>> James: OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN ACADEMY
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM GLADIATOR, LA CONFIDENTIAL,
A BEAUTIFUL MIND AND SO AMERICAN MANY MORE INCREDIBLE FILM, WHAT
A THRILL TO HAVE THE LEGENDARY RUSSELL CROWE JOIN US TONIGHT,
HOW ARE YOU, RUSSELL, ARE YOU WELL.
>> I'M PRETTY GOOD, MAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING YOURSELF.
>> James: I'M GOOD, WHAT IS THIS, HAVE YOU BUILT THIS FOR
US, THE DISCO BALL.
>> THE PIR ROHR BALL, WHERE IS IT.
>> James: THERE.
>> THE MIRROR BALL, I LIGHT THIS WHEREVER I GO.
>> James: ALWAYS HAVE A MIRROR BALL, YES, I HEARD THAT ABOUT
YOU, A BIG PIR ROHR BALL GUY.
YOU ARE FIRST THING IN THE MORCHG FOR YOU, ARE YOU IN
AUSTRALIA.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, I'M IN THE BUSH ACTUALLY, INLAND IN THE AURORA
VALLEY, JUST OUTSIDE THE DOOR THERE IS GIGANTIC BIG TREES AND
WHAT HAVE YOU.
>> James: AND HOW IS SOMEONE COPE DURING THIS PANDEMIC, I
DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD DURING
THIS TIME OF LOCKDOWN, WOULD THAT BE RIGHT?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, MAN, I THINK THE REALITY IS I HAVE BEEN
PRACTICING SELF-ISOLATION ON AN OFF FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> TURNS OUT I'M RATHER GOOD AT IT, YOU KNOW.
SO THIS PERIOD WHERE I'M IN THE SAME PLACE FOR LONG UNEXPECTED
TIME HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE FOR ME, HAVE I BEEN VERY PROACTIVE
AND VERY CREATIVE BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN GETTING MY FARMER ON.
>> James: SO TELL ME.
>> GETTING BACK INTO THE FIELDS, YOU KNOW.
>> James: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?
>> WELL, JUST YOU KNOW WITH THE PERIOD MUCH TIME YOU START TO
LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE THINGS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP
AND OBVIOUS THREE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE FARM AND
STUFF BUT BEING ABLE TO SORT OF IDENTITY AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN
OVERGRAIZ AND GETTING INTO THEM AND RIPPING THEM UP AND
FERTILIZING THEM AND THEN FEEDING THEM AND WITH THE CYCLE
OF TIME WATCHING THAT GRASS, THE NEW GRASS COME UP.
IT'S BEEN VERY SATISFYING, ACTUALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M JUST
AS BUSY AS I WOULD NORMALLY BE.
PEOPLE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO ME ON THE PHONE, AND BY COMPUTER
AND STUFF, JUST SO HAPPENS I GET TO DO IT AT HOME.
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN AT HOME FOR THIS LONG SINCE I GOT MARRIED
AND HAD KIDS AND I HAVE A 15 YEAR OLD SON.
>> James: AND HOW ARE THEY COPING.
>> THEY ARE GOOD.
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WE HAD A BIG SERIOUS
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ISOLATION AND EVERYTHING.
AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT I REALLY SHOULD BE IN THE BUSH
BECAUSE MY PARENTS ARE HERE AND THEY ARE OLDER NOW, MY DAD IS 84
AND MUM IS 79.
AND THEY ARE SUFFERING FROM THE SAME SORT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE
OF TAIR AGE SUFFER FROM, A LITTLE EARLY ON SET THIS AND
THAT, YOU KNOW, SO I NEEDED TO BE WHERE THEY WERE, IT WAS
PANICKING THEM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY RELY ON IS
THEIR WEEKLY SCHEDULE.
THEY GO TO SEE SUCH AN SUCH ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN THAT ALL HAD
TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE LOCKDOWN.
YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE PERFECT
SORT OF PLACE, ARE YOU IN THE BUSH, ST ALREADY ISOLATED.
IT IS SET UP FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE ARE LOTS OF COOL
THINGS HERE.
I JUST ASSUME THAT MY KIDS WOULD BE LIKE RIGHT THERE, WE'RE THERE
WITH YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BUSH BECAUSE THAT IS THE
PLACE TO BE.
AND THEY ACTUALLY CHOSE TO STAY IN THE CITY IN THE DENSEST
POPULATION IN AN AREA SURROUNDED BY THE AREAS THAT WERE HAVING
THE MOST INFECTIONS.
AND I'M LIKE BOY, I DON'T GET IT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE CHOOSING TO STAY IN THE CITY.
AND THEIR ANSWER WAS UBER EATS.
>> James: NO.
>> YOU CAN'T GET UBER EATS IN THE BUSH.
