Aaron Sorkin on Why 'The Newsroom' Felt Like a "Pebble in the Shoe" | THR News - video Dailymotion

Aaron Sorkin was never able to get 'The Newsroom' to where he wanted it to go, which happened for a number of reasons.

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00:00Aaron Sorkin is opening up about his time creating the newsroom and explaining why the

00:08show felt like a quote, pebble in the shoe.

00:11In a recent video interview with Vanity Fair in which he discussed his entire career, the

00:15Oscar-winning screenwriter dove into the issues he faced with the HBO series, saying he was

00:19never able to get it quite right.

00:21I always felt like I had a pebble in my shoe.

00:24I felt like I could write a good scene, I could put a couple of good scenes together.

00:29Sorkin compared the situation to a football team that can put together two good quarters

00:33of play, but not a full game's worth.

00:35The newsroom ran for three seasons beginning in 2012 and consisted of 25 episodes.

00:40The political drama followed the behind-the-scenes drama of a television news channel where Jeff

00:44Daniel starred as anchor Will McAvoy.

00:46Sorkin said the problem started immediately in the first episode, a classic moment in the

00:50series where McAvoy suffers a breakdown and gives the America isn't the greatest country

00:55in the world speech.

00:56When you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what the f*** you're

01:00talking about.

01:01It was his, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.

01:04I wasn't lecturing America on what was wrong with it.

01:08The other problem, as Sorkin says, was having the show handle actual large news events that

01:12happened.

01:13I think that there was a feeling that I was trying to show the pros how it ought to have

01:18been done.

01:19That we're going to do this again, only we're going to give it the West Wind treatment.

01:22He continued saying,

01:23I didn't feel safe making up news.

01:25I didn't think it would be real.

01:27I didn't want it to be silly.

01:29It was just meant to show people putting on the news in a world where doing the news and

01:32profit concerns are always competing.

01:34To watch Sorkin's entire career breakdown, head to THR.com.

01:37For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.