Hamm, Eliza Gonzalez, and Ansel Elgort attend the "Baby Driver" premiere at 2017 SXSW 2017 festival on March 11, in Austin, Texas.
Baby Driver SXSW Premiere
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Jon Hamm Has Eclectic Taste In Music
Jon Hamm shares what tune he’d have on the radio while driving away from the police
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Edgar Wright's Baby Driver World Premiere Q&A at SXSW 2017
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CinePOP entrevista Edgard Wright, Ansel Elgort e Jon Hamm | Baby Driver
Baby Driver Trailer with Exclusive Intro from Jon Hamm -- Regal Cinémas
New-York Times interview with Wright, Ansel Elgort and Jon Hamm
SXSW 2017: Jon Hamm talks on "Baby Driver" red carpet
Edgar Wright and Cast Discuss 'Baby Driver' - Exclusive SXSW Interview
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The “Mad Men” star waxed nostalgic for Kerbey Lane Cafe and a more modest Austin skyline. He also revealed his breakfast taco of choice
Jon Hamm on the Baby Driver red carpet at SXSW 2017
For Mexican actress Eiza González, a trip to Austin, Texas might not seem like a major moment. However, the actress, who conquered television in the hit series, From Dusk Till Dawn, was in the southern city to premiere her film Baby Driver alongside actors Jon Hamm and Ansel Elgort...she took the time to enjoy her surroundings, co-stars, and snacks. Here, González shares snaps from her trip, including selfies with the director and of course behind-the-scenes moments of Hamm hamming it up in front of the camera.
"I couldn’t have asked for a better on-screen hubby. Mr. Hamm is not only an amazing actor but a kind and humble person AND the biggest goofball in the room! Never a dull moment when you are around him."
http://www.vogue.com/article/eiza-gonzalez-prabal-gurung-sxsw-celebrity-travel-photo-diary-style
Hamm on stage at the CinemaCon 2017 Gala Opening Night , the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on March 27 in Las Vegas.
MTV Josh Horowitz talks Baby Driver with Elgort, Hamm and Wright live at CinemaCon!
Baby Driver Interview | CinemaCon 2017
Jon Hamm talks about his transition from suited-up Don Draper to rebellious Buddy in “Baby Driver”. While co-star Ansel Elgort tells Matte Babel what it was like to learn to dance, drive and use sign language on set. ET Canada has the story.
http://globalnews.ca/video/3340396/jon-hamm-and-ansel-elgort-take-you-bts-of-baby-driver 
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At CinemaCon, Ansel told Access Hollywood's Alex Hudgens about working with Hollywood heavy hitters Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. Plus, Jon dished on the fun he had playing a bad guy.
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Jon Hamm & Ansel Elgort Singing! | KiddNation
Baby Driver - Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx
Elgort, Foxx and Jon Hamm hilariously tell us about making "Baby Driver"
Jamie Foxx does Quincy Jones impression during BABY DRIVER interview
Jon Hamm, Ansel Elgort & Jamie Foxx Baby Driver Interview
Baby Driver Interview: Ansel Elgort & Jon Hamm
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The men of 'Baby Driver'
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Jon Hamm, Hansel Elgort & Jamie Foxx BABY DRIVER interview for JoBlo.com!
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Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzalez, Lily James and Edgar Wright talk Baby Driver
Baby Driver Interviews: Jamie Foxx Shares Classic Tupac Story
Jon Hamm, Ansel Elgort & Jamie Foxx Baby Driver Interview
Ansel Elgort talks with Harkins Behind the Screens.
Baby Driver Interview With Jon Hamm, Ansel Elgort and Jamie Foxx
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The new movie “Baby Driver” is a heist film with a twist: music is a key element. TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones went behind the scenes to talk to the stars and take a heart-stopping ride in the movie’s stunt car
'Baby Driver': Jon Hamm, Ansel Elgort & Jaime Foxx On What Makes The Film So Special
Hamm at the premiere of Sony Pictures' "Baby Driver" at Ace Hotel on June 14, LA.
.Jon Hamm: 'I do drive very fast'
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When asked what draws him to British writers, Hamm told the Press Association: “The good ones are good and I’ve worked with some of the best."
“I’ve been very, very fortunate to get to work with some really, really talented people on that side.”With a grin, he added: “I feel like it’s only fair, the Brits have been coming over here and taking our jobs for a long time.”
Jon Hamm Baby Driver UK Premiere Interview
Jon Hamm interview at Baby Driver premiere in London: Working with Spacey and Gonzalez
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Baby Driver: il video del red carpet dell'anteprima a Londra
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Variety portraits session in London
Baby Driver - European Premiere in London "Raw Footage"
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What do the Baby Driver cast listen to in the car and who's the best driver?
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Fried chicken and gravy! Jon Hamm reveals the snack of choice for the Baby Driver cast
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Eiza stars as a bank robber and Jon Hamm's on-screen girlfriend in the new movie, and the Mexican actress has admitted she relished kissing the hunky actor.
Speaking to The Sun Online, she said: "I have a lot of kissing scenes with Jon."Jon is amazing. He's beautiful and whatever and he knows it. He's a beautiful soul, a great actor, a great co-worker and companion. He understands the warts of developing a great chemistry for the role. He made me feel at home and was such a gentleman always."
But she admitted that the experience of snogging one of Hollywood's most sought-after male stars isn't as glamorous as people might assume.
Eiza explained: "Listen, we had no time (to freshen up between kisses) when you see a scene with three seconds of kiss it means nine hours of making out.
"there was a moment where I was like " Dude I ned some coffee, I need to eat". It's a job I don't look at it like "oooo I get to make out with Jon ! I've got to be profesional do the right thing, say the the right lines, be focused on my character"
Here's one more thing that's never been a part of movies before “Baby Driver”: Jon Hamm as a slimy coke-head criminal. Wright actually wrote the part for him, even though his character’s far from Don Draper or anyone else he’s played.
“I thought he needs to be in a great crime thriller,” Wright says. “But I didn’t want him to be the lead.” Instead, he gave him a supporting role, citing as inspiration “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” Tom Stoppard’s reworking of “Hamlet” that focuses on two incidental characters. Hamm and Gonzalez’s characters are like “Baby Driver”’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
http://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/edgar-wright-interview-baby-driver-jon-hamm
Jon Hamm, Ansel Elgort & Jamie Foxx Baby Driver Interview
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Jon Hamm Gets Flirtatious With Lorraine | Lorraine
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Hamm met Wright at the after-party when the actor first hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2008 and the two became friends. During shooting on “Baby Driver,” Hamm said he often felt the need to remind Wright to simply sleep and eat.
