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Actor Adam Driver Walks Out of NPR ‘Fresh Air’ Interview Over ‘Marriage Story’ Clip
The Daily Beast ^ | Dec 2019 | Maxwell Tani

Posted on 12/17/2019 12:41:41 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

In the midst of promoting three of his latest starring turns, Adam Driver sat for an interview with NPR’s highly influential talk show Fresh Air. But listeners will never hear it.

Sources at NPR told The Daily Beast that Driver walked out of an interview earlier this month with Fresh Air host Terry Gross after expressing displeasure at the idea of listening to a clip of himself singing “Being Alive” from the musical Company. Driver’s character sings the song late in Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix film Marriage Story.

According to one source, Gross’ team was aware that Driver prefers not to listen to recordings of himself and encouraged him to remove his headphones while any clips played back.

Danny Miller, Fresh Air’s executive producer, confirmed that Driver left during a break in the interview “while we were playing back a clip from the film.” The star actor recorded his end of the interview from NPR’s New York studios, while Gross was in Fresh Air’s base at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia.

“We don’t really understand why he left,” Miller said in an email. “We were looking forward to the interview—Terry thinks he’s a terrific actor, he was a great guest when he was on [Fresh Air] in 2015—so we were disappointed that we didn’t have a new interview to share with our listeners about Marriage Story.”

Before airing a rerun last week of an earlier interview with TBS late-night host Conan O’Brien, Gross briefly mentioned that the show “had promised you an interview with actor Adam Driver today, but unfortunately, we weren’t able to do it as planned.”


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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: adamdriver; interview; marriagestory; movie; noahbaumbach; npr; shyness; terrygross; tv
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To: billorites

Oh come on.... that’s not Terry Gross... That’s Dana Carvey doing his NPR impressions!


21 posted on 12/17/2019 1:06:14 PM PST by dangus
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To: V V Camp Enari 67-68

Served in the Marine Corps, and now runs a non-profit foundation called Arts in the Armed Forces that stages theatrical performances for military personnel.

His stepfather is a minister.

Growing up, he sang in the church choir.


22 posted on 12/17/2019 1:07:29 PM PST by HopeSprings
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To: Red Badger

I just now heard of him ..and i still don’t know who he is.


23 posted on 12/17/2019 1:07:59 PM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

What a coincidence, HE is on MY ever expanding list of liberal actors I can’t watch because they make me nauseous.


24 posted on 12/17/2019 1:09:33 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1946)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
highly influential talk show

Must be why I have never heard of it or him.

25 posted on 12/17/2019 1:10:14 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - T Jefferson)
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To: billorites; All

Is this odd looking woman one of the females that is parodied in the Schweddy Balls SNL Christmas skit?


26 posted on 12/17/2019 1:13:40 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: billorites

That dude looks like Skeletor. Best Terry Gross interview was with Gene Simmons. Look it up. classic


27 posted on 12/17/2019 1:15:48 PM PST by russdawg
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To: billorites

Lib women are so unattractive.


28 posted on 12/17/2019 1:15:54 PM PST by albie
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To: dfwgator

Who?


Agree. Why is this nerd suddenly in every movie including a leading role in Star Wars.


29 posted on 12/17/2019 1:17:19 PM PST by lodi90
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To: wally_bert

“Me too
I have a face for radio and a voice for silent pictures.”

What is amazing women think he is sexy as heck due to his “rugged” face.


30 posted on 12/17/2019 1:17:37 PM PST by setter
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To: doorgunner69

Adam Driver is the millennial Mark Hamill/Luke Skywalker. Or something. I haven’t quite figured out his movie stardom.


31 posted on 12/17/2019 1:19:51 PM PST by lodi90
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To: setter

What is amazing women think he is sexy as heck due to his “rugged” face.


He looks like every tall and goofy nerd from my high school days. Not sure what the attraction is but I am not female.


32 posted on 12/17/2019 1:21:09 PM PST by lodi90
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To: Chickensoup
Terry Gross is a terrible interviewer and always tries to score points.

Although it is EXTREMELY vulgar, the lead singer for KISS completely turned her inside out in an interview that must be available on YouTube. The more disgusting he got, the smarmier and more condescending she got, exposing that she really had no sense of self-dignity at all.

One that is NOT vulgar but still a great listen is when she interviews the ladies from the UK's "What Not to Wear", and they turn the tables on her, suggesting that she doesn't wear skirts because she is afraid of her own femininity. Because they have British accents, she can't out-smarm or out-condescend them.
33 posted on 12/17/2019 1:22:54 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: V V Camp Enari 67-68

Because that idiot actor enlisted in U.S. Marines after 9/11. Next dumbass question?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/10/70/70/1070707a8d2497c74bb5fc982a5612dc.jpg


34 posted on 12/17/2019 1:28:22 PM PST by guido911 (all)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It’s a great song written by Stephen Sondheim. But I’ll never go see the movie.


35 posted on 12/17/2019 1:28:27 PM PST by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Fresh Air is not live. There is no reason they could not have added the music later except for incompetence. I have engineered probably hundreds of radio interviews with celebrities of one grade or another. This does not sound to me like an unreasonable request, as they go.


36 posted on 12/17/2019 1:40:37 PM PST by AloneInMass ("It's a great day in America everybody." - Craig Ferguson)
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To: Hildy

New revival of Company Bobby is Bobbi with Katrina Lenk and the newlyweds are John and John.


37 posted on 12/17/2019 1:41:13 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

P.S. Some people never get over being grossed out by recordings of their own voices.


38 posted on 12/17/2019 1:41:53 PM PST by AloneInMass ("It's a great day in America everybody." - Craig Ferguson)
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To: AloneInMass

Nearly 40 years in radio, I hated the aircheck sessions with PD’s for that reason. Today with voice tracking technology, I can drive home and still turn me off.


39 posted on 12/17/2019 2:50:22 PM PST by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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To: HopeSprings
Bears repeating:

Served in the Marine Corps, and now runs a non-profit foundation called Arts in the Armed Forces that stages theatrical performances for military personnel.

His stepfather is a minister.

Growing up, he sang in the church choir.

This man is NOT the enemy, folks. He fell into his role as Kylo Ren in the new Star Wars series, but he's very quiet politically and personally. No need to lambaste him for the simple reason of his profession.

40 posted on 12/17/2019 3:42:43 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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