June, 2000
Eion Bailey: Hey, Meat!
Meatloaf: Hey Eion. How you doin?
Eion Bailey: I'm excellent. I'm in London shooting Band of Brothers for HBO. It's based on this book by Stephen Ambrose
about Easy Company, this division in the 506th regiment who had this amazing record throughout the Second World War. Tomorrow
morning at 5:30 we get up to go to some barracks out in the middle of England to start boot camp with some psycho former Army
guy.
Meatloaf: Oh, it sounds like what they did to prepare the actors in Saving Private Ryan.
Eion Bailey: Exactly. It's the same guy. I'm going in with the attitude that I can deal with anything for ten days.
Apparently a bunch of the actors from Saving Private Ryan wanted to quit.
Meatloaf: And [Tom] Hanks had to talk them into staying.
Eion Bailey: This is Hanks's film too. He and [Steven] Spielberg are going to be there tomorrow morning, to give us a little
pep talk I guess.
Meatloaf: You've been really busy since we made Fight Club together. What did you think of the film?
Eion Bailey: I really liked it. So many people tell me they hated the movie, but then I get people telling me they loved
it. There's no in-between.
Meatloaf: Personally, I think the movie was under-appreciated and misunderstood. Do you think the film has helped your
career?
Eion Bailey: Oh yeah, definitely. Right after the movie finished I did The Young Unknowns. Then I shot the part of Rolling
Stone founder Jann Wenner in Cameron Crowe's as-yet-untitled movie, and then Seven and a Match. I'm also in Center Stage.
Meatloaf: Wow, that's great. Hey by the way, who's this little dog you're sharing your beer with?
Eion Bailey: He was this little hyena-looking mutt with a wiry coat. I liked him because I heard he hadn't been in
anything before, and I didn't want to deal with all that star-dog stuff.