The Hail Mary From Actor Writer And Director Daniel Roebuck A Lifetime Experience

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Wow, I hooked up on the right day finally. Yes, you did. Hello, ARROE. How are you, my friend?

Yesterday, Daniel, we were doing three radio tours and I see Arrow clicked zoom link for today's

tour yesterday. Yesterday. I think you want the other tour anyway. Arrow, you're all good. Here's

Daniel. You'll have till 20 after. Go ahead. See, Daniel, that's the reason I'm in Charlotte,

North Carolina. Where are you at? Charlotte. Today, I'm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,

but I'm in North Carolina a lot. My brothers live in Wilmington. Yes. Yeah. Well, we call that the

Hollywood of the East Coast Wilmington. Yes, indeed. Wow. You know, this is one of those movies,

Daniel, that we're not going to be able to shake off and we're going to be talking about it when

we give it to our grandkids to watch and those beyond us because there's something about this

movie that is very real. And of course, I want to attach it because it's high school football

in every town. I don't care how big it is. We love our high school football.

Yes, sir. And Arrow, in fact, in this movie, so what I've done is I've got the team,

our fictional team is playing as my high school football team. Yes. The Bethlehem Catholic

Golden Hawks. But then I took the bands. There's two very famous competing bands in Bethlehem,

the Liberty High School Grenadiers and the Freedom Patriot Band. And you know, we got permission

from the school board to combine them and put them in the movie together. And so it's very powerful.

If you come from the Lea Valley and I look at there's one shot where Beck is coming out of the

tunnel and you see Liberty, Freedom, and Beck are all in the same shot. And I think that's Bethlehem.

And that's that's our fall right there. It's those three teams

banging into each other and other teams for, you know, for 10 weeks. That's what everyone's fall is.

Well, you make me wonder now about what do we miss in life because of these high school rivalries

because I wouldn't go to to different areas of Montana because of the Great Fall bison's. And

you know, Billings was we were state champions, but anything that I do with Great Falls Montana,

I ain't going there because you're a rivalry and I just can't stand you.

It is true. You know, well, I mean, there's been Dr. Jordan Peterson's talked about tribalism a lot.

Like that tribe. Look, when we were kids, we were kids in Bethlehem. I went to St. Anne's and

then there was Notre Dame. And we were maybe the two parishes that for whatever reason clashed in

all the Catholic youth organizations, didn't matter if it was a football game or a talent show or

whatever. And we just hated Notre Dame. And to this day, when I drive by Notre Dame, you know,

I always make some joke about the gold they stashed under their altar. And it just makes it

just amazing. These are particularly nuts people. But that's interesting. Well, Montana, I'm glad

you know, our producer, we make these movies just by the way, through a not-for-profit called

a Janile piece. And Aaron McClain, my partner in the not-for-profit, she was going to help make it

reality is from great falls. So I can tell you there's some nice people and great falls.

Yeah, I got to get up there then. I really do. But you know, one of the coolest things about

this is that we all want to go back to our high school to visit it. And you got to go there.

Did it seem just as small because it just feels like when you go back the whole world shrunk?

Yeah, that's fun. Yeah, I've been there. Yeah, that's true. I think we're a great school.

I always think it's funny to go to great school. You remember where the trophies were in the cabinet

when you'd look out at them. And now you look down at them. But yeah, go and go and home.

I've made now four movies in my hometown. And I love it. So I'm often in places that, you know,

in fact, when we made Lucky Louie, when we made Lucky Louie, we used the

content of my grade school as our kind of our meeting place. And you know, we were down in the

basement where the nuns used to sew my pants. We were in the kitchen where the nuns used to make me

lunch. And you know, there's no sisters in it now. It's just a building. And it's just interesting

to be able to go visit places as an adult and and have a different perspective. Yeah. Don't you

think that Jake Bauer is going to become iconic in the way that we can't tell if he's a bitter man

or just a grumpy old syndrome type of guy. It's just we all are attracted to people like Jake

in the way that it's like we know him. But it's like that I'm going to be honest with you.

Give me 10 minutes with him and I'll change him. I'll make him a happy camera. Yeah.

I think you can make anybody a happy camper. You're a very nice man.

But yeah, I think that there's a Jake Bauer in everyone's life. Yes.

There's somebody who who's just you think, you know, you're just being an ash.

And it's just because you refuse to let the love of God in. Yes.

That's all it takes. One of my favorite scenes in the movie or some lines in the movie,

you know, I mean, I'm not like one of my favorite lines. I wrote them all. But he says,

you know, I don't believe in God. And she says, well, good news. He believes in you.

So that's working out just fine. You're speaking my street. You know, you say that.

Yeah. Yeah. So we've all got we've all like like you want to, I mean, I don't want to

what I don't understand about about, let's say an atheist. And I'm not, this is not the writing.