>> James: WOW.
>> MY ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY AS THEIR PATRIARCH AND FATHER WAS
GIVEN UP IN FAVOR OF UBER EATS.
>> James: GONE.
NOW I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT GLADIATOR T IS 20 YEARS, 20
YEARS SINCE GLADIATOR WAS RELEASED.
AND I DON'T KNOW HEN THE LAST TIME YOU WATCHED THAT MOVE
C.E.O. WAS.
BUT I WATCHED IT FAIRLY RECENTLY.
AND THAT FILM HOLDS UP AS WELL AS ANY FILM ON A 20 YEAR, YOU
KNOW, WATCHING IT 20 YEARS AFTER IT CAME OUT.
AND I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD UP FOREVER.
I WANT TO KNOW, DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE MAKING IT THIS IT
WOULD BE SO ICONIC.
>> WELL, LISTEN, MAN, WE MADE THAT MOVIE, AND WE WERE UNDER AN
EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF PRESSURE, PARTICULARLY RIVER
SCOTT T WAS A BIG BUDGET, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE $103
MILLION.
AND YOU KNOW T WAS KIND OF RIDICULED AS AN IDEA BECAUSE IT
WAS A SWORD AND SANDAL PIQUE AND THEY WERE, THEY HAD GONE WAY OUT
OF FAVOR OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW.
AND QUITE FRANKLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PIECE, WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE WERE GOING TO DO.
WE WERE MISSING ONE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE
FILM MAKING PROCESS.
AND THAT IS THE COMPLETED SCRIPT.
YOU KNOW.
BUT EVERYBODY IN THAT CAST WERE INTO IT.
AND THAT HAD TO HAPPEN.
RICHARD HARRIS TOOK IT SERIOUSLY, OLIVER REED TOOK IT
SERIOUSLY.
YOU HAVE DAVID HEMMINGS IN THERE, AND SARAH JACOBY AND
TOMMEE FLANAGAN, AND ALL JUST TBIEG INTO AND CONNIE NIELSEN
WITH A CAREER BEST, WHAT QUEEN PHOENIX BEING THE BEST BAD GUY.
>> James: EVER.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
AND SO THE THING IS WE WERE ALL THE SAME WAY, WE HAD KIND OF
COME TO IT AND GO REALLY, AM I GOING TO DO THIS?
I THINK WATCHING IT LIVE MADE ME REALLY LAUGH WAS LIKE HE WAS
DRESSED AS THE EM PER ROHR AND HE SAID RIDLEY, I'M A KID FROM
FLORIDA.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO.
GO OUT THERE AND WAVE?
IT MADE ME REALLY LAUGH.
WE WERE ALL IN THAT BOAT.
AND WE ALL KIND OF JUST MADE, YOU KNOW, DREAMING TOGETHER,
WE'RE GOING TO BUY INTO THIS 100%.
NOBODY IS GOING TO BE WINKING AT THE CAMERA SAYING LOOK AT MY
SILLY COSTUME.
AND FUNNILY ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THAT SINCERITY AND THERE IS
ALMOST LIKE A, YOU KNOW, FOR WANT OF A BETTER EXPRESSION
THERE IS A SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF THAT FILM THAT IS REALLY
UPLIFTING.
EVEN THOUGH IT ENDS IN A DEATH, SORRY FOR THOSE OUT THERE WHO
HAVE NEVER SEEN IT.
>> James: SPOILER ALERT.
>> SPOILER.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE YOU WORK ON A LOT OF
FILMS AND FILMS CAN BE HARD AND DIFFICULT BUT THERE WAS
DEFINITELY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT FILM BY THE END OF IT.
WOULD I HAVE EVER PREDICTED THAT IT WOULD MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY,
THAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR THAT YEAR AND GET
THE OSCAR, WOULD 20 YEARS LATER WE BE STILL DISCUSSING IT AN
THEY'RE HAVING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS FOR IT, NO, THERE
IS NO WAY I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.
BUT WHEN I GOT HOME FROM DOING THAT FILM, MY MUM JUST ASKED ME
HOW I FELT, YOU KNOW, AND I ACTUALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, CUZ I
WAS 35 AT THE TIME, I SAID I FEEL LIKE A FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO
PLAYED ONE SEASON TOO MANY.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW.
THAT FILM JUST TOOK IT OUT OF ME, YOU KNOW.
>> James: I FEEL LIKE THAT BUT I
I HAVE NEVER SHOT GLADIATOR SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WRONG
HERE.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT UNHINGED.
THIS IS YOUR NEW MOVIE.
AND THIS, YOU HAVE REALLY, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR CAREER IS YOU
ARE NEVER, EVER AFRAID TO SORT OF LIFT UP A ROCK AND GO TO THE
DARKER PLACES IN CHARACTERS.
