This is the character that I had read named Bernie Webber. But, I really got to know him through this wonderful character that was written for me, and the character was different than anything I’d played before. I got to know Bernie a little bit through his recordings, a little bit through his book.
#BERNIE WEBBER MOVIE#
I had this vision of wanting to play him like an old movie star would play a character in a 50’s studio film about people doing great things. It was made by Disney, and there’s something so earnest and heartfelt and of another era about it. It’s just about honest, solid, blue collar men that go out and do great things and then go home. PINE: I enjoyed it because… you know, we’re not reinventing the wheel with this story. What was it about your character that really resonated with you, and what were some of the challenges you faced portraying someone from a completely different era? They just did what they had to do because that was their job. I really enjoyed that about these personalities that there was no desire for memorials and stuff for them. He wasn’t putting any color or spin on it. He’s recounting the events, and I sensed in it this feeling of just what a pain in the ass it was to talk about it again, to recount it one more time. You can tell that from this recording, this interview, that Bernie did. It just happened and that’s what they did really honestly. They would have wanted and preferred not to talk about it. This was a time when these gentlemen showed up to work, they clocked in, they did their job, and they went home. What I loved about these guys, especially in that age, is there’s such a stark difference from the world in which we live in, which is seemingly all about self-aggrandizement and the selfie culture. There’s some recordings of Bernie talking about it. Bernie was around the water all his life. Mel Gouthro, who didn’t make it on the boat that day, is still around.
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