I just don't understand why do you want the responsibility of creation? Why do you, you know,

why do you want to believe that you are the architect of everything? Because because if you

believe you're the architect of everything, then you're also the architect of the stuff that goes

wrong. That's right. Well, as a guy believes in God, I've seen the stuff that goes wrong as the

obstacle that I need to overcome, not something I create it. Sometimes, by the way, let's be honest,

sometimes they are obstacles we create. And that's really what Jake's life is about. And he's,

his own obstacles that he's put in his own way and his own lack of belief in his,

the betterment of his heart. So I don't, I mean, I don't get it. But, but ultimately, you know,

we pray for all people and we hope that all people have, in the end, in the end, I don't know.

In the end, if you've lived a good life in your good person, you know, some faith believe you

have to have a very specific line of thinking, you know, I don't know, because I know God

personally, but I don't know him well. I don't know ultimately what, how that's going to work out.

But, you know, this movie is a reminder that even if you have fallen, you, you, you don't have to

worry, you can always fix it. And sometimes you just have to trust other people. And you have to

just believe that other people believe in you. So once you say that this movie, the Hail Mary,

in reality, it's like dropping the four walls of the church and you put the church language

in modern day, everyday speak. And you go, here's a movie I want you to watch. You're going to

feel something. I don't care, you know, I don't care who you are or what you've experienced in life.

You're going to feel something in this movie. Call it what you want, but you're going to feel

something. Yeah, I hope that I like to say I'm not preaching to the choir. I'm preaching to the

people drive by the church. And I think that through humor and good storytelling, that's how you

capture them. And honestly, that's, I think, you know, I've been in other movies and I've seen

other movies. I don't think every faith breaks movie, you know, they're just too formulaic. It's

like a hallmark movie. And if it's formulaic, maybe you watch it and you know the outcome. But I'd

rather have you not know what's going to happen next. And in this movie, I, I defy, I hope people

keep the end secret because not knowing what happens next is a big part of its success.

Yeah, I think that making the nuns completely real like the sisters I had were completely authentic

real human beings. They were stereotypes. Not one of them was a stereotype. They were all intricate,

beautiful people who were doing the best they could for society and giving up so much for society.

Please do not move. There's more with actor Daniel Robuck coming up next.

The name of the movie The Hail Mary. We're back with actor Daniel Robuck. Yeah, I love the way

that you do that you humanize the girls and the nuns. And the reason why is because I work at

a position just because I wanted to have an essential job to be with real people. If you want to be

with church, go to the, go to the community. Where are people at? The community is at the grocery

store. So when the nuns come walking through our store, dude, I will go and have a real conversation

with them and it freaks people out because what is what is he doing talking to the nuns? Why not?

They're real people. Yeah, and they're, they're just great like us. There's, we, there's, it's so hard

actually to find like habitant sisters anymore. Because even, even the sisters are saying,

Joseph, when I told them I was making the movie, they don't wear their habits anymore.

Two, maybe two die hard sisters still do, but they said, don't, are you going to make us wear

habits? And I said, well, I need the audience to know that you're who you are. So, you know,

you saw the movie. We came up with a kind of a middle ground where they're all, they all wear

veils, but they're given an opportunity to, to dress out. They wouldn't put sister Catholics

says, but you know, I hope it scares the boys.

Dude, I mean, the thing about it is if you've never been gripped in the arm by a nun or a sister,

holy God, you will never forget that grip when they, because you've been talking in class all day

and all of a sudden you feel your arm grabbed by a sister. Oh my God.

Yeah, I just, I remember once there was a kid, Mike Koch who was a bully in school.

I remember he took a swing at the nun, maybe in fourth grade sister, Ansel, and then we never saw

him again. Oh God. I just thought, well, well, he's dead. I don't know, I don't know where you

go when you try to hit a nun, but it can't be good. But I always wonder what happened to Mike.

I hope he's okay. So now when you talk about the sisters not wearing their habits these days,

inside my mind, I'm going, you know what? Daniel is a type of person who's very creative in his

heart and mind and believe so much in the universe. He would be the one that could reinvent the flying

nun, sister, betrayal, and not have to have a habit. I think you could be that guy. She'd have to have,

but the whole thing was the wind, the habit in her wind. And remember that she weighed the perfect

weight. Yep. You'd have to put a hairdo on on the on the uninhabited sister, betrayal. But remember

how simple and lovely the flying nun was. What a great, what a great, what a great little show.

For whatever for two years, you know, you, that was what was on TV was wholesome, happy,

entertainment. I, you know, oh, you, you, you, you know, you're a podcaster, right? You're in,

in the business. They, you know, they keep writing these articles about how, how no, the Hollywood's,

you know, the studio where I shot a series is, you know, CBS Radford where they shot Seinfeld,

that studios, they might disappear. Yep. It's like, it's in a rears. They're foreclosing.

And they keep blaming this or that, but nobody will claim the real thing. You're not making anything

that anybody wants to see. That's right. That's right. That's why no one's watching.

See, and that's one of the reasons like when I go to a movie, I like watching the people around

me just as much as I like watching that screen because I'm getting energy from those that are

sitting there laughing, chewing on their fingernails or eating their popcorn going to the bathroom

because there's entertainment there because that movie is affecting them. And it's like, oh my god,

I'm with real people. Yeah. And that's one of the things I love about. I mean, I know we're

changing how this is done. But, you know, if, if Netflix buys Warner Brothers, we're in trouble.

