Whoopi Goldberg accepted her function in Tony Goldwyn‘s Ezra with out studying the script. The 2 actors knew one another from co-starring in 1990’s Ghost.
“If he says he’s obtained one thing, I don’t care how different individuals reply to it, I’m there,” Goldberg stated of Goldwyn throughout Tuesday’s episode of The View, the place the actor appeared as a visitor alongside Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne.
Godberg performed Oda Mae Brown, the medium who communicates with Patrick Swayze’s spirit, in Ghost (she gained an Oscar for the function). Goldwyn was the antagonist, Carl Bruner, and Goldberg stated this week he’s a “fantastic accomplice.”
In Ezra, Goldberg performs the supervisor of Cannavale’s character, a slapstick comedian struggling to co-parent his autistic son. Byrne, Robert DeNiro, Rainn Wilson and others spherical out the solid. Goldwyn directed the film, and in addition has a small half onscreen. The challenge premiered on the Toronto Movie Fest final yr and can now hit theaters this weekend.
“The vibe of the movie was like, yeah, I wish to be a part of this,” Goldberg stated this week of when Goldwyn first requested her about it. “Individuals don’t often ask me. So, when any person says ‘Hey, you wish to come play?’ It’s like, sure!”
Goldwyn expanded on how he solid his good friend within the challenge, saying “I actually simply emailed. Bobby and I have been speaking when the film began to come back collectively, we’re like, ‘ who’d be superb… Whoopi. I simply despatched Whoopi an electronic mail going, ‘Hey, I’m doing this film with Bobby and Bob De Niro, there’s this half you’d be excellent for. Can I ship you the script?’ You wrote me again instantly going, ‘I’m in, simply inform me the place to point out.’ I stated, ‘Don’t you wish to learn the script?’ She was like, ‘No, I’m there. Simply inform me the place to go!’”