KAL PENN SHEER ON THE "LATE, LATE SHOW," KAL, HOW ARE
YOU, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ZOOMING IN FROM NEW YORK CITY, HOW IS IT
THERE, HOW IS THE SNOW.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY IT?
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.
YES, I HAVE.
LOOK, WE JUST GOT TWO FEET OF SNOW, STAYED INSIDE ON THE SNOW
DAY, WATCHED IT COME DOWN AND REALIZED IN NEW YORK CITY THE
SNOW TURNS TO THIS LIKE THIS MUKY, SLUSHY, ALMOST BROWN SLUJ
VERY QUICKLY.
SO I DID GO FOR A WALK A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY AND PUT ON MY
MASK, BUNDLED UP.
AND MY, I HAVE ONE PAIR OF BOOTS HERE AND THEY, THERE WAS A TEAR
IN THE SIDE.
SO A NICE SLUSHY FROZEN BOOTS WALK, BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
>> James: YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE GO OH, THE SNOW IS BEAUTIFUL.
I'M LIKE YEAH, FROM IN HERE LOOKING OUT THERE.
I NEVER UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THAT GO OH, I JUST WANT TO GET
OUT AND ENJOY THE SNOW.
I'M LIKE WHAT'S TO ENJOY.
IT'S FREEZING.
>> I ACTUALLY LIKE THE, I LIKE THE SNOW, I WAS VERY JEALOUS OF
THE SMALL CHILDREN ON SLEDS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
I WAS LIKE OH, YEAH, THIS FEELING IS VERY FAMILIAR OF SNOW
IN YOUR BOOTS.
BUT WHAT IS MISSING IS THE SLED.
>> James: BUT YOU CAN AFFORD FOR SOMEONE TO PULL YOU AROUND,
CAN'T YOU?
THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE COULD YOU AFFORD THE SLED.
NO, YOU ARE TAKING IT UP ONE NOTCH.
>> James: I KNOW YOU HAVE THE SLED, THAT IS WHAT QUEE AIR MOW
DOES, WE FOUND OUT GUILLERMO IS A MILLIONARE, HE HAS A 55 FOOT
POOL OUT THE BACK OF HIS HOUSE.
I'M SAYING I KNOW THAT IF GUILLERMO WERE IN NEW YORK HE
WITH PAY SOMEBODY TO PULL HIM AROUND IN A SLED.
AND I THINK YOU CAN DO THE SAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> SO LOOK, WHOEVER IS WATCHING GOING ANYWHERE, TOMORROW YOU
WANT TO PULL ME AROUND MANHATTAN, YOU KNOW, TWEET AT ME
AND LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN, 3:00.
>> James: I MEAN I HAVE TO SAY, I WOULD BE HONORED.
I WOULD BE HONORED.
THERE IS NOT MANY-- THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE I WOULD PULL AROUND
IN THE SLED AND YOU IN THE TOP FIVE.
>> WHO ELSE IS ON THE LIST.
>> James: WHO ELSE IS ON THE LIST?
>> YEAH.
>> James: MARK NOBLE,-- TEAM CAPTAIN, DAVID UNITED MANAGER
AND MEATLOAF, AND THAT'S IT.
>> SO I'M IN GREAT COMPANY.
>> James: CAN'T ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT.
NOW LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, KAL, YOU DISCUSSED YOUR TIME
WORKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH OBAMA.
HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT IT WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL AND
INCREDIBLE.
YOU POSTED THIS PHOTO OF YOU AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HERE.
I LOVE THIS PHOTO.
BE HONEST, IF YOU GOT THE CALL AND HE ASKED YOU TO JOIN THE
ADMINISTRATION, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> SO I'M PLAYING AN FBI AGENT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING I WOULD SAY IS LOOK, I AM-- THIS
IS AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES.
I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY A VERY HARD-CORE STONER THREE
TIMES AND WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT IS WHY YOUR PARENTS COME TO AMERICA.
SO-- WHO AM I TO SAY NO ANOTHER TIME, YOU KNOW?
>> James: NOW HAVE YOU GOT, BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND ANY
TIME WITH KAMALA HARRIS BEFORE?
TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH
ASIAN DES SENT.
>> IT'SQ O, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
I HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE VICE PRESIDENT ONCE.
IT WAS WAY BACK IN 2007.
I WAS VOLUNTEERING AT THAT POINT FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN, AT THAT
TIME WAS REALLY ONLY IN THE STATE OF IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
REALLY EARLY IN THE PRIMARY PROCESS.
SO I WAS KNOCKING ON DOORS AND HELPING REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE
OR AT THAT POINT TO GO CAUCUS.
AND SHE HAPPENED TO BE THERE.
JUSTER KNOCKING ON DOORS AS WELL.
AND I THOUGHT OH YEAH, THAT IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM
CALIFORNIA.
THAT IS COOL.
AND THAT WAS IT.
AND THEN YOU KNOW, NOW, CUT TO OBVIOUSLY LOOK, HAVING OUR
FIRST, FINALLY OUR FIRST WOMAN AS A VICE PRESIDENT AND THE FACT
THAT SHE HAS GOT QUITE A LOT OF FIRSTS INCLUDING BEING OF SOUTH
ASIAN DESCENT IT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS
OLD THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THIS BOUNDLESS POSSIBILITY, I KNEW I
WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR AND I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE EASY BECAUSE I
COULDN'T POINT TO ANYBODY WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND SAY I WANT TO
DO WHAT THAT GUY IS DOING.
