David Ayer & Jon Bernthal: Unfiltered Truths of Hollywood & Life
REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
Join a candid conversation between Jon and the quintessential "real one", David Ayer. From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to the intense sets of "Fury" and "The Tax Collector", discover how Ayer's commitment to authenticity has shaped the careers and lives of many in Hollywood. This episode not only offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of some of your favorite films but also highlights how David Ayer serves as a connecting thread for many of the show's guests. Join us as we explore the raw beauty of storytelling, the challenges of the industry, and the bonds formed during the collaborative creative process.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on everybody this week on the real ones my guest is David air David air is one of the greatest American filmmakers of all time |
| 0:06.2 | May movies like end-of-watch and |
| 0:08.8 | Harsh times and fury wrote the movie training day being in the movie fury was one of the greatest |
| 0:13.8 | Joyce in my life a lot of the folks that I brought on the show or people that I've met through David in this conversation |
| 0:19.5 | David is extraordinarily brave |
| 0:22.4 | courageous and open I love this man. I admire this man. This man's given me so much |
| 0:27.7 | He's been through a ton and he really opens up here. I'm again eternally grateful today for just so many reasons and I love you boss |
| 0:36.8 | Thanks for coming on |
| 0:58.7 | Lots of cameras and shirt. How does that make you feel man with it with the cameras cameras being on you? |
| 1:05.5 | Confuses me. It does how so why? |
| 1:08.0 | Because I'm on the wrong side. Yeah, yeah, I'm like I'm behind the fourth wall. You know what I mean? Yeah |
| 1:15.2 | When was the last time when was the last time you did something like that where you were on camera? |
| 1:20.2 | Like never huh media |
| 1:22.6 | Bullshit like this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's repeat the same thing 30 times in a row |
| 1:27.5 | Speed-dating format. Yeah, and then you get the one journalist who's like I'm gonna craft a question that if you answer |
| 1:33.9 | Honestly, we'll destroy your career and then I'm gonna sit back and watch you answer it right |
| 1:39.0 | But then you do media training and then it's like just answer the question you wish they asked yeah |
| 1:43.7 | Yeah, and they get that far away look in the eye like |
| 1:46.0 | The way they should be treated like don't like literally ignore them completely. Oh my god. Yeah |
| 1:51.6 | Yeah, everyone's trying to feed off everybody now. It's crazy, man. It's crazy |
| 1:56.6 | There's no one as far as like this thing that we've been doing |
| 2:00.0 | You've kind of been at the center so much. There's so many points of connection on this show |
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