“He genuinely loves this. He loves talking about movies, he loves talking about music, he loves listening to music, he loves watching movies, he loves the whole process,” said Hamm. “And when we were down in Atlanta, there was no one person who worked harder than Edgar. Period. By a factor of, like, five.”
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-edgar-wright-baby-driver-20170623
............By the time the St. Louis native got around to the guy from The Kansas City Star, Hamm admitted that he was sick of talking about himself.
Sick of discussing how dating “sucks” since his 2015 breakup with longtime companion Jennifer Westfeldt.Sick of explaining how, after seven seasons of “Mad Men,” he doesn’t care if he never again dons a tight suit and skinny tie.
“Well, then, let’s talk about something else. Tell me why Edgar Wright matters.”
This was a subject that Jon Hamm was more than happy to let loose on.
“Yes, yes, Edgar.” Hamm’s delivery picked up as he warmed to the subject.
“You know how everybody is excited to see a new Quentin Tarantino movie? You can say that only about a few guys. It’s because Quentin has a unique style and name recognition. “Well, Edgar fits right into that slot, at least for me. He caught my attention with ‘Shaun of the Dead,’ and he’s impressed me with everything he’s done since: ‘Hot Fuzz,’ ‘Scott Pilgrim,’ ‘The World’s End.’ ”
Hamm recalled meeting Wright in 2008 at the after-party for the actor’s debut hosting “Saturday Night Live.”
“Edgar is a friend of Bill Hader’s, and Bill introduced us. I was all over him: ‘I can’t believe I’m talking to you. I’m such a fan.’
“It was like this meeting of like-minded souls. And Edgar said: ‘I’ve got this idea for a movie, and I really want you to play a bad guy.’
“And I was like, ‘Tell me when and where.’ ”
It took a decade for “Baby Driver” to go into production, but Hamm was delighted with the role Wright had in mind for him: Buddy, a holdup artist with a hot girlfriend, a heroin habit and a distinctive hair style (long on the top, buzzcut on the sides).
“Buddy, like his name suggests, is this sort of avuncular big brother figure for Baby,” Hamm explained. “Except he can turn very mean when things aren’t going his way.”
After carrying “Mad Men” as the lead performer, Hamm said, it was a pleasure to dive into character work “where you don’t have to be the best thing on the set. You can rely on your fraternity of actors to share the weight.
“Besides, playing a bad guy is fun. Nobody wants to be a bad guy in real life, but to play him … you get to engage your dark side.
“And that’s the fun of being an actor. You can be Santa Claus one day, a baseball player the next, a crook the next. If you want to get into a business to do just one thing over and over you can go work on an assembly line.”
Moviegoers, too, are looking for something different, Hamm said.
“I feel like audiences are moving away from things they’ve already seen. You can see terrific original programming on your computer. To get your butt off the couch, into the car and down to the multiplex to plunk down $10 requires something special — and that’s what Edgar gives you here.”
Hamm describes “Baby Driver” as “an action musical” with entire sequences choreographed to the pop songs always playing through Baby’s earbuds.
“Edgar and Quentin have a lot of the same DNA, especially when it comes to their encyclopedic knowledge of both film and music. They create soundtracks that often are as good as the movies themselves.”
Along with their scripts, “Baby Driver’s” cast members each received an iPad loaded with the songs that would be playing in each scene.
“That certainly helped define the kind of tone Edgar was going after,” Hamm said. “And there was always music playing on the set. We were choreographing gunshots and car door slams and punches to the beats in the music.”
As long as he keeps getting parts that push him, Hamm said, he’ll be content despite that nagging voice in his head that tells him that every role could be his last.
“OK, so I know that I’m going to find work, so I’m not literally afraid I’ll never work again. What you hope for is that you’re able to get jobs that inspire you. That’s the real fear — of becoming irrelevant. You always want to be in the cool project everyone is talking about. But it’s tough to maintain that momentum.”
And if the worst happens? If those interesting roles stop coming?
“I don’t know,” Hamm said. “Before going to Hollywood I taught theater in St. Louis, and I still have very good relationships with my drama teachers. Could I go back to teaching?
“Sure. I have an insane amount of respect for people who can inspire kids. I’d be proud to be one again.”
Jon Hamm and Edgar Wright join Scott to talk about their new film “Baby Driver,” Edgar’s first film “A Fistful of Fingers,” water, and musicals.
Jon Hamm & Eiza González Read Each Other's Lips
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Hamm, on the other hand, may not be hurting for work, but his career has yet to form a cohesive narrative, whether that be grounded in his star image or in the work itself. I figured his career would continue to coast on the goodwill of Mad Men and serviceable performances — until I saw Baby Driver.
With Baby Driver, writer/director Edgar Wright creates a film that bristles with maniacal energy. It’s an utter joyride that swerves between tense thriller, crackpot action, and bold comedy. It’s stuffed with clever turns from Jamie Foxx as a bonkers criminal who hews toward utter chaos and Kevin Spacey having the time of his life as the man who engineers the heists. The fluidity of the camera movement made me worry Hamm’s typically static physicality would lessen the buoyancy that makes the film such a delight. Surprisingly, Hamm’s performance as Buddy, a thief who crosses paths professionally with Ansel Elgort’s titular driver, got under my skin, and it ultimately comes down to how he moves — he’s like a starved hound dog powered by the fires of hell. It’s a remarkable turn by an actor whose style is most defined by a sense of withholding that often tips over into unreadable opacity. In Baby Driver, he’s sexy in a scuzzy way thanks to his electric rapport with actress Eiza González. But he’s also sincerely frightening. Cary Grant once said, “To play yourself — your true self — is the hardest thing in the world. Watch people at a party. They’re playing themselves … but nine out of ten times the image they adopt for themselves is the wrong one.” Up until now, I’d say that statement applied to Hamm. But his snarling, boozy, broad performance as Buddy suggests he can find worthy creative ground, and even stardom, going for more unhinged villainy. Crime dramas and noir may be the best home for his talents.
............................Hamm is an instructive lesson on the destabilized nature of modern white masculinity itself. His choices signal that he doesn’t know how to evolve to fit the market and highlight his strengths. In an interview with Esquire, Hamm described his pre–Mad Men ambitions as an actor in a way that proves telling: “I was sort of … I was aiming for the middle. I just wanted to be happy and relatively successful.” Maybe this mid-level stardom is enough for him. But there are moments in his career, like Baby Driver, that suggest greatness is possible....
http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/jon-hamm-why-he-never-became-a-movie-star.html
In a movie all about fast cars and fast living, it’s not hard to see that Jon Hamm’s hair in Baby Driver — buzzed on the sides, longish and slicked back everywhere else — is fittingly aerodynamic.
