Editor’s Note: KOIN 6 News anchorman Jeff Gianola will retire around Thanksgiving 2025 after more than 40 years as a Portland journalist. In this series, Jeff looks back at some of the most memorable stories he’s covered and shared.
This story originally aired in 2001.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In 2001, there were Academy Award winners Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio Del Toro — and me in a supporting role, recruited by Oscar-winning director William Friedkin, to help bring “The Hunted” to the screen…