Jeff Goldblum On Emmy-Nominated Series, ‘Last Tango In Paris’ Inspiration And A ‘Buckaroo Banzai’ Update – Crew Call Podcast

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Today on Crew Call we talk with Jeff Goldblum, who’s up for his third career Emmy nomination this year for the second season of National Geographic and Disney+’s The World According to Jeff Goldblum which follows the actor across the nation as he muses on various human fascinations, i.e.

magic, dogs, dance, fireworks, the list goes on. The World According to Jeff Goldblum is up for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special.You can listen to our conversation below:Sharing in his awe of life on the show are sundry folk from all walks of life.

We see the Jurassic Park franchise actor gab it up, and in various instances, live life to the fullest by partaking in a stunt, i.e.

walking on hot coals.Goldblum calls the NatGeo execs who pitched him on the series “smart and generous” and said to them, “I’m not shy about making these shows about me.”“I wouldn’t mind revealing myself in these in a way that works for the half hour story,” said Goldblum who folds some of his home movies into the show.The Fly, Big Chill and Jurassic World franchise star said he was all about a show “where Jeff Goldblum is a character…in which you can’t tell what’s fact or fiction; I’m using some of the raw and literal stuff that brought me up.”“I’m not comparing myself to this, but I’ve enjoyed movies like Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris where in some of the scenes Brando is supposedly improvising and talking about his real father and experiences; they’re the most electrifying and interesting,” said the actor who was Oscar nominated in 1996 in the Live Action short category for the movie he directed, Little Surprises. “I always thought, ‘Hey let’s do something like that!”. (Don’t worry NatGeo and Disney+ executives, there won’t be a season 3