Tell Hamm that and you receive a hearty laugh in return. “I guess. I’ve gotten a lot of nice feedback,” he says in his trailer on a sunny April morning, getting ready for a day of filming. “Rob Lowe once said famously, ‘Living your life in the public eye is just a succession of bad haircuts,’ and never has that been more true.”
..........“They’re very much into each other in a very visceral and physical way,” says Hamm, 46. “You look at everything about these two and them together, and you think, ‘Well, this is not going to end well.’ And it doesn’t. Spoiler alert.”
Buddy is an older ex-Wall Street type who’s not handling a midlife crisis very well, and one of those poor choices is falling for gun-toting Darling, whom González, 27, describes as a “crook space-cadet woman who has no attachment to reality. She really wants to be classy because she’s getting all this money to dress nicely, but she’s still really trashy.”
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While Buddy isn’t as complicated as Don Draper, both have to deal with the consequences of their decisions.
“Everybody has high stakes in their life: It just might be, ‘My marriage is collapsing' or 'I hate my job' or 'I want to be an artist and not a businessman,’ ” says Hamm, who next stars in the action thriller High Wire Act. “Buddy traded a life like that for one of actual high stakes, where people do put their lives in danger, and he’s realizing that there’s only one way that ends.
“The romantic part of the criminals-on-the-run thing rarely takes that part into it. There’s a reason freeze-frame usually ends a lot of those movies and not bullet-riddled bodies.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/06/27/jon-hamm-eiza-gonzalez-baby-driver
Jon Hamm is always going to be Don Draper.
Hamm, 46, talked recently about playing Buddy, the character's terrible haircut and being eternally associated with Draper.
Question: Like a lot of things in “Baby Driver,” Buddy has a lot of aspects to his character, some surprising.
Answer: That is true. And it’s on purpose. Edgar wrote a really good script, and he kind of created this guy. The guy's name is Buddy. You think he’s going to be Baby’s buddy. He sets us up that way. But things take a turn, as they often do, when you make bad choices.
Q: People may think he’s a bad guy, but he’s not necessarily the guy we think.
A: (Laughs) I know, and that’s part of the fun of playing the character, too, the fact that there is a bit of a third-act heel turn is a really nice and fun thing to play. It’s also fun to play a character like Jamie’s (Jamie Foxx), where you’re in just full-on psycho mode. But it’s nice to have both flavors in the movie, too.
Q: The haircut is nice.
A: (Laughs) I am pleased that I do not have that haircut anymore. I can tell you that much.
Q: It’s certainly an interesting stylistic choice.
A: Edgar and I came to this realization kind of at the same time through different ways. I was saying I feel like Buddy is that kind of guy who has reached a certain age in his life and starts listening to his girlfriend, who is inappropriately young for him, and taking fashion cues and advice that he probably shouldn’t. We both were kind of like, you know that haircut everyone has right now? And he was like, “That’s exactly the one I want!” And I was like, "Well, great minds think alike, I guess."
Q: Do things like the haircut help you find a character?
A: Sure. In the same way that kind of slicking my hair down and shellacking it down made me feel like Don Draper. It’s all of a piece. It all adds up, the costume, the hair, the tattoos, the this, the that. It’s all part of building that thing. Some people work from the inside out, some people work of the outside in. Sometimes it’s a combination. It’s hard not to feel different when your exterior looks different than you normally are.
It’s also a way to delineate home from work. Take all that stuff off and you scrub all the fake tattoos off and you get the gunk out of your hair and you come home and, you know, have dinner.
A: You know, after a certain point, it becomes like an old pair of shoes. But I remember specifically on “Mad Men” coming back from hiatus was always a little tricky, because you were always like, “Oh right, what’s the rhythm, how does this guy sound, what does he do?” It’s a little bit like riding a bike in that you don’t forget how to do it, but you’re a little wobbly for the first couple of pedals. Then you kind of get your groove back. Maybe other people are a lot better at it.
Q: Audiences probably think you were still Don Draper when you were on hiatus, but of course he’s just a job.
A: Yeah, that’s true. A lot of people do mix that stuff up. But look, it’s a great problem to have, I’ll tell you that much. To have the luxury to have a job like that is a real rare gift. I’ll take the good and the bad of it all.
Q: You and Bryan Cranston are always going to be associated with these great TV roles, but you’ve both been able to do different kinds of things since your series ended.
A: I think that’s really fortunate, and I love what Bryan’s doing in his career, and I’ve been lucky enough to see some of his stage work. We’re pals. He’s such a nice man, and a real inspiration from an acting standpoint. I think he’s just so gifted. And it’s nice. And even when I look at my co-stars (on “Mad Men”) and what they’re doing, from (John) Slattery and his stage work and the stuff he’s done, direct a film here and there, and watching what’s going on with Miss (Elisabeth) Moss’ career is just inspiring, you know. It’s testament to, "Yeah, we got lucky on this one great thing, but we’ve got more stories to tell, and hopefully we’ll get a chance to do that." Being a part of “Baby Driver” is exactly the kind of thing I’m thrilled to get the opportunity to do.
Q: Audiences seem more willing to follow actors to different places than maybe they used to be.
A: You hope so. You hope that what you do resonates in such a way that makes people feel something. And it doesn’t have to make them cry all the time. It can make them laugh or make them feel scared or nervous or uncertain. There’s a whole range of human emotions that we as actors try to kind of get in there and stir up in you. If all of the elements come together in the right way, you get this amazing soufflé, and it’s transcendent. I’ve been really, really fortunate to be involved with a few of those over my career, and I hope to be involved in a whole lot more. That’s what I look for, the opportunities to kind of get there and do something I haven’t done before. The challenge of that is the best. I don’t want to do the same thing over and over again. It’s like banging on the same piano key. That’s not music. It’s just noise. But I really like getting the opportunity to get in there and try something different.
Q: There are some really visually inventive scenes in “Baby Driver,” one in particular involving you. Of course it didn’t really look like that on set. What’s it like to see it when it’s put together?
