Hollywood legends Diane Keaton and Andy Garcia have only appeared in two films together: The Godfather III and new comedy Book Club.
They play a new couple who start dating after a meet-cute.
Entertainment reporter Kim Holcomb talked to the actors about working together, appealing to millennial audiences, and the notion of finding love past the age of 60.
KEATON: "It was really quite improvisational, and it was really fun to have a romance. At this point in my life, are you kidding? And he had to act like he liked me. (laughter) He had to pretend."
GARCIA: "She was on my bucket list, I'll keep saying that.”
HOLCOMB: “You can check that off now - you got to make out with Diane Keaton!”
GARCIA: “Listen, as an actor, you couldn't aspire to a better partner to work with."
KEATON: "Let's concentrate on Andy. Because I've got a lot to say about that. Look at him, he's gorgeous, it's ridiculous. I don't want to talk about it, you a--hole, why is he the good looking one?”
HOLCOMB: “You are both the good looking ones!”
KEATON: “No, no, this one is great. His head is really special, it's a special head."
HOLCOMB: "One of the scenes in this film that I love is when you’re in the pool on a floatie. But the whole time I kept thinking, ‘I have never gotten on a floatie without looking like a disaster,’ and you looked great on this floatie together. How did you get on that floatie?”
GARCIA: “It took a long time. It took a lot of extras, a lot of divers were around us, holding it. And Diane trying to get on, and me trying to get there..."
KEATON: "Then we only lasted there about ten seconds."
HOLCOMB: "What would you say to millennials who may see the previews to this movie and say, 'I don't know if that's for me.'"
GARCIA: "Duke Ellington said there's only two kinds of music - good music and bad music. This is a good movie. So people will enjoy it at any age because it's funny, it's romantic, it's well-crafted. You'll see yourself in it, you'll see your parents in it, you'll see your uncle in it, you'll see your sister in it. You'll relate to it.”
HOLCOMB: “Hopefully you see your future in it, too. We should all be so lucky."
Book Club is rated PG-13 and opens in theaters May 18.
Travel and accommodations provided by Paramount. This story sponsored by Red Carpet Valet.
