272: William Petersen
Craig & Friends
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
William Petersen joins me to talk To Live And Die In LA, William Friedkin, Robby Müller, Darlanne Fluegel, Willem Dafoe, Manhunter, Michael Mann, Chicago theatre, 12 Angry Men, Dennis Farina, James Caan, nearly working with Oliver Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Hamlet, working with George C. Scott, what brought him to acting and much much more.
The Craig & Friends Movie Club for To Live And Die In LA will be out later this year, featuring chats with Billy Petersen, Bob Yeoman, Wang Chung, Linda Bass & Gala Avary (and more that I can't reveal at the moment). Portions of this chat will be included, along with material Billy & I taped that's exclusive to the Movie Club.
If you haven't heard the Manhunter Movie Club (with Gala Avary & Rich Johnson) or watched it on YouTube...don't deprive yourself. Get into it, sport.
Head over to The Craig & Friends Patreon and get set for raw To Live And Die In LA interviews and other exclusive material. New programming to be announced shortly. Up right now is the Q&A I moderated at Wang Chung's concert for To Live And Die In LA's 40th Anniversary, taped in December at the Belasco Theater in LA.
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| 0:00.0 | Make believe is not pretend. We might be here, but we're on the end. It never starts, it never ends. Welcome to Craig and Friends. Welcome to Craig and Friends. Welcome to Friggins |
| 0:21.6 | Greetings. |
| 0:26.5 | As many of you know, there is a To Live and Die in LA movie club that I'm putting out |
| 0:30.0 | later this year. |
| 0:31.3 | As many of you also probably know, more than likely, to live in die in L.A. is my |
| 0:36.1 | favorite film. |
| 0:38.7 | I've taped chats with a lot of people involved in the making of the film. I have a tremendous amount of archive material |
| 0:42.9 | and a fabulous chat with the one and only Gama Avery. But this, oh my goodness, how excited do you |
| 0:49.1 | think I was, am and always will be, that I got to chat with the one and only William Peterson. |
| 0:54.6 | If you're not subscribed already, what are you doing? |
| 0:56.8 | Don't deprive yourself. |
| 0:58.0 | Hit subscribe now so you won't miss a second of magic. |
| 1:01.3 | And if you'd like raw tape of these interviews and a lot of interviews going forward, |
| 1:05.4 | head on over to patreon.com slash Craig and Friends. |
| 1:08.1 | Sign on up, and you'll find that you're going to be getting a lot of raw |
| 1:12.2 | tape as well as some other special kind of episodes the details of which will be coming very |
| 1:17.0 | very soon and if you haven't heard the craig and friends movie club for manhunter featuring my |
| 1:21.8 | guests rich johnson and gala avery well you're going to want to so go check that out after |
| 1:26.7 | you listen to this, the link |
| 1:27.9 | for both the audio and the video in the description below. |
| 1:32.2 | So now, it's time to listen to the one, the only the star of To Live and Die in L.A., William Peterson, |
| 1:40.0 | or, as I like to call him, Billy. |
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