Clips From Last Night: The director and cast of "The Artist" talk about making a silent film, and Frank Rich on the GOP race

Director Michel Hazanavicius and lead actress Bérénice Bejo joined James Cromwell and Penelope Ann Miller last night for an entertaining and engaging interview on "Piers Morgan Tonight."

Nominated for 10 academy awards, their film "The Artist" came with some unique challenges and natural skepticism, but as Cromwell told Piers Morgan, working on a silent, black and white film, with a predominantly foreign cast, also had it's upside: "If you're an iconoclast and a little bit of a rebel to thumb your nose at the Hollywood convention and say we can do this and it's gonna be great, I'm in."

Frank Rich of "New York Magazine" also joined Morgan last night, for a live interview detailing the race for the GOP nomination. While Mitt Romney is the clear leader at this point, Rich feels the Massachusetts front-runner has garnered only a lukewarm reception within his own party:

"Republicans really don't have a candidate that's a sure thing in an election that they thought was a slam dunk for them," Rich told the host. "You don't feel that there is any great enthusiasm for him among the Republican base and if you don't have that, what do you have?"

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