NAOMI WATTS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> James: DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
COULD YOU GET MORE LUCKY?
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NAOMI, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON THE SHOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
>> James: I WILL SAY IT'S THE ONLY REASON WE'VE DONE 869 OTHER
SHOWS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO AFTER THIS.
NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS MOMENT, I FIGURE THAT'ST IT, WE'LL JUST
PULL THE PLUG, RIGHT?
>> MAY AS WELL.
>> James: YEAH.
IT'S LOVELY TO FINALLY HAVE YOU OWN.
NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS JUST HIT BY A MASSIVE BLIZZARD.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY OUT THERE?
WERE YOU AFFECTED BY IT AT ALL?
>> YEAH, I GOT STUCK -- WE GOT STUCK.
I ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT, A THREE-HOUR DRIVE AND THE THE
WEATHER WAS REALLY BAD.
IT WAS EITHER THAT -- YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS GOING TO RISK IT, I
WAS GOING TO CANCEL IT OR END UP IN MY SWEAT PANTS TALKING TO YOU
WITH VERY GREASY, DISHEVELED HAIR AND NO MAKEUP, BUT I GOT
HERE.
>> James: WELL, WE'RE THRILLED YOU DID.
IS THIS YOUR HOUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, NAOMI WATTS?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> James: IT'S GORGEOUS.
IT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WANTED NAOMI WATTS TO LIVE, ISN'T IT?
( LAUGHTER ) WHENEVER I IMAGINED WHERE YOU
LIVED, IT HAD JUST GORGEOUS ARTWORK LIKET THAT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING I GOT AT THE NEW YORK
ACADEMY OF ART, ACTUALLY, AND THAT'S A GREAT OLD VINTAGE
POSTER, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE.
>> James: OH, IT'S EXACTLY WHERE I ALWAYS IMAGINED, WHEN I
THOUGHT OF SEEING US HAVING A GLASS OF WINE AND CHEESE AND THE
TWO OF US ARE WATCHING THE FIRST WIVES CLUB AND JUST BITCHING
ABOUT THE DAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I ALWAYS
IMAGINED, AFTER THIS INTERVIEW, YOU AND I, WE'VE BECOME BEST
FRIENDS, A CHEESE AND WINE NIGHT, COUPLE OF FACE MASKS AND
WE JUST BITCH ABOUT EVERYONE.
>> I LOVE IT.
I LOVE IT.
>> James: NO ONE'S OFF LIMITS.
NO ONE'S OFF LIMITS.
>> OKAY, CHEESE PLATE YES, WIN YES, FACE MASKS, YES, AND, YEAH,
WE CAN GOSSIP.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, IN HONOR OF THE
BLIZZARD THAT JUST HAPPENED, YOU POSTED A VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM,
WHICH IS SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD EVER DO.
WE'VE GOT IT HERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
I MEAN, THAT LOOKS SO COLD.
WHAT ON EARTH MADE YOU DO THIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I LOST MY MIND.
IT WAS A DARE.
MY KIDS JUST SAID WHY DON'T WE DO IT, AND THE SNOW LOOKED SO
FLUFFY AND FRESH AND UNTOUCHED, JUST SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I DID HURT MY BACK.
>> James: OH, REALLY.
YEAH.
>> James: THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHY I WOULDN'T DO IT.
>> YEAH, DON'T TRY IT AT HOME.
>> James: IF I INJURED MY BACK, I CAN'T PLAY BASKETBALL
ANYMORE, AND THAT'S MY LIFE.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND I
CAN ONLY IMAGINE, IT'S SUCH A PUBLIC PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS
TO GET OUT ON THE STREETS.
I IMAGINE YOU JUST GET RECOGNIZED ALL THE TIME WHEN
YOU'RE WALKING AROUND NEW YORK, RIGHT?
>> I ACTUALLY DON'T.
I BLEND INTO THE CROWD.
THE POPARAZZI ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME AND WHERE I LIVE AND
THEY SORT OF CALL ME OUT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, NO, I GO
AROUND MY LIFE AND NOBODY BOTHERS ME.
IN FACT, I GET ASKED, YOU KNOW, IF I'M WITH SOMEONE FAMOUS, I'LL
SAY, CAN YOU TAKE A PHOTO OF US WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FAMOUS
PERSON YOU'RE WITH?
AND THEN I ALSO GET, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO INTO A SHOP OR
SOMETHING, SOMEONE WILL SAY, HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU YOU LOOK
LIKE NAOMI WATTS?
AND I GO, YEAH, SOMETIMES.
OH, YEAH, NO, YOU REALLY DO.
YEAH.
IT'S FUNNY.
>> James: I WAS IN LONDON IN A CAFE WITH HARRY ST STILES ONCE A
SOMEONE CAME OVER AND SAID, WOULD YOU TAKE A PHOTO OF US
TOGETHER?
