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Hi, Art.
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AJ, I have Bo here.
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Okay. How much time do you want me to have
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with him? 10 minutes.
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As much as you'd like.
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Hi, Bo Bridges. This is awesome. How are
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you today?
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I'm doing great. How are you, KJ?
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I am just thrilled to have an opportunity
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to talk with you a little bit this morning,
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not only about your amazing career, but in
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particular, the new project that is going
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out to everyone tomorrow on demand. Can you
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give us a little synopsis of camera and why
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you decided this was a movie you had to be
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a part of?
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Yeah, well, for me, the most important part
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of any project is the story itself. Like
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Will Shakespeare said a long time ago, the
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play's the thing. And I agree. And this story
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came through to me from Jay Silberman, the
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man that created it. And I just love the
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story. It's a real feel-good tale. And this
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young boy and his mother moved to a small
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fishing village down The kid has a speech
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challenge. He can't talk, so he's bullied
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by the other kids in the town. I'm an old
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guy who has a fix-it shop there where he
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has a hobby of photography, but his camera
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is broken. I fix it. I sort of bond over
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the camera. And I'm a lost soul. I've lost
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my wife and my son. Boy lost his father,
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and so we come together and bond and become
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sort of a family ourselves. And then what
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makes the story unique is that sense of family
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extends out to the whole community. So it
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becomes really a story about the human family,
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which is the kind of story we need a lot
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these days, I think.
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Definitely. And can you talk a little bit
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about your acting partner there? We've got
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a new actor in Miguel Gabriel that not only
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does he need to, he's the focus of the film,
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but he's not talking. It had to be quite
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a challenge to make sure that he was the
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right child actor for this movie. And how
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was that working with him?
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Yeah, Miguel is the heart and soul of this
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film. He really filled up that role. He was
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great. And you know what? What we call what
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we do as actors is we play, you know, you're
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playing a part. And when a young person is
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involved in the production, that sense of
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play really becomes a very important part
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of the whole experience. And it was in this
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one. And, uh, you get, you know, I got in
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touch with the child within myself, even
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though I'm an older guy, we all have that
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child within us and working with Miguel,
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uh, that came out in me, I think a lot. And
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I just had a lot of fun and I, you know,
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messed with him a lot, trying to get him
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to laugh, even in the serious moments there.
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I have this one speech that's really quite
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long and philosophical, and at the end, I
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said to him, different from the script, and
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I said, and above all else, make sure you
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never pick your nose in public. I was trying
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to get him to laugh, and they put that in
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the movie, too.
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Oh, my gosh. Oh, that is so fun. What a lucky
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actor. I hope he knows that to be on screen
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with you and be able to not only learn from
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you, but also have so much fun. We are talking
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with Bo Bridges. And we know your career.
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And you are a three-time Emmy winner, a two-time
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Golden Globe winner. You've won a Grammy.
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And now you are really talking about, you
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know, how important it is to take your fame.
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And I've heard you, you know, say, you know,
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I want to help people. So this movie in particular,
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cameras really doing that. How does it feel
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for you at this point to be able to kind
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of pick and choose those projects that you
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think are really going to make a difference?
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Yeah, I mean, it's great to be a part of
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something that you feel is important story
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to get out there to the community. And in
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this case, I think that's the case. Right
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now, I'm also doing a series on CBS that
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I'm really enjoying. It's a reboot of the
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old Matlock series with Kathy Bates as Maddie
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Matlock this time around. And she's so much
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fun. She's just such a great actress. And
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I'm really happy to be a part of this one
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as well.
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And I wanted to switch over to another project
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that came out earlier this year, because
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I'm also the kiddie correspondent for Pet
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Pals TV. So we're always out there trying
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to create more positive stories about animals.
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And you were the narrator for a short film
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called Wildlife on the Edge. Can you talk
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a little bit about your connection to animals
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and why you wanted to be a part of that project?
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Yeah. I have a little dog named Buster, and
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I really love him, and I love all animals.
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And this particular documentary that I narrated
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is about this wildlife bridge that goes over
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the 101 treeway here in Los Angeles. It's
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the largest bridge of its kind in the country.
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It's not completed quite yet. But it will
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enable wildlife to go over the freeway from
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one nature preserve to the next. And just
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a few weeks ago, a lion was killed going
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over the freeway, hit by a car. And I think
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this is going to be really helpful to the
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animals to survive.
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Do you spend a lot of time? Are you out there
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in nature often, Bo?
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Yeah, well, I live really close to the Santa
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Monica Mountains, a wildlife area that has
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all kinds of animals. I mean, there's bear,
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mountain lions, lots of coyotes. And so,
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yeah, I love being out in nature.
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Well, and you talk about this bridge and
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the importance. I think not everybody realizes
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when you talk about the death of that lion
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how heartbreaking it is. But the conservation
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efforts that are going into keeping some
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of these big cats and so many of our animals
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just preserving the species, one death is
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too much. So if we can create a bridge that
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changes that, it changes so much for the
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world.
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Absolutely, yeah.
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Well, thank you so much for taking a little
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time to talk with us today. Again, the new
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movie is Camera, out on all of the digital
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platforms starting tomorrow. Bo Bridges,
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it's been an absolute pleasure. Thanks so
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much for being here on KJ Today.
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Great talking to you, KJ. You have a wonderful
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rest of the day.
