The Robert Duvall Hall of Fame
5/11/20262 hr 45 min
Sean is joined by Tracy Letts to honor the monumental work of legendary actor Robert Duvall. They celebrate the star’s illustrious career, share their personal relationships with his work, and build his Hall of Fame.
Host: Sean Fennessey
Guest: Tracy Letts
Producer: Jack Sanders
Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh and Sarah Reddy
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First 90 secondsSean Fennessey· Host0:01
[upbeat music] I'm Sean Fennessey and this is The Big Picture, a conversation show about Robert Duvall. Today on the show, we are building a hall of fame for the, quote, "American Olivier," an actor whose body of work is so vast, I was still catching up with his movies at 1:00 AM last night. I'm here with playwright, actor, bon vivant, the king of physical media, Tracy Letts. We're gonna honor Robert Duvall in this episode. It's all coming up right after this. Okay. Tracy, hello.
Tracy Letts· Guest0:42
Hi.
Sean Fennessey· Host0:42
You, are you excited about this endeavor? You raised your hand for this, did you not?
Tracy Letts· Guest0:46
I did. Yeah, I'm excited about it, sure. I love Robert Duvall. You know, when he, when he died, uh, he died right around the same time as Frederick Wiseman. They died the same day or maybe a day apart.
Sean Fennessey· Host1:01
Mm-hmm.
Tracy Letts· Guest1:01
And my first thought was, "Well, we've lost our greatest actor and our greatest documentarian, uh, at the same time." And then I thought, "Well, I'm given to the superlative. Maybe that's not the case. Maybe, uh, maybe I should say my favorite actor or one of my favorite actors." Because people value different things in their actors. Some people love a movie star. Most people love a movie star, and Duvall was a movie star,