's a deviated septum, I'm not sure. It's a deviated septum, I'm not sure. It's a devil. It's just hair.

It's just a bunch of gray hair in his nose. Nothing wrong with that. It is the devil. All right, wow. The devil's nose hair. I feel like that's a cocaine code. Do you have any of the devil's nose hair? Well, another reason for the rights to be over.

It doesn't know cocaine terms. I'm looking for some devil's nose here. What? How old are you? Oh, my gosh. Jason June, would you recommend this movie? A thousand percent. Yes. I give me all the rest of the memeties.

I can't wait to watch this sequel. I kind of want this to be like, it should be a television series where we can get one a week. I do really want it. I would love it. I would love it. The way that they are doing the equalizer as both a TV show starring Queen Latifa

and a movie series starring Denzel Washington, give me the same. Give me Russell Crowe in the movies and I don't know, Leav Schreiber on the TV show. Also playing Italian. me Russell Crowe in the movies and I don't know, Leav Schreiber on the TV show. Also playing Italian. A father.

Come on. I agree. All right, we must have Italian listeners in Italy or here, Italian listeners, please weigh in let us know I think it was a fantastic And it was a little I think they to do but they pulled it up And I love that he's like do you know any jokes? The devil hates a joke

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