THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY PREMIERE

Bruce in his Kandinsky tie (a gift from Beresford), fields questions with wife Susan alongside.

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September 21, 1999 An important film in Bruce Greenwood's career, the starry premiere was held three days before the movie opened. He attended with his wife Susan, and was interviewed by E! Entertainment Television, which aired part of the interview on E! News Daily the following day and by Hollywood.com, which ran a video of the interview on their website (which can be viewed or downloaded below). Others attending included actors Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Annabeth Gish, Davenia McFadden and Roma Maffia from the film; Producer Leonard Goldberg, Co-producer Richard Luke Rothschild, Writers David Weisberg and Douglas S. Cook who worked behind the scenes of the film; Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Harry Hamlin, Lisa Rinna, Selma Hayak, Jon Voight, Larry King, Jonathan Frakes, Kyle MacLachlan, Tony Danza, Jackie Collins, Jacqueline Bisset, Jeri Rayn ... and many others.

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Bruce's Comments from E! News Daily

Question:	How was it playing the villain?
Answer:	Well, it's always fun...it's always fun...'cause you get to come off like a decent guy in the beginning and then turn into an unmentionable ass about half way through....

Bruce's Comments from Hollywood.com

Question: Is it really work when you're on a set like this with Tommy Lee Jones? Answer: Grueling, grueling, non-stop grueling...Yea, it was tough....No, it was fun. It was fun. I looked forward to going to work. Question: What sort of secrets can you tell us that we haven't heard already? Answer: Well, I don't know what you've heard....I don't know.... I didn't carry those...those secrets are secret! Question: Did you learn anything that would surprize us? Details, some juicy details! Answer: Duh? Did I learn anything? Um.....Yeah, it was great watching both of them work, actually. I learned a lot from them both every day....from Ashley and Tommy Lee both. Watching Tommy Lee's working style; he's incredibly focused.

Question:	What's the hardest part about working on a film like this, day in, day out?
Answer:	Maybe maintaining the energy level. Keeping the energy level at the level that you've chosen it to be at and not letting it dip. Stuff like that. I like going to work though. I like getting up early in the morning and going in to work. The toughest thing is to work for 5 days and then have 5 days off.
Question:	Like a fireman?
Answer:	Yeah, yeah. And you just want to go where the fires are. And they're not in the hotel! They're on the set!

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overheard at the Double Jeopardy Premiere Party:

About Bruce Greenwood, Sherry [Lansing] was impressed with his work in "The Sweet Hereafter," and she complimented Bruce Beresford for seeking him out to play Ashley's husband. "Actually, I auditioned for another role in the film, before this came my way," Bruce Greenwood commented later during the al fresco buffet party arranged by catering queen Mary Micucci on the Paramount lot. Mary's also planning the Oct. 2 black-tie dinner for the opening of the Norton Simon Museum that's been renovated by Frank Gehry. Wearing a colorful tie designed from a Wassily Kandinsky painting, which Bruce Beresford gifted him with (Kandinsky's art figures in the film's plot), Bruce Greenwood informed me that his next film is "13 Days" with Kevin Costner about the Cuban missile crisis under Roger Donaldson's direction. Bruce co-stars as President Kennedy. "A lose-sleep role," he sighs. "I sleep a few hours, get up and think about it, sleep a few more, think about it, etc. Challenging, to say the least."
--George Cristy, Hollywood Reporter 9/24/99

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