{"id":40802281657,"date":"2024-04-30T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802281657"},"modified":"2024-05-01T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T21:07:41","slug":"prof-womack-interviews-jeff-daniels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/prof-womack-interviews-jeff-daniels\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Womack Interviews Jeff Daniels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenneth Womack, Ph.D., professor of English and popular music, interviews acclaimed actor Jeff Daniels <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/everythingfabfour\/episodes\/Episode-51-Jeff-Daniels-got-a-lesson-in-fame-from-George-Harrison-e2j1bv9\">on episode 51 of his \u201cEverything Fab Four\u201d podcast,<\/a> which debuts April 30. On this episode, Daniels discusses his experience filming a movie scene with George Harrison and getting his guitar signed by the \u201cQuiet Beatle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across his five decade-long career, Daniels has worked with some of the world&#8217;s most revered filmmakers and been nominated for numerous Golden Globe and Screen Actors Awards for his dramatic turns, including such films as Jonathan Demme&#8217;s \u201cSomething Wild,\u201d<em> <\/em>and Noah Baumbach&#8217;s \u201cThe Squid and the Whale<em>.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012, Daniels joined the cast of HBO&#8217;s political drama, \u201cThe Newsroom,\u201d which earned him a Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Playing Will McAvoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ML3qYHWRIZk\">Daniels&#8217; monologue about American exceptionalism<\/a> in the series pilot has been viewed more than 22 million times on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2024, Daniels stars in the new Netflix limited series &#8220;A Man in Full,\u201d based on Tom Wolfe&#8217;s novel of the same name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Womack, Ph.D., professor of English and popular music, interviews acclaimed actor Jeff Daniels on episode 51 of his \u201cEverything Fab Four\u201d podcast, which debuts April 30. 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