>> Jason: A THOUSAND AND ONE, A
THOUSAND AND TWO.
OH, THEE CURLS!
GIRL POWER!
THIS WOMAN IS THE ONLY TO
QUALIFY AMONG THE MEN ON
"AMERICA NINJA WARRIOR" AND
STUNNED WOMAN OF THE YEAR AND
WAS IN WONDER WOMAN, DARK NIGHT,
TRANSFORMERS.
JESSE GRAF.
SHE JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE
NEW CHALLENGE THAT SHE IS TAKING
ON.
YOU WERE LITERALLY JUST HANGING
OUT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> TRUE, TRUE.
YEAH, MADE SURE TO INSTALL
SPECIAL DOOR FRAMES THAT ALLOW
FOR PULL-UPS.
>> Jason: AMAZING!
I HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO TO
CATCH UP TO YOUR UPPER ARM
DEFINITION.
I WAS DOING CURLS A FEW MINUTES
AGO, AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, I
HAVE PROPERTY TO SELL YOU.
TELL US ABOUT THE TITAN GAMES.
>> OH MY GOODNESS!
IT’S A HUGE CHALLENGE, THIS
GINORMOUS COURSE WITH BOXES,
BOULDERS, AND WEIGHTS,
HEAD-TO-HEAD RACES.
IT WAS SO EXCITING AND SO
CHALLENGING, AND IF YOU’VE SEEN
PREVIOUS EPISODES, YOU KNOW HOW
DIFFICULT THE CHALLENGES ARE AND
HOW STRONG AND INCREDIBLE THE
ATHLETES ARE.
>> Jason: SO WHAT’S THE ROCK
LIKE?
>> OH MY GOSH, SO NICE, SO NICE!
SO AMAZING TO GET TO MEET HIM.
HE WAS JUST WONDERFUL TO WORK
WITH.
>> Jason: HOW DOES THIS COMPARE
TO YOUR EXPERIENCE ON AMERICA
NINJA WARRIOR?
YOU WERE ON THAT SHOW COMPETING
AND MY DAUGHTER IS A COMPLETE
ADDICT AND LOVES YOU.
YOU’RE HER HERO.
SHE’LL BE EXCITED I GOT TO TALK
TO YOU AGAIN.
BUT HOW DO THOSE TWO SHOWS
COMPARE?
>> THEY BOTH HAVE REALLY INTENSE
OBSTACLE COURSES.
NINJA PLAYS TO THE STRENGTHS THAT I’VE BEEN TRAINING IN MY
THAT I’VE BEEN TRAINING IN MY
WHOLE LIFE, A LOT OF HANGING,
SWINGING, CLIMBING, MOVING YOUR
OWN BODY THROUGH THEIR.
DYNAMICS, AGILITY, FINGERTIPS, A
LOT OF TECHNICAL STRATEGY.
WHEREAS TITAN IS HEAVY WEIGHTS,
MOVING VERY HEAVY THINGS.
IT’S A DIFFERENT KIND OF
STRENGTH BUT ALSO HAVING TO
MAINTAIN THAT TYPE OF STRENGTH FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SO INSTEAD OF A 2-5 MINUTE
COURSE, YOU’RE GETTING A 5-PLUS MINUTE COURSE.
MINUTE COURSE.
MOST COURSES YOU GET A BURST AND
30 SECONDS RECOVERY.
AND TITAN, MOST OF THE
CHALLENGES ARE AT LEAST 4-5
MINUTES OF AT LEAST JUST MASS
STRENGTH ENDURANCE AND IT’S A DIFFERENT WAY OF CHALLENGING
DIFFERENT WAY OF CHALLENGING
YOURSELF THAT HAS MADE ME GROW
SO MUCH IN SO MANY WAYS, AND
IT’S BEEN REALLY EXCITING.
>> Jason: HOW DID YOU GET INTO
ALL OF THIS, STUNT WORK AND
BEING ON REALITY SHOWS AND
COMPETING LIKE THIS?
YOU WERE AN AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING MAJOR, DO I HAVE MY
NOTES RIGHT?
>> YEAH, I MAJORED IN AEROSPACE
ENGINEERING FOR ONE YEAR AND
REALIZED WHAT I WAS PASSIONATE
ABOUT WAS WANTING TO BASICALLY
BE A SUPER HERO, SO I
TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY OF
NEBRASKA AND MAJORED IN THEATER
AND CONTINUED ATHLETICS AND
FOUND OUT EVERYTHING I COULD
ABOUT BEING A STUNT PERSON.
SIGNED UP AT ALL THE GYMS AND
LEARNED AS MANY SKILLS AS I
COULD WITH OTHER STUNT PEOPLE,
AND THAT HELPED ME NETWORK MY
WAY INTO THE BUSINESS WHILE
LEARNING ALL THE SKILLS, ALL THE
SKILLS.
[LAUGHTER]
I LOVE LEARNING STUNT-RELATED
SKILLS, SO MUCH FUN, AND SO
EXCITING!
>> Jason: YOU HAVE SHOWN GIRLS
EVERYWHERE THAT WOMEN ARE STRONG
AND CAN COMPETE WITH THE BOYS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU, IN
OUR LAST 30 SECONDS HERE?
>> JUST GETTING TO SEE YOUNG
GIRLS GET EXCITED ABOUT HAVING
MUSCLES AND BEING STRONG AND
CAPABLE AND TALKING TO WOMEN WHO
THEIR WHOLE LIVES WERE TOLD THEY
COULDN’T BE STRONG AND SEEING
THEM TAKE ON NEW CHALLENGES AND
GROW AND DO THINGS THEY THOUGHT
WERE IMPOSSIBLE AND GETTING TO
HAVE ANY PART OF THAT JOURNEY
FOR OTHER PEOPLE HAS BEEN
DEFINITELY "THE" MOST INSPIRING
THING IN MY LIFE, AND I’M SO
GREATFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE AN IMPACT.
>> Jason: IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU
AND SPEAK WITH YOU.
I’LL LET YOU GO BACK TO HANGING
OUT AT THE HOME GYM, STUDIO GYM,
OR YOUR COMPOUND THERE.
THERE SHE GOES, JESSIE GRAF,