Taika Waititi Taika is loose as a goose and fun in another way. The conversation that you always have with him is spectacular.Ģ. He had a chef come, and we would have candlelight dinners - Ralph Fiennes and all these people - and it was just great. He’s stylish and has a taste for interesting things and people and events, and he makes parties and group endeavors that are just out of this world. In “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” we were in Görlitz, Germany, a dollhouse candy box of a town near the border of Poland, and we were all together exclusively in this wonderful little hotel. Even before Covid and the bubble idea, he did that. Wes Anderson He gathers the most interesting bunch of actors and cream-of-the-crop crew members and artisans and costume people. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.ġ. Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic World: Dominion.”Ĭalling from the Hollywood Hills home that he shares with his wife, Emilie, and their young sons, Charlie Ocean and River Joe, Goldblum discussed why the director Wes Anderson, the jazz legend Thelonious Monk and his own backyard are essential to his life. And in June he’ll return as the fan-favorite Dr. In January, Goldblum will debut as the tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn in the final season of HBO Max’s “Search Party.” In April, Goldblum, an accomplished jazz pianist, is slated to appear with his Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. “I really was interested in this show, because I thought, ‘There’s a vein that I’ve mined a little bit that I think I could go further with.’ I’m my so-called self, and I’m spontaneous, and I’m playful, and I’m genuinely curious about these things, so I had a blast.”Īnd who wouldn’t while moonwalking with a sea lion or wooing a tiny dog like Goldblum does in Season 2, as he elaborates on fireworks, magic, monsters and dance? New episodes will stream early next year. Produced for National Geographic and streaming on Disney+, “The World According” follows Goldblum as he excavates little-known facts about everyday topics with wide-eyed wonder. Which makes “The World According to Jeff Goldblum” pretty much tailor-made for its host. Pick a question out of a hat and chances are he’ll have an opinion, expressed in a curlicue of language and anecdotes that charmingly meanders its way toward the point. Jeff Goldblum has seemingly never met a subject he couldn’t wax rhapsodic about.