A: You know, it’s cool (laughs). That’s all I can really say. I’m still amazed. I’m like a little kid. I think it’s magic when movies come together. When you see it all with the sound effects and the visual effects and the music done right and the editing done right, it’s like, “Whoa.” It’s so much better than the sum of its parts. There’s so much more. The pixie dust that gets added when you finally put it all together makes it so much more compelling and exhilarating and all of those things. I’m a fan. I just like watching movies, and I really like watching Edgar Wright movies, because he can tell a story with pictures. He doesn’t have to rely on explaining it to you. He let’s you come to it. When it clicks for you, you go, “Ooooh.” And, it’s so cool
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Jamie Foxx And Jon Hamm Really Don't Like Fidget Spinners
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Yet one more new thing in “Baby Driver”: Jon Hamm as a slimy coke-head criminal. Wright actually wrote the part for him, even though his character’s far from Don Draper or anyone else he’s played.
“I thought he needs to be in a great crime thriller,” Wright says. “But I didn’t want him to be the lead.” Instead, he gave him a supporting role, citing as inspiration “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” Tom Stoppard’s reworking of “Hamlet” that focuses on two incidental characters. Hamm and Gonzalez’s characters are like “Baby Driver”’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
“You have this kid in the corner who’s the lead, and then there’s this couple over here feel like they’re the leads of their own movie,” Wright adds. “You get the sense of a bigger universe. You don’t need to do a Cinematic Universe for this movie, but it’s fun to imagine what the characters are doing when they’re not onscreen.” http://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/edgar-wright-interview-baby-driver-jon-hamm
Hamm and Foxx, meanwhile, sink their teeth into roles fueled by unpredictability and menace, but quirkiness as well.
I guess we should talk about your new film, Baby Driver. Why did you decide to take on this role?
I’m a massive fan of [director] Edgar Wright and loved his previous films. He also happens to be a friend of mine and we’ve gotten into each other over the years. He’s a singular talent and then he wrote this script I thought was a really cool idea – sort of a heist movie set to music. So, I said to him, “I’d like to be a part of it” and he goes, “Well, that’s good because I want you to be in it”, and I said, “OK, well, there we go.” http://www.maxim.com.au/archives/6199
The #JOEshow :Jamie Foxx & Jon Hamm chat Baby Driver!
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The cast of 'Baby Driver' talk the perfect bank robbery
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Take a ride with The Cast of "Baby Driver"
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Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver” has driven to a respectable $5.7 million at 3,226 North American locations on its first day on Wednesday.
Sony’s R-rated action-thriller, starring Ansel Elgort as a getaway car driver, has gotten a head start on the Independence Day weekend before “Despicable Me 3” and “The House” open on Friday. The studio is projecting an opening in the $15 million range for the five-day Wednesday-Sunday period, while other pre-release forecasts have been in the $20 million area.The opening day number includes $2.1 million from Tuesday night previews.The film received an A CinemaScore from audiences under 25 and an A- overall.
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-baby-driver-first-day-despicable-me-3-1202482578/
Behind The Scenes Of ‘Baby Driver’ With Stars Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, More | TODAY
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Baby Driver Interviews- Rté Ireland
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Edgar Wright and the cast of Baby Driver play film trivia
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Emmy Award Winning Actor Jon Hamm Talks New Film “Baby Driver” (Full Interview) - 6/30/17
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Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm and Eiza González play a revealing game of Never Have I Ever
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Hamm was on the phone from L.A. when we chatted about the movie and his life before stardom.
You play a criminal, right?
“Correct. I play someone who is on the wrong side of the right side of the law. And it was kind of fun honestly.”
Do you have any criminal experience to draw on?
“Not so much. I did not use my vast murdering, bank-robbing skills that I have in real life. I wish I could have used them. But I never murdered or bank robbed. I had a wonderful time portraying it on screen, because it was a world I didn’t know and that’s what we get to do as actors.”
But you were arrested for a hazing ritual that got out of hand when you were at university. Or is that an internet myth?
“There’s a lot of internet myths in the world these days. I probably won’t get too deep into my particular, specific history with the law. But let’s say, I’ve not gone down the road as much as my character had. Otherwise I wouldn’t be talking to you right now. [Laughing.] We would be talking in a different venue about a different subject.”
So when you arrived in Los Angeles, with no money at all, you never thought about robbing a bank?
“No, I never thought about that. I’m a big believer — and I know it’s not popular anymore, at least in the public American consciousness — but I actually believe that laws and society and government work. I actually enjoy them and I think they make our life better. I know most people in our day think the opposite is true. But I’m always on the side of order and laws, not so much on the side of lawlessness. But here we are in this wonderful time in history, where it seems that the other end of it is getting celebrated. It’s a strange time.”
Is it true that when you started working in Los Angeles you had no money to buy a car and were rollerblading to your auditions?
“You probably have similar stories from being young. And that’s how it works. You try hard and hopefully it turns upward. Growing up is a challenging thing. And I wouldn’t trade my early years in L.A. for anything. I had to eat potatoes and rice five times a week because that was all I could afford. I had no car and took the L.A. bus, rollerblading wherever I could. But I have many friends who are famous now who experienced a different kind of hardship on their way up. That was my way to do it…. It was my journey and I’m glad I got to do it.”
Why?
“I feel like I’m incredibly fortunate in my life, to get through it. I’ve made it to where I am now. And a big part of that is because I’ve been able to navigate whatever crazy, choppy waters life has thrown at me. I’ve had my share. It sounds simple, but life is life. And at a certain point you have to understand that, sink into it and except it. And that’s the most interesting part for me. Being mature and aware enough to say, ‘Look, it’s life, man.’ Sometimes it sucks and sometimes it’s great. But you have to make the best of it.”
Why did you never give up?
“Why? I don’t know, honestly. I could lie and say it was because I had an incredible fortitude. I think I was very pragmatic about what this life I’ve chosen was meant to be and what it would look like in a number of possible scenarios. In the best case I would get a job immediately when I got to L.A. and I’ll have a career. But that didn’t happen. But I was always aware of this option, that it’s not going to work. And I thought, ‘Let’s not keep banging our heads against the wall here. Find something else to do and a proper way to experience life. This was another legitimate option and I didn’t see it as a failure, because at least I tried.”
In your 20s you went back to your old high school to teach acting. Would teaching have been a “Plan B”?
“I come from that and that’s why I thought that’s something I could go back to, use the experience and pass it along to other kids. And some of the kids I have taught have gone on to great success. It’s a nice thing. And I think teachers are among the most underappreciated and underpaid people in our society. They are a hundred percent value added to a civilized society. And our education system needs a lot of work. I hope we are going to fix it.”
It looks like teaching was not only a job but a personal mission for you.
“I became a daycare teacher first, because I felt I had a lot to offer the kids, because I was one of them essentially. Because when I was a little kid I was raised by a single mom and I was in daycare every day in my life. And I recognized that there weren’t a lot of men in this endeavour. Not a lot of guys teach daycare for whatever reason. It’s not considered manly or whatever it is. Who cares? But it’s important to have a guy there, who has something to offer if you are a little boy. It’s nice to have a masculine figure that you can wrestle around with, bump into or climb on. The kids loved me.”
