>> Stephen: FOLKS, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM
"GIRLS," "BLACKKKLANSMAN," AND AS KYLO REN IN "STAR WARS."
HIS NEW FILM IS "MARRIAGE STORY."
>> I BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING.
YAY.
MOM'S GETTING ME A PRESENT, TOO.
>> WHY?
FOR POOPING.
OH.
I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REWARD HIM FOR POOPING ANYMORE.
>> HE HOLDS IT IN.
AS ITS OWN REWARD.
MOM!
( LAUGHTER ) WHY DIDN'T YOU RESPOND TO MY
LAST EMAIL?
>> YOUR EMAILS ARE SO ARTICULATE I GET INTIMIDATED.
( LAUGHTER ) >> MOM, MOM!
WHAT?
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME, ADAM DRIVER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HI.
HI.
>> Stephen: NICE T TO HAVE YOU BACK.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.
>> Stephen: I DON'T ALWAYS GET TO SEE THE MOVIES THAT THE
GUESTS ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT.
I WANT TO, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF MOVIES.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: OFTEN, I'LL SEE THE MOVIE AFTER THEY'VE LEFT
BECAUSE I FINALLY HAVE TIME AND GO, GOD BLESS IT, I WISH I COULD
HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM ABOUT THIS MOVIE, KNOWING WHAT IT WAS ABOUT
AND HAVING SEEN THE PERFORMANCE, I AM SO GLAD THAT I SAW YOUR
MOVIE BEFORE YOU'RE HERE SO I CAN JUST BRIEFLY BUT
PASSIONATELY GUSH AT YOU AND THE SCARLETT JOHANSSON.
I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO HER.
SHE'S COMING ON IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
IT'S HILARIOUS, HEARTBREAKING AND, AS I SAID BACKSTAGE, A
COURAGEOUS MOVIE.
YOU LAY YOUR HEART SO BEAR IN THIS, AND IF YOU CAN TELL THE
PEOPLE OUT THERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER CHARLIE AND SCARLETT'S CHARACTER NICOLE.
WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
>> THE RELATIONSHIP AT THE START AND BEFORE THE MOVIE IS THEY
ACTUALLY MET IN PERFORMANCE.
SHE SAW HIM AT A SITE-SPECIFIC PLAY THAT SHE SAYS, AND HE'S A
THEATER DIRECTOR, SHE'S KIND OF HIS MUSE.
IN A WAY, THEY HAVE A VERY KIND OF LOW-BUDGET, LOW-RENT THEATER
COMPANY THAT THEY WORK ON TOGETHER HERE IN NEW YORK, AND
THEY -- NOAH BOMBBACH THE DIRECTOR WANTED TO TELL THEIR
STORY THROUGH A DIVORCE, THE SCOPE OF ITS ENDING, THAT'S WHAT
HE SET OUT TO DO AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THEN IT GETS , INTO YOU KNOW, THE TECHNICAL PART OF THE
PERFORMANCE IN A WAY OF DIVORCE, HOW THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW,
REGULAR HUMAN INTERACTIONS THAT ARE SOMEHOW SUDDENLY PUT IN
LENSES OR BOXES USED AGAINST YOU IN COURT, HOW IT CAN BE VERY
IMPERSONAL.
TWO PEOPLE WHO START OUT WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS OF TRYING
TO SEPARATE AS FRIENDS SUDDENLY GETS, YOU KNOW, OVERRUN BY OTHER
PEOPLE'S OPINIONS AND AGENDAS AND YOU KIND OF JUST DESPERATELY
WANT THEM TO FIND THAT KERNEL OF THE THING OF WHAT THEY LOVED
ABOUT EACH OTHER TO BEGIN WITH.
I THINK HE DOES A REALLY HARD HAT TRICK OF TELLING A STORY
THROUGH A VERY SPECIFIC LENS, BUT I THINK IT'S RELATABLE TO
ANYONE, NOT NECESSARILY IF YOU'VE EVEN BEEN THROUGH A
DIVORCE, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE EITHER OR EXPERIENCED LOVE
TRANSITIONING INTO SOMETHING ELSE YOU WEREN'T PREPARED FOR.