It's going to, it's going to be bad because the movie theaters as it is are just barely holding on.

But if they take the window from 45 days down to 17, you know, the people, we're not going to see

movies with people. We're going to see movies with our kids or our wives. And that's all we're going

to see. But as the guy who makes the movie to stand in the back of the theater,

to hear them all laugh at a thing that you thought of eight years earlier at a very specific

joke that you worked and worked and worked. When you wrote it, then you worked and worked and

worked when you filmed it. And then you worked and worked and worked when you edited it. And when

it lands and they all laugh and you go, that's, I mean, that's my, that's, that's, that's what I need.

I keep putting this out there. I don't want it to happen till 95. But I'd be okay dying on stage

in the middle of a play. I love it. You know, especially like if I could hold out to, and the

mirror is, yeah, boom. And then you die. That's, that's kind of what I'm like. I'd like to ruin

everybody's night at the theater. I think one of the reasons why the Hail Mary affects me so deeply

here in Charlotte is because of Brian May, who's the quarterback for the Patriots. And he came from

Myers Park. We know, we don't say he's from Charlotte. He's from Myers Park. And those mustangs

are a major part of this community. So when I saw this, I'm sitting there going, my god, this,

this must be what, what would he went through in order to get up to where he is with the

Patriots? He went through with something like this because I mean, and that's the kind of movie

this is. It's so real. Oh, thank you. I'm so grateful, Auro, that we're having this conversation.

You're saying such nice things. Listen, the whole thing's a blessing to me that I get to make

these movies. It's just an extraordinary gift. And, and I hope they touch everybody like they

touch you. I hope that, I hope that people go see it. I think we're playing in, I think we're playing

in Winston Salem. I got a ticket for playing in Charlotte. Yeah. But please, it's the February 27th,

the movie opens wide. And it'll be viewable after that. But I think I really do agree with you.

I think it will move people. And if you have a chance to see the other movies getting grace

for Lucky Louis or St. Nick of Bethlehem, they'll all touch you and move you and move your heart in

some way. We got to give kudos to regal regal at a stone crest here in Charlotte because they

put up a faith based movie. And my God, the people come that place is always crowded. And, and it's

not like watching the big movies that everybody else thinks they're going to go watch. But once you

get a faith based movie in there, and maybe it's because we have so many churches here in Charlotte,

the theaters fill up. I just wrote it down. I'm going to fuck out who they are. I don't know if

we're playing in any regals, but that would be great. The regal in Charlotte. I'll look that up.

Thank you so much, Aurobe. Well, the thing about it is, though, is that faith based movies are not

what they used to be. And the thing about it is, is that we do want to feel good walking away. We

also want to feel good sitting in the seats and sit there and create conversations between all of us.

Yeah. And what I do believe, because I've seen it, when I said this before, I saw it with getting

grace. We'll be about finding faith. Yeah. That's what getting grace. We took it on a tour,

Muslims, Mormons, Christians, Catholics, Jews. The fact is, it doesn't matter that these are

Catholic nuns. This movie is about finding a faith in God and recognizing God's love for you

intrinsically. So it doesn't matter, you know, just doesn't matter. This film, you know,

scored so well at Angel Studios, and they're, you know, they represent a white swath.

Yes, they do. Christian believe me. You know, we feel very strongly that the movie's message

is universal. And that's the kind of movies I try to make, although this movie

is through a Catholic lens, it doesn't matter. It's still, it's the story of faith,

not how you get to it. Where can people go to find out more about you and give you some love

in supporting this and getting that word out there? It's time for everybody to become influencers.

Thank you so much. Thank you. Go to a channel of peace dot org. They can learn how we make these

movies through this now for profit. A channel of peace dot org. You know, I don't,

these movies we've made so far, I don't take a salary at all. Or does anybody else name

Robock? By the way, my daughter got married and pointed out that she's technically not a robot

anymore. So she will be expecting a paycheck like everyone else gets on the next movie.

But they go channel peace dot org or follow me, Mr. Daniel Robock, an Instagram or Daniel Robock.

On Facebook. And yeah, if you can get word out about the movie, that'd be great. You know,

tell them you go see the Hail Mary. No, not that one, the smaller one, the Hail Mary film.

I got to give you one more pat on the back because my father would love the fact of having

a conversation with you. He grew up with Brian Dennehy. I get the opportunity to see whose next

after Brian Dennehy and it's you. You are that character actor.

Oh, that's, that's really sweet. I got to work with Brian once. Oh, my God. I was so impressed with

him. I was so grateful to have just, I think I had one or two scenes with him. You know,

when I remember there was another actor, that important who it was, but I remember Brian Dennehy

saying under breath, tell him, remind that guy he's acting in a box. This the actor was moving

around a lot. Brian Dennehy, this knew that he was spinning to, you know, just sit and act.

That's all you have to do. Oh, my God. What a great guy. Oh, my God. Please come back to this show

anytime in the future. The door is always going to be open for you. Thank you. Oh, thank you so

much. God bless you and your listeners. Well, you be brilliant today, okay, sir.

We're going to try. Thank you, sir. Thank you.