Featuring exclusive content and interviews for Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and so much more. I'm glad you mentioned the word transformative because you get to witness her perform both Estella and Cruella, and you get to see that range. "When I was growing up, the great EC horror titles were long gone, but I would find them in reprints or anthologies. The attention to detail is amazing. "I love writing short-form comic stories, especially ones that pack a visceral punch in the style of Creepshow," Dini said before adding that they were an important part of his formative years. I just think that the Earth cant support popular culture in the way that weve come to expect. So when I go to auditions I'll really stand out. John McCrea - Biography, Height & Life Story | Super Stars Bio To add more books, click here . I just read a statistic from the Department of Labor between the years 2002 and 2011 that we have lost 45% of our working musicians in the United States. Im really intrigued by what you guys are doing on the web. The Show on the Road - Cake (John McCrea) At one point, you're rocking out on stage at a Cruella fashion show. Its a collective thing that we do together. Happily, Democrats have recovered the House, but theres a lot more work left to do. Weve never done a TV ad, you know, for a product. Tessa has been in the Entertainment writing business for almost ten years and is a member of several Critics Associations including the Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Critics Association, and the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association. Probably every month or so there will be another single, then probably in a year well release the whole album. Right. You wouldnt want to pigeonhole yourself within a genre. Who knows what might happen next? Academy Award winner Emma Stone (La La Land) stars in Disneys Cruella, an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious and notoriously fashionable villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. How do you deal with that? If I hit a wall, I just move on to a different song. And I am still waiting -- thank goodness!". It seems to be taking the audience participation - thats so integral to your live show - and bringing it to the web. Then three years later, we release another album, play the same festivals, and it would be a totally different group of faces. Conspiracy theories that the whole thing is rigged - they really run rampant. The part that I really love is musical, but also part of it is cultural. Your home base is in Sacramento. Thats kind of huge actually. What John loves about this is that every day it was something completely different. What made you decide to donate to that particular organization? McCrae began writing poetry when he was a student at the Guelph Collegiate Institute and also showed an early interest in joining the military. John McCrea Talks New West End Hit 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' - WWD On the scale of how youre trying to help the environment and change the world, do you see yourself more like a Neil Young, a Willy Nelson, or a Bono? A noted pathologist and army physician, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was also a poet; he wrote "In Flanders Fields" one of the most famous poems of the First World War. And there is something really exciting when a lot of people are all doing something together. Did you find more opportunity back home? Interest was piqued when British stage actor John McCrea was cast in the film in the role of Artie, the owner of a vintage stop who befriends Stone's Estella. We were still there. "So there was considerable pressure, and every time I sent in a design or a page of a story, I waited with creeping terror for the email that confirmed, yes, I did suck, and I was fired! Theres all kinds of like weird rites of passage that they dont warn you about beforehand that can actually just really impact all kinds of things in your life. doing? To me, we can argue about gay marriage a lot, but we dont even get to do that unless we have clean air and water. Theres sleep deprivation. I think its time we stop strategizing individuality at the expense of humans. Interview with Everybody's Talking About Jamie star John McCrea - The Stage The story is a while ago when I was a struggling musician in Sacramento, California I bought a tree for about seven dollars at a sale a garage sale or something and planted it in the median between my apartment building and the street. John McCrea's 's top tips for aspiring performers 1. Why did you decide to play Los Angeles for New Years Eve? He had some great stories in between takes. It occurred to me that there are all these songs that we have that we should probably formalize in sound recording. Im curious, how have you been spending your time in the last few years when you werent touring with CAKE? Its more important to me than any of the other issues because you dont get to have any of the other issues if you dont have a working environment and ecosystems. Interview: John McCrea of Cake. They varying scale of the movie is really quite something to behold because its massive and its loud, and its quiet., When it comes to Disneys Cruella, there is so much about it that begs to be seen on the big screen, which is something John agrees with. Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky. She was working a sewing machine and then she was feeding treats to the dogs to make sure the dog was well-behaved. "It's wonderful to create a role," McCrea shares. Yeah, I find that there are audiences that are more or less encumbered, sometimes, by self-consciousness at a live music show. The band includes trumpeter Vincent DiFiore, bassist Gabriel Nelson, and guitarist Xan McCurdy. Well, I noticed that all of the profits for Sinking Ship are slated to go toward Doctors Without Borders. By telling the story of a teenage boy who dreams of becoming a drag queen, the new play wants to send . Cruella takes the story of 101 Dalmatians and turns it into a music and fashion extravaganza, thriving in its setting of the 1970s London punk rock scene. MCCREA: Well, the B-side or the A-side I dont know which side is which of the vinyl single Sinking Ship, we do a cover of the old Age Of Aquarius song from the early 70s. In February of 1989 Starrett was arrested for the murder of Jean Taylor McCrea. I didn't get to spend any time with Emma Thompson, which bums me out every day, but hopefully one day. His taste in music and his knowledge of music is palpable throughout the film. I guess that is a good thing, to be busy. Ive got dozens of songs going at once. An introduction to the five-factor model and its applications The five-factor model of personality is a hierarchical organization of personality traits in terms of five basic dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Interview: John McCrea tells us why Everybody's Talking About Jamie note: We spoke to McCrea one week prior to the midterm election.] Everybody in the supply chain gets paid except for the artist. RELATED: I Hate This Place Turns Terrifying Real Life Events Into Campy Fun, It isn't always easy to create short-form comic stories due to space constraints. Profession: Actor Known For: Giri/Haji (2019), God's Own Country (2017) and Dracula (2020) Net Worth: USD $1 Million approx Family & Relatives. Yeah, I think so. When Cake formed in 1990, McCrea was. Speaking of talking about something, the conversation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie arose as the film adaptation of the West End musical is coming to Amazon Prime in October. STEREOGUM: Yeah, definitely. And in this case it really seemed like it didnt. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella. Theres just nothing rebellious, as far as Im concerned, about a leather jacket. Tell me your origin story if you dont mind. Okay. Was that by happenstance or design? Did he make you more confident? I bet you wish you could introduce yourself so well in every project you're in. He almost comes at things from sort of like he shot it like it was an indie movie. Yeah, I was so lucky. John McCrea, the West End's newest star, is talking about the schoolboy drag queen at the heart of Everybody's Talking About Jamie. It's totally surreal. --Joel McCrea in 1978 interview. Plus, reacting to that range, you have to make adjustments yourself as an actor. Back in the very beginning, we played these radio festivals where we were opening and it seems that everybody there was a way bigger deal than we were. For nearly 20 years Cake have been making music that is distinctly their own. I lived in Koreatown for a little bit. John McCrea Interview Everybody's Talking About Jamie Subscribe to Red Carpet News: http://bit.ly/1s3BQ54 Red Carpet News TV talk to Bryan Cranston, Andrew Scott, Victoria Hamilton, John. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. Photos: All New Photos of Aimee Lou Wood, John McCrea, and More in CABARET Now that "Cruella" has been released, McCrea has his eyes set, long term, on a dream remake of another classic vampire thriller. Thats the way I preserve my happiness in writing: by doing it because I want to do it, not because Im trying to finish a job. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. We have to put some of our agenda aside in order to do whats best for the group. I think those people mentioned are more idealistic. One of the freshest faces in the new Cruella de Vil origin story "Cruella" is actor John McCrea, who plays Artie, an independent fashion store owner who helps kick off Estella's ( Emma Stone). This week on The Show On The Road, a rare career-spanning interview with the ever-curious frontman, activist, and rock hitmaker John McCrea, who founded Cake, one of the most beloved and yet misunderstood bands of our time in Sacramento in 1992. In this exclusive interview with Looper to discuss "Cruella," McCrea shares his thoughts about Stone, co-star Mark Strong and director Craig Gillespie, reflects on his "rock god" moment in the film, and reveals how he'd like to parlay his appearance in a recent vampire miniseries into a role in a dream remake of an '80s horror