>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
ALREADY IN PROGRESS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT
GUEST IS A SINGER AND ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "WILD ROSE,"
"CHERNOBYL," AND "THE LOST DAUGHTER."
HER LATEST FILM IS "WOMEN TALKING."
>> I WANT TO STAY AND FIGHT. >> WON'T WE LOSE THE FIGHT TO
THE MEN AND BE FORCED TO FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY?
>> I WANT TO STAY AND FIGHT, TOO.
>> NO ONE IS SURPRISED YOU DO. ALL YOU DO IS FIGHT.
>> IS THIS REALLY HOW WE ARE TO DECIDE THE FATE OF ALL THE WOMEN
IN THIS COLONY, JUST ANOTHER VOTE WHERE WE PUT AN "X" NEXT TO
OUR POSITION? I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO DO
MORE THAN THAT. >> YOU MEAN TALK MORE ABOUT
FORGIVING THE MEN AND DOING NOTHING.
>> EVERYTHING ELSE IS INSANE. >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK
TO "THE LATE SHOW," JESSIE BUCKLEY!
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> OH, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BRING SOMETHING SPRINGTIME INTO
THE BLEAK MIDWINTER. >> I THOUGHT WE'RE JUST GOING TO
HAVE FUN THIS YEAR. >> Stephen: LISTEN, WE HAVEN'T
SEEN YOU SINCE 2019. >> WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING?
>> NOT MUCH. IT'S BEEN KIND OF AVERAGE.
YOU WERE ON FOR "WILD ROSE." YOU CAME AND PERFORMED.
IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I'VE SEEN YOU IN "THE LOST
DAUGHTER," "CHERNOBLE," "ROMEO AND JULIETTE."
NOW "WOMEN TALKING." HOW WERE YOUR HOLIDAYS?
LET'S START THERE. WE JUST HAD KIND OF A NORMAL
POST-COVID CHRISTMAS. DID YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD TIME?
>> YEAH. I WENT BACK TO IRELAND FOR THE
FIRST TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
>> Stephen: SO IT'S THREE CHRISTMASES SINCE YOU'VE BEEN.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM AGAIN? >> KERRY.
>> Stephen: I'VE BEEN THERE. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL. YOU HAVE TRADITIONS IN YOUR
FAMILY? >> OH, YEAH.
SLIGHTLY ODD TRADITIONS, LIKE MY BOYFRIEND, WHEN HE CAME BACK FOR
CHRISTMAS FOUR YEARS AGO, HE -- >> Stephen: IS HE IRISH?
>> HE'S BRITISH. >> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
>> MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO ALWAYS GIVE HIM AN IRISH NAME.
ALL MY ENGLISH BOYFRIENDS WHO CAME HOME WERE CALLED SEAMUS.
WHATEVER THEIR NAME WAS. >> Stephen: JUST TO MAKE HER
FEEL BETTER? >> IT'S A TERM OF ENDEMOCRATIC,
KIND OF. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, SURE.
>> THE FIRST CHRISTMAS HE CAME BACK EATS LET'S SHOW YOU AN
IRISH CHRISTMAS. WE BROUGHT HIM TO THE BAR.
AND IT WAS A KIND OF PROPER KNEES UP, FIDDLES, PEOPLE
JUMPING OVER BROOM STICKS. AND HE SAID OH, MY GOD.
I'VE ARRIVED IN IRELAND FOR CHRISTMAS.
IT'S AMAZING. AND WE WENT TO THE BRIG FAMILY
CHRISTMAS PARTY AND HE OPENED THE DOOR AND IT WAS MEXICAN
THEMED AND HE WAS SO CONFUSED. THEY WERE ALL SINGING "FE LIZ
NAVID." AND EVERY TIME ANYBODY OPENED A
PRESENT THEY WERE SINGING FELIZ NAVIDAD.
>> Stephen: WAS CHRISTMAS ON TACO TUESDAY THAT YEAR?
WHY DID YOUR FAMILY DO THIS? IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS. JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT?
>> MY UNCLE HAD LIVED IN TEXAS FOR A WHILE.
( APPLAUSE )
ANY PLACE,s NEW YORK! WOOO!
AND SO I THINK HE BROUGHT IT OVER.
AND IT'S GREAT FUN. I'M ALL INTO KIND OF
MEXICAN-IRISH CHRISTMAS. >> Stephen: CURRENTLY, YOU'RE
ONE OF THE STARS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY ENSEMBLE FILM,
MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES I'VE EVER SEEN
CALLED "WOMEN TALKING." AND IT'S.
-- IT'S A FASCINATING MOVIE. IT'S A CHALLENGING MOVIE.
IT'S A DARK STORY. TELL THE PEOPLE-- I BELIEVE IT'S
BASED ON A TRUE STORY. I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR SARAH
POLLEY WHEN HE WAS ON HERE ABOUT IT.
IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY, BUT IT'S SORT OF RESET.
TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT IT'S ABOUT. >> SO IT WAS BASED ON-- THERE
WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT IN "VICE" MAGAZINE ABOUT THIS
MENNONITE COMMUNITY IN BOLIVIA WHERE THE WOMEN HAD BEEN TOLD
THEY-- THEY WOKE UP AND IN THE MORNING THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER
THEM AND THEY HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF WHAT HAD
HAPPENED. AND THEY WERE TOLD BY THE
COMMUNITY AND THE ELDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY-- IT WAS
DREAMS AND IT WAS THE DEVIL VISITING THEM IN THE NIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE MEN
WERE CREEPING INTO THEIR ROOMS IN THE NIGHT TIME AND
TRANQUILIZING THEM WITH COW TRANQUILIZER.
THE MEN WERE BROUGHT TO COMMUNITY BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR
FAITH IN COMMUNITY, THEY WERE-- THE MEN WENT TO BAIL THE OTHER
MEN OUT AND SAID, "IF YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN, YOU HAVE TO
FORGIVE THESE MEN." SO WHILE THEY WERE AWAY, THESE
WOMEN HELD A MEETING IN AN ATTIC OVER THREE DAYS WHERE THEY
DEBATED WHETHER TO STAY AND FIGHT, TO LEAVE, OR TO DO
NOTHING. AND SO THE STORY IS ABOUT THIS
GROUP OF WOMEN BASICALLY EMBARKING ON THAT KIND OF
CONVERSATION. >> Stephen: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT
THE APPLICABILITY OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM WOMEN TALKING ABOUT
HOW WOMEN TALK.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT SUBJECT, THAT HEAVY.
AND THERE IS ONE MAN, AUGUST, THERE IS ONE CHARACTER THERE,
SORT OF A STENOGRAPHER OF WHOOPS HAPPENING, HELPING YOU MAKE UP
YOUR MIND. HOW DO WOMEN TALK, IN YOUR
OPINION, WHEN THERE ARE NO MEN AROUND?
>> UHM, I DON'T KNOW. ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS KIND OF-- PARTLY WHAT DREW ME TO "WOMEN TALKING" WAS
THAT I'D NEVER REALLY EXPLORED THE COMPLEXITIES OF FEMALE
FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS. AND THERE'S SO MUCH UNSAID ABOUT
THAT KIND OF DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW. WE'RE OFTEN...
WE OFTEN ARE KIND OF REPLICATING THINGS AND PUT THINGS UNDER.
BUT IT'S A REAL BEATING THING. IT'S COMPLICATED AND HAS
CONFLICT AND HAS JEALOUSY. >> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTERS
ARE NOT IN A HURRY TO BE FRIENDS, EITHER.
>> NO, I GUESS SHE HAS A LOT OF FEAR, YOU KNOW.
AND -- >> Stephen: WHICH COMES OUT AS
ANGER. >> YEAH, IT COMES OUT AS-- YEAH,
ANGER, I GUESS, AND CYNICISM, I GUESS.
AND IN A WAY, SHE'S LEARNED TO SURVIVE HER PAIN BY HOPING FOR
SOMETHING BETTER IN THE NEXT LIFE.
AND WHAT SHE COMES TO UNLEARN ABOUT HERSELF IS THAT ACTUALLY
THERE'S ENOUGH TO HOPE FOR IN THE LIFE THAT SHE'S LIVING AND
WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THIS CONVERSATION, IN SOME WAY
SHEDS THE SKIN THAT SHE'S ALWAYS CARRIED.
>> Stephen: ONE LAST THING, AND--
>> AND THAT'S IT. NO, I'M JOKING.
( LAUGHTER )
SO YOU WERE GREAT IN "WILD ROSE."
YOU WERE GREAT IN "CHERNOBLE." YOU WERE GREAT IN "ROMEO AND
JULIETTE." YOU WERE GREAT IN "THE LOST
DAUGHTER." THIS IS PRETTY HEAVY.
BUT YOU'RE A BUBBLING FONT OF JOY.
DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A ROM-COM, SOMETHING LIGHT?
I THINK ROM-COMS ARE FRIVOLOUS. YOU'RE SO FUNNY.
>> I'M HILARIOUS! >> Stephen: YOU ARE.
NO.
WANT TO BE THE KIND OF, LIKE, FUN LOVE INTEREST IN SOMETHING?
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY, LAST SUMMER I DEFINITELY FELT HUNGRY FOR THAT.
AND I JUST FINISHED FILMING A FILM CALLED "WICKED LITTLE
LETTERS" WITH OLIVIA COLMAN, AND SHE'S REALLY NAUGHTY, AND IT'S
TWO PEOPLE BEING REALLY NAUGHTY. I'LL BE BACK HERE.
WE'LL BOTH COME BACK AND BE NAUGHTY AND FUN.
>> Stephen: I'LL BRING THE MEXICAN FOOD.
JESSIE, SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU. IT "WOMEN TALKING" IS NOW
PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS AND PLAYING EVERYWHERE JANUARY 20.
JESSIE BUCKLEY, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.