Christina Hendricks
On the latest episode of PEOPLE in 10, the actress, 49, agreed that former costar Jon Hamm — who has his own new series, Your Friends & Neighbors, out next week — is "everywhere" these days.
"I saw him last weekend actually," she said, "so maybe he is everywhere! We were dancing at a party a week ago."
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Mr Hamm was at a screening of YFandN at the DGA Theater Complex in L. A with co-star.
Q&A with the cast
actress Lena Hall about YF&N
He is such a good actor,” Hall, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly. “This just showcases him as this really, really exceptional actor. He is really good at comedy and drama, and this is kind of both.”
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He’s our lead,” she explained. “Not only is he the face of the show, but he’s also an executive producer so there’s a lot going on there and he is just fantastic. I absolutely adored Jon.”
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“It’s that dynamic that was fun for me to get into with him,” she explained to Us. “He’s such a great improviser so he would go off and then I would just take the reins and go off with him. It was just, like, a fun thing to do with him — to be his little sister. It’s a different dynamic than being someone’s love interest.”
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In the show, Hamm’s character is “extremely protective of his little sister,” Hall continued, adding that her character has “many, many flaws” but also has a “big heart.”
“I think [their relationship] gives Jon’s character [a chance] to show the audience his true heart,” she said. “All the family stuff, it really shows that his character is coming from a place of extreme love and dedication to his family. And his sister really reflects that, a lot, in the storyline.”
Jon Hamm praises intimacy coordinator for 'Your Friends & Neighbors' sex scenes:
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Olivia Munn stars as one of Hamm's love interests. He said the intimacy coordinator they worked with was "wonderful."
"We obviously were very cognizant of everybody's comfort and we were certainly on board with all of that," he told Yahoo Entertainment. "It is a relatively new [job], but I think it's probably overdue."
When asked what goes into deciding whether to work with one or not, Hamm said it starts with honest conversations between the stars.
"I think most of it is about having real, unfiltered conversations with people and making sure everybody's comfortable," he said. "I mean, it's an odd thing that we do when we have to get sort of emotionally and physically undone in front of people. And I think you want to make sure that everybody's mental health and comfort is first and foremost on the docket. Just having those conversations and having somebody whose job it is to facilitate those is pretty cool."
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Mad Men's Influence on Jon Hamm's 'Your Friends and Neighbors' Is Real
What excited you about this story?
I was a fan of Jonathan Tropper's work, not only his television and film writing, but his novels and short stories. I knew that he was a very gifted storyteller. And we met and he had an idea for this world. He lived in Connecticut, he saw this thing, and I'm from St Louis, I knew the country club set as well. And we both were vibing on that for a minute: What if this happens, and this guy has to make ends meet through this way? And as a big idea that was pretty fun and pretty compelling, but also there was the room in the story to make it a little deeper thematically and talk about where are we right now in 2025, and this late-stage capitalism and rampant materialism, and what does it really mean? Why are we measuring ourselves against other people using the metric of just who has a bigger pile of stuff? Who has more and is more always better? And maybe it's time to have a talk about that, or at least show a version of that. I mean, we're certainly not the only show that is trafficking in the concept of rich people behaving badly. If you want to talk about The White Lotus or Perfect Couple, or Big Little Lies, the list goes on and on. But I think it's resonating, because we're in a very weird place with absurd wealth at this moment in our collective culture.
Even beyond wealth, people can very much relate to the fear of losing their jobs, or the economy going south. Did the anxiety of those themes resonate with you?
For sure. I think it's the old joke: How do you go bankrupt? Well, it happens very, very slowly, and then all at once. And I think that's a real concern, especially given where we are, as you mentioned, the idea of you getting in a car accident and having hospital bills and all of a sudden you're out of money and you can't go to work anymore, and what happens? We've gotten away from this idea that socially we are obliged to help those of us who are needy in some way, that's been recast as some kind of societal ill, rather than a good thing, which is a real bummer, especially from people who consider themselves Christian or people of spiritual faith in some way. But I think that not everybody can resonate with having to make their $300,000 mortgage or fix their $200,000 car, but people can certainly identify with losing their job through no fault of their own, and having to improvise in a very real way.
You do dapper so well, which is perfect for a character like this. And you have a few times in your career. How do you do rich so well?