You did “Ask a Grown Man” on YouTube, where you gave advice to mostly teenage girls. Your main advice was always be yourself. Who taught you that?
“I was taught that by most of my teachers. It wasn’t ever implicit in their counselling. But it was always like, ‘You guys have to bring some version of yourself to this.’ And that’s a really important lesson to learn, especially if you are an actor. Because anybody can read lines or memorize them, show up on a set and say the words in the way they are meant to be said. But what separates you is that you have to bring something else. You have to bring yourself to the part. Learning that lesson early in my life has been tremendously helpful. And I think so many kids today are desperately chasing some weird ‘other,’ and it’s not getting any better with Instagram and other social media because every kid is immediately compared to a global standard that’s impossible to reach. They forget what’s important: Be yourself.”
Christian Aust is an entertainment writer based in Hamburg, Germany.
https://www.cineplex.com/News/Madder-Than-Ever-Interview-with-Baby-Drivers-Jon-Hamm
Edgar Wright's original heist movie "Baby Driver" coasted to $30 million in its first five days in theaters, with $21 million from the three-day weekend to take second place. Sony Pictures released the R-rated pic which stars Jamie Foxx, Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey and cost a reported $34 million to produce.
"How great it is to see audiences turn out to support original filmmaking," said Josh Greenstein, Sony's president of worldwide marketing and distribution. "They've made 'Baby Driver' the surprise hit of the summer, a true sleeper."http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article159322699.html#storylink=cpy
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After Mad Men , was it important for you to look for papers that were completely different?
-The truth is that Mad Men took on a life of their own and I could not be more grateful for that. In this race you do not usually have that kind of opportunity and when it happens, you have to accept it and know how to thank it. But if you ask me if I looked for projects that were exactly the opposite to continue my career, the answer is no. I simply pay attention to those things that are interesting to me and part of it is working with inspiring people like Edgar Wright. It would be foolish of me not to take advantage of these opportunities. "It's not enough to look good. Everything changed when I was lucky enough to meet with creative people who chose me because it fit perfectly into several projects that transformed my life "
What attracted you were the action scenes or the comedy?
-The action scenes, because they do not usually invite me to do them and because they are also very special. We followed a very strict choreography, because we filmed to the rhythm of the music, and that was a real challenge. I'm not a dancer, so rolling Baby Driver was a very stimulating experience
How did you get to the project?
-They called me six or seven years ago to do a reading of the script. I had met Edgar through some friends and he invited me to participate. He told me that he had an idea and that he had only written a first version, that he would read it and not judge. I loved his job, so I said yes right away. And after reading it, he asked me if I would like to play this character. I told him yes, but I told him that it seemed important to me that he was very in love and Edgar agreed. And there everything started for me.
Baby Driver is the Hollywood debut of Mexican actress Eiza González. How was yours?
-It was in a movie called When We Were Soldiers , in 2000. While filming, I turned 30. I worked there with Mel Gibson and an up-and-coming actor named Sam Elliott. This year I saw Sam at the Sundance Festival and I remembered that moment, when he was the last in line, his eyes were wide and his mouth was tight. It was a very special experience because it was a war movie so there were explosions everywhere and the planes were flying above us. I remember that I spent the whole morning filming the same scene over and over again until it was lunch time. In that scene they literally fluttered the whole set. And in the next one, which we shot for the rest of the day, all the soldiers screamed and lost their minds because of what was happening, surrounded by bullets. One of those who were there asked Mel if all that did not make him a little nervous. He smiled and told us very relaxed: "And what would make me nervous?"
What surprises is that being so tall and handsome, did not get work as an actor until a certain age ...
-It's true, it was very hard. I think there were a couple of factors that influenced how much it cost me. On the one hand, access to auditions is very difficult. It is a situation that generates a lot of stress. Sometimes you do well, sometimes you go wrong, other times you get very nervous. On the other hand, you present yourself to roles for which you do not really serve. In addition, there are many handsome men in the world. It is not enough to look good, you have to work for the role. Everything changed when I was lucky enough to meet creative people who chose me because it fit perfectly into several projects that transformed my life. Simply, you suddenly have a stroke of luck and everything changes. You meet creative people who invite you to play on their land. That is all.
In Mad Men , he was one of the 80 candidates that remained in the final selection. He could have stayed outside easily ...
Of course. "I lost my mother as a child and years later my father, so there were no great plans for me in my youth. I simply wanted stability and a satisfactory job "
What do you think would have happened to you in that case?
-The truth is that he was working steadily as an actor before Mad Men , with a role here and there. He had been on a TV show for a few years, so I'm sure he would have gotten another job. I was in a moment of my career when it was very easy for me to be given a role. I was already 30 and I was relatively handsome, I could talk and understood, I knew how to operate heavy machinery and all that sort of thing. Therefore, I suppose I would have found something else in which I would have succeeded. But, obviously, projects like Mad Men do not appear often. And, for many reasons, it was something that can probably happen only once in your life. We are few who are fortunate.
When he packed his bags to try his luck in Los Angeles, what were his dreams?
-Have a life doing what I liked the most. I lost my mother as a child and a few years later also my father, so there were no great plans for me in my early youth. I simply wanted stability and some kind of satisfaction from the profession with which I wanted to earn my living, because it was not good for playing baseball professionally, which was actually my dream as a child. So I managed to do something that would resemble him, which was to participate in a movie about baseball. I have obtained almost everything I have asked for in life, which is to have a good dose of stability and do what I like most, which has also allowed me to meet a lot of spectacular people along the way.
But when he came to Hollywood with $ 150 in his pocket, he dreamed of something like Mad Men or any actor work?
-I believe that anyone who comes and thinks that he is going to take Hollywood ahead realizes very quickly that that is not going to happen. When I arrived, I had a very concise plan. He had given me five years, and my decision was that if at the end of that five-year period I was not making a living as an actor, that is, if I kept working as a waiter, helping out at events or attending a bar, whatever, I was going to turn around And to abandon my dreams. From 25 to 30 I worked with that goal in mind. And I turned 30 when we were soldiers . I resigned to the restaurant to go to film and felt that I had reached the goal.
Was he a good waiter?