I NEVER COULD HAVE FATHOMED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT
WHO ALSO HAPPENED TO BE SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN.
SO IT IS REALLY 12 YEAR OLD ME, WITH SORT OF INSIDE HIMSELF
DURING THE INAUGURATION, IT WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
>> James: 100 PERCENT.
NOW WE'RE ALL FANSK ALL OF US, OF THE HAROLD AND KUMAR MOVIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: I READ THAT YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF
ANOTHER MOVIE.
AND MORE THAN THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE IT SHOULD TAKE
PLACE.
SHALL WITH US YOUR THOUGHTS FOR IF WE WERE TO GET ANOTHER HAROLD
AND KUMAR.
>> SURE, I SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR.
I'M NOT JUST OPEN TO THE IDEA OF A MOVIE LIKE THAT.
I WOULD BE-- I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY IF I WAS A
HUNDRED YEARS OLD DOING HAROLD AND KUMAR 46.
LIKE I LOVE THAT CHARACTER SO MUCH.
IS HE WAY COOLER THAN I WILL EVER BE.
AND I WANT TO SEE HIM GO TO SPACE.
I WANT TO SEE THEM-- .
>> James: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> LIKE WHETHER IT'S A MISTAKE OR WHETHER THEY LAUNCH WITH LIKE
A SPACEX CREW, END UP ON THE SPACE STATION AND HAVE BE TO BE
THERE FOR AWHILE.
I'M A BIG SPACE NERD IN REAL LIFE.
SO THAT IS THE ONE PITCH I HAVE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME MORE GROUNDED PITCHES AS WELL THAT I THINK.
>> James: WASN'T YOUR DREAM TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?
DID YOU EVER GENUINELY CONSIDER IT AND TRY TO FOLLOW THAT DREAM?
>> I CONSIDERED IT UP UNTIL I THINK IT WAS 10th OR
11th GRADE.
I WENT TO SPACE CAMP AS A KID.
I WAS THAT KIND OF A NERD.
AND MY, I REMEMBER THIS SO VIVIDLY, IN 10th GRADE,
PHYSICS TEACHER, HER NAME WAS MRS. TELLER.
AND SHE, ALL SHE WANTED YOU TO DO WAS MEMORIZE STUFF, AND I
WOULD ASK QUESTIONS, FIRST OF ALL I WAS NOT VERY GOOD AT
PHYSICS OR SCIENCE IN GENERAL AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS SUCH A
COOL CONCEPT, LIKE TIME DIELATION, THAT WHEN YOU GO FAST
ENOUGH TIME SLOWS.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
IT IS THEORETICAL.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THAT IS REAL.
ARE THERE ANY EXPERIMENTS THAT WERE DONE.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY INSUFFERABLE AS A 15 YEAR OLD BUT THE
TEACHER, I REMEMBER SHE WAS SO SOLD AND SHE WOULD JUST HOLD HER
CHALK IN THESE FRAIL LITTLE HANDS AND SHE WOULD GO MY DEAR
BOY, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT TO MEMORIZE
FOR THE TEST.
AND UNLESS YOU STUDY FOR THE TEST YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT TIME DIELATION BECAUSE ARE YOU NOT GETTING A
Ph.D IN PHYSICS, OBVIOUSLY.
I'M LIKE OH MY GOSH!
SO THAT IS WHEN I KNEW I COULDN'T BE AN ASTRONAUT.
>> James: THAT'S BRUTAL.
>> SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THE SILVER LINING IS I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF MAYBE THAT MEANS I SHOULD JUST PLAY AN ASTRONAUT.
AND NOW MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN PAY ME MONEY TO GO TO SPACE.
>> James: NICE.
AND NOW LET'S TALK AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW SERIES CLARICE, TELL US WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND WHO
YOU PLAY.
>> THANK YOU, SO CLARICE IS A CONTINUATION OF SILENCE OF THE
LAMBS AND IT PICKS UP JUST ABOUT A YEAR AFTER THE MOVIE ENDED.
SO IT TAKES PLACE IN THE EARLY '90S.
I PLAY AN FBI AGENT IN THIS WORLD.
WHAT IS KIND OF INTERESTING ABOUT ST OUR CHARACTERS, THE
CLARICE CHARACTER OBVIOUSLY IS THE ONE THAT IS COMING OFF OF
THAT MOVIE WORLD AND INTO OUR WORLD.
BUT TO BE ABLE TO A, BE IN THE EARLY '90S BUT TO BE PLAYING IN
THIS SPHERE WHERE I AM AN FBI AGENT.
I KNOW WHO CLARICE STARLING S I KNOW ABOUT THE HAND HAND I
BELIEVE CASE AND ALL OF THAT D-- HANNIBAL CASE BUT I HAVEN'T
BEEN PART OF IT.
IT IS REALLY AN INTERESTING EXERCISE, ALSO JUST AS A FAN OF
THAT MOVIE.