Hire a really good costume designer and a really good art department. [laughs] I don't know, I've certainly been exposed to that side of the glamorous life for some time, while not necessarily being a participant in it, I certainly have seen it, and it is alluring. Who doesn't want nice things? I think we all do. That's the whole point of them, that they are nice and it's aspirational in many ways to want a better life. It's just defining that and also finding your capacity to say, "Okay, well, this is enough." More is not always better, and more is not always more. Sometimes enough is enough. That's a real cool lesson to learn in life, too.
Well, because you understand both sides of the coin, you play the absurdity of some of the wealth so well. And for you as an actor, you're a good vessel to show those two worlds.
I think I'm really good casting for this, if I do say so myself. [laughs] But yes, the absurd wealth is what we're looking at here, too, and the funny thing about where we are as a culture now is that people are exposed to this absurd wealth at such a young age, through social media or whatever. There's 4-year-olds that are obsessed with Lamborghinis and and want Patek Philippe watches. What you should be into is Elmo. Like, what are you talking about? Bizarre. But hey, here we are. It's when you expose young people to that without really any context, or really what it means, or really what it means to be able to afford something like that. They just want it viscerally. And it's disturbing.
In a lot of ways this feels like what a modern-day Don Draper would do.
Well, I've used this line before, but Don Draper was responsible for selling the American dream, and Andrew Cooper's pretty much responsible for buying it, so there is that kind of parallel for sure. There's an excellent documentary, should you find yourself with about four free hours, called The Century of Self, by Adam Curtis, that's truly fascinating and really gets into the psychology of why we pursue the things we do. And it was a very conscious decision by people in the early 20th century to really market things to people as a way to feel better about themselves.
How do you have four free hours free?
Well, in my previous job as a fictional advertising man, I did several deep dives into those sorts of things.
Speaking of Don Draper, how does it feel to be attached to a character that people still associate with you. How that admiration extends to other things you do, like this show?
Honestly, it feels wonderful. It's testament to my endurance as an actor and my career and longevity, which are great things to have in a career. It's a wonderful thing to have stickiness and longevity and something that people come back for. Honestly, I appreciate it. I feel very confident in my place in the industry that I've chosen, and I've earned my place. I've worked very hard to get there and maintain it. So it's nice, obviously, to have people be fans. It's a wonderful compliment.
Between Andrew Cooper in Your Friends and Neighbors, Paul Marks on The Morning Show, Monty on Landman and Roy in Fargo, you've really been pumping out wildly different characters lately. Do you seek out these kind of wonderfully different, and sometimes chaotic, different types of characters?
Part of getting to do what I get to do at the level at which I get to do it is that I get to do different things. If I wanted to do the same thing over and over again, there's any number of factories I could go work at. And fortunately, I have reached a place in my career where I get to pick things. I don't have to wait for people to necessarily pick me. So when I'm given the opportunity to pick, I do pick, as you say, the chaotic kind of choices. And it's been tremendously rewarding, not just from the accolades and the nominations and what have you, but it's been rewarding creatively. To get to work with people like Noah Hawley [on Fargo] and Taylor Sheridan [on Landman] and now Jennifer Aniston [on The Morning Show], wonderful people whose careers I've followed and looked up to and admired. To get the opportunity to work with those people is a tremendous gift, and I'm tremendously grateful, but I'm also understanding that I'm really fortunate, but at the same time, understanding that I've worked very hard to get where I am and I'm pleased that I'm able to do these things now that resonate.
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Mr Hamm, Amanda Peet & Olivia Munn were at the YF&N New York series premiere
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“I had to come from the writer meetings and come here… I have to go from this to dinner with Lorne and the cast, and then I come back here and it's my wife's birthday tonight... It’s a busy couple of days.... It's a new cast. It's a cast that I've worked with, but I'm not super familiar with them. You know, I'm a fan of the show as much as anybody. I watch it every week. So, I'm looking forward to playing and having fun.
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“I've seen her before. I was there when she did the show with Eddie Murphy. I love her work. She's a lovely person and funny. Hopefully, she'll get to do some sketches with us, too. So, we'll see. We'll see."
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About Mrs Hamm part :
My manager said that Jonathan was thinking about a part for her, and I said, 'Ask her. Good luck. It's up to her, "But she picked it and really liked it and got it and did it, and she's wonderful in it. She looks great and it rounds out the ensemble really well. It's a very believable group of very wealthy people behaving poorly.
