>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE ARE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF
THE NEW FILM "RENFIELD," IT'S NICOLAS CAGE, EVERYBODY, HOW DO
YOU APPROACH PORTRAYING DRACULA? YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF PARTS
OVER 100 MOVIES, BUT THIS IS SO ICONIC AND I'M SURE SO MANY
PEOPLE PLAY THE PART BEFORE, HOW DID YOU AVOID THOSE ROLES OR HOW
DID YOU DRAW INSPIRATION? >>> Nicolas: WELL, WHAT I DID
AS A STARTING POINT WAS TO LOOK AT MY FAVORITE INTERPRETATION
AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WAS CHRISTOPHER LEE IN THE HAMMER
HORROR FILMS, I THOUGHT HE LOOKED GREAT WITH THE '60s
HAIRDO, HE BROUGHT THE FEROCIOUSNESS TO THE CHARACTER,
I LOVE WHAT OLD MEN DID, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT TO LOOK AT.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO FIND INFLUENCES THAT WERE MORE CLOSE
TO ME. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST
INFLUENCE BECAUSE MY FATHER AUGUST, HE LIKED TO SPEAK WITH
THIS MID-ATLANTIC ACCENT. I WAS CHANNELING HIM AND
"VAMPIRES KISS." YOU KNOW, NICOLAS LET ME EXPLAIN
SOMETHING TO YOU. IT IS TO BE HOW YOUR FATHER
WOULD TALK? >> Nicolas: HE SAID I WANT TO
SPEAK WITH THE DISTINCTION BECAUSE HE IS A LITERATURE
PROFESSOR. BUT I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND --
>> Stephen: HE WAS AN ACTOR HIMSELF?
>> Nicolas: I GUESS HE WAS SPEAKING WITH DISTINCTION
BECAUSE HE WAS TEACHING ABOUT GREAT LITERATURE, SO WHAT WAS HE
SUPPOSED TO DO? SO HE WAS A BIG INFLUENCE, AND
THEN THE OTHER INFLUENCE WAS AN BANKROLL FROM "TO THE GRADUATES.
HER PERFORMANCE AS MRS. ROBINSON, I THOUGHT WAS A
VERY TOXIC RELATIONSHIP WITH DUSTIN HOFFMAN, AND THE WAY THAT
SHE SPOKE. IT DOESN'T HE LOOK LIKE THE KIND
OF GUY WHO HAS TO FIGHT THEM OFF.
YES, HE DOES. THAT'S DRACULA.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE TRYING TO SEDUCE ME.
>> Nicolas: THAT'S RIGHT. I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF IT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SEDUCE YOU? [LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: HE HAS SOME GREAT
CLOTHES. DID YOU EVER KEEP THE STUFF THAT
YOU WEAR? DO YOU EVER KEEP THE STUFF FROM
SET? >> Nicolas: I CAME INTO "WILD
AT HEART" WITH THIS SNAKESKIN JACKET I FOUND AT A SECONDHAND
STORE. >> Stephen: YOU SOURCE TO
THAT? >> Nicolas: I SOURCED IT.
I SAID I DON'T KNOW WHERE, BUT I WILL WEAR IT IN A MOVIE AT SOME
POINT. AND I SAID TO DAVID LYNCH I WANT
TO HAVE KIND OF A MARLON BRANDO IN "THE FUGITIVE" LOOK, SO I
WENT TO WHERE THE SNAKESKIN JACKET, SO IS THAT I LOVED IT,
NEXT HER. THAT SOLID GOLD, BUDDY.
AND HE WOULD WRITE THIS IS A SYMBOL OF MY INDIVIDUALITY AND
BELIEF IN PERSONAL FREEDOM, SO I WANT TO BRIN ELVIS PRESLEY INTO
THIS. I THINK THAT SEALER WOULD LOOK
UP TO IT AS A CHANNEL, SO IT'S WHAT I CALL A WARHOL
PERFORMANCE, AND I WAS TAKING THESE ICONS AND MESHING THEM
TOGETHER AND DOING WHAT I WANTED IN THE WAY THAT THEY SPOKE AND
DRESSED. >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER MEET
BRANDO? >> Nicolas: I DID MEET MARLON.
AND I SAID TO HIM, HE WAS GIVING A TALK, HE SHOWED HIS MOVIE
"BURN" AT CAA, AND I WENT TO THE SCREENING WITH GIOVANNI, AND I
SAID, MARLON, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
DONE HAS INSPIRED ME. AND HE SAID "OH, JESUS, NICK,
GIVE ME A [BLEEP] BREAK." AND AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
RESPONSE I HAD WAS JERRY LEWIS WHO I ALSO GREW UP WATCHING AND
HE WAS MY FAVORITE COMEDIAN. AND I WOULD WATCH HIM AND WAIT
FOR THEM BY THE TV IN THE '60s WISHING, WILLING THAT HE WOULD
COME ON TV AND THE 90 PROFESSOR WOULD COME ON.
AND MORE OFTEN THEN NOT IT DID BECAUSE IT WAS THE '60s.
AND I SAID, NICK, IT'S JERRY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S AE
THAT JUST LOVES WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT TO LAS VEGAS.
I HAVE A GREAT SHOW WAS SAMMY DAVIS JR.
I WANT YOU TO BE MY GUEST." SO I FLEW OUT WITH MY BROTHER
AND WE SAT DOWN AND SAW THE SHOW, IT WAS A GREAT SHOW.
AND HE THE TYPEWRITER GAG AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.
AND I WENT TO HIS SUITE TO SAY HELLO, ANNIE CAME OUT IN A
JAPANESE KIMONO AND BASEBALL SOCS WITH A SHRIMP PLATTER ON
THE PIANO. AND I WAS LIKE "JERRY, I JUST
WANT YOU TO KNOW, IT'S JUST YOU AND BRANDO."
AND HE TOOK ABOUT A 32ND PAUSE AND HE SAID, WELL, "BRANDO IS
GOOD ALSO." [LAUGHTER]
>> Stephen: SO JEALOUS! TO WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT
THAT AS YOU SEE TWO UNIQUELY DIFFERENT RESPONSES, ONE IS VERY
BRANDO AND ONE IS VERY JERRY. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE
ANOTHER BREAK, BUT DON'T GO AW AWAY.
NICOLAS CAGE WHEN WE COME BACK. STICK AROUND.