AND THIS IS REALLY A AMONGST KIND OF PROBABLY, THE MOST
UNHINGED CHARACTER YOU PLAYED.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, WHAT IS THE FILM ABOUT AND DID
YOU EVER HESITATE WHEN YOU THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING THIS ROLE.
>> WELL, THE FILM REALLY IS A COMMON PLACE MOMENT THAT
HAPPENS, MOST PLACES IN MOST DAYS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE IS A
LITTLE COMPENSATION BETWEEN DRIVERS AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE
IS JUST A MAN WHO IS SPENDING A LITTLE TOO LONG AT A STOP LIGHT.
AND A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS HAVING SORT OF AN IRRITATING AND
CHALLENGING DAY HERSELF, EXCHANGES WORDS WITH HIM.
BUT THOSE WORDS JUST SET THAT MAN OFF INTO A PATH OF DRUKS.
IT'S A VERY CONFRONTING MOVIE AND YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE CHARACTER AND CONFRONTING FOR ME IS-- THERE IS NO WAY TO
INJECT HUMANITY INTO THIS PERSON.
SO IT IS LIKE A LOT OF THE TIMES YOU ARE PLAYING A BAD GUY AND
YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, USE THE MOMENT FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR
AND GIVE THE AUDIENCE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF, YOU KNOW, THERE
IS NO DOING THAT WITH THIS GUY BECAUSE THERE IS NO JUSTIFYING
ANYTHING THAT HE DOES, YOU KNOW.
BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT TYPE OF OUTPOURING OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
WITH THESE MASS SHOOTINGS OR WHATEVERFUL PEOPLE REACH A POINT
IN THEIR LIVES WHERE THEY BECOME COMPLETELY DE VOID OF HUMANITY
AND THEY ACT THAT OUT, YOU KNOW.
SO FUNNILY FUN-- FUNILY ENOUGH, THE ENERGY ON THAT SET EVEN THEY
WE WERE DEALING WITH DESTRUCTION AND MAYHEM ON A DAILY BASES AND
WE CRACKED SO MANY CARS, WITH AN INCREDIBLY CREW STUNT CREW AND
MAKEUP AND EVERYTHING, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST RELAXED VIBES WE
EXPERIENCED.
AND EVERYBODY, THAT FUNNY THING, YOU GET INTO PROFESSIONAL SPEAK,
SO WHAT REWITH DOING TODAY, TODAY IS THE DAY WE CRASH THE
CAR WITH THE TRUCK.
>> OF COURSE, OF COURSE WE DO.
NOW
RUSSELL, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, I LOVE THE MIRROR BALL IS
SPINNING NOW, NOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THING IN THE SHOW, A
"LATE, LATE SHOW" AND TELL WHERE WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHARE
SOMETHING FROM THEIR HOME THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER GET TO
SEE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.
>> JAIPS, I HAVE PREPARED SOMETHING FOR YOU.
I AM JUST GOING TO LEAN FORWARD.
NOW THIS ITEM, ACTUALLY I PURCHASED IT AT A PUBLIC ART
AUCTION, CHRISTIE, THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY CASH HAD PASSED ON
AND HIS FAMILY PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD
AUCTION OFF.
AND AMONGST THEM WAS THIS PARTICULAR ARTIFACT.
AND ON THE ENGRAVING THIS WAS ACTUALLY AWARDED TO JOHNNY CASH,
CARL PERKINS, JERRY LEE LEWIS, ROY ORBISON, SAM PHILIP, RICH
NELSON AND CHIP-- KSH FOR SPOKEN WORDS RECORD CALLED THE CLASS OF
55.
SO IT WAS ALL GUYS TALKING ABOUT THEIR EARLY DAYS MUCH SUN
RECORDS AND RECORDING AND EVERYTHING AND WON THE GRAMMY.
>> WOW.
>> I BOUGHT THIS AND I'M A MATE OF ED SHEERAN RIGHT, AND ED HAS
BEEN HERE ON THE FARM A COUPLE OF TIMES.
AND ONE NIGHT WE WERE IN THE BAR, AND I WILL SET THE SCENE,
ONE NIGHT WE WERE IN THE BAR AND HE ASKED ME WHERE IS THAT GRAMMY
OF JOHNNY CASH.
I WENT AND GOT IT AND HE SAID YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO WITH
GRAMMIES.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS A HORN ON THE GRAMMY, BECAUSE
WE-- I WILL SET THE SCENE, THE LIGHTINGS WITH DIFFERENT, IT WAS
KIND OF A BIT MORE LIKE THIS, YEAH, AND THERE WAS MORE, A BIT
OF MOVEMENT SO IT WAS LIKE-- AND