Every Second Counts with Actor Jon Bernthal (‘The Bear’)

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Over the long holiday weekend, we’re returning to our conversation with actor Jon Bernthal! To begin, we discuss his performance on HBO’s We Own This City (6:00), policing and gun culture in America (9:15), growing up grappling with toxic masculinity (14:47), his pivot to acting in college (23:30), and the powerful history of theater in Moscow (27:25).

On the back-half, he reflects on his first year in Los Angeles (32:45), the night that changed his life (37:44), and the magic behind the making of Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (45:05). To close, Jon shares his hopes for the future (51:00) and how, as a father, he’s processed these tragic weeks in America (52:58).

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0:00.0	Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm a stand for girls, so welcome to the show. Today over the long holiday weekend we're returning to our conversation with actor
0:47.1	John Bernthal. You've likely seen him in shows like The Walking Dead, we own this city, and of course, most recently, season two of the bear.
0:57.9	Although Bernthal is only in one episode this season, his character looms large, a kind of specter presiding over this group of
1:06.2	Chicago chefs that are trying desperately to start anew. If you've not seen The Bear, you can stream all episodes exclusively on Hulu.
1:16.0	Post succession, it's probably my favorite show on television, and because of that, we will be doing a couple bear themed episodes later this summer.
1:26.4	But until then, this talk with Bernthal, when I look back on everything we put out in
1:31.6	2022, is a real highlight and I should note that it's bookended by a
1:36.8	dialogue around gun violence at the time we were just a week out from the horrific shooting that took place in
1:44.7	Uvaldi, Texas and while it was a conversation firmly rooted in the moment when I
1:51.1	was relistening to it this week it could have just as easily been about America in
1:56.1	2023.
1:57.1	If you've not heard our episode from this year with Congressman Maxwell Frost about these very issues.
2:04.4	I would encourage you to check that one out.
2:07.2	The other reason I wanted to replay this over the holiday weekend,
2:10.6	beyond the timeliness and how great John is in the bear is because there's
2:16.0	something fundamentally American about Bernthal's story. It's one of redemption, failure, tragedy, triumph, and everything in between, more than just
2:27.1	about any guest in recent memory.
2:30.1	He's incredibly, sometimes painfully honest about his journey and all the detours he took before arriving at the place he is today.
2:39.0	And so with that, I hope you enjoy this talk with John. If you haven't checked out our latest
2:44.5	episodes with actor Michael Shannon, activist Gina Rossero, comedian Sarah Silverman,
2:50.6	and actor Oscar Isaac, you can do so wherever you are listening to this right now.
2:57.0	As always, sharing the show with a friend, reviewing the program on your platform of choice,
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