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Mr Hamm is a Bravo fan and gave his opinion on Craig and Page decision to breakup after 3 years of dating.
"My wife, in fact, got me into certain Bravo situations. Southern Charm was sort of a later addition to the world, and I spoke with Andy [Cohen] this morning. Well, it's the whole story.' I was like, I saw the whole story. I saw it on Southern Charm. No, this is the whole story. But from Paige’s perspective I said, 'Oh, all right, well maybe I'll have to check it out and give equal time to both sides of the story, because there's always two sides to every story."
“I was newly single — I was like, I just need to concentrate on myself again,” he recalled with some apparent wistfulness. “And I would just take this walk, every day,” to the top of that ridge, and then back toward his house, memorizing lines along the way.
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It doesn’t matter how awesome or successful or genre-defining, career-defining” a thing is, he said. “As soon as it’s over, everyone’s like, What’s next?”
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There’s something to be said for that,” Hamm, who is also an executive producer, acknowledged. “There’s also something to be said for subverting that.” “Your Friends & Neighbors” is ultimately a crime caper and a critique of conspicuous consumption. As Hamm put it, “Don was a seller, and Coop is a buyer.”
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I was a late bloomer in every sense,” he said. “As my therapist would say, I’ve always been kind of surviving, and only in the last 20 years or so have I been able to really participate in life in the way that my friends that had normal adolescences growing up” could. He worked various jobs beginning at age 16, including as a teacher after college, and moved to Los Angeles at 24.
“If you wanted something, get a [expletive] job and go get it, go do it,” he said.
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Unlike many people with humble origins, Hamm rarely lacked confidence, said Robert Lawson, a friend since high school. It helped that Hamm was good-looking, played football. It helped that friends and other families supported him, particularly after his father died.
“All of our parents always loved Jon,” said Lawson, now a communications executive in Tokyo. His own parents let Hamm live in the basement after college, even after Lawson moved out. (Lawson’s parents, Vic and Linda, were among the people Hamm thanked in his 2015 Emmy acceptance speech.)
“He was always this fun, smart, respectful guy with a magnetic personality,” Lawson said. “So he always had somewhere
As “Mad Men” ended, in 2015, there were signs of strain. A cascade of difficulties swamped his personal life: He separated from his longtime partner, the actress and screenwriter Jennifer Westfeldt; he went to rehab for alcohol addiction; an old fraternity hazing episode, in which the victim needed medical treatment, was resurfaced by reporters. (Hamm was charged with hazing but ultimately not convicted.)
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His attempts to become a go-to leading man in the movies met with middling box-office success. “Does that say that the audience doesn’t want to see me in movies?” he said. “I don’t know; I don’t think so. I think that there’s so many other things that go into it.” But he established his range and comedic bona fides, and he landed roles in some of the biggest movies around, like “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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The work was varied and steady. A few years after moving to the hills, he began a relationship in earnest with the actress Anna Osceola, now his wife, whom he had met while taping the final “Mad Men” episode — the one with Draper’s Coca-Cola meditation. His new house became a home. Hamm doesn’t have children, but he said he hopes for them — a good sign he wasn’t bluffing on the whole happiness thing.
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Drinking with Jon Hamm during those days was different than having a drink with Jon Hamm now,” he said. “He definitely has come out on the other side,” he added, “and I think meeting Anna was such a great thing. He is as happy as I have ever seen him.” (Hamm does still have the occasional drink and said people often wrongly assume that “I’m off the wagon” because of his short rehab stint. “I’ve never claimed to be a sober person,” he said.)
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“That’s the fun of having a relatively lengthy career,” Hamm said. “You can play both sides of that kind of expectation.”
We climbed the hill back toward his house. His wife was home getting ready for Oscars parties, and he would need to get ready soon, too. He seemed excited. It was fun to think that in his baseball cap, aviators and sneakers he had passed virtually unnoticed through the park, but soon he would put on a nice shirt and no one could miss him.
“It’s just good to be part of the conversation again,” he said. Experience had taught him to be patient, to trust — “This, too, shall pass” was a phrase he twice invoked — and it seemed to be paying off.
