THRILLED ARE YOU HERE. ROSIE, YOU ARE HAVING QUITE THE
MOMENT. YOU ARE ON FIRE RIGHT NOW, YOU
HAVE BEEN SHOOTING THE NEW SEE SOFN THE L WORD.
YOU DID YOUR FIRST-- TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS, THAT IS OKAY, FIRST
GAY LOVE SCENE. >> MY FIRST GAY LOVE SCENE.
>> James: YOU HAVE DONE MNY LOVE SCENES BEFORE.
>> HAVE I DONE THREE, ALL WITH MEN.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTING SCROFFED FOR ME.
AND IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING NEW. SO I WASN'T REALLY INTIMIDATED.
>> James: SURE. >> BUT WITH THIS, I'M LIKE YOU
WANT ME TO DO THIS WITH A WOMAN LIKE I ACTUALLY DO YOU WANT ME
TO SHOW YOU MY MOVES? I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK THAT
THAT MEME, MY KID COULD LIVE DOWN THAT MEME, YOU KNOW, MY
FOUR KIDS IN THEIR 20S. THEY ARE LIKE MOM, PLEASE, NO
SEX SCENES, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
>> James: IT WAS OKAY, YOU GOT THROUGH IT.
>> I GOT THROUGH IT I GOT A LOT OF ADVICE FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND YOU KNOW-- . >> James: WHO DID YOU GO TO
FOR ADVICE. >> ALL OF THE YOUNG LESBIANS ON
THAT SHOW, THEY ARE HAVING SEX EVERY FIVE MINUTES ON THAT SHOW
IT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE HAD A 60 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN BED
DOING IT, YOU KNOW. AND THEY WERE LIKE OH S THAT HOW
THE OLD PEOPLE DO IT. I'M LIKE THAT IS HOW WE USED TO
DO IT IN THE DAY. >> James: YES, WITH REGULAR
BREAKS. >> EXACTSLY, EXACTLY.
>> James: NOW UTKARSH, I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE, ARE YOU NOT
ONLY A INCREDIBLY TALENTED ACTOR BUT INCREDIBLY TALENTED RAPPER.
AND WE HAVE A PICTURE OF YOUR FIRST EVER CD.
>> WE USED TO PERFORM BACK IN THE DAY IN NEW YORK TOGETHER.
>> US AND GUILLERMO WNSD AND REGGIE AND I DID A PILOT FOR CBS
BEFORE LIN GOT FAMOUS THE THREE OF US DOING THE LEX TRICK
COMPANY. >> James: LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA.
>> YEAH, THAT GUY. >> James: YOU HAVE HAD QUITE
THE PAST. WE HAVE THIS PHOTO HERE OF YOUR
FIRST EVER CD COVER. QI IS CALLED UTI.
NOW-- (LAUGHTER)
>> YEAH. >> James: TALK ME THROUGH ALL
OF THIS. >> SELF-TITLED.
>> James: WALK ME THROUGH THE WHOLE THOUGHT OF THE YEETIVE
HERE, UTKARSH. >> SO BACK IF THE DAY THEY USED
TO CALL ME UTKARSH THE INCREDIBLE.
I THOUGHT THIS IS GREAT, I SHOULD MAKE AN ACRONYM AND UTI
IS THE WAY TO GO I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, I WENT TO KINKOS
AS WE USED TO DO I PRESSED MAYBE 2 TO 500 CD HE AND I SHOWED IT
TO MY GIRLFRIEND AND SHE WAS LIKE YO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.
AND I WAS LIKE WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO FIX IT BUT I
THOUGHT IT WAS VERY COOL, ME IN THE CANOE, MY RAP ALBUM WITH THE
CIGARETTES IN MY MOUTH. >> James: I WILL SAY IT IS
UNDERUSED, THE CANOE IN RAP ALBUMS.
>> I AGREE. >> James: I WISH MORE RAPPER
WAS BE MORE HONEST ABOUT THEIR USE OF CANOES.