-Very good. I think it still would be. Sometimes they speak very badly of them, but I love going to restaurants. I always liked it, because I grew up without much money and when I was a kid we were only going to dinner out in special circumstances, especially if it was a restaurant with cloths and cloth napkins. That's why I enjoyed belonging to that world. The people who treats the bartenders deserve a special place in hell because they are there for you to have a good experience. "Fifteen years ago he was competing with actors who aspired to a role in a series; I now compete with those who have many more prizes than I do. I have clear what place I occupy "
When you go out to dinner, do you give advice to the attendant?
-No. I do not like to tell people how to do their work, but I leave very good tips. I go very often to eat at restaurants, because I shoot a lot out of Los Angeles and many times I have beautiful conversations with the waiters, because they have time, they are local and they know what is worth visiting there, although of course, when they are very busy I want to disturb them a lot.
When you worked as a waiter, have you ever taken care of a famous director?
-No, but when I lived in St. Louis once I attended Kevin Kline, his father and his brother, who are all there. They treated me very well and left me a very good tip, but I did not tell them I was an actor. I just took the job, I told Kevin I was a fan and that was it. In Los Angeles I never had many celebrities.
Do you continue your career after winning prizes and being the symbol of a success as Mad Men is proving harder than it was to get into the industry?
-Is different. I do not know if it's harder. I do not know if I'm doing well either, but it's different. When you succeed at something, you simply go to a larger pool where you must swim along with the older fish. Fifteen years ago I was competing with the actors trying to get a role in the pilot chapter of a series, and now I compete with those who have many more prizes than me and at a much larger level, where international fame weighs and the Recognition you have. Although I also have my share, I am very clear on the place that I occupy. When I think of movie stars, my mind comes with names like Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon or Christian Bale. Those are just a few. And the papers do not abound. In addition, there are many young stars that are coming at this time to the top, who are action movie heroes and who have their place in the franchises, with which I also have to compete.
Do you feel that life has made up for how hard your childhood was?
-I'm not sure. I just know there is no guarantee as to what you are going to get. That's why you have to work very hard to get it. One thing is karma, but the reality is that no one owes you anything. Everything I've got is the result of hard work and sacrifice. And that, I think, is the way things are done. 
The flick from the British director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz opened second behind Despicable Me 3 at the domestic box-office this weekend and fourth globally, with an estimated $36.8 million worldwide from June 28-July 2, according to comScore. That’s more than the $15-20 million the studio and analysts had expected. And it’s more than the $34 million it reportedly cost to make the movie, after rebates.
https://qz.com/1020366/with-edgar-wrights-baby-driver-hollywoods-all-too-rare-bet
Elsewhere, Edgar Wright's Baby Driver is still impressing in a much-needed win for Sony's film studio. The modestly budgeted heist-thriller grossed an estimated $4.4 million on Tuesday from 3,226 cinemas for a seven-day total of $39.1 million, well ahead of expectations. Baby Driver opened last Wednesday.
Sony's TriStar Pictures, MRC and Working Title partnered on the critically acclaimed pic, which Sony says cost $34 million to make after rebates. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-despicable-me-3-baby-driver-set-loud-fireworks
Jamie Foxx
The film-maker admits it's tough to get a movie like Baby Driver made.
"I mean we were with another studio originally and then we changed. Studios, for the most part, are spending their time making things on established brands so making an original movie is tougher than it should be in this day and age."Wright had envisioned Hamm in the role of Buddy from the very beginning. The actor was at the first table read back in 2012, and the only one to see it through to production.
"It's kind of fun to play an unrepentant bad guy," explains Hamm, who was looking for a change from playing suave ad man Don Draper as TV hit Mad Men drew to a close.
"I look for the opposite or at least something different from Don – and this opportunity was definitely an example of the change I was looking for."
http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2017/07/03/news/writer-director-edgar-wright
Jon Hamm riffs on karaoke jams and why 'Baby Driver' is such a musical film
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Not everyone on the Atlanta set, however, self-identified as a musician. Just ask Jon Hamm.
“I’m not musical in any way,” the “Mad Men” star demurred to The Times, despite recorded evidence to the contrary. “But,” he said with a grin, reclining on a Four Seasons couch on a recent summer day, “I’ll karaoke!"
Karaoke, says Hamm, was a favorite pastime for the cast and crew during filming on “Baby Driver,” where every car chase and action sequence – and many of the dialogue scenes – were meticulously scripted by celebrity choreographer Ryan Heffington, to the beats of Wright’s playlist.
“Eiza always wanted to do karaoke,” said Hamm, who revealed that his co-star’s go-to song is “Pony” by Ginuwine. His own jam: "Under Pressure," by Queen and David Bowie.
“I’ve seen Jamie Foxx, who is an amazing musician, just walk up to a piano and start playing it,” he sighed. “I am not musical in any way, although I like music. But I stopped playing violin in 4th grade. I’m like, ‘Well… I’m good at baseball!'"
His favorite moments to watch in “Baby Driver”? That angsty junkyard scene set to “Easy” by the Commodores – Elgort’s own No. 1 karaoke song -- and “Never Gonna Give You Up,” by Barry White.
“I like that scene. It’s normally a baby-making song, but in this it’s really, really sinister," Hamm said.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-july-baby-driver-jon-hamm
e a ride with the bad and the beautiful as we chat to Baby Driver's sexy and dangerous outlaw couple.
What’s been special about working with Edgar Wright? What was your knowledge about him beforehand, and how was it working with him?
Jon Hamm: Edgar has been a friend for a long time, and I’ve known his work since I literally stumbled into a theatre with a friend of mine to see Shaun of the Dead. I was like, “I heard this movie’s good, let’s go see it.” And I was quite literally blown away. It really stuck with me forever. And I was just like, “Well, this guy has a talent.” And then I saw all of his other films, and I was like, “Oh, it’s not a mistake. That was not just a lucky thing that he stumbled onto.” Then I got to know him in a friendly capacity, and he asked me to read a version of this script six or seven years ago. He was like, “I really want you to be in this, I want you to be this guy.” And I said yes. And I think that there’s something to that. It’s just saying like, “Here, if you want to be with me, I’ll be with you. Let’s do it.” It’s like a relationship, you go in with eyes wide open and just say “I hope it doesn’t suck, let’s go, let’s do it.”
Jon, your character in this couldn’t get much further away from Don Draper [Mad Men].
Jon: Well, from a hairstyle standpoint, yeah. No, I think you’re right. It’s an interesting role. The character is really fun to play – it’s fun to be the bad guy. I’m definitely not the hero of this story. When you first meet my character and Eiza’s character, Darling, you see this kind of sweet – for criminals anyway – aspect to them. And then it turns. And when it turns, it goes bad very quickly.
Do your characters have nothing to lose and everything to gain?
