Josh Hartnett on Taking a Year Off at the Height of His Fame | Scene Stealers

Josh Hartnett breaks down his most iconic scenes from The Virgin Suicides, Oppenheimer, Pearl Harbor, and Basquiat, and previews his new Netflix series Below, streaming October 8. On this episode of Scene Stealers, host John Feitelberg sits down with Josh Hartnett to watch and break down the scenes that shaped his career. Josh talks about shooting Below on location in Newfoundland, how he stole a real person's walk for Trip Fontaine, what a Christopher Nolan set is actually like, his Pearl Harbor boot camp, and the time cops showed up with g**s drawn while he was making a short film at a Dairy Queen at 17. BELOW: Streaming October 8 on Netflix Don’t sleep on Ultra Pouches. New customers get 15% Off with code SCENE at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at https://square.com/go/STEALERS! #squarepod TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold Open 0:28 Intro: Josh Hartnett on Scene Stealers 0:48 Below on Netflix (October 8) 1:34 Shooting Below on location in Newfoundland 2:30 The Newfoundland accent 4:04 Newfoundland culture and fishing villages 4:22 Why they floated houses between islands 5:19 The iPhone villain rule 6:08 Come From Away, Gander, and Newfoundland hospitality 10:04 Josh's Below wardrobe 10:57 Scene 1: The Virgin Suicides 11:53 How Josh stole a real guy's walk for Trip Fontaine 14:17 Adapting books and why divisive movies matter 15:18 Why a 40% movie beats a safe 80% 16:29 Working with first-time directors and indie films 17:46 Oh Lucy!, the movie more people should see 19:00 "I was on hiatus from people's minds" 19:59 Taking a year off to write a screenplay 22:35 Scene 2: Oppenheimer 23:31 Inside a Christopher Nolan set (no chairs, no phones) 25:18 Emma Thompson hand-delivers the script on red paper 25:54 Casey Affleck's Nolan call and the fear of overstepping 27:15 Chasing roles and the Ashton Kutcher Pearl Harbor story 28:08 Balancing fatherhood and acting 28:48 Filming on location vs. staying in LA 30:12 Scene 3: Pearl Harbor 30:48 Shooting the Pearl Harbor attack and Sergeant Donnelly's boot camp 32:45 Michael Bay's "360 shot" promise 33:37 Ten films in four years and finding his path 35:13 The Dairy Queen short film that ended with cops and guns drawn 36:25 Scene 4: Basquiat 37:03 How Basquiat inspired Josh to pursue the arts 38:41 Josh's Julian Schnabel recommendations 39:17 Wrap up Scene Stealers is where we watch our favorite scenes with our favorite actors, directors, and filmmakers. Like, comment, and subscribe for new episodes. Turn on notifications so you never miss a guest. #JoshHartnett #MoviePodcast #Netflix #SceneStealers #Oppenheimer #PearlHarbor #TheVirginSuicides #ActorInterview #ChristopherNolan #Actor #JohnFeitelberg