In one, he’s a rock star.
In another, he’s a health care worker.
And in yet another, he’s a cop.
Natalie Martinez and James Wolk on ‘Ordinary Joe’.Parrish Lewis/NBC
I love those kinds of serialized stories about the intimate moments in characters' lives.
Everybody has that moment where they look back and they think about certain crossroads.
They think, ‘God, I could have done this.
Matt Reeves.Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic
I could’ve done that.
And what would my life be like?’
It was a concept he would ultimately experience firsthand.
While developing the script for ABC, the opportunity arose for Reeves to makeCloverfieldwith J.J. Abrams.
And it means so much to me and I can redevelop it.'
So I had that choice and I choseCloverfield.
So I held on to that script.
ThenCloverfieldled to thePlanet of the Apesmovies, which led toThe Batman."
The series, which Reeves still executive-produces, debuted last week.
“It’s been an amazing journey,” Reeves adds.
“It was a very strange thing to see something that I was about to make not get made.
And then I thought, ‘Will I ever get to make it?’
I mean, there’s not always room for everything you want to do.
Lots of things in life are always in conflict with each other.
So you do have to make choices.
That’s what is really exciting about what the guys have done with the show.
I’m really proud of it.”
Ordinary Joeairs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
