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Nov 22, 2019 · Tom Junod. There’s a moment in “Can You Say…. Hero?” —Tom Junod’s Esquire profile on Fred Rogers, one of the all-time great magazine stories—when the writer is searching for the ...
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Apr 6, 2017 · By Tom Junod Published: Apr 6, 2017. Save Article. This article was originally published in the November 1998 issue. ... Tom?" "Yes, Mister Rogers. His name was Old Rabbit." "Old Rabbit. Oh, and I ...
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Before he was assigned to interview Rogers for an Esquire issue about American heroes, Junod had earned a bit of an unsavory reputation. In an October 1997 cover story titled “Kevin Spacey Has a Secret,” he coyly outed the actor, though Spacey refused at the time to confirm or deny any speculation about his sexuality. The story led to a tailspin of...
Working with Mister Rogers wasn’t easy for Junod. And Rogers was’t shy about switching the roles of interviewer and interviewee, asking questions and trying to learn more about his new friend. Still, the journalist didn’t know what to make of the TV host. “It was a complete mystery to me, how he could be who he was, how he could stay who he was,” J...
If Mister Rogers were alive today to see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Junod is pretty sure that he would enjoy the film. “I think he would have liked that Tom [Hanks] sort of straddles the line between following Fred’s gestures and mannerisms, but not doing an imitation of Fred,” he says. “I think Tom plays Fred as a person to be reckoned w...
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Nov 18, 2019 · Fred Rogers isn’t even the central figure. It’s Lloyd Vogel, a fictionalized character based on Atlanta writer Tom Junod. The movie, which opens November 22, casts Rogers as an agent of change ...
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