- Title: Michael Keaton premieres McDonald's movie, 'The Founder'
- Date: 12th January 2017
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 11, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS EXTERIOR SIGNAGE AT 'THE FOUNDER' PREMIERE' MICHAEL KEATON ARRIVING AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS JEREMY RENNER ARRIVING AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR MICHAEL KEATON SAYING: "You know, Ray Kroc was like a lot of Americans who came from immigrant families, that's who we are and that's a great thing, and built it himself, he was a bootstraps kinds of guy." MICHAEL KEATON TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR MICHAEL KEATON SAYING: "Oh man, I had more jobs than there probably are in this building, I had a lot of jobs. I never really worked in a fast food restaurant, I got fired from a restaurant right up here somewhere, I lasted about a day and a half, and then I worked at a restaurant up on Melrose and then I worked at a restaurant out in the Valley, yeah, I had some restaurant jobs." LAURA DERN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS CAST AND DIRECTOR POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR LAURA DERN SAYING: "Oh, it's such a toss up you know because both are wonderful in very different ways, I think there's a different level of responsibility when you're telling a true story, certainly characters that you play you don't know or don't have enough information on, you do have to, with some elusive challenges you have to infer things but in the case of Ray Kroc there was a lot known and Michael does a such a brilliant, brilliant job in the film and we all learned a lot about his story." CAST TALKING TO MEDIA ON THE RED CARPET DIRECTOR JOHN LEE HANCOCK POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS CAST TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR NICK OFFERMAN SAYING: "The cast is riddled with good-looking, brunette, white men that are very well spoken and from Ivy League colleges. It's the epitome of American capitalism, you know? For me it's the greatest representation of having as much flash and facade as possible backed up by as little integrity as possible." LAURA DERN, B.J. NOVACK, MEGAN MULLALLY AND OTHERS CHATTING ON RED CARPET CLOSE UP OF MICHAEL KEATON POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR B.J. NOVAK SAYING: "I worked at a restaurant that was trying to be McDonald's, it was a chain that folded after three or four which is like a little sputtering engine." NICK OFFERMAN TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR JOHN CARROLL LYNCH SAYING: "I worked very, very briefly at Burger King, I also was at Baskin-Robbins ice cream store, my first job was shucking oysters at a place called The Boston Sea Party in Denver, Colorado which is 1,500 miles from any ocean so I'd never seen an oyster before." B.J. NOVAK POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR JOHN LEE HANCOCK SAYING: "You know, I've been asked that before and it's a really good question. For me, I don't think it was greed, I think he (Ray Kroc) was a really, really hard working guy who wanted to ring the bell and felt he deserved it. He was willing to put in the work, there's not doubt about it, and of course he reaped the rewards but I think it's that he just wanted to wake up everyday and say, 'I deserve this'." CAST AND CREW GROUP
- Embargoed: 26th January 2017 05:33
- Keywords: The Founder premiere Michael Keaton Nick Offerman B.J. Novak Laura Dern Jeremy Renner John Lee Hancock interview McDonald's
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0025YRXETP
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Actor Michael Keaton has premiered McDonald's founder biopic, "The Founder."
The movie tells the story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' fast food eatery, McDonald's, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world.
Keaton, who plays Kroc, told Reuters that it's the tale of the classic American Dream: "Ray Kroc was like a lot of Americans who came from immigrant families, that's who we are and that's a great thing, and built it himself, he was a boot straps kind of guy."
The actor also revealed that he has a checkered past in the world of food service, explaining to Reuters: "I had more jobs than there probably are in this building, I had a lot of jobs. I never really worked in a fast food restaurant, I got fired from a restaurant right up here (in Hollywood) somewhere, I lasted about a day and a half, and then I worked at a restaurant up on Melrose and then I worked at a restaurant out in the Valley, yeah, I had some restaurant jobs."
Keaton's co-stars including Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch and B.J. Novak also turned out for the premiere as did the film's director, John Lee Hancock, and the film's producer, Jeremy Renner.
Explaining the film's appeal, Offerman said: "The cast is riddled with good-looking, brunette, white men that are very well spoken and from Ivy League colleges. It's the epitome of American capitalism, you know? For me it's the greatest representation of having as much flash and facade as possible backed up by as little integrity as possible."
"The Founder" hits U.S. theaters on January 20. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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