John C. Reilly: New film 'How to Rob a Bank' speaks to the affordability 'issues' of today

You know what's more powerful than money? Anudience. Rolling. Let me break some numbers down for you. Odds of owning your home, 4 out of 10. Odds of earning a six-figure salary, 2 out of 10. But the success rate of armed grabbies is 9. out of. Let's make some content. Blue is for blanks.

No one has to get hurt, all right? Go, go, Go, go! Oh, . Ooh. Golden girls are right. Welcome to our channel, how to rob a bank. 15 banks, 900 million views, these clowns THE F .B .I. LOOK LIKE FOOLS. CONGRATULATIONS HERE FOR THE COLLEGE FUND. THAT'S A LOOK AT THE NEW.

THE FUNNY AND EMOTIONAL FILM. FOLLOWS A CREW OF SOCIAL MEDIA. SAVVY BANK ROBBERS AND THE CRIMES AND THE UNLIKELY DUO. WHO. IS CLOSING IN ON THEIR CRIMES. JOHN C. REILLY JOINS US NOW. HE PLAYS VETERAN FBI AGENT JOHN WEST. JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR BEING HERE. GREAT TO HAVE YOU. MY PLEASURE. NOW, AS WE PLAYED THE TRAILER THERE, SOME OF THOSE LINES ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF. OWNING A HOME AND SO ON could have been. lifted from a campaign ad that we just saw.

from the midterms right now, though fewer furry masks and machine guns. But let's talk about there's a resonance here. This is a very of the moment, you know, sort of way into looking at affordability. Yeah, for sure. You know, like the movie was made. before these midterms just happened, but the fact that this affordability crisis. and income inequality like became such an issue. in that last election, I was at the the other night and I was like, wow, we're kind of on the pulse here. because this is definitely what. young people are thinking about.

Sons of the age of these bank robbers. and all these kids are looking at the fact. that they're never going to own a house. Very hard to get health care. They're being crushed by student loan debt. So the people in this movie decide to. start robbing banks and teaching other. people how to rob banks, which I play the FBI agent. who doesn't. think that's a great idea. But, you know, for a big popcorn movie, it's kind of exciting that we're. at least talking about these issues, you know? So we'll turn back to your character in a second.

But let's spend another beat on the themes here. So social media, they're young people, social media, playing a little bit of a Robin Hood, you know, sort of vein here, elements of the town. We talked about a great heist movie. But also, great cast really funny. Yeah. Yeah, it's sort of like that's the, it's kind of a Trojan horse in that way. You know what I mean? Like, it's a big popcorn movie about a bank, about a bunch of bank heists. But it has this real emotional. resonance to it because, you know, you say the word affordability or, YOU KNOW, INCOME INEQUALITY,

IT SOUNDS VERY DRY AND KIND OF. LIKE INTELLECTUAL. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE REAL. EFFECTS ARE ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, YOU KNOW, LIKE LOSING A THESE ARE. REAL THINGS. AND THE YOU KNOW, GOING BANKRUPT AND YOU'RE. ONE ACCIDENT AWAY FROM. GOING BANKRUPT BECAUSE YOU DON'T. HAVE HEALTH CARE. THESE ARE REAL THINGS AND AND THE EMOTIONAL. IMPACT IS PRETTY STRONG IN THE MOVIE. LIKE, I FIND MYSELF CRYING A FEW TIMES WHEN. I WAS WATCHING IT. YEAH, THAT'S SURPRISING FOR TAKE A LOOK. FOR A BIG POPCORN MOVIE, YOU KNOW?