movie classic. Yeah, for me, its about remaining flexible and just making it about musical criteria as opposed to cultural criteria. It's so often nowadays, you do auditions and it's just you and the casting director, or you do self-tapes. He tries to walk around London like a walking art piece, and I think he succeeds. I think its all over the map. John McCrea stars as Artie in Disneys Cruella and in this interview we talk about the music, the sets, and the bonus scene he filmed. We'll never know. Its sort of becoming the 21st century technology and service of feudalism, really. Uncle Billy McCrea: Yes, sir. We need to fucking wake up and pay attention. I just dont know when they became marginalized into political issues at all. Movies. In Flanders Fields | poem by McCrae | Britannica Or even just beneficial to CAKE itself? By: red964 - 1st December 2005 at 12:54. It used to be impossible. Flashback: John McCrea on Visiting the Infamous VPL Research Lab - UploadVR Not an NFL football victory, but a tiny bureaucratic victory or a negligible victory even. In a "Cruella" movie, he also sang the song "I Wanna Be Your Dog." He also appeared in the film "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" as Jamie. MCCREA: Oh, yeah. Matt and Grace Interview John McCrea from 'Everybody's - YouTube I think probably because of current events. Forming in 1991, the band crafted a sound that fused an array of genres as diverse as rock, folk, and elements of hip-hop and spoken word, with dynamic horn parts. You'll find it in their live performances, defined by a unique brand of audience interaction. I think most artists wouldnt mind recorded music being free as long as no one was getting paid for that music. The McCraes had military blood. Yeah, exactly. Cake's front man John McCrea, the voice and face of much of this activity, sat down with HeadCount to discuss how he tries to infuse a sense of populism in his communication with fans, and the various reactions that invokes. But for some reason people get really angry and call us hippies I guess for bringing up those kinds of issues. Its not worth it to do something musically. Not very many artists can get billions of streams, so its a math thing. Check out our other videos for more exclusive interviews and west end theatre coverage, thanks for watching and dont forget to subscribe. And especially the Deadhead type, or hippy sort of people that have checked out, really should be the most engaged and should be the most concerned about political issues because maybe their views run more counter to the mainstream. Did I do that?" The band has recorded in a solar-powered recording studio since 2011, and McCrea serves on the board of directors for HeadCount, a non-partisan organization that works with musicians to promote participation in democracy. . If there is anything in your way then you have to get rid of that. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Yeah. I mean, certainly you must have been inspired by them to want to be involved in "Cruella.". They try to work it out into their early adulthood to find a more secure emotional space for themselves, but ultimately I think thats a fucking luxury right now. John McCrea - IMDb He was given a life sentences for raping and molesting women, plus 4 more life terms and 50 years for the murder. We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, I think theres a sense at least of shared aesthetic. Theres also more two-way communication between musicians and listeners. Did he teach you anything about yourself as a performer? I'd never been on a movie that big before, and I imagined there'd be a lot of pressure, a lot of time constraints, a lot of frantic energy, but it was one of the happiest jobs I've had, for sure. I know bands that have lost interest because of feeling that many of those things have been taken away. Actually not fleetingly, I cant believe that our band still exists after this much time. So we can still exist I guess.". I actually knew most of what you told me, but Im glad that I asked you because I like that Hunter S. Thompson quote. Your 2011 album, Showroom of Compassion, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. 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I think it's the closest I'll ever come to feeling like a rock god. It had this massive scale, but I don't think he's afraid to sort of push boundaries a bit more. Is the Cake fan base a community? Everythings beautiful, but its also challenging. The David Bowie and Mark Bolan-inspired Artie marks a landmark moment for Disney, as he historically becomes the entertainment giant's first openly queer character in a live-action production . He's one of Britain's finest actors, for sure. Well known for his smart and often caustically funny lyrics and his trademark half-spoken, half-sung delivery, McCrea and CAKE exploded out of Sacramento, California in 1996 when the single "The Distance" from their second album Fashion Nugget saturated the airwaves. MCCREA: The elephant in the room is its nice to get paid for something that youve worked on for a year or two.