Jason Bateman - 'Black Rabbit' & 'DTF St. Louis' [LIVE]
6/14/20261 hr 18 min
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the former child actor-turned-multi-hyphenate reflects on his five years of work in front of and behind the camera on 'Ozark,' the unanticipated success of his — and Will Arnett and Sean Hayes' — podcast 'SmartLess,' and stepping outside his acting comfort zone on two limited series over the past year.
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[instrumental music] This episode is brought to you by Netflix, presenting Beef, from creator, writer, and director Lee Sung Jin. The new installment of the eight-time Emmy-winning anthology series features powerhouse performances from Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Kaley Cuoco, and legendary Korean actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho. Esquire raves, "It's hands down the best TV show of the year," and IGN hails it, "A masterpiece. Lee Sung Jin's series remains an untouchable force." Beef, for your Emmy consideration. [upbeat music] Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 649th episode of The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. I'm the host, Scott Feinberg, and my guest today is an actor, director, and producer who has been in the business for 45 years and has never been more respected or successful than he is today, which is really quite a remarkable achievement, Jason Bateman. Bateman started out as a child actor and became something of a teen idol in the 1980s on the TV shows Little House on the Prairie, Silver Spoons, and Valerie, later renamed The Hogan Family. In the 1990s, though, work dried up for him. He developed substance abuse issues, and he largely disappeared from the Hollywood scene. But in the 2000s, against all odds, he returned with a vengeance on the landmark single-camera