SO ONE OF THE CLIPS THAT WE SHOWED IN THE TEASER. THAT WE RAN INVOLVES A BANK ROBBER AND. SOME CASH TO ONE OF THE THE F .B .I. AGENT, WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, THE FBI AGENT, IF YOU FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT THEY. ARE DOING WITH SOME OF THE MONEY? EMOTIONALLY, WHAT HAPPENS TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THE MOVIE IS REALLY COOL IN THAT WAY. THAT IT'S MORE BALANCED AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE. LET'S BURN THE WHOLE THING DOWN, RAH, RAH, BANK. ROBBERY, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT ACTUALLY SHOWS, LIKE, YOU YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS A HUMAN BEING. DEALING.

WITH THIS STUFF. AND MY CHARACTER, THIS FBI AGENT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? AM I THE GOOD GUY HERE? LIKE, NO, ONCE I KNOW WHAT THESE. PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I WOULD BE DOING THE. SAME THING IF I FELT. I THINK THE MOVIE IS REALLY BALANCED IN THAT. WAY AND BY THE END OF THE MOVIE ESPECIALLY MY. CHARACTER IS LIKE, WOW, WHO WAS I DEFENDING? I WAS DEFENDING THESE BANKS, BUT LIKE, WERE THEY THE GOOD TELL YOU THE GUYS, YOU KNOW. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BIG POPCORN MOVIE, REALLY FUN TO WATCH, IT'S TONS OF ACTION.

DAVID LEACH IS KNOWN FOR ACTION AND STUNTS BUT. IT HE TOUCHES ON SOME VERY REAL STUFF. IT GETS PRETTY DEEP AT TIMES. IT'S VERY CLEVER IN THAT WAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER CLIP FROM THE. FILM WHERE YOUR CHARACTER ENLISTS THE HELP. of software engineering serving house arrest, Reagan, played by Zoe Kraft. You hear the...

Hi. You're Reagan Gardner? Yeah. I'm Special Agent John West with the FBI. I was wondering if I could speak to you. for a moment you mind if I come. in I'm a little busy you don't. smell busy that's intense right I'm not here. about your incense I'm not with the DEA I'm. with the FBI I'm with the bank robbery division. well I can't even go across the street. for a cup of coffee man sure.

as hell didn't rob a bank it would be impressive. if you did under house arrest what's been 10. months I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS INSIDE. I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS INSIDE. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IF WE COULD DO THIS INSIDE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THE MOVIE SO DESPERATE AT THIS MOMENT. THE FBI IS SO DESPERATE AT THIS. YEAH, SHE DOES LET ME IN. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH TO FIND OUT. THAT'S THE THING, THE FBI IS THE BANK ROBBERS. ARE TEN. STEPS AHEAD OF US, SO WE ENLIST THE HELP OF. THIS CODER.

GIRL WHO IS IN HOUSE ARREST FOR MAKING IT A WAY TO. IT'S A GREAT CAST, THAT MOVIE SET AND SHOT IN. PITTSBURGH, BUT YOU'RE A BUSY GUY, IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT. YOU'RE. GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARRING ON. BROADWAY IN THE ODD COUPLE, OPPOSITE STEVE QUERRELL. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS. IT IS OBVIOUSLY TREMENDOUS CASTING, THE TWO OF YOU, AND.

BROADWAY. NEIL SIMON, ONE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN. PLAYWRIGHTES, I FEEL REALLY LUCKY TO WORK WITH STEVE. WE'RE DOING IT AT TOWN HALL ON FRIDAY. IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME BEFORE THE ODD COUPLE,

COME ON FRIDAY TO TOWN HALL. IT'S A BLOCK AWAY. WE'LL BE THERE. THE NEW FILM HOW TO ROB A. YOU CAN ALSO CATCH JOHN IN HIS. UPCOMING PERFORMANCE OF THE ODD. COUPLE ON BROADWAY AND MAN, HE IS BUSY. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS NOW FOR CITY, THE FAMILY FOR HIS MR. ROMAN TIC LIVE. SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY, NOVEMBER 20TH AT TOWN HALL. FEATURE. JOHN C. REILEY, THANK YOU Thank you so much. for being here. Thank you. Thanks for having me, guys.