John Malkovich is getting the 60 Minutes profile treatment as the awards buzz surrounding his new film Wild Horse Nine heats up.
Malkovich will sit down with Ariel Levy for a segment that airs during the CBS newsmagazine’s Sunday episode, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Malkovich stars opposite Sam Rockwell and Steve Buscemi in writer-director Martin McDonagh’s comedic spy thriller Wild Horse Nine and is considered a top contender for the best actor Academy Award.
During a preview clip that is exclusive to THR, Malkovich explains to Levy that, although he played a character with his same name in director Spike Jonze‘s 1999 existential comedy Being John Malkovich, the portrayal did not have much connection to his actual self.
“We were rehearsing one day — I don’t remember what it was — and Spike said to me, ‘That’s OK, but John Malkovich wouldn’t do it that way,'” Malkovich recalls with a grin. “And I just thought that was a fantastic note.”
The actor also praises Being John Malkovich for its singular vision. “I can’t think of anything that was more originally voiced and expressed,” he says. Malkovich goes on to call the movie “a cinematic universe — as they use the term for Marvel. That actually was one.”
Malkovich’s profile includes him reflecting on his struggles to earn his parents’ attention while growing up and visiting a New York City theater that is special to him.
The three-time Emmy Award winner has yet to earn an Oscar for his career, which includes two nominations, the first of which came for 1984’s Places in the Heart. He received his most recent Oscar nod more than three decades ago for his role opposite Clint Eastwood in 1993’s In the Line of Fire. Malkovich has also given signature performances in such features as Empire of the Sun, Dangerous Liaisons and Con Air.