>> AND JUST TO DOUBLE DOWN THE FIRST TRACK I'M JUST REALIZING
IS CALLED YOU THEI, SO I REALLY pJUST DIDN'T SEE AT ALL.
>> IT LOOKED A LITTLE LIKE SWAMP PEOPLE TOO, DOESN'T IT.
LIKE A CROCODILE COULD COME UP AT ANY MINUTE.
>> AND IT IS BLURRED OUT, THANK GOD BUT THAT IS MY PERSONAL HOME
PHONE NUMBER THAT I STILL HAVE, YEAH.
ABOVE THE MEISPACE PAGE, GUYS, FOLLOW MY LEAD.
LET ME KNOW. >> James: MARCUS, ARE YOU VERY
COMFORTABLE AROUND CELEBRATED ACTORS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE PARTNER CARRIE MULLIGAN SAY TWO TIME OSCAR
NOMINEE WHICH MAKES ME ASK THE QUESTION, WHY IS IT THEN YOU WHO
HAVE A TATTOO OF AN ACADEMY AWARD ON YOUR BODY?
>> WELL, WHEN WE WERE IN LOCKDOWN COVID, SHE WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE A FILM COME OUT, LIKE AFTER THE AWARDS WERE OVER AND
STUFF BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AN AWARDS FIM,
CALLED PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN. >> AND IT IS BRILLIANT.
>> NO EXPECTATIONS, NO EXPECTATIONS FOR IT TO BE AN
AWARDS CONVERSATION BUT COVID COMES, IT GETS PUSHED BACK T
COMES OUT AROUND ALL THE AWARDS FILMS AND SUDDENLY THERE IS ALL
THIS CHAT ABOUT IT. AND IT BECAME THIS ANXIETY IN
OUR HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE NOW THERE IS PRESSURE TO GET NOMINATED
WHERE THERE WASN'T BEFORE. AND SO I SAID LET'S MAKE IT FUN,
LET'S HAVE A TATTOO BET FURKS DON'T GET NOMINATED YOU HAVE TO
BE BRANDED WITH YOUR FAILURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, YOU GET
AN OSCAR TA TOO AND EVERYONE WILL SAY IS THAT FOR WHEN YOU
WERE NOMINATED FOR EDUCATION AND SHE WILL SAY NO IT WAS FOR WHEN
I WASN'T NOMINATED AND SHE DID GET NOMINATED SO I GOT THE
TATTOO. >> James: SO HER GETTING
NOMINATED MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO PAY THE FOR FIT, CAN WE SEE IT,
IS IT A PLACE IN YOUR BODY WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE SUCH A
THING. >> I THINK.
>> YOU NEED HELP. >> I THINK IT'S HEAR.
>> Reggie: STAND BY, HOLD. >> James: OH LOOK THERE IT IS,
ON THE SHOULDER THERE, CAN WE GET THAT, YOU HAVE GOT THAT.
THERE ST. THE ACADEMY AWARDS.
LOOK AT THAT. >>S.
>> OR A REALLY MESSED UP-- . >> James: THERE IS THE ACADEMY
AWARD. >> OR A REALLY MESSED UP BOBBY
PIN. >> YOU CAN MAKE THAT INTO ANY
STORY YOU WANT. >> James: NOW ROSIE, LET'S
TALK ABOUT AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON AMERICAN GIGOLO, THE
REIMAGINING OF THE RICHARD GERE MOVIE FROM THE '80S.
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT IT TELL US WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND WHO
YOU PLAY. >> I PLAY DETECTIVE SUNDAY WHO
IS THE COP WHO ORIGINALLY FORCED THE CONFESSION OUT OF THE JOHN
BAR ENTHAL CHARACTER PLAYED BY RICHARD GERE IN THE MOVIE.
SO I GO TO A PRISON AND TELL HIM YOU ARE OUT AND DO YOU WANT TO
HELP ME FIND WHO SET YOU UP. HE PRETTY MUCH SAYS NO AND I TRY
TO CONVINCE HIM AND WE TRY TO SOLVE A COUPLE MURDERS ALONG THE
WAY. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING
IT AND ST ON SHOW TIME.