The Neon Bible - Daniel Benzali: From Murder One To Murder At 1600
The Golden Globe nominee on falling out with President Clinton and succumbing to Christopher Walken in A View To A Kill.
The first famous person I interviewed? Daniel Benzali. No, he mightn’t mean an awful lot to many people these days, but in the late ‘90s he was quite the name thanks to his superb turn in the first season of Stephen Bochco’s Murder One. Here we discuss his supporting turn in the Wesley Snipes thriller Murder At 1600…
How do you feel about President Clinton coming out against Murder At 1600?
[Genuinely shocked] He has?! Wow! I hadn’t heard that…!
He says that films like this stain the good name of the presidency.
Yeah? He’s commenting from a position of ignorance. Stick to politics, Mr President. I’m surprised to hear that coming from Clinton, though. I thought that the Republicans held the monopoly on criticising the arts. Anyhow, it isn’t as if political thrillers are a new thing.
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