>> Stephen: FOR A MOVIE THAT IS LARGELY INVOLVED WITH THEIR
DIVORCE, IT'S A LOVE STORY.
>> YEAH, VERY MUCH, TOLD AT THE END.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE IN LOVE WITH EACH
OTHER, IN WAYS THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT EACH
OTHER BUT YOU AS THE AUDIENCE KNOW YOU CAN SEE WAYS THEY FEEL
ABOUT EACH OTHER AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF
THE MOVIE, WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY, THAT COME TO
FRUITION LATE IN THE MOVIE.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S ONLY THROUGH THE ENDINGS THAT WE CAN
UNDERSTAND SORT OF THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS?
>> SOMETIMES, YEAH.
I MEAN, THERE'S EVEN A GREAT LINE THAT'S IN THERE IS THAT,
YOU KNOW, HE'S DOING ALL THESE THINGS NOW HE DIDN'T DO IN THE
RELATIONSHIP AND HE HAS A MEETING WITH THIS LAWYER, ALAN
ALDA PLAYS THE LAWYER, AND SAYS BEING A BETTER HUSBAND IN
DIVORCE.
WHEN EVERYTHING'S TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU, WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE
ON SUCH A MOLECULAR LEVEL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SO USED TO -- AND
THEN THAT TRANSITIONED INTO SOMETHING ELSE, IT CAN BE A VERY
VIOLENT FEELING.
THINGS YOU TOOK FOR GRANTED YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAY,
AND THAT CAN BE TOUGH FOR ANYBODY.
SO, IN THAT SENSE, YEAH, YOU'RE MORE OPEN BECAUSE YOU ARE AWARE
NOW THAT YOU'VE LOST SOMETHING.
THAT YOU TOOK FOR GRANTED THAT WAS ALWAYS JUST GOING TO BE
THERE.
>> Stephen: AS SOON AS THE MOVIE WAS OVER, I LOOKED UP TO
SEE WHETHER YOU ARE MARRIED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU ARE.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I DON'T WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
MARRIAGE BECAUSE YOUR MARRIAGE IS ONE THING AND THE MOVIE IS A
DIFFERENT THING.
I DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE THE TWO BUT I CERTAINLY WATCHED THE
MOVIE THINKING WHAT DO I DO IN THIS SITUATION?
IT MADE ME QUESTION WAYS IN WHICH I'M A GOOD AND BAD HUSBAND
BY WATCHING IT.
IT'S A RELATABLE SERIES OF INDICTMENTS AND CELEBRATIONS OF
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
COULD YOU HAVE PLAYED THIS PART IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO BE MARRIED?
>> I THINK SO.
I THINK -- IT'S HARD TO -- IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO
IT THE OTHER WAY.
I DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW THAT YOU -- IN A WAY, IT'S MY JOB AS
AN ACTOR TO TELL THE STORY OF THE SCRIPT.
MY RELATIONSHIP TO IT IN A WAY IS MATERIAL, IN A SENSE.
I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY IT'S MY JOB TO HAVE A FEELING.
IT'S MY JOB TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THE AUDIENCE'S JOB TO HAVE A FEELING.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU COULD BE HAVING ALL THE FEELINGS YOU WANT
AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S
THE STORY.
THEN YOU'RE JUST WATCHING SOMETHING REMOTE AND IT'S
UNINTERESTING.
>> Stephen: IT WOULD BE LIKED ME ASKING DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD
HAVE PLAYED KYLO REN IF YOU NEVER USED THE FORCE?
>> LIKE I'D NEVER BEEN IN SPACE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
BUT IT DOES MAKE YOUR HOMEWORK EASIER.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A PARENT TO PLAY A PARENT, BUT
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, OH, I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WORK,
NECESSARILY.
IT DOES HELP BUT, AGAIN, IT'S NOT FOR ME TO HAVE THE FEELING,
IT'S FOR THE AUDIENCE TO GET THE STORY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BUILT OF A BREAK, BUT
DON'T GO AWAY.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK HIM ABOUT THIS LITTLE ART HOUSE FILM
CALLED "STAR WARS" COMING UP IN DECEMBER.
MORE WITH ADAM DRIVER COMING UP.
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