{"id":54817,"date":"2024-03-14T16:18:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=54817"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:37:50","slug":"bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/14\/bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Beau Bridges and Rob Mayes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>TV Interview!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54820\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonbanner.png\" alt=\"Beau Bridges, Rob Mayes, Stratton Leopold and William Wages of the film &quot;The Neon Highway,&quot; which premieres March 15.\" width=\"411\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonbanner.png 615w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonbanner-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interviews with Beau Bridges, Rob Mayes, Stratton Leopold and William Wages of the film &#8220;The Neon Highway&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a> 3\/6\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is such a good movie, and the actors did an amazing job. It was really great to speak with them, and the writer\/director and producer. I grew up watching Lloyd, Beau and Jeff Bridges, so it was an honor to speak to Beau. This is a role that seems meant for him, and he excels in it. I hope people remember it come Oscar time next year.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe he hasn&#8217;t won one already! He should have won for &#8220;The Fabulous Baker Boys,&#8221; at least.\u00a0 The focus of the movie is Rob&#8217;s character, Wayne, and then we meet Beau&#8217;s character, Claude, and the two carry the movie. I&#8217;m glad it was not too depressing, either, because so many indie movies are. I hope you can check it out because it&#8217;s a really inspiring and human story. It also has some outstanding music. Enjoy the videos!\u00a0 Rob is much more handsome in real life than he is in the movie! &#8220;The Neon Highway&#8221; premieres tomorrow, March 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54822\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mayes2.png\" alt=\"Rob Mayes stars in &quot;The Neon Highway,&quot; premiering March 15 in select theaters.\" width=\"175\" height=\"251\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54821\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bridges.png\" alt=\"Beau Bridges stars in &quot;The Neon Highway,&quot; premiering March 15 in select theaters.\" width=\"195\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Stars Rob Mayes and Beau Bridges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview with actors Beau Bridges and Rob Mayes of the film &quot;The Neon Highway&quot; by Suzanne 3\/6\/24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvm138IU21Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54819\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonhighwaystill.jpeg\" alt=\"Lee Brice, Rob Mayes &amp; Beau Bridges in THE NEON HIGHWAY (Credit: Daniel Delgado\/ Mountain Movies)\" width=\"497\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonhighwaystill.jpeg 644w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonhighwaystill-300x186.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Producer Stratton Leopold and writer\/director William Wages<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Interview w\/ producer Stratton Leopold, writer\/director William Wages of &quot;The Neon Highway&quot; 3\/6\/24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2wJBOCvvC6Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54825 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonkeyart.png\" alt=\"&quot;The Neon Highway&quot; key art\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonkeyart.png 267w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/neonkeyart-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><strong>MORE INFO: <a href=\"https:\/\/theneonhighwaymovie.com\/\">Official Site<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jyCNZaDpMH0\">Trailer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE\u00a0<span class=\"il\">NEON<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">HIGHWAY<\/span>,\u00a0STARRING EMMY\u00ae, GOLDEN GLOBE AND GRAMMY\u00ae\u00a0WINNER BEAU BRIDGES AND ROB MAYES SETS HEARTLAND THEATRICAL RELEASE ON MARCH 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Mountain Movies and produced by veteran filmmaker\u00a0Stratton Leopold (The Sum Of All Fears,\u00a0Mission: Impossible II), THE\u00a0<span class=\"il\">NEON<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">HIGHWAY<\/span>\u00a0will release theatrically on March 15. Directed by William Wages (Yellowstone, Lethal Weapon) and co-written by Wages and Phillip Rob Bellury (A Ride To Heaven,\u00a0Remember This), the film stars Emmy\u00ae, Golden Globe and GRAMMY\u00ae\u00a0winner Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys,\u00a0Eden), who was recently honored with the Icon Award from The Family Film &amp; TV Awards, recognizing the significance of family entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>THE\u00a0<span class=\"il\">NEON<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">HIGHWAY<\/span>\u00a0also stars Rob Mayes (Legends, NCIS), Sam Hennings (The Work and the Glory\u00a0franchise), Sandra Lee-Oian Thomas (Mr. Mercedes, Superstition), T.J. Power (Eat Pray Love, Offspring), Brett Gentile (We\u2019re The Millers,\u00a0The Walking Dead) and Ezekiel Bridges (Spiral,\u00a0Mr. Mayor) along with GRAMMY\u00ae\u00a0and CMA winner Pam Tillis as herself and Curb recording artist Lee Brice as Lamont Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>About The Film: Twenty years ago, Wayne (Mayes), an aspiring singer\/songwriter, was a heartbeat away from making it in Nashville when a car accident derailed his ambitions. Now working a 9-5 job and struggling to support his family, Wayne has a fateful encounter with waning country music great Claude Allen (Bridges) who reignites Claude\u2019s musical dreams. Together they go to Nashville with one of Wayne&#8217;s songs, believing that with Claude&#8217;s fame and contacts, they can make it big.\u00a0The problem is the industry has <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54824 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mayesbridges.png\" alt=\"Rob Mayes and Beau Bridges star in &quot;The Neon Highway,&quot; out March 14 in select theaters.