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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Jerry O’Connell, the actor best known for his roles in Stand by Me and Jerry Maguire. Brian and Jerry reflect on the life of River Phoenix and the audition that landed Jerry a Jerry Maguire role. Also, he says it was never his intention to be pitted against Tom Cruise after his comments a few weeks back and discusses why there’s still nothing quite like performing for a packed Broadway theater.
Topics mentioned on today’s show include:
- Stand by Me
- Jerry Maguire
- My Secret Identity
- Miami Vice
- The Howard Stern Show
- WTF With Marc Maron
- Mohr Stories With Jay Mohr
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Dateline NBC
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Lost Boys
- Different Seasons by Stephen King
- The Princess Bride
- This Is Spinal Tap
- The Sure Thing
- Misery
- A Few Good Men
- When Harry Met Sally
- The Firm
- Cocoon
- Good Will Hunting
- Night Shift by Stephen King
- My Own Private Idaho
- Running on Empty
- Allegedly podcast with Jerry O’Connell
- Funny or Die: Jerry O’Connell in the Parody Video Tom Cruise Wants You to See!
- Kangaroo Jack
- The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
- Jerry O’Connell Duncan Hines commercial
- Billions
- Big Momma’s House 2
- Seminar on Broadway
- Yaddo
People mentioned on today’s show:
- Jerry O’Connell
- Lou Reed
- Alan Rickman
- Corey Feldman
- Wil Wheaton
- River Phoenix
- Kiefer Sutherland
- Rob Reiner
- Sydney Pollack
- Albert Brooks
- Brad Pitt
- Ryan Case
- Leah Remini
- Tom Cruise
- Steve Bing
- Scott Rosenberg
- Dan Fierman
- Chris Connelly
- Bill Simmons
- David Benioff
- Sam Gold
- David Cromer
- Jeff Goldblum
- Theresa Rebeck
- John Hodgman
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Podcast production by Jayson De Leon.
