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Matt Dillon & "Wayward Pines" Stars on Going from Film to TV

Matt Dillon & "Wayward Pines" Stars on Going from Film to TV

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YH is hanging out at Comic-Con in San Diego with M. Night Shyamalan, the executive producer of Fox's mystery-drama series, "Wayward Pines", as well as its stellar cast including Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Toby Jones, and Melissa Leo! The talented ensemble chat with us about making the move from films to television, plus they reveal their favorite places to get away and attempt to name as many superheroes as they can off the tops of their heads!

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, Nicki Novac here for Young Hollywood in San Diego at Comic Con. Major star power happening here today with the cast of Wayward Pines. Nice to meet you. How are you?

Guest

I'm good.

Young Hollywood

Do you want to trade outfits? What is this exactly? Like Supergirl or?

Guest

I don't know if you know this, but Chris Evans retired from being Captain America, so I'm kind of campaigning to be the next one.

Young Hollywood

Oh, Captain America. You think I have a shot?

Guest

Sure, I'd give you a shot.

Young Hollywood

So many movie actors are now doing TV. How is this a fresh take on anything we've seen from you before?

Guest

You know what? I think just being able to tell a longer version of of a kind of, you know, a Twilight Zone episode, but 10 episodes, it takes 10 episodes to tell the Twilight Zone Tale, is is exciting.

Young Hollywood

Going from film to TV. How is it a sort of a fresh take for you?

Matt Dillon

Well, I've always sort of worked within all the mediums actors are lucky enough if we get to work on stage, on film, on television, all of them. Television has a speed to it, a rhythm shall we call it that is breakneck and um, I really kind of enjoy that.

Young Hollywood

Hi, how are you? You look amazing. You look fantastic.

Guest

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

How do you eat fresh and stay in shape?

Guest

Um, hmm. I am, yes, I'm Italian, so I have to eat. I eat everything. I eat everything. This is my motto, everything in moderation, including moderation.

Young Hollywood

How do you look amazing? How do you sort of eat fresh and stay in shape?

Matt Dillon

Well, let's just say I don't, I'm a little erratic in my eating and staying in shape, but I try, I do the best I can.

Young Hollywood

Moderation.

Matt Dillon

Yeah. Got it. Everything in moderation, including moderation. Do you know that Carlin just said that? It's an old, you great cast think alike? He didn't come up with that.

Young Hollywood

And your thoughts on just this insane cast doing a TV show coming together with M. Night? I mean it's pretty amazing.

Guest

It is really amazing. It's really amazing. I'm so blessed. We're so blessed. We all feel the same way. I mean I think, you know, when they came to me with this, uh Matt Dillon and Melissa Leo were attached at that point. And uh, and I had a long conversation with Night on the phone and I just felt so excited and galvanized to like dig in with people who, cause the thing is that with TV you're, you it's it's still being treated. So it's not like a movie where you have a finished piece of material. So you have to take a big risk. And my feeling is always like, let's risk, let's take risks with really good people and there couldn't be better people.

Young Hollywood

Basically the premise of the show is FBI agents disappear. When you both want to disappear from Hollywood in the business and get away, where is your happy place?

Guest

It's simple for me. I just go home back to the UK. I mean there's not, there's no, there's no big problem there. You know, um because the business isn't really where I live on the East Coast, I kind of naturally I have that kind of distance and also maybe it's right. I kind of drawn to stories about isolation.

Matt Dillon

Where are we gonna go? Oh man, let's go to let's go to the islands in the Mediterranean. Got it. Somewhere like that. That's good.

Guest

I go home. I go home to my house and and hunker down there quietly. Sometimes we can just get away and get at home. I like to read. I like to get lost in a book.

Young Hollywood

What is what is that? People don't do that anymore unless it's on Twitter. You're not on Twitter by the way.

Guest

Maybe with your crowd. But I still know a few people that read books. Second guest: Before it was even such a huge fad. I am a huge yoga person. I started doing it when I was 12. And so yoga is always a way for me. I have to say, um hot yoga is awesome because I you can everyone's sweating, nobody looks at you and you're all just like think you might die. So therefore it's a great place to disappear.

Young Hollywood

I'm asking everybody in the cast, can you name five superheroes really fast?

Guest

Tony the Tiger.

Young Hollywood

Nice. Is he a superhero?

Guest

Yeah. Okay. I don't know if I can. Well, Wonder Woman. Captain America. Oh, sorry. Um, Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman. Does Bionic Woman count?

Young Hollywood

Sure. I love that you pick two women first too.

Guest

Well, of course.

Matt Dillon

Catwoman. Uh, Thor, Captain America, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Superman, Spider-Man. I can go on and on. Second guest: Captain America. Aquaman, Batman. Does Robin count?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Yeah. I was Robin yesterday. So yeah.

Guest

Yes. The Popeye's uh character.

Matt Dillon

Mickey Mouse.

Young Hollywood

Loving it. Love Mickey Mouse. Second guest: Okay. Superman because my dear friend Zack Snyder is doing that right now. And uh, and and let's put Batman in there with Catwoman. Flash Gordon. I have a connection with that. My uncle created that comic strip.

Guest

Well, there's Xena and there's Wonder Woman and there's Supergirl and there's Batwoman and there's lots of lady superheroes too. There are lady superheroes. It's two against one.

Matt Dillon

And along those lines, Jungle Jim.

Young Hollywood

Those are the best five superheroes I've ever heard. Thank you so much. Congratulations on the on the show. He really thinks about his answers, doesn't he?

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Matt Dillon

    Cast member of Wayward Pines, interviewed

  • Carla Gugino

    Cast member of Wayward Pines, interviewed

  • Toby Jones

    Cast member of Wayward Pines, interviewed

  • Melissa Leo

    Cast member of Wayward Pines, interviewed

  • M. Night Shyamalan

    Executive Producer of Wayward Pines

  • Nicki Novac

    Young Hollywood interviewer

  • Chris Evans

    Mentioned as the actor who played Captain America

  • Zack Snyder

    Friend of an interviewee, mentioned for directing Superman

  • George Carlin

    Quoted by an interviewee for 'everything in moderation'

FAQ

Who was interviewed about Wayward Pines?+
Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Toby Jones, and Melissa Leo, along with executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, were interviewed by Young Hollywood.
What is Wayward Pines about?+
The show's premise involves an FBI agent disappearing, as discussed by the cast in the interview.
How do the actors feel about working on TV vs. film?+
The actors discussed enjoying the longer storytelling format of TV and the 'breakneck' rhythm of television production.
Where do the Wayward Pines cast members like to get away?+
Toby Jones mentioned going home to the UK, Carla Gugino likes the Mediterranean islands, and Melissa Leo enjoys her home or reading books.
Which superheroes were named by the cast?+
The cast named superheroes such as Wonder Woman, Captain America, Catwoman, Thor, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Superman, Spider-Man, Aquaman, Batman, Robin, Flash Gordon, Xena, and Supergirl.

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