LOOK AT US.
>> OH MY GOSH.
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU BOTH, MAX, WE LOVE
IT EVERY TIME THAT YOU COME BY THE SHOW, WE REALLY, REALLY DO,
OCTAVIA WE TALKED EARLIER, THIS IS YOUR FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE,
HOW ARE YOU FEELING I WAS REALLY GOOD AND THEN YOU KNOW, MY WORST
NIGHTMARE CAME TRUE WAS WITH COVID.
BUT THERE WAS A TIME MY FRIENDS PLAYED A REALLY BAD JOKE ON ME.
YOU CAN'T GIVE ME ANY SORT OF SUGGESTION OF WHAT YOUR SYMPTOMS
ARE BECAUSE THEN MY MIND.
>> James: OF ANY ILLNESS.
>> WELL, MY FRIEND HAD HAD CUPPING DONE AND I HAD NEVER
SEEN IT HE STARTED FAKING A CUFF AND SAYING OH MY GOD, I'M NOT
FEELING WELL, HE TOOK HIS SHIRT OFF AND HE HAD ALL OF THESE
GIANT BRUCES, AND I'M LIKE OH GOSH, I STARTED PANICKING, AND I
LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND SAW THEM COMING ON MY FACE, THEY'RE.
THERE I KAWKED MYSELF DOWN BUT I RAN UPSTAIRS AN CALLED MY
DOCTOR.
>> James: YOU CALLED YOUR DOCTOR.
>> I DID LIKE MY ROOM MAKE IS BREAKING OUT WITH THESE CRAZY
LESIONS.
AND I'M SEEING THEM ON MIEP FACE.
I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF THAT I HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THAT.
AND THEN NOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, SORE THROATS OR RUNNY
EYES OR ICHY EYES AND ST LIKE WHAT IS IT, YOU START LOOKING IT
IT UP AND THE COVID DICTIONARY, RIGHT.
>> James: DO YOU GOOGLE SYMPTOMS.
>> I WAS AT THE BEGINNING.
I DON'T DO IT ANY MORE BECAUSE I REALIZE I'M NEVER GOING TOABLE
ABLE TO INTEGRATE BACK INTO SOCIETY IF I CHECK EVERY SINGLE
SYMPTOM.
>> James: YEAH.
BUT YOU, YOU'VE BEEN OUT A LOT.
YOU HAVE BEEN OUT, LIKE MAINLY IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, BECAUSE YOU
HAD THESE POSTERS PUT UP ALL OVER WEST HOLLYWOOD WHERE
THEY-- MAX GREENFIELD, DID YOU-- HOW WAS YOUR BANGSGIVING?
>> WELL, APPARENTLY I HOSTED A PARTY ON THANKSGIVING.
>> James: NOT JUST ANY PARTY.
>> APPARENTLY-- YES, AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS.
AND IT IT WAS SOME -- MAINLY IF I'M GOING TO HOST A PARTY, I
WANT IT TO BE GOOD, I WANT PEOPLE IT TO SHOW UP.
AND HERE I AM, I DON'T KNOW, THE OTHER PART OF IT IT WAS I SHOWED
IT TO MY WIFE AND LOOK, LET ME FIRST SAY, WAS I FLATTERED?
THIS IS AS HIGH A PRIZE AS A KENNEDY CENTER HONOR.
>> James: I AGREE, I ACTUALLY THINK, I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> I MEAN TO BE-- .
>> James: THEY COULD HAVE CHOSEN ANYONE.
>> YEAH.
MY WIFE TESS DIDN'T LIKE THE PICTURE THEY HAD CHOSEN.
>> James: WHY?
>> WELL, SHE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS VERY FLATTERING.
>> James: THAT'S CRAZY.
>> WELL, SO, I-- .
>> James: I THINK YOU ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
>> THANK YOU, WELL, IT'S FUNNY, I TEXTED A FRIEND, I GLEKSED
ZEB, I TEXTED ZEB AND I WAS LIKE YOU WILL ENJOY THIS, LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED, I HOSTED A PARTY OVER THANKS GIVING AND HE SAID OH,
THIS IS WONDERFUL.
YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.
AND THEN I SAID WELL TESS DIDN'T LIKE THE PICTURE AND HE GOES NO,
NO, NO, YOUR BODY IS VERY IN RIGHT NOW.
AND I GO, I SAID ARE YOU JUST SAYING THAT.
AND HE GOES NO, IT'S NOT INSANE, IT'S ATTAINABLE AND ALSO LIKE
DOWN FOR A PIZZA PARTY.
(APPLAUSE) S.
>> James: ZEB IS HERE, THIS IS ZEB WHO WROTE THIS VERY TEXT
STRKS THAT TRUE.
>> I STAND BY MY COMMENTS.
>> AND MY ONLY RESPONSE WAS YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE JUST, YOU
NAILED IT.
AND IT HONESTLY WAS EXACTLY WHAT I AM GOING FOR.
AND I NOW FEEL SO VALIDATED.
AND CONFIDENT, AND THIS WAS A REAL WIN FOR ME, YOU GUYS.
>> I THINK IT'S A REAL WIN.
>> I THINK SO TOO.
>> James: OCTAVIA, YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FACE IN SOME UNEXPECTED
PLACES, ARE YOU AWARE OF ALL THE STUFF, WHEN YOU DID THE MOVIE
MASK WHERE PEOPLE WOULD JUST PUT YOUR FACE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THIS WHEN YOU SEE STUFF LIKE THIS?
>> I HAVE TO SAY, IT MIGHT BE THE FUNNIEST THING, ME AS THE
ROCK.
>> RIGHT.
>> James: I GOT TO TELL I, I WAS WATCH WOULD WATCH THIS FILM.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A FILM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A PARTY IN WEST HOLLYWOOD.
>> James: NOW OCTAVIA, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW FILM,
CONGRATULATIONS, "ENCOUNTER" I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: FOR TBHOIN DOESN'T KNOW, TELL US WHAT IT IS ABOUT
AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> WELL, I PLAY HATIE, RIZ'S CHARACTER, RIZ IS BRILLIANT,
KIDNAPS HIS BOYS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE THEM FROM WHAT HE
FEARS IS A ALIEN INVASION.
AND WE GETS THE AUDIENCE WE BASICALLY EXPERIENCE THINGS
THROUGH HIS EYES.
SO WE SEE THE ALIENS AND WE SEE EVERYTHING THAT HE SEES.
>> James: NOW YOU SHOT THE FILM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
WITH YOUR COVID FEARS, WHICH ARE VERY REAL, BUT WE ALL HAD VERY
REAL MOMENTS.
HOW DID YOU MANAGE THE SHOOT?
>> WELL, IT BAS INTERESTING AND THEY WERE-- BUT IT WAS A
WONDERFUL PRODUCTION, LIKE THEY HAD GREAT PROTOCOLS AND YOU
KNOW, MY WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM WE WERE ALL LIKE ALL FOUR OF US IN
MY TINY LITTLE TRAILER.
I WAS LIKE WIPE EVERYTHING DOWN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING THAT.
>> James: YEAH, JUST IN A BUBBLE AND YOU COME OUT AND DO
THE SCENE AND THEN.
>> GO BACK INTO THE BUBBLE.
WHICH I NEVER SPIN TIME IN MY TRAILER PREPANDEMIC.
I LIKE BEING ON THE SET, I LIKE BEING OUT WITH YOU GUYS WHERE
THE ACTION.
IS YOU KNOW?
>> PRAWS PLACE PLAWS.
>> James: I LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST ONE PERSON ON THAT CREW
THAT DOESN'T KNOW ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT COVID BEING LIKE I
NEVER KNEW SHE WAS SUCH A DIVA.
SIX FEET, BACK OFF, I'M GOING IN MY TRAILER.
>> IT KIND OF WAS, IT KIND OF WAS.