Jake Johnson’s ‘Weird Ride’ From Stoner Bro to Action Star and Back Again

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🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jake Johnson has run from dinosaurs with Chris Pratt, fought off mummies with Tom Cruise and embodied an alternate universe Spiderman. But for his latest project ‘Ride the Eagle,’ the actor has scaled things way back, teaming up with ‘New Girl’ director Trent O’Donnell to see if they could create a movie that is both safe to shoot during the pandemic and satisfying from a storytelling perspective. On this episode, Johnson breaks down how his experience in those blockbuster films have shaped his views on Hollywood, reveals how Cruise taught him the difference between “injured and hurt” and teases the future of his Peter B. Parker character from ‘Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse’

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0:00.0	Before he fought mummies with Tom Cruise, ran from dinosaurs with Chris Pratt, and became an actual Spider-Man, today's guest was just good old Nick Miller on New Girl.
0:12.6	I need you to pull it together and just say something simple.
0:16.0	Schmidt's asleep.
0:16.8	Schmidt is asleep.
0:18.3	Schmidt's a...
0:19.5	What rhythm?
0:20.2	The normal human rhythm. Okay, Schmidt is asleep, Schmidt is asleep. Schmidt is asleep. Schmidt says, what rhythm? A normal human rhythm.
0:21.9	Okay, Schmidt is asleep, Schmidt is asleep?
0:24.7	Nick.
0:25.3	Did I say it or no?
0:26.4	You said it, but it sounded very weird.
0:29.2	It wasn't right.
0:29.8	Just say it like all one, in all one.
0:32.0	Schmidt is a sleep?
0:33.0	You could just say Schmidt's asleep.
0:34.4	Schmidt's asleep, got it.
0:35.7	No, you're putting weird emphasis on weird syllables.
0:38.3	You do it.
0:39.3	Schmidt's asleep.
0:40.3	Hey, Sisi, Schmitt, sleep and slip.
0:42.3	I'm so nervous. I'm gonna screw this up.
0:44.3	You're always so ready to believe the worst in yourself.
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