One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I would say John McEnroe and Ian McEwan, but what would they have to say to each other?
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I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.
I would love to interview Michael McKean and his wife, who wrote the songs for 'A Mighty Wind,' which is my favorite Christopher Guest movie. I'm just a sucker for any funny guy that has a wife who is intelligent and that he collaborates with.
John McEnroe is the most honest and real person I have ever interviewed.
The three people I've always wanted to meet are Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly and Steven Gerrard.
Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation, and that even the dullest evening spent watching television is preferable.
Now and again, an actor will blow my mind by doing something really unexpected, like Mickey Rourke or Christopher Walken - you have absolutely no idea what they're going to do, which is really thrilling to watch.
With 'The Host,' I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. I'd love to see Robert Redford put on a beard and be Jeb; he would be amazing... Matt Damon has some very Jared-esque qualities, and then Casey Affleck as Ian and Ben Affleck as Kyle. Imagine the interplay.
It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
My dream dinner party guests would be Ethel Kennedy, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.
I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.