About This Time Around Oscar Nominee John Hawkes Experienced a fight round the Number of 'Johnny Be Good'

In 1988, there's an awful movie released referred to as 'Johnny Do Well,A starring Anthony Michael Hall just like a star secondary school quarterback. If there has been any residual doubt regarding how bad 'Johnny Be Good' is actually, you have to just re-see the last ten words in the previous sentence. One of the cultural oddities of 'Johnny Be Good' is always that future Academy Award nominee John Hawkes appears just like a pizza delivery boy who eventually ends up round the receiving finish from the cake-to-the-face shipped by Paul Gleason ('The Breakfast Club,' 'Trading Places'). For reasons I don't understand, I made a decision to produce up 'Johnny Be Good' while speaking to Hawkes about his quite fantastic performance in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' (the whole interview will publish inside a couple of days). After I learned, the film is -- naturally -- not Hawkes' favorite subject, as well as the inquiry introduced for the following awkward exchange. It calculates, while pushing a cake into Hawkes' face, Gleason probably didn't exactly pull his punch -- producing a problem round the set. [Note, Hawkes really didn't title Gleason since the instigator, but after watching the embedded clip below, it's really quite simple to decipher the "older actor" that Hawkes refers.] Exactly what are your recollections of playing the pizza guy in 'Johnny Be Good'? Oh my gosh god. It's one of the primary a couple of a few things i did and its likely most likely probably the most embarrassing things. Which is a thing that I aim to kind of really forget and not discuss. Only because I fell the task was pretty awful in my finish. I used to be dwelling in Texas, it absolutely was money -- there has been a number of things relating to this job that have been not great. I'd rather not go too deeply inside it. I'd an problem by getting a mature actor which has died who was simply pretty mean in my opinion, physically, inside the movie. To the level where there's intercession off their stars. Anyway, it absolutely was not a great experience, I'd say. I have not a clue why I introduced that up. Plus it was going so well! I'm I merely destroyed the whole factor. Not whatsoever, guy. Honestly, I'd haven't thought in the million years the 'Johnny Be Good' is a questionable subject. Well, I'm just embarrassed due to it. I'm also just embarrassed with the work, but, you understand, that's how you learn and continue to improve next time. I accept your scorn. Aw, no scorn. Let us concentrate on days I am likely to be screaming throughout my shower, "Why did I have to mention 'Johnny Be Good'?! Why?!" Mix it well this list. This is actually the challenge with IMDb, too, because you hope people little small ones will be a waste. It'll stand out if you consider John Hawkes. "'Johnny Be Good'? That's strange." And Uma Thurman, seriously. And Robert Downey Junior. -- they're individuals who've been nominated for big honours... on the worst. It's an optimistic factor that individuals don't consider you when when 'Johnny Be Good' is stated. I really like that. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook You'll be able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter. RELATED