Jon: Well, I think that there’s an aspect of that, and I think that they’ve chosen a career path that is fairly unsustainable, when you talk about criminal enterprise. It doesn’t really end well, ever. Eiza: I think it also adds to the rush of the love that they have.
Jon: Absolutely, they’re addicted to something that is, again, unsustainable, and it is what it is.
Your character is very wired Jon… which drugs is he on?
Jon: Well, I think that there’s a pretty obvious reference to coke and cokeheads. Our characters are addicted to stimulants and that whole kind of mentality is, again, unsustainable. It doesn’t end well for him.
What is your drug in personal life?
Eiza: Coffee. Jon: Yeah, coffee.
Good answer. What was it like to work with Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx?
Jon: We had a great experience. I’ve known Kevin for some time, because of his show and my show being at the awards at the same time and blah-blah-blah. But also, he’s been doing this for a long time. Kevin knows what he’s doing. He’s an impressive person to watch, and it comes across on screen. He’s a talented guy, turns out. I’m looking forward to seeing what he does with his career…
What was your favourite song in the soundtrack?
And yours Jon? Jon: I have a different kind of relationship to it. I like Edgar’s deep dive into these very obscure artists, but also the kind of deep dive into what we might consider very popular artists, so picking kind of interesting Queen songs or whatever. But the one that I really love is Easy by The Commodores. It’s such a beautiful song.
Do you dance in the film?
Jon: In the film? No. In real life? Yes, I dance. I’m mostly like, a hip-hop dancer. I go to clubs and I just kind of do my thing, and then I leave. But I’ll go for like an hour and get a good workout.
Was it hard to get rid of Mad Men?
Jon: Was it hard to leave it? Yes, because it was ten years of my life, and it’s hard to move on from anything that you do for ten years, especially something that you’re critically lauded for, that’s done wonders for your career, that’s changed your life fundamentally. But there is a time for everything, and we all have to move on, and so, while it was difficult to move on, it’s also exciting and challenging. Since Mad Men, you’ve mostly done supporting roles. Has this been a conscious choice?
Jon: I don’t know. There’s not that many leading-men roles out there, and a lot of them are taken. I’ve done my share of independent films where I’ve been able to walk down the line and get into existence, and I hope that I do more. But Mr. Damon, Mr. Affleck and Mr. Bale are doing just fine at shepherding the studios’ movies into existence. There’s this guy named Brad Pitt as well, I’m excited to see what he does next. The more success you get, the bigger pool you get into, and then you’re just competing with bigger fish.
Have fan interactions changed a lot since the dawn of social media?
Jon: Yeah. I much prefer face-to-face interactions. Number one, because people will not get shitty with you face-to-face. They might hate your work, and they might call you an asshole online, but face-to-face they’re like, “Oh my god, it’s so nice to meet you, oh my god, you’re amazing!” Online they’re like, “This guy’s a fucking dick, I hope he dies.” And you’re just like, “Wow, that’s a different experience.” Eiza: It’s a very interesting world. At the end of the day you have to just appreciate the love of people.
Jon: I will also say this about Eiza, her ability to navigate the very tricky water of this industry is impressive. There’s a lot of darkness that comes with our world, and Eiza handles it gracefully – in two languages. I don’t engage in the social media aspect of it, though. I learned a long time ago to not read shit about me on the internet, because it’s just a way to…
Eiza: Die.
Jon: To feel shit and terrible about yourself.
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Jon Hamm: "I am aware that I will always be remembered as Don Draper"
-With your Buddy character in "Baby Driver" does the course change your career?
"Yes, but the choice does not respond to a conscious reaction to change my career. Edgar (Wright) is a close friend of mine and created the character thinking of me. Buddy is a guy who comes up when a person makes the wrong decision. It is not so far away.
-A Buddy is identified as the villain of the movie. However, not everything is what it seems.
"That's part of the fun. I like to play characters that, although they are the main ones, suppose a fundamental part of the structure of the history. I have reached a point where I am more interested in having fun with actors like Jamie Foxx who star in a series for seven years. We will see if in the future change of opinion.
" I'm so glad I did not have to wear that haircut for another day." I think that's what I'm telling you. Edgar and I created the image of the character. We noticed that Buddy is a guy who has reached an age when he starts listening to his girlfriend, much younger than him. Undoubtedly, his stylistic decisions are inappropriate, more devoted to his girlfriend than his own.
- Does it help you to have the image of the character to create it?
- Of course. In the same way that a hair stuck made me feel Don Draper. All sum up at the time of creating the personality of the character. The wardrobe, the hair, the tattoos, the way of driving, the bride is a set that informs me and the audience about Buddy. It is a combination, although the outside is a simple layer under which the real Buddy is hidden.
"He was incarcerated for many years to Don Draper. Do you prefer to play the characters for a few months and forget about them or miss the continuity of television?
- I am very happy working with the freedom that I have now. There came a time with Mad Men in which Don Draper was just like wearing old shoes. Coming back to the series after a few months of vacation had trick, it was not easy. Boredom is a bad companion and, truthfully, I had trouble picking up the pace. However, once I started riding the bike again, everything went on wheels with two pedals. Maybe for other actors it will be easier.
"Are you aware that he will never stop being Don Draper?"
- That's right, I know. And do not get me wrong, I'm very grateful to the character and the fans. As an actor it is a luxury to have a real job that gives you continuity, it is a gift. That is always more important, being remembered for a great role is not bad.
-Elizabeth Moss, who played Peggy Olson in "Mad Men," triumphed in Cannes with "The Square" and is the television star with "American Gods" and "The Tale of the Maid." Does that help you out of the character of the series?
- I'm very happy for her, because she's an excellent actress. I have not yet seen The Square , I know it has a small but unforgettable role. She and I are very fortunate because we can do what we want and that is a very privileged situation for any actor. Elizabeth inspires me and I hope that movies like Baby Driver encourage audiences to see me in other characters.
"He had a personal bump after finishing the series and entered a rehabilitation center. Is fame a bad companion?
"One can not hide and blame only the fame of his problems." Finishing with Mad Men needed a personal restructuring. I stayed at home. I looked older in the mirror. I had to get used to an empty schedule and a series of details that affected me personally. However, once you get used to your new life, you overcome your problems.
Jon Hamm: "So I survived Mad Men's success"
By Roberto Croci, 07/16/2017
Why this role and this movie? I longed to work with Edgar Wright. I had seen the Dawn of Dementia Dead , genius. For me he is a great artist.
What do you mean? For example, in Baby Driver all action scenes are turned into music time, so that on the set we had a group of choreographers who helped us move like we were dancing.
