PLEASE WELCOME THE ONE, THE ONLY ROSARIO DAWSON IS HERE ON THE
SHOW.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW NICE TO SEE YOU.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
WHERE ARE YOU AT THE MOMENT?
>> I AM IN NEWARK.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, MY LOVE.
IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> James: IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
NOW HOW WAS YOUR BREAK?
HOW WAS YOUR FESTIVITIES?
>> I MEAN I GOT TO DO ALL THE FUN THINGS, YOU KNOW.
THE MAKING OF THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE WITH THE KID, WHICH IS
ALWAYS SO NICE.
>> James: NICE.
>> I WANT TO PUT IT ON DISPLAY.
HE MADE ME A REALLY COOL PRESENT.
AND WE GOT LITTLE M & MS WHICH CORY WOULD WANT ME TO SAY WAS
MID IN NEW JERSEY BECAUSE HE HAS ALL THE NEW JERSEY TRIVIA, WITH
LITTLE PICTURES OF US ON IT.
>> James: LOOK AT THAT.
>> JUST ENJOYING LITTLE THINGS AND SPENDING SOME TIME.
>> NOW YOU MENTIONED YOUR MAN THERE, SENATOR CORY BOOKER WHO I
AM A BIG FAN OF.
BUT I UNDERSTAND HE GOT YOU QUITE A PECULIAR CHRISTMAS
PRESENT THIS YEAR, CAN YOU-- ARE YOU OKAY TALKING ABOUT THIS?
CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT HE GOT YOU.
>> OH YEAH.
LIKE I SAY, I REALLY LOVE, I MEAN I LOVE COSPLAY, I LOVE ALL
THE THINGS, THE I LIKE THE HOMEMADE, THE PERSONAL, THE
INDIVIDUAL.
SO MY MAN KNOWING THAT I LOVE AND HAVE I A BIG HUGE TEDDY
BEAR, DECIDED FOR CHRISTMAS I NEEDED A LITTLE MINI HIM.
YEAH.
SO YOUR BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND OUT THERE DECIDE TO MAKE YOU A
LITTLE VERSION OF THEMSELVES TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS WITH, BECAUSE
MINE DID.
>> James: YOU CAN HOLD HIS FACE UP A BIT CLOSE TO THE
CAMERA?
>> I MEAN IT IS SO SOFT T IS VERY A DOCIAL.
AND HE'S LITERALLY THE SAME SIZE AS GROGOSS I HAVE BEEN DOING
PHOTO SHOOTS WITH THE TWO OF THEM.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU DO IN A QUAIRN TEEN WHEN ARE YOU AT
HOME.
>> James: SURE, I WILL BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW, PART OF ME
IS GOING OH, THE OTHER HALF OF ME IS GOING RUN, ROSS
OR-- ROSARIO, RUN, NOW.
BUT YOU MOVED IN TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE MOVED IN TOGETHER THIS SUMMER.
I MEAN YOU DROVE AN RV FROM VENICE, CALIFORNIA, TO NEWARK,
NEW JERSEY TO GET THERE.
I MEAN THAT IS AS LONG A JOURNEY AS YOU CAN REALLY EVER TAKE.
HOW LONG DID YOU TAKE AND HOW WAS IT.
>> IT WAS ONLY ABOUT SIX DAYS.
AND GOT THIS REALLY AMAZING BUS FROM OUTDOORSY, THE ONLY VEHICLE
THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY BECAUSE PEOPLE
DON'T WANT THEIR RV'S MESSED UP.
AND JUST DROF THIS HUGE BUS.
I WAS TELLING MY DAD, YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN ON THIS PANCREATIC
CANCER JURY, IS HE CANCERFREE RIGHT NOW, IT IS AMAZING.
BUT BECAUSE OF COVID HE REALLY WAS AFRAID OF FLYING.
I WAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW THAT DRIVING NECESSARILY 3,000 MILES
IN A BIG BUS REDUCES CHANCES OF INCIDENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
I HAD POPEYE ARMS BY THE END OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A
BOAT.
AND I HAD TO DO ALL THE DRIVING MYSELF.
AND WHEN I LANDED BACK HERE, HE SAID I COULD PROBABLY GET MY
PILOT'S LICENSE BECAUSE HE SAW ME REALLY TAKE ON THE ROAD AND
GAVE ME A LOT OF KF DENSZ THAT IF I COULD TAKE CARE OF HIM THAT
WAY I COULD PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF-- .
>> James: IT SOUNDS LIKE MY IDEA-- I FEEL LIKE I LIKE THE
IDEA OF A SICK DAY ROAD TRIP IN AN RV BUT BY HOUR FOUR I'M LIKE
YEAH, KNOW, I'M DONE NOW, I'M DONE, I'M DONE WITH THIS.
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
BUT YOU KNOW I WENT ON A ROAD TRIP WITH MY MOM CROSS COUNTRY
WHEN I WAS 11.
AND I WAS THE NAVIGATOR.
AND YOU KNOW, IT IS AN AMAZING THING.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED SO MUCH IN THIS PAST YEAR IS REALLY
JUST CHERISHING THAT MUCH MORE THAT TIME WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS.
