Craig Brewer

I said, yes, we're going to do Sweet Caroline.

Every single person I talked to, that was the first thing out of their mouth.

Are they going to sing Sweet Caroline?

And I was like, yes, yes.

We're also going to do Forever in Blue Jeans.

And I'm a believer.

And Play Me and Cherry Cherry.

I started bringing up all the – he's got other songs.

I'm even mad that I'm not going to be able to do all the songs I want to do.

I don't think I have enough room.

So I put that element in the movie knowing full well that everyone, even people who don't know Neil Diamond are like, I know one Neil Diamond song and it's because I've been drunk at a bar and someone started singing Sweet Caroline and I knew you come in on Bom Bom Bom and so good, so good, so good.

And so it was this thing that I always knew like, man, when that song hits, you better really land it.

Like it's got to be good, but you have to like lay some seed for it.

You need to like tease your audience.

And so I don't keep it from him for a long time.

I mean, it's probably what, maybe like 30 minutes into the movie, maybe right around there that I, a little bit before then.

It's a great moment when it happens, but there's so many other amazing music moments.

Well, it's tricky because there's a part of me that goes, oh, that's so sad.

And then there's another part of me that goes, oh, it's so perfect.

It really is.