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Tom Junod (born April 9, 1958) is an American journalist. He is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Nov 22, 2019 · We speak with writer Tom Junod about the true story of what happened when he was with Mr Rogers writing Can You Say Hero that A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is based on.
- blangmann@hearst.com
- Entertainment Editor
- ‘I Had No Idea How to Write About A Person Like Fred’
- ‘Goodness Is as Mysterious and Interesting to Write About as Badness’
- ‘Tom Plays Fred as A Person to Be Reckoned With’
Before he was assigned to interview Rogers for an Esquire issue about American heroes, Junod had earned a bit of an unsavory reputation. In an October 1997 cover story titled “Kevin Spacey Has a Secret,” he coyly outed the actor, though Spacey refused at the time to confirm or deny any speculation about his sexuality. The story led to a tailspin of...
Working with Mister Rogers wasn’t easy for Junod. And Rogers was’t shy about switching the roles of interviewer and interviewee, asking questions and trying to learn more about his new friend. Still, the journalist didn’t know what to make of the TV host. “It was a complete mystery to me, how he could be who he was, how he could stay who he was,” J...
If Mister Rogers were alive today to see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Junod is pretty sure that he would enjoy the film. “I think he would have liked that Tom [Hanks] sort of straddles the line between following Fred’s gestures and mannerisms, but not doing an imitation of Fred,” he says. “I think Tom plays Fred as a person to be reckoned w...
- Rachel E. Greenspan
Nov 18, 2019 · Tom Junod is the real-life journalist who wrote a profile of Fred Rogers for Esquire in 1998. Learn how the movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood changed his name, his story, and his relationship with his father.
Sep 9, 2021 · The Falling Man. It was a devastating image, so laden with pain and meaning, capturing the horror of the day more profoundly than any other. It haunted Junod. Who was the man in the image?...
Nov 26, 2019 · The movie tells the story of Fred’s relationship with Tom Junod, a journalist who was assigned to profile the television host for Esquire magazine in 1998.
Nov 18, 2019 · Tom Junod is a journalist who wrote a profile of Fred Rogers for Esquire in 1998, which inspired a movie. He credits Rogers with changing his life and his work as a writer and a father.