AND TO HAVE THAT WITH MY DAD DURING THIS PERIOD.
AND TO TURN SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM A WORRY INTO JUST A
LIFE-LONG MEMORY-- MEMORY WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL.
I WORKED SO MUCH.
AND I HAVE HAD TO BE AWAY AND I TRAVELED SO MUCH BECAUSE OF IT.
AND I FEEL SO GRATEFUL.
IT WAS JUST SO MEANINGFUL TO SPEND THAT TIME WITH MY DAD AND
TO GET HERE TO BE WITH CORY.
BECAUSE WITH HIM CAMPAIGNING AND WITH THIS QUARANTINE AND MY
DAD'S HEALTH, WE WERE REALLY SEPARATED.
AND IT JUST MAKES YOU TAKE ON THOSE RISKS BECAUSE THE PAYOFF
IS SO BIG.
>> I MEAN HOW HAS THE TRANSITION BEEN, MOVING IN TOGETHER, LIVING
BACK ON THE EAST COAST, HOW HAS IT BEEN?
>> I WAS WATCHING WHILE WE WERE SEEING THE BALL DROP IN NEW
YORK, THEY WOULD PLAY YOU KNOW FRANK SINATRA, AND AT THE END I
WAS GOING NEWARK, NEWARK.
♪ BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED IF I WAS MOVING BACK TO
THE EAST COAST THAT I WOULD BE LIVING IN NEW JERSEY.
BUT IT HAS BEEN SO GOOD.
IT IS SO GOOD TO BE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND DO ALL THE ZOOMS
WITH FAMILY, MOST OF MY FAMILY LIVES ALONE.
IT FELT REALLY POWERFUL TO MAKE THIS MOVE AND TRANSITION
TOGETHER RIGHT IN THIS MOMENT.
AND HE IS IN D.C. RIGHT NOW DOING VOTES BUT JUST FOCUSING ON
SERVICE AND WHATEVER TIME THAT WE CAN EKE OUT TOGETHER AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.
AND BEING ON THE SAME TIME ZONE REALLY HELPS WITH THAT.
>> James: WELL, IT DOES.
YOU ARE HAVING THIS REALLY INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN YOUR
CAREER.
YOU RECENTLY MADE YOUR DEBUT AS AHSOKA ON THE MANDALORIAN, AND
YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING A SPINOFF AS THAT CHARACTER.
WHEN I WAS READING ABOUT THIS I KEPT READING THIS TERM WHICH I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT AT THE TIME, PEOPLE SAY HAT YOU FROM
FAN CASTED IN THE SHOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO BE FAN-CASTED
IN SOMETHING.
>> WELL, THERE WAS AN IMAGE MADE OF ME AS THIS CHARACTER YEARS
AGO.
-- HAD SENT TO ME I BELIEVE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AS ME AS A
CHARACTER.
AND I REPLIED BACK ON TWITTER AND THAT GOT TO DAVE WHO THEN
COMPARTMENTALIZED IT A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL THIS SHOW CAME UP.
AND THEN HIM AND JON FAVREAU CALLED ME BEFORE THE FIRST
SEASON OF MANDALORIAN CAME OUT AND HAD ALREADY HAD PICTURES OF
ME UP AS THIS CHARACTER BEING FROM THIS FAN CAST.
AND THIS IDEA THAT WAS FEEDED IN.
AND APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS, THAT THEY WANTED TO BRING OUT IT
IS SO WILD THAT I CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT IT NOW, I WAS FREAKING
OUT, I WAS FILMING BRIARPATCH AT THE TIME.
AND NOW IT IS ALL THIS TIME LATER AND I GET TO TALK TO
PEOPLE ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE PERSON TO BREAK
THE SECRET THAT I KNEW THIS CHARACTER, THIS HOLDBACK STORY
HAD ALL THIS INFORMATION FOR THE FANS.
AND THE FANS ARE THE ONES WHO PUT ME THERE, AND IT HAS BEEN
REALLY TOUGH HOLDING BACK.
AND I LOVE, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT THE ESSENTIALS THAT FOLKS
DON'T NECESSARILY THINK ARE ESSENTIAL IN SOME MOMENTS LIKE
THIS.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE, IT IS SO POWERFUL WATCHING THE PROM AND
SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE WE GOT TO WORK AND SHOWCASING THEIR
TALENTS AND THEIR ABILITIES, AND YOURS AS WELL, AND JUST HOW MUCH
DELIGHT THAT BRINGS TO PEOPLE.
AND JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THIS SHOW AND KNOW
THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE WORK THAT WE ALL GET TO BE TOGETHER.
IT IS REALLY AMAZING THAT YOU KNOW, THAT, WELL, I HAVE A
COUPLE, IT WASN'T JUST THIS STUFF, I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE, THIS TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE I WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS AND THINK BEING
THEM AND HOPE REQUESTING WE ARE CAN BE REALLY SMART GOING
FORWARD AND GET PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THESE BIG CROWDS.
YOU GOT TO DO THINGS LIKE-- LIKE-- RENT.
