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*Alec Baldwin and Spike Lee’s hour-long conversation during the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday took a journey into classic cinema’s past.
Both men picked one favorite film to kick off a wide-ranging conversation that touched on their New York upbringings and crafts as an actor and director, respectively.
Baldwin, who led the conversation in downtown New York City, picked 1954’s “On the Waterfront,” starring one of his young acting idols Marlon Brando, as his movie of choice, while Lee chose 1951’s “A Place in the Sun” — starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters.
Spike was also asked to weigh in on the game-changing “Black Panther.”
“My brother,” Lee answered one audience member, “I’ve seen it four times. And I will say, I look at the world now differently — before Black Panther and after Black Panther. That changed everything, especially for people of color.”
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Baldwin then piped in to say, “I think in these modern times where we’re trying to all be more sensitive and more inclusive, don’t you want to know what I think?”
To which the audience member jokingly replied: “I was actually going to ask you about Infinity War.”
Disney/Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” opening this weekend, is expected to score the top domestic debut of all time for a superhero pic.
The tentpole is a mashup that includes the Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and his army, along with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), as they join forces with the “Guardians of the Galaxy” crew to stop the evil Thanos (Josh Brolin).
“The Avengers” holds the record for the biggest superhero launch with $207.4 million, followed by “Black Panther’s” $202 million. They are the only two superhero films to have crossed $200 million in a debut weekend.
Watch Lee and Baldwin’s full convo below:
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