Filmmaker Gavin O’Connor: Theatre Rat

Literally! With Rob Lowe

Stitcher & Team Coco

Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Filmmaker Gavin O'Connor joins Rob Lowe to discuss casting Kurt Russell in the classic hockey film "Miracle," his collaborations with Ben Affleck, working with Keri Russell on "The Americans," the genius of Paul Newman, favorite Broadway performances, his new film "The Accountant 2," and much more. Make sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube at YouTube.com/@LiterallyWithRobLowe! Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at 323-570-4551. Your question could get featured on the show!

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0:00.0	Come on.
0:01.4	Yep.
0:01.7	You can look it up on YouTube.
0:02.8	I will look it up.
0:04.2	I have the hair of Farah Fawcett Major.
0:07.5	Ha ha ha ha ha.
0:08.0	Ha ha ha.
0:10.1	Hey, everybody, welcome to literally.
0:21.6	It is me, Roberto.
0:25.6	Today, you know, it's funny, I feel like I don't have enough directors on the show.
0:32.4	And I'm solving that today by having a great director named Gavin O'Connor, who, A, directed one of my
0:39.1	favorite movies ever, the amazing Olympic hockey movie miracle with Kurt Russell. But now has, and also
0:49.2	directed the early episodes and produced The Americans, the TV series, um, that I loved
0:57.0	for my favorite TV series of the last 15 years. But he has the accountant to coming out,
1:02.9	April 25th, great movie with Ben Affleck. I've heard of Ben Affleck. I know I've, I've heard of that
1:08.6	actor. Um, anyway, so, uh, he's, I'm a huge fan of his.
1:14.0	So I'm super curious to find out what he's all about.
1:16.4	Let's do it.
1:22.4	Gavin, I'm a huge fan of yours.
1:25.2	We got to figure out a way to get on set together one of these days.
1:28.1	You make great shit.
1:29.3	Thank you, really, really, really great shit.
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