He romanced a generation of women in Say Anything and has been in countless comedies since that success, but John Cusack is taking on a more serious role for his new movie about the Iraq war, Grace is Gone. "It's a heavy film about loss and sacrifice and people paying the ultimate sacrifice in this war," he tells Rachael. His character, a father of two, struggles to keep his family together when he learns his wife is killed on the battlefield. "He gets that knock on the door that so many have gotten where their universe sort of changes overnight, and he really has a hard time processing it," John explains. "But that's also the reality of what's going on, and one of the reasons I wanted to do it is I wanted to make that experience of the war a little less abstract."

Rachael gushes about the movie and tells her audience, "I think you should really work as families to get out and see this thing. It's an absolutely phenomenal experience. I loved it. Can I sell that any harder?" she asks. "I don't think so," John replies. "I think we're going to put you to work at the Weinstein Company!"

Rachael also has a slew of praises for John's past performances, especially the 1980s classic Better off Dead, which she calls one of her personal favorites. "Who knew?" John says with surprise. "It's something you did when you were looking for jobs when you were 17, and 20 years later I'm having this conversation."

When he's not acting, John enjoys goofing off with his sister Joan's two elementary school-age boys. He says it's always been pretty spirited at home. "Now that I have nephews it's gotten even more chaotic so I think we've kept a nice tradition of total chaos alive in the Cusack household," he jokes. "It's fun for me because I don't have to clean up."