\" width=\"288\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mayesbridges.png 397w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mayesbridges-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/> changed and no one is interested in the song \u2013 or Claude. Devastated and out of options, Wayne creates a way to get the song out to the public; not for himself, but for Claude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to bring THE\u00a0<span class=\"il\">NEON<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">HIGHWAY<\/span>\u00a0to audiences throughout the country,\u201d said Producer Stratton Leopold. \u201cThis film means a great deal to me, and after spending so much time working on mass entertainment it is a privilege to bring this film to audiences across the American Heartland, and to share a story about the music that fills our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arturo Sandoval \u2013 Cuban-American jazz legend and multiple GRAMMY winner\u00a0\u2013 composed the movie\u2019s score with Curb Records releasing. The performance scenes were captured live as performed on set by musicians including Mayes, Brice and rising country newcomer, Grace Asbury.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s first song and title track, \u201cThe\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Neon<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Highway<\/span>\u201d was released January 26th. The track was written by Dallas Davidson (\u201cI Don\u2019t Dance,\u201d \u201cCrash My Party\u201d) and performed by two-time ACM winner and GRAMMY and CMA nominee, Brice.<\/p>\n<p>THE\u00a0<span class=\"il\">NEON<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">HIGHWAY<\/span>\u00a0opens March 15th in Los Angeles and in select markets including Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, and San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>THE\u00a0<span class=\"il\">NEON<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">HIGHWAY<\/span>\u00a0is a Mountain Movies production and is distributed by Freestyle Releasing. Stratton Leopold serves as producer with Lori Berlanga as Co-Producer. William Wages, Phillip Rob Bellury, and Craig Miller, Executive Produced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54823 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1024px-Beau_and_lloyd_Bridges_1992.jpg\" alt=\"Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges at the 44th Emmy Awards, August 1982 (photo credit Alan Light\/Public domain)\" width=\"306\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1024px-Beau_and_lloyd_Bridges_1992.jpg 381w, https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1024px-Beau_and_lloyd_Bridges_1992-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From IMdB: <strong>Beau Bridges<\/strong> was born in Hollywood, and is the son of actor <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000978\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Lloyd Bridges<\/a> and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0108728\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Dorothy Dean Bridges<\/a>. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes&#8217; son in <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031381\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Gone with the Wind (1939)<\/a>, a book they were reading at the time. His younger brother, actor <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000313\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Jeff Bridges<\/a>, was born in 1949 and a sister, <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1569388\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Cindy Bridges<\/a>, the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Although only 5&#8217;10&#8221;, Beau played basketball for UCLA his freshman year. The following year he transferred to the University of Hawaii, but dropped out to pursue acting and got his first major role in 1967. During his first marriage to Julie Landifield, they adopted <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0108718\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Casey Bridges<\/a> and then had <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0108758\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Jordan Bridges<\/a>. He and his second wife, Wendy Treece Bridges, have three children from this marriage: <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0108730\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Dylan Bridges<\/a> (born 1985); <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0108733\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Emily Bridges<\/a>, (born 1987) and Ezekiel Jeffry Bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Beau likes to play guitar and collects Native American percussion instruments. He also loves the ocean, including swimming and surfing. He is also active in environmental causes and handgun control.<\/p>\n<p>From Wikipedia: <b>Rob Mayes<\/b> is an American actor, musician, and model. He is best known for starring as the title character in the 2012 <a title=\"Comedy horror\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comedy_horror\">horror comedy<\/a> film <i><a title=\"John Dies at the End (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dies_at_the_End_(film)\">John Dies at the End<\/a><\/i>, as well as portraying Tommy Nutter in the short-lived <a title=\"Comedy drama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comedy_drama\">comedy drama<\/a> television series <i><a title=\"Jane by Design\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_by_Design\">Jane by Design<\/a><\/i>. He also played Barry in the 2019 film <i>Maybe I&#8217;m Fine<\/i>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rob-mayes.com\/\">Visit his website<\/a> to hear and see more about this multi-talented actor\/singer!<\/p>\n<p>Proofread and Edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biobrenda\/\">Brenda<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/interviews\/\">Back to the Primetime Articles and Interviews Page<\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Interview! &nbsp; Interviews with Beau Bridges, Rob Mayes, Stratton Leopold and William Wages of the film &#8220;The Neon Highway&#8221; by Suzanne 3\/6\/24 This is such a good movie, and the actors did an amazing job. 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