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American Morning
Talk With Car Consultant Josh Hancock
Aired July 26, 2002 - 09:30 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Arthel watching things on "Goldmember" from a different angle, down there on 8th Avenue.
Arthel, what do you have?
ARTHEL NEVILLE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know what, Bill, before I even start this report, I am going to need you say for me, "yeah, baby."
HEMMER: Yeah, baby.
NEVILLE: We are here, Josh Hancock is luckiest around, because he is able to choose which babe magnet, the Shaguar, that "Austin Powers" will drive in "Goldmember."
And I can tell you something, Josh, you must have the coolest job around. Tell us what you do for a living. How does this all work?
JOSH HANCOCK, CAR CONSULTANT: I actually work with directors, writer and stars, read scripts with them, and we shape cars as characters. People who want to make the cars icons in their movies come to me, and we work together to create memorable automobiles.
NEVILLE: So you know, you're talking about this, and pull out, because we have to show this nice ride out. This is a great set of wheels here.
This seems like, you know, got to give me a little more details here, because here it is, this beautiful car, the Shaguar, chosen for "Austin Powers," and you got to give me a little more idea of how this works. I mean...
HANCOCK: Well, Mike Meyers actually chose the original Jaguar XKE for the first movie, because he felt it was a real icon of England and loved Jaguars. We've graduated him in the third fill to the latest XKE -- and we still use both cars. It's almost like a James Bond car for "Austin Powers." People really remember both cars.
NEVILLE: People of course remember cars, because cars are as important as the props and makeup, and what have you, in most movies.
HANCOCK: I think so, do you?
NEVILLE: I agree. Come on, we're doing a story on this. HANCOCK: Day are. Memorable cars. Even TV show growing up, from "Batman" and "Manix" and "The Beverly Hillbillies," they were still cars. Everything -- cars are set to make a statement. They are as important as the characters.
NEVILLE: Aside from "Austin Powers" you worked on all three films, right?
HANCOCK: Yes.
NEVILLE: What other films have you worked on in terms of creating cars for these characters?
HANCOCK: Well, I've worked actually with Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Soderbergh on different projects. We did "Casino," with Martin Scorcese, which is a movie I like to talk about, because every car in that movie was picked by Mr. Scorcese. I've had my hands in "Mission Impossible II," "Nutty Professor" "Gone in 60 Seconds."
NEVILLE: Move over here, because I want to be closer to this car with you. Why don't you sit down for me? Sit down here. I will bend down here and talk to you as well. You're talking about "Gone in 60 Seconds," talk about cars in that movie.
HANCOCK: Well, I actually worked just specifically on that Mustang, on building that Mustang with the company who built the -- Car Cinema Vehicle Services, and there were 12 cars built for that film, so I came in after the fact. But that car, people would chase me around town in that car.
NEVILLE: Exactly, now I have to find out. Josh here loves cars, obviously, we know that. I need to find out -- I need to get a little bit personal with you here, OK. How many car do you have in your own collection?
HANCOCK: Let's just say this that there are a lot of new cars siting in my driveway, lots of new cars sitting in my driveway, because I test everything that's new, and there's specifically a new Jaguar S-Type R in there, there's a TT there, and then the older stuff I sort of recycle. Keep it moving.
NEVILLE: You know what, you are big show-off.
(LAUGHTER)
NEVILLE: I'm just kidding.
I have the mic. They couldn't hear what you said. That's for a reason.
Listen, you said something that's interesting -- you have to test these cars -- why?
HANCOCK: Actually, so many people ask me about what to drive. I mean, I'm not an automotive expert; I'm an entertainment automotive expert, but I'm on movie sets every day with directors and actors, and so many people want the know what the latest and the greatest is, that if I've experienced it, it's much easier for me to explain it, and that's the way I get the cars, Arthel, actually. And so I need to know what's happening out there in the world.
NEVILLE: You know what, you rock on, OK. That's all I got the tell you, rock on with your bad self.
Josh Hancock, thank you so much for joining us here on AMERICAN MORNING.
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