William Hurt
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Sep 17, 2026
MattHOST
We are suffering for the mistakes they made because when the end comes, all that will be left is us.
PatrickHOST
William Hurt.
Jude LawSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If a robot could genuinely love a person, what responsibility does that person hold toward that mecca in return?
William HurtSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a moral question, isn't it? The oldest one of all.
38 MINS LATER
PatrickHOST
I was trying to think, is there any other example in media or film that I've seen AI children? I'm not pretending that I've seen everything out there, but there's a question I wanted to
DevlinHOST
pose.
DevlinHOST
It's the discussion that they're having at the beginning, right? With William Hurt and challenging and the kind of the...
DevlinHOST
the mournful reason that you find out all the way at the end of the film when that comes back as to why he's chosen to do this you know that this it's it's so kind of uh thematically solid in terms of you move straight from the creation of the boy adam into this silent uh introduction of of these parents as they drive to to to see their frozen child and the the doctor very poetic doctor says that her grief goes undigested
KaylaHOST
Also, I could have seen that, actually.
TonyHOST
William Hurt, Robert Downey Jr., and Michael Jackson expressed interest.
TonyHOST
Although Tim Burton never did converse with Michael Jackson, so...
TonyHOST
In preparation for the role, Johnny Depp watched many Charlie Chaplin films to study the idea of creating sympathy without dialogue.
Don LemonHOST
Right? He could say whatever.
Don LemonHOST
Do you guys remember Broadcast News? Do you guys remember that, the movie Broadcast News with William Hurt in it? I think he's, yeah.
Don LemonHOST
You remember Broadcast News? And the guy was a really great journalist and just he was getting nervous and whatever.
Don LemonHOST
And then the other guy who had a pretty empty head and was like, the producer could say anything in his head and he'd spit it out and whatever.
Dave KargerGUEST
There's one scene near the end.
Dave KargerGUEST
I don't want to give too much away if people haven't seen the movie, but the two main characters, they kind of have a falling out, and then they reunite at a school dance, and the Pointer Sisters song, Jump For My Love, is playing.
Dave KargerGUEST
Randa Haynes, the director, just handles it so perfectly when the two of them see each other, when this very ebullient, effervescent song is playing, but the two of them have this melancholy looks on their faces when they see each other.
Dave KargerGUEST
She cuts back and forth and she cuts right with a key change of the song and it's just so powerful.
Dave KargerGUEST
I had the movie taped off on a VHS tape, remember those? I would just rewind it over and over and go back and watch That moment where the two of them, William Hurt first sees her, Marlee Matlin, and then she sees him back, and it's just, it's killer.
Dave KargerGUEST
But that's the thing about that movie.
Dave KargerGUEST
That movie was like the first time where I really felt myself being very attuned to, as I said, this very grown-up love story.
Dave KargerGUEST
I was also watching a lot of MTV, if I'm going to be totally honest with you.
Sean O'ConnorHOST
He's not Jewish, but he did go to Juilliard.
Sean O'ConnorHOST
And his classmates were William Hurt, Christopher Reeve, and Mandy Patinkin.
Sean O'ConnorHOST
Wow.
Brendon WalshHOST
Lenny and Squiggy? Those guys went to Juilliard, too.
Sydnee McElroyHOST
Sounds familiar.
Sydnee McElroyHOST
I think it's William Hurt.
Sydnee McElroyHOST
Oh, okay, yeah.
Sydnee McElroyHOST
He connects to his primal being and turns into like a primate.
Thaao PenghlisGUEST
But, oh, my God, I almost lost it.
Thaao PenghlisGUEST
What kept me going was it certainly wasn't Bill Hurt.
Thaao PenghlisGUEST
What kept me going was I couldn't afford to get fired or be embarrassed or not do well.
Thaao PenghlisGUEST
You know, all those values, you know, you have to be your best.
John Paul VasquezHOST
Ugh.
Reneé Hunter VasquezHOST
And sidebar, in Cronenberg's version, the lead Everyman, Douglas Quaid, was gonna be played by Richard Dreyfuss, despite Cronenberg's first choice being William Hurt.
Reneé Hunter VasquezHOST
So that is the idea of what this protagonist was going to be.
Travis Hunter-SayapinHOST
Mm-hmm.
22 MINS LATER
Travis Hunter-SayapinHOST
[laughs]
Reneé Hunter VasquezHOST
He was supposed to be a meek accountant type, and there was, there were several actors that were either offered the role or actually attached at one time or another to play Quaid.
Reneé Hunter VasquezHOST
As I mentioned before, Richard Dreyfuss, William Hurt, and Patrick Swayze, but also Jeff Bridges, Christopher Reeve, and even Matthew Broderick.
Travis Hunter-SayapinHOST
Really?
Luke BurbankHOST
Is Holly Hunter in Broadcast News?
Andrew WalshHOST
Yes, and William Hurt.
Luke BurbankHOST
Yeah.
Andrew WalshHOST
Now, I am, I'm probably just misremembering.
Lucien WandailyHOST
Okay.
Shane KellyHOST
William Hurt in Children of a Lesser God, and James Woods in, am I right in thinking...
Shane KellyHOST
No, never mind.
Shane KellyHOST
Oliver Stone's Salvador.
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