James Foley, the newly announced director of Fifty Shades Darker, joins Brian this week to discuss how James thinks about directing, the years he spent in movie jail, and how decades of Freudian analysis helped break him out. Also, Foley talks about his time on House of Cards and how David Fincher’s trust gave him a 2nd shot in Hollywood. Plus, James tells a few stories from the set of Glengarry Glen Ross and takes a look ahead at his new project, Fifty Shades Darker.

 

Topics discussed on today’s show include: 

Glengarry Glen Ross

Fifty Shades Darker (Sequel)

Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James

Billions

At Close Range

After Dark, My Sweet

“Papa Don't Preach” by Madonna

Reckless

House of Cards

The Intern

The Martian

Gladiator

Perfect Stranger

Solitary Man

USC Film School 

 

People discussed on today's show: 

James Foley

Beau Willimon

David Fincher

Paul Giamatti

Sigmund Freud

Nikki Toscano

Nancy Meyers

Woody Allen

Ridley Scott

Halle Berry

Bruce Willis

Tom Cruise

Josh Donen

David Mamet

Alec Baldwin

Jack Lemmon

Ed Harris

Billy Wilder

E.L. James

Dakota Johnson

Jamie Dornan

 

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