Jeff Bridges recalled that his friend Tim Stack gave him the book, and he read it while evaluating a television project, mentioning it in passing without a strong endorsement.
Episode: Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges was given the book by his friend Tim Stack several years before filming the show. He initially resisted doing the television series but eventually decided to do the show after meeting with the creators and seeing other successful television shows.
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Tim Stack, he's a friend. And he gave me the book, The Old Man by Thomas Perry.
And I read the script and like you, I liked it, the script.
So I read the script, dug it up again.