“Part of the challenge is having the wherewithal, having the confidence, to say, It’s going to take a minute,” he said. “I know that there will be opportunities to come, and I want to take a minute to sit.”
Jon Hamm Has Learned a Lot Since Mad Men
It’s always fun when you get to do stuff while you’re making a show,” he says over Zoom on a mid-April morning. “I enjoyed the few times I had to do stuff in Mad Men, when I was swimming or something.
I'm 54 now, and I was 53 when I shot the first season of the show,” he says. “I’m probably in the best shape of my life, which is nice to be able to say at this advanced age.”
“I think it’s important to maintain an ‘Eyes Wide Open,’ presence at all times in your life,” Hamm says. “Not all of us need to turn to a life of crime—that’s obviously a very dramatic storytelling decision. But life boils down to a series of interconnected decisions, and sometimes those decisions aren’t made by you, they’re made by other people, and you’re forced to live with the consequences. It’s a crazy thing, this thing we call life, and sometimes it leads us in unexpected direction.
MEN’S HEALTH: We’ve got to start things off on a personal note: How are you holding up after the Super Bowl?
JON HAMM: [Laughs] I’m fine. It was a bit of a shock to a lot of people, but so it goes. Philly was the better team that day, for sure. They put a stamp on it.
MH: I’m a Jets fan. So at this point, I woulp give an arm and a leg just to lose in a Super Bowl.
JH: [Laughs] Oh, I’m sorry.
MH: You’ve done so much comedy and drama in your career, and in Your Friends and Neighbors you get to a bit of both. Is there one you like doing more than the other?
JH: Obviously, we wanted to have a particular tone to the show—we didn’t want it to just be a straight serious drama; We wanted there to be moments of levity and humor in it. I don’t really have a favorite; I like doing things that I feel like I would seek out and watch, and this is certainly one of those things. I pick things by, basically, does it interest me, and would it interest me as an audience member? I’m glad Apple enjoyed it so much that they’ve already picked it up for a second season.
MH: As the star and as a producer, did you take influence from anything in particular?
H: One of the big decisions we had to make was who was going to direct the first couple episodes of the show. We picked Craig Gillespie, who I’d worked with on Million Dollar Arm, but who people know from I, Tonya and Cruella. Craig was a really instrumental part of establishing the tone that you talk about, both visually and from the sensibility of finding the right balance of drama and humor, and made it look like a million dollars.
MH: You’ve definitely kept busy, but this is your first true star vehicle Tv show since Mad Men. What have you learned in the time since?
JH: What I really took away from the whole Mad Men experience was just how intense and all-consuming being the lead of an hour-long show really is. It’s a pretty intense job, and when you’re dealing with the emotional resonance and the physical demands of being on set 12 hours a day, 5 days a week, for four-and–a-half months, it’s a challenge. It’s much more difficult in your 50s than it is in your 30s, but you learn how to pace yourself free
My wife, and our dog—we had to move our whole family from Los Angeles to New York. That’s different when you’re living in a rented space, and all the other things that come with that. All of it is just about taking it one day at a time, and making sure you don’t forget that this is the thing that you love to do, and that you’re really enjoying it.
MH: What was different about this show that made you want to hop on as the star and as a producer?
JH: I really liked the story. I liked the set-up. I liked Jonathan—I really was pleased at how he was able to create something that felt familiar and very new at the same time. That, to me, was… again, I look at things both from the perspective of being in it, and being somebody wondering ‘Would I want to watch this?’ And this checked both of those boxes for me.
If I look at the last four or five things I’ve been in, whether it’s been Landman or Fargo or Morning Show or Fletch, all of those things have that in common: Would I want to be in it, and would I want to watch it? I’ve been lucky enough to be able to tick both of those boxes on the projects I’ve picked, and I’ve been on a pretty good run, so I’m enjoying it.
MH: One of the first scenes of the show finds your character contemplating life, longevity, and mortality just from a chance encounter with a woman in a bar. Do you think that’s just where guys’ minds go after they hit, say, 30?
JH: I don’t know if it’s 30, but I think certainly once you hit your 40s and 50s, you really start thinking, ‘OK, am I on the back nine? Am I closer to the end than the beginning?’ I think that’s a thing people think about. It may not inform everybody’s decisions in a real way, but I certainly think it’s something people think about, especially when they have children, and they have people that depend on them. What’s it going to be like when I’m gone? Have I prepared the environment here well enough?