She dances? Fortunately I did not need it because it is not a musical (laughs, ndr). But I'd like to be a more gifted dancer. I listen to a lot of music, especially when I'm in the stove.
Where did you learn to cook? As a kid, during my holidays I was working at a Greek restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri, where I grew up. I did a bit of everything: dishwasher, waiter, housekeeping man. And in the meantime I was giving advice from the chef, which I then experienced at home with my dad. My favorite food is the Italian one: make a pasta with delicious eggplants.
A childhood is difficult: losing mum to 10 years is a terrible thing ... When you are a child, you do not think to stay alone in the world. It was a very painful period. And then when I was 20, my father died. There it was horrible, because I realized how much life is fleeting. And I realized that if you really do something, you have to conquer it. I went seriously into acting: in two years I did 15 theater performances.
When did you decide to try luck in Los Angeles? I was 25 years and $ 150 in my pocket. I called my aunt who was there, asking if he could stay until I found work. I was five years old: if I failed, I would go back to the teacher. At 30 I was offered my first role in We were soldiers - Up to the last man , with Mel Gibson. I had never earned so much money in such a short time.
But then he was a teacher? When I was in college, I taught acting, improvisation and public speaking. It was a wonderful experience, where I learned a lot from my students. It's an important profession: if you do it well, you can change the life of the kids better.
After the first role came the most difficult time to get one more ... Fortunately I was in contact with Paul Rudd (actor, screenwriter, producer, editor) who was my companion at college and asked him if he could Let me know someone who got me auditions. Finally I managed to have my first agent. And five years later Mad Men came, which changed everything .
The most important and most useless thing he learned on the Mad Men set ? Finally I found out how to buy a dress and how you are wearing it. And I realized instead that being drunk at 10 am just makes no sense.
What is the relationship with the money? Very Healthy: Money is only a medium, though it is better to have enough to avoid worry.
Some roles he refused and which he then regretted? I have never regretted anything. For example, they offered me a part in a superhero movie, but I did not say why it would have meant finding myself in the same role for years. I love to devote myself to what I like: I do not just do this for money.
How was it kept in times when it was out of work? I went back to the waiter. It's a trade I always liked, taught me to have polite relationships with everyone. I have a friend who claims that the actors, before they become famous, should work in a restaurant. I know he is right ...
http://www.gioia.it/spettacolo/tv/interviste/a4530/jon-hamm-come-sono-sopravvissuto-successo-mad- 
Kevin Spacey
Edgar Wright casts "Baby Driver" in 1974
Ansel Elgort’s Baby was replaced by Ryan O’Neill. Wright went on to say “He was already in The Driver, so he may as well be in this one as well.”
Lily James’ Debora was substituted for “Goldie Hawn.”
Kevin Spacey’s Doc was replaced with a reflexive deliberate response “Burt Lancaster.”
For Jon Hamm’s Buddy, Wright proclaimed “Dean Martin” before descendinginto laughs.
https://graffitiwithpunctuation.com/opinion/edgar-wright-casts-baby-driver-in-1974
Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, and Eiza Gonzalez talk Baby Driver, Dubai and more
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Baby Driver's Jon Hamm Shows It's Good To Be Bad, August 16, 2017
What initially attracted you to Baby Driver? Were you a fan of Edgar Wright’s previous films?
I was a massive fan of Edgar’s body of work—it’s so impressive for such a young man. I remember once being back home in St. Louis and my childhood friend and I were looking for something to do, you know getting away from our families (laughs)... It was rainy and gross outside and we were like, “Let’s go and see a movie.” And so we went to this theatre that we went to when we were kids... Shaun of the Dead? Let’s go check that out.” And it just blew my mind. I was like, “Who is this filmmaker?” Ever since then, everything Edgar has come out with has had this sensibility that is so impressive. His vocabulary is so visual and so filmic. There are very few people that have that, that mind that works in a visual way. I mean, I can direct a movie. I can tell a story. But I can’t do what Edgar does. I just don’t have the capacity. I am both envious of it and fascinated by it. And as an actor I love being in the presence of it.
After the success of Mad Men is it important for you to choose roles that are a departure for you? What do you look for these days?
Mad Men has a life of its own. Not only in my life, but in the firmament of the culture and I can only be humbly gracious and grateful for that. We don’t all get opportunities to do that... Do I then make conscious decisions to go 180 degrees from that? No. But I will say that I get to do things that are interesting and work with people who I find challenging and exciting like Edgar because of it. I’d be silly to shy away from it. I really do think that I am so lucky.
How did this film come about?
I was involved with the project probably six or seven years ago when I was invited to a table read. I had met Edgar through some friends and he was like, “Will you come read this? I’ve got this idea for a script. It’s a first draft, so please don’t judge.”
Tell us about the character you’re playing.
I play ‘Buddy’ who is one of the heist crew. And I love the way that Edgar wrote him. He’s an interesting guy who appears to be sort of avuncular, caring and even mentoring in some ways, and yet by the time it all goes to pieces, he becomes something very different (laughs)...
You’ve got a pretty distinctive look in your new film. How did you come up with it?
That was driven by Edgar. He really wanted to play it up. I think there’s that guy who’s a little older, who’s got that girlfriend who’s a little too young. He’s wearing clothes that are a little bit too young for him, and it just doesn’t quite work... You see guys like that in the clubs in Hollywood or Miami. The 60-year-olds in designer jeans, and you’re just like, “Oh dear. No, no, no.” I think Buddy is very much that guy. He has gone all in on this relationship with this younger lady (Eiza González’s ‘Darling’) and he is committed to it. A part of that is the haircut.
What is that haircut, by the way?
I don’t know what it’s called. They shave the sides and then you’ve got a mop on top. I’ve basically had a version of the same haircut for the last decade, so when I got this one I was like, “Oh Goodness.” But in many ways it was also fun. Literally changing your hairstyle that much does a lot not only for yourself to inform the character, but really lets an audience wash away, if you’re any good at least, any previous perceptions of what your persona might be.https://augustman.com/my/Pop-Culture/Film-TV/Baby-Driver-s-Jon-Hamm-Shows-It-s-Good-To-Be-
BadTaste intervista Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm ed Eiza Gonzàlez!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh2WBisp7iA 
How was working Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx?
Both were fantastic. I first met Jon in 2008 when he was hosting Saturday Night Live and I happened to be backstage. He’s a huge comedy fan and we became friends, so I wrote the part for him. When Jamie was suggested, I wasn’t sure he’d be up for a supporting role, but he really responded to the script and loved how musical it was. Then Quentin Tarantino called him and said, “You should do Edgar’s film”, which sealed the deal
