BEAR GRYLLS!
BEAR, HOW ARE YOU SIR?
HOW NICE TO SEE YOU!
>> NICE TO BE WITH YOU.
HANGING ON IN THERE.
COME ON.
>> James: I IMAGINE -- I IMAGINE -- LOOK, GOING THROUGH
LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN A BIG ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL OF US BUT FOR
SOMEONE LIKE YOU, SOMEONE WHO IS SO USED TO BE OUT IN THE
ELEMENTS ALL THE TIME, WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU BEING AT HOME?
>> IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGELING CH- CHALLENGING TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
WE'RE SUPER LUCKY TO BE BETTER AS A FAMILY.
WE'RE MANAGING TO FILM ACTUALLY.
WE FINISHED THE WHOLE SEASON OF "RUNNING WILD."
WE'VE DONE THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT HOME WITH THREE BOYS, CHAR, MY WIFE.
HOME SCHOOLING HAS BEEN A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE SO MUCH, I THINK ALSO THE REAL HEROES ARE
OUT THERE.
IT'S A GREAT REMINDER THIS YEAR.
SO MANY UNSUNG HEROES OUT THERE.
SO GRATEFUL FOR THE NURSES AND THE KEY WORKERS.
>> James: YOUR THREE BOYS, DO THEY TAKE AFTER YOU?
ARE THEY ADVENTUROUS?
ARE THEY OUTDOORSY PEOPLE?
DO THEY WANT TO BE OUTDOORS TESTING THEMSELVES?
>> THEY'RE SMARTER THAN ME.
I MADE THIS MY JOB BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY THING I WAS EVER
ANY GOOD AT WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I LOVED IT ALL THROUGH THE
MILITARY AND BEYOND, BUT I THINK THEY'RE SMART.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'VE KIND OF GROWN UP WITH ADVENTURE AS A
BIG PART OF THEIR LIFE.
MY ELDEST LOVES TO PARAGLIDE WITH ME AND A LOT OF THE
MOUNTAIN STUFF AND SAME WITH THE YOUNGER ONES, SO IT IS -- IT IS
PART OF THEIR LIFE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK WE'RE NOT KIND OF -- YOU KNOW,
WE'RE PRETTY NORMAL AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, MY WORK IS WORK.
WHEN WE GET HOME, WE'RE A PRETTY REGULAR FAMILY, I THINK.
>> James: WHEN YOU SAY THIS IS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO, HOW
DO YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS?
LIKE, HOW -- LIKE -- DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
IF YOU'RE ON A SPORTS TEAM OR IN A SCHOOL PLAY AND SOMEONE GOES,
"OH, YOU'RE GOOD AT THAT.
YOU SHOULD DO THIS FOR A JOB," WERE YOU SORT OF OUT SOMEWHERE
AND YOU THINK, WAIT, "WE SHOULD ALL DRINK OUR OWN [BLEEP]" AND
YOU GO -- YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT THIS.
WE'D ALL BE DEAD IF YOU'RE NOT HERE.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
>> WELL, I WAS NEVER PICKED FOR THOSE KIND OF SPORTS TEAMS OR
THE THEATER TEAMS OR WHATEVER, AND AS A YOUNG KID, I SUPPOSE I
LOVED BEING OUTDOORS.
MY DAD WAS A COMMANDO AND LOVED TO CLIMB.
AND I JUST LOVED TO HANG OUT WITH HIM.
MY WAY OF BEING WITH HIM IS WE'D CLIMB TOGETHER.
AND I SUPPOSE AT A YOUNG AGE, A LOT OF MY IDENTITY AT SCHOOL WAS
ALWAYS I WAS THE KID THAT COULD CLIMB THE HIGHEST BUILDING OR
TREE.
I SUPPOSE I REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO DO THAT AS A JOB.
I WANTED TO BE A SOLDIER.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IF SOMEBODY COULD GO BACK AND SAY
TO THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS ACTUALLY REALLY QUITE SHY
AND UNSURE OF HIS PLACE THAT, UM, HE COULD HAVE A JOB BEING IN
THE MOUNTAINS, YOU KNOW, AND INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO THE
AMAZING POWER OF THE WILD AND -- AND TO BE MUDDY A LOT OF THE
TIME AND NOT HAVE TO BE IN AN OFFICE, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT,
"YES, PLEASE!" YOU KNOW?
IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY, AS YOU KNOW, TO -- FOR ALL OF US TO
KIND OF FIND THE STUFF WE REALLY LOVE AND TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO
MAKE IT MY WORK.
IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A JOURNEY.
>> James: YOU DO HAVE AN AMAZING WAY OF MAKING IT
INCREDIBLY RELATABLE, JUST THE HUMAN CONNECTION OF IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I LOVE SO MANY OF YOUR BOOKS.
ONE OF YOUR BOOKS, "HOW TO STAY ALIVE" IS ON TITLE ALONE A BOOK
WORTH WRITING AND IN THAT BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WATER IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT TOOL, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN SHELTER, FOOD,
ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
WHERE'S THE MOST UNEXPECTED PLACE THAT YOU FOUND WATER?