MH: Last thing before we go. I want to ask about Mad Men and Top Gun: Maverick; Do you have any kind of group chat or other kind of way to keep in touch with those casts to this day?
JH: Yeah! Mad Men ended ten years ago this year, and we had a fairly active chat for a long time. It’s been dormant for some time, I think we’ve all moved on to greener pastures at some point. But it still exists in the world, and the same for Top Gun. It still exists; When Monica [Barbarbo] got nominated for an Academy Award and did such wonderful work in A Complete Unknown [in which she played Joan Baez], we all chimed in and said ‘Congratulations.’
It’s a nice thing to have. Those things are obviously, like, remembering the time you had on these projects, not only to be able to look back on the finished project—I still watch Top Gun if I see it on TV or cable, or if it’s on the airplane, I’ll definitely watch it. But it’s also nice to have the memories of the friends you make. Group chats are a really fun way to remind yourself of those things.
MH: One way that 2025 isn't too bad.
JH: Exactly!
Jon Hamm on YF&N, Mad Men and White Lotus
"I'm not sure what the track is called, but I know it’s by a band called The Walkmen. It was fully Jonathan Tropper's idea. He created this and is to get all the credit for that, and I love it," the actor and executive producer explains. "Those things can go one of two ways. They can be forgettable or something that you don't hit that little skip intro button. I have always been a big fan of Mad Men's incredible opening sequence, but I also liked shows like The Sopranos. It just gets you in the mood, and ours is no exception. Thank you for rightly calling it out. I also love it when shows like The Wire and The White Lotus change a little bit each season. Each season has its wrinkle on it, so it's very cool."
On the subject of The White Lotus, would he be down to join the HBO smash hit if an offer came up?
" It's so funny that you mention that," he laughs. "I actually know Mike White, and I had dinner with him the other night. Good Lord, what a gig. Go to the greatest hotels in the world and get paid?
"It wasn't in the script," he explains. "I've only really worked with one person who baked in musical cues, and that was Edgar Wright on Baby Driver, but Jonathan has a tremendous ear for all of this. It's part of what makes him a gifted storyteller and a really wonderful filmmaker. Honestly, those things are his, the music supervisors and the composer's world, and all of those things you're right to point out because they serve to make the environment much more lush and profound and rich in its experience."
" Somebody saw it at Apple and liked what they were seeing, but yes, it's a wonderful honor," Hamm confirms. "It is a tremendous vote of confidence, obviously, and honestly, they've never done it before, so we were the first one. It's a tremendous feather in our cap. It means we're doing something right. I've started to read the scripts, and I think I'm on number eight of ten for season two, and I'm thrilled at where the story is going."
"I've always been an actor. That's the one job I've had consistently throughout my life, except for being a teacher, a waiter, and a bartender. The majority of my hopes and dreams were invested in being an actor. Even when I wasn't making money as an actor, I still considered myself an actor, so it's a little bit different for us in the creative world. We can still do what we're doing even when we're not getting paid for it, but for Coop, it's a more difficult transition."
"When I first moved to LA, I was a volunteer for a thing called Project Angel Food, which was delivering meals to homebound AIDS patients," The Morning Show actor recalls. "It was a phenomenal way to put everything in perspective and a great way to learn how to get around Los Angeles. It was doing good deeds, and I think more people should volunteer their time. I remember standing in line behind Justine Bateman. She was the first celebrity I met in Los Angeles."
" It's a nice milestone for sure," he says. "It doesn't feel like it has been ten years. I don't feel ten years older, I'll put it that way, but I guess a decade has elapsed. I know that ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, is doing a panel discussion of some sort. I'm sure other things will come up, but I don't know the specifics other than that."
With a string of projects, including Disney Pixar's Hoppers and the horror film Off Season, already in his immediate future, is there room for a sequel to his 2022 Fletch reboot, Confess, Fletch?
We have a script for the second one. We shopped it around, but nobody wants to make it," Hamm laments. "If you know anybody with $30 million, let me know, and I'll make another one for you. I loved it. I've had so many people you know from. Many people have mentioned it, from former President Obama to David Zaslav at Warner Brothers to Ted Sarandos. Everybody loved that movie, but no one wants to make another one, so I don't know. Find me $30 million, and we'll do it."
