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Krasinski’s ‘Jack Ryan’ returns to TV after 3-year wait

By ALICIA RANCILIO vides some moments of
Associated Press levity, amid all the action
Season three of “ Tom and looming catastrophe.
Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” star- Kelly, who is known for se-
ring John Krasinski, returns rious roles such as “House
to Amazon Prime Video of Cards,” says it’s a fun
with a storyline that may departure to have those
feel familiar. lighter on-screen moments.
We meet Ryan, now sta- “John will write a lot of
tioned in Rome, as he dis- those one-liners for me on
covers an underground the day and I’m so grate-
plot by Russia to invade ful I get to have the humor.
surrounding countries and To get to play something
recreate the Soviet empire. a little closer to myself was
The episodes were writ- such a treat,” said Kelly.
ten three years ago, and “Jack Ryan” has also made
production wrapped long Kelly appreciative of the
before Russia invaded dedication of those who
Ukraine. protect us on a daily basis
Filming “Jack Ryan” was “from the Navy SEALs all
delayed when the pan- the way to Port Authority
demic forced everything to police officers.”
shut down. Krasinski turned He says many are fans of
his focus to a weekly home- This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows John Krasinski , left, and Michael Kelly in a the show and like to talk
made newscast called “ scene from “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.” Associated Press to him about the realities
Some Good News,” shar- of the job. “I tell my kids all
ing positive stories during a Krasinski said he was moti- some small way. agency turning on him and the time, ‘(When) we pass
dark time. vated by the idea that the “It was almost like get- issuing a Red Notice calling a police officer, say thank
Like many, he wasn’t fo- show would be a reason ting into my best possible for his arrest and extradition you... You see someone in
cused on diet and exer- for many to finally resume shape and self, both physi- back to the U.S. to face the armed services. You
cise while in quarantine. working after months of cally and mentally, to pre- charges. say thank you.’
Kraskinski jokes his “Some waiting. pare for something that we Ryan’s former boss James Our veterans, they come
Good News” shape was “It was actually a very knew would be much more Greer (played by Wendell home and are so under-
ideal because you never cleansing thing,” said Kra- different and much more Pierce) assists as much as served in this country. We
saw him standing up as he sinski, who is also an execu- harrowing, but hopefully he can from the inside, and need to be doing more
was always seated like a tive producer and helps that much more worth it.” Ryan seeks out his old pal and we need to be saying
newscaster. write the episodes. “I took a In the new episodes, Mike November (Michael thank you more.”
“You didn’t even see the great responsibility with all which begin streaming on Kelly), who left the agency For Pierce, the role has giv-
bottom half of me. That’s these hundreds of people Wednesday. at the end of season two, en him a fresh perspective
where I felt most comfort- who were brave enough Ryan’s attempts to alert the to help thwart Russia’s plan. into his own brother who
able,” he said. When it to put their lives on the line CIA to his discovery about Krasinski and Kelly’s rela- served as a military atta-
was time to buckle down, to bring back our industry in Russia result in the the tionship on screen pro- che in Belarus. q

Caro still working away on fifth LBJ book, no pub date set

By HILLEL ITALIE in 1969 and his death four of his books as not so much worked on a less talked troops to the Dominican
AP National Writer years later. the portrait of a man, but of about moment in the Republic in 1965 to pre-
NEW YORK (AP) — The “It is huge,” Caro says of political power and its ef- Johnson presidency, when vent a feared communist
good news on Robert A. the scale of the final book. fects. Taken together, the he sent more than 20,000 takeover.q
Caro’s long-awaited next Measuring his progress is already published Johnson
book is that he knows the hard because he doesn’t volumes which began with
final words. work chronologically. Two “The Path to Power” and
The bad news is that he’s years ago, Caro spoke include “Means of Ascent”
known them for years and of writing about the year and the Pulitzer Prize-win-
remains far from conclud- 1967, a time of growing un- ning “Master of the Sen-
ing his Lyndon B. John- rest in Black communities ate” exceed 4,000 pages
son series. Caro, who also and rising opposition to the and feature extended
wrote “The Power Broker,” Vietnam War. probes into everything from
has published four volumes Interviewed recently to pro- filibusters to the mechanics
of “The Years of Lyndon mote “Turn Every Page,” a of a stolen election.
Johnson” over a period of documentary about Caro For the yet untitled Volume
40 years. Volume 4, “The and his editor Robert Got- 5, the 87-year-old Caro
Passage of Power,” came tlieb, the author said he is hopes to write about the
out in 2012. now deep into a section on Vietnam War’s impact on
The fifth volume is expect- health care for the elderly a Vietnamese village and Author and biographer Robert Caro stands beside an image of
ed to cover Johnson’s first before Johnson signed the still plans to travel to Viet- his younger self after touring a permanent exhibit in his honor,
full year as president, 1964, Medicare and Medicaid nam, a trip that has been “Turn Every Page”: Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive, at the New
and continue through the Act in 1965. postponed because of the York Historical Society Museum & Library in New York on Oct.
end of his administration Caro has always thoughts pandemic. He has already 20, 2021.
Associated Press