>> [CHUCKLES]
I THINK SO MUCH OF SURVIVAL IS ABOUT BEING RESOURCEFUL.
THAT'S THE PART I LOVE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK LEFT FIELD IN BEING SMART.
NOT FINDING WATER -- THINGS LIKE FISH EYEBALLS OR EVEN SQUEEZING,
YOU KNOW, DUNG OF A FRESH ELEPHANT POO.
I'VE MANAGED TO SQUEEZE WATER OUT OF THAT.
THERE'S SO MANY THINGS.
IT'S THE IMPROVISIZATION THAT'S FUN.
WHETHER IT'S TYING A T-SHIRT OUT OF YOUR LEGS AS YOU'RE WALKING
THROUGH THE LONG GRASS AND THE DUE AND BEING ABLE -- DEW AND
BEING ABLE TO SQUEEZE IT OUT AND DRINK IT.
AS A YOUNG PERSON, I ALWAYS LOVED THE IMPROVISIZATION AND
FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THINGS.
>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT "RUNNING WILD" OUT FOR THE FIFTH
SEASON.
WHEN YOU TAKE A GUEST OUT TO THE WILD, HOW MUCH DO THEY KNOW
AHEAD OF TIME?
WHAT ARE THEY TOLD TO BRING ALONG WITH THEM?
>> THEY'RE GENERALLY TOLD TO COME ON THE ROAD, TRUST THE
PROCESS, TRUST ME.
THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T WORKED WAS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THAT WAS A WHOLE KIND OF SECRET SERVICE ENTOURAGE AND ALL OF
THAT, BUT GENERALLY, COME ON YOUR OWN AND YOU TRUST ME.
BRING A SORT OF BACKPACK OF MOTIVATION AND ENTHUSIASM
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY TIMES WHERE ON EVERY JOURNEY PEOPLE ARE COLD
AND SCARED AND YOU GET A BIT OF BAD WEATHER AND YOU'RE SLEEPING
OUT IN ALL OF THAT STUFF, BUT GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
TELL THEM A LOT IN THE SENSE THAT I NEVER KNOW THAT MUCH.
I KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
END.
I DO A HELICOPTER THING THE DAY BEFORE AND GO RIVER, OK, CLIFF,
WE NEED TO WORK OUR WAY AROUND THAT.
BEYOND THAT, WE TRY TO KEEP IT PRETTY LOOSE.
TAKE A ROPE AND SMALL CREW AND WE GUN IT AND WE GO.
I THINK THE FUN FOR THE STARS ALWAYS -- AND THEY SAY IT EVERY
TIME IS THAT, WOW, IT'S THAT WE'RE JUST GOING AND IMPROVISING
AND FIGURING OUT OUR ROUTE.
I FIGURE IT'S LIKE AN ELASTIC BAND, THE JOURNEYS YOU CAN
SHRINK IT ACCORDING TO THE PERSON AND HOW THEY'RE DOING AND
THEIR ABILITIES.
IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE IN A BUDDY-BUDDY WAY AND
HEARING THEIR STORY IN A WAY THAT'S SOMETIMESHARD TO DO IN A
SORT OF -- SOMETIMES HARD TO DO IN A SHORT TIME ON A CHAT SHOW.
YOU DO A BRILLIANT JOB OF IT.
OVER 48 HOURS, YOU REALLY KIND OF HEAR ALL THE STUFF OF THE
STRUGGLES AND THE HOPES AND THE TRIUMPHS AND THE FAILURES AND
YOU GET TO KNOW SOMEONE.
AND I ALWAYS THINK YOU CAN'T KIND OF HIDE IN THE WILD, YOU
KNOW?
THAT'S PART OF THE MAGIC OF IT.
AND PEOPLE COME ON THE SHOW AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLY HONEST AND
FOR ME, IT'S A PRIVILEGE.
>> James: ANTHONY MACKIE IS YOUR FIRST GUEST OF THE NEW
SEASON.
OBVIOUSLY BRILLIANT ACTOR AND MARVEL SUPER HERO.
HOW DID "FALCON" GET ON IN THE WILD?
>> FALCON, WHAT A LEGEND!
I THINK HE CAME, HE SAID I REALLY WANT TO SHOW TO MY FAMILY
AND TO MY KIDS THAT I'VE KIND OF GOT IT AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE MOVIES AND THE
GREEN SCREEN.
WE TOOK HIM TO DOLOMITE MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN ITALY IN
WINTER.
IT WAS RIGHT IN OF THE DEEP END FOR HIM.
A LOT OF EXPOSURE.
A LOT OF STEEP CLIFFS AND DROPOFFS AND FREEZING CONDITION
CONDITIONS, BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S A SUPER HERO.
HE'S SUCH A POSITIVE GUY.
HE WAS HONEST AND HE WAS DETERMINED AND, YOU KNOW, I GIVE
HIM HUGE RESPECT, YEAH.
>> James: THE SHOW IS SO BRILLIANT.