AND I WAS FRACTIONALLY PUT OUT.
I SAID, SURE.
TOOK THE PHOTO AND HARRY WAS SORT OF LOOKING AT ME, BECAUSE I
HAD THIS HAT ON, AND HARRY WAS, LIKE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
YOU.
AND HARRY SAID YOU KNOW THAT'S JAMES CORDEN, AND THEY WENT,
MM-HMM.
( LAUGHTER ) >> BRILLIANT.
>> James: YOU GREW UP IN ENGLAND, NAOMI, AND MOVED TO
AUSTRALIA AT 14 YEARS OLD WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE THE CULTURE
SHOCK.
HOW DID YOU ADJUST TO THE MOVE?
14'S QUITE A TRICKY AGE TO MOVE AT.
>> I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
I WAS JUST ESTABLISHING MY PEER GROUPS.
I WAS GOING TO BOARDING SCHOOL AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO.
BUT MY MOM HAD BEEN TO AUSTRALIA AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE AUSTRALIAN RELATIVES, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS AUSTRALIAN, AND
ENGLAND WAS DEPRESSED AT THE TIME, IT WAS REALLY A TOUGH
TIME.
I SAID, NO WH WAY, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN.
MY MOM SAID, YOU CAN COME AND I PROMISE TO PUT YOU IN DRAMA
SCHOOL, BECAUSE I HAD BEEN WANTING TO GO FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THAT WAS HOW SHE TALKED ME INTO IT.
SO -- AND I REMEMBER DRIVING BY OUR SCHOOL THAT WE WERE GOING TO
BE GOING TO, AND I REMEMBER BEING QUITE SQUARED.
ALL THE KIDS LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD OUTRAGEOUS H HAIRDOS AND THE
FORM DRESSES WERE VERY SHORT.
I WAS AT A SCHOOL WHERE THE SKIRTS WERET AT THE KNEE AND THE
SOCKS WERE JUST UNDER THE KNEE AND IT WAS VERY BUTTONED UP.
VERY DIFFERENT.
>> James: WE HAVE THAT MOVE TO THANK FOR ALL THE INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCES YOU'VE GIVEN US.
THANK GOD.
>> THANK YOU.
IT WAS GOOD.
I WENT FROM ONE LITTLE DRAMA SCHOOL TO THE NEXT AND THEN GOT
MORE AND MORE SERIOUS AND HERE I AM.
>> James: AND HERE YOU ARE.
AND GIVING AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE ON YOUR
NEW MOVIE PENGUIN BLOOM, WHICH IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO
YOU PLAY.
>> T'S A TRUE STORY, YES.
AND I PLAY SAND BLOOM, WHO IS A MOM, AND THE FAMILY IS ON
VACATION IN THAILAND, AND SHE FALLS BACKWARDS OFF A BALCONY
AND IT'S A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT AND IS LEFT A PARAPLEGIC.
SO BASICALLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HEALING AND RECOVERY OF THAT
ACCIDENT BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, AND IT KIND OF
REALLY KICKS OFF IN THE PATH OF RECOVERY WITH A BIRD WHO IS ALSO
HEALING AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE BIRD HAPPENS TO BE A MAGPIE.
>> James: NOW, MAGPIES, I ONLY KNOW THIS FROM SHOOING THEM AWAY
FROM OUR HOUSE IN LONDON, CAN BE QUITE AGGRESSIVE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH THEM?
>> THEY'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE BIRDS, AND I WAS REALLY NERVOUS
GOING INTO IT.
I WAS THINKING, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK, THEY'RE NOT
FRIENDLY BIRDS.
IN FACT, I HAVE EVIDENCE OF THAT, AND I HAVE BEEN BOMBED,
SWOOPED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF BIRDS IN THE FOREST.
WE WERE HORSE RIDING AND I GUESS THEY WERE NESTING IN THE FOREST,
AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM JUST CAME RIGHT AT ME AT COLOSSAL
SPEED AND IT WAS FRIGHTENING.
BUT IT DOES TURN OUT THAT THEY'RE VERY INTELLIGENT BIRDS
AND, THEREFORE, VERY TRAINABLE.
BUT, YEAH, IT WAS NERVE RACKING.
THEY HAD A NUMBER OF BIRDS ON THE SET ON ROTATION, IF ONE GOT
NAUGHTY OR TIRED, OFF THEY WENT, BACK TO THEIR TRAILER, HAD A
SNACK, JUST LIKE ALL PERFORMERS.
>> James: OH, YEAH.
I REW UP WITH ACTRESSES LIKE THAT, YEAH.
>> YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: WELL, THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE MAGPIE IS NOTHING CLOSE TO THE PERFORMANCE
THAT YOU GIVE.
I THINK THIS FILM IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.