>> IN IS-- I HAVE BEEN REMINISCING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING AND THINKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, YOU
KNOW, AGAIN THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO ARE OUT THERE ON THE
FRONT LINES IN HEALTH CARE.
AND WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TALENTS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE
STAYING HOME OR COULD STAY HOME COULD WATCH ALL OF THIS STUFF.
TO KNOW YOU FINISHED THE PROM DURING COVID.
WE CREATED THIS BUBBLE FOR GO BIG SHOW.
AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT FOR ALL THE FOLKS OUT THERE WHO ORK SO HARD
TO JUST LIVE THEIR DREAMS AND THEIR PASSIONS, WITH SUCH
AUDACITY AND DISCIPLINE AND HOPING THAT WE KIND OF CONTINUE
T DO SO MOVING FORWARD.
YOU WILL SEE WITH THIS SHOW, THERE IS SO MUCH TALENT OUT
THERE AND YOU HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN
TOO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER AND PROMOTE THAT WORK.
PEOPLE REALLY NEED IT.
THEY NEED THE ESCAPE AND THEY ALSO, THEY NEED THE WORK.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE IT WAS SO WILD WATCHING
THE PRAM AND SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING.
IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> James: WELL LOOK, THAT IS SUCH A GLORIOUS TREAT TO
SEE-- COME OUT, THAT IS AMAZING.
LET'S CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE NEW SERIES, THE GO BIG SHOW, YOU
ARE A JUDGE ON THE SHOW, FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW,
EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS.
>> THE GO BIG SHOW IS A SHOW THAT IS ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WHO COME TOGETHER FROM ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD SHOWCASING THEIR DIFFERENT
TALENTS AND ABILITIES.
AND WE WERE KIND OF, I WAS A JUDGE ON IT.
AND IT IS 100,000 DOLLAR PRIZE.
AND WE GOT TO SHOOT IT DURING THIS BUBBLE SET THAT WE DID FOR
A MONTH IN AUGUST.
AND GETTING NOSE SWABS THREE TIMES A DAY.
I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE COME AND CHECK IT OUT AND WATCH IT.
IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
>> I'M SURE THEY WILL.
>> IT IS A MASSIVE SHOW, THE SHOW IS IF-- WE HAVE A CLIP
COMING UP HERE, YOU PARTICIPATE IN QUITE A CRAZY STUNT.
BEFORE WE SEE IT, HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
WITH THIS PARTICULAR ACT.
>> ANDREW IS JUST SOIN CREDIBLE.
HE IS A SIDE SHOW PERFORM AN-- PERFORMER AND HAS PUT SO
MUCH DISCIPLINE INTO HIS WORK.
IT WAS ONE OF PROBABLY THE MOST VIRTUAL BEAUTIFUL VIRTUAL
EXPERIENCES I EVER HAD IN MY LIFE BEING INVOLVED IN HIS ACT.
JUST WATCHING SOMEONE GET INTO THE ZONE AND DO SOMETHING REALLY
UNEXPECTED AND UNUSUAL.
AND TO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING HE FOUND THAT HE
LOVED, THAT HE IS TRAINED SO HARD FOR, NOT SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE TO TRY AT HOME.
I WAS REALLY GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT AND UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.
I THINK HE BROKE A WORLD RECORD.
AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF MANY MOMENTS DURING THIS ENTIRE SHOW
THAT WE WERE FILMING THAT I JUST WAS BLOWN AWAY BY JUST PEOPLE'S
CAPABILITIES.
IT IS HE IS REALLY A SPECIAL, SPECIAL GUY, IT NOT FOR THE
FAINT OF HEART.
>> James: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM THE GO BIG SHOW.
IT PREMIERS THIS THURSDAY ON CBS .
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS
EVENING?
>> YES, I DO.
TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO MISS ROSARIO DAWSON.
I, YOU, HI.
YOU APPEAR IN SO MANY SHOWS THAT I LOVE VERY MUCH.
AND AS I SAID IN THE PAST, A BUNCH OF REALLY GROUNDING,
REALLY CLEAR CONNECTION TO A-- WITH THAT IF MIND, WHEN YOU
FIRST LEARNED OF THE NAME GROGU OR THE TINY ELF LIKE CREATURE IN
THE MANDALORIAN, DO YOU THINK THAT THE NAME MEANS YOU BET OR
GROW GOO.
>> WELL, TALKING ABOUT FAN CASTING I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE
PROJEKS OF THE VERSIONS OF GROGOO IN THE DARK SIDE CAN YOU
IMAGINE, WOULD THAT BE TERRIBLE.
SO NO, I REALLY, I THINK IT KIND OF WENT, MY DAD'S NAME IS
GREGORY AND I LOVE A GOOD GRUG, THERE IS JUST SOMETHING SO
STRONG ABOUT IT, FOR ME IT WAS LIKE, HE PACKS A LOT OF POWER IN
SUCH A LITTLE GUY.
SO HE DOESN'T NEED TO GROW,.
>>-- .
>> James: IS THAT RIGHT.
>> Reggie: THAT IS CORRECT.
>> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE THANK THE ONE, THE ONLY, ROSARIO
DAWSON, EVERYBODY.