....... revealed he's a huge fan of Latin trap and reggaeton artist Bad Bunny. In fact, Hamm has visions of catching one of his upcoming shows in Puerto Rico, which kick off July 11 and run through Sept. 14.
It’s kind of a thing,” Hamm told Savannah Guthrie on TODAY, while gushing about the Grammy-winning artist.
“Well, we’re hoping to go to Puerto Rico. I’m excited because he’s doing this residency where he’s doing a month and a half of shows in Puerto Rico," he said. "First of all, I think it’s really cool that he’s going back to his home, to really kind give back to the fans. He’s reserving the first four, five or 10 shows, or whatever it is, for only residents of Puerto Rico, which is so cool.”
Hamm and Bad Bunny appeared together during a Q&A sketch on “SNL50” earlier this year, which only heightened Hamm’s appreciation for him.
“He’s a really nice guy. And he’s funny. And he’s fun and his music is awesome,” he said.
Hamm also said the “Dákiti” hitmaker likes to call him by the nickname “Jon Jamón,” which translates from Spanish to “Jon Ham.” Hamm also noted that his music puts him in a good mood.
“You can’t listen to his music and not smile. I just love his story. He’s a really nice guy. He’s funny. He’s an ‘SNL’ guy, too. They love him over there,” Hamm said.
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Actress Isabel Gravitt
Glamour: Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet play your parents in Your Friends & Neighbors. How familiar were you with their work, and what did your parents say about this casting?
....And then, the first thing I saw Jon Hamm in was as a guest star in Gilmore Girls, because I love Gilmore Girls. Of course, I've been watching Mad Men too. So just a dream. My parents were like, "Jon Hamm? Wait. Amanda Peet? What?" Absolutely unbelievable.
Did you tell Jon that you first saw him in Gilmore Girls?
I did. It took me a little to work up the nerve to tell him the reason why I first heard of him was Gilmore Girls. But I was like, so, "Peyton Sanders, Gilmore Girls episode three of..." No, but I talked to him a little bit about it. Because Alexis Bledel was in Mad Men, and so there was that connection there. So yeah, I got to bring it up to him, which was hilarious.
And what did he say?
He was a little surprised. I'm sure it's been a minute since he's heard the name Gilmore Girls, but I'm glad to talk about it. I love that show.
Did your parents get to meet Jon and Amanda?
My mom met Jon. It was actually hilarious, because my mom is very shy, and I brought her to set with me one day. Jon was in the corner wearing his suit, and he was on his phone just kind of hanging out. We were between setups. I was like, "Do you want to go say hi to him?" My mom was like, "No, no, I couldn't. I couldn't." And I'm like, "Okay, it's fine." And[creator/showrunner] Jonathan Tropper walks up to us, and he's like, "Let's go say hi to Jon Hamm." My mom's like, "No." And he's like, "Let's go. He doesn't bite. Come on." So he took us over to say hi, and Jon was so nice. My mom was like, "Oh my God." Afterwards, she couldn't believe that we made her do that. It was hilarious.
...... but when he has a day off, he tells PEOPLE he likes to keep things simple by spending time with his wife of two years, actress Anna Osceola, 37, and his dog Murphy."
Really, when I have time off, I like to just do nothing because when I have time on, I'm pulled in a hundred different directions," he says. "When [me and Anna] get to travel together, it's really nice. We get to just unplug and really relax together, and that's what I look forward to."
"I think we've certainly seen a version of the finance bro, but not one who really has a comeuppance in this way and has to really struggle, and I think that humanizes him in a really relatable way," he says. "I think [show creator] Jonathan [Tropper] created a very compelling world to set these characters in. I think it's really resonant for our times right now with what's going on with rampant consumerism and everything that's happening with the price of eggs and whatnot."
Like Coop, Hamm says he appreciates "nice things," but he recognizes "there's an absurd quality that we've reached at this late stage in capitalism."
"The richest man in the world is taking a chainsaw to government and putting people out of work arbitrarily, which feels like maybe not the best use of however many billions of dollars that guy has," he says, seemingly referencing Elon Musk. "We're at a very strange precipice, to say the least."
I've certainly made a lot of decisions in my life, and I'm very happy with my place in not only my life, but my career and my family and everything," he says. "So I think if I made some different decisions, would I be as happy as I am now? Who knows? Self-reflection is a wonderful thing, and it's a wonderful tool. It's a wonderful lesson we can all learn from."
"I don't come from money, and I've been poor for a significant portion of my life," he says. "I certainly don't spend money profligately and crazily, so I don't really have any things that I would look at and go, 'Man, I really shouldn't have done that.'"
"I think that all of the things that I've acquired in my life have meaning, like art," he continues. "Truly, the most meaningful things in my life are my family and my relationships and the emotional connections that I've made. Those are priceless."
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Hamm told CNN his new show is far from alone in that lane.
“There certainly does seem to be a moment, especially on television, of sort of rich people behaving badly. If you want to look at ‘The White Lotus’ or ‘Big Little Lies’ or ‘The Perfect Couple,’ there’s quite a few examples of it. Maybe the time is right for a show like this to really kind of say, ‘What is it we’re doing? What are we trying to say?’ That life is only about acquiring larger and larger piles of stuff? Because maybe that’s not exactly the most fulfilling way to live a life.”
.. .... So did working on the show cause Hamm to view Hollywood a bit differently, given it’s also a world in which the pursuit of wealth and success reign supreme?
The “Mad Men” actor laughed and said he’s always been “cynical” about the industry, but he has hopes for his new series when it comes to the audience.
At the end of the day, I hope that they’re entertained,” Hamm said. “We’re trying to make something that not only entertains people, but also makes them think.”
“That’s why we made it a little deeper than just, you know, kind of consumer porn.”
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Deadline video series The Actor’s Side
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New project for Mr Hamm
MGM+ has ordered a series adaptation of the scripted podcast “American Hostage,” with Jon Hamm set to play the lead role.
Hamm also starred in the podcast version of “American Hostage,” which originally debuted in 2022. It was reported November 2023 that a TV version was in the works with Hamm attached to star....
The official logline states that the show is a “psychological thriller set in the 1970s that tells the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman (Hamm), a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.”
Production will begin in Winnipeg, Canada this fall, with MGM+ ordering eight episodes. The series is planned to be an anthology. Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers are the co-creators of the series and serve as executive producers. Hamm will executive produce in addition to starring alongside Connie Tavel, Sharon Hoffman, and Ryan’s MiddKid Productions partner Marney Hochman. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/american-hostage-podcast-jon-hamm
Mrs Callahan wants to cancel Mr Hamm, cos she needs a name to launch her new podcast.
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The shocking account resurfaced this week amid renewed calls for him to face public
When the Daily Mail contacted Hamm by phone Wednesday, the stunned actor deferred to his people.
'I think you should call my rep, who are you? This is inappropriate, it's a very odd choice for you to call me,' he snapped.
They are claims that have been around for years. No, I don't want to respond!
'I'm a little bit offended that you called my personal line, that's why we have representatives"
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Actress Olivia Munn about Mr Hamm
The told ABC Audio she was initially very intimidated to meet and especially work with"the Mad Men star.
He is so kind and generous, Munn said,
"I hadn't acted since 2019, because we had COVID, then I got pregnant, then I had postpartum [depression], then I had canc
I started on these two scenes, and I kept mumbling my words and forgetting lines,BBC
"I just was like, 'Oh my god, oh my gosh ... did I lose it?'
"Jon noticed the inner panic that I was failing at covering up. And he took me aside and said, 'Hey, you got this. You can do this. This is why we want you. We know that you can this. Just relax"
"Just him talking to me like that, one-on-one, actor to actor, as my executive producer as well, just gave me a lot of confidence," Munn said. "I calmed down. And then it's really been smooth sailing from that moment on".
Mr Hamm guest of Hollywood chatter
Mr Hamm talked about : loosing his mother and father may have influenced his decision to pursue acting.
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exclusively from Audible April 24.
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The come back of the hazing episode : zero echo, zero effect... Only the Daily mail to help Callahan to launch her podcast..... Mr Hamm wins the battle of time about a 35 years old event : he can't be cancel, so the character of Draper is stronger than the cancel culture..... and the Gold card : the death of his parents, that he uses at every occasion in every fucking interview.
The interesting fact is : the story reappeared after the big promo campaign and not during..... OR he's a last minute choice for Miss Callahan, as the show is a succees on Aple+.
New-York screening for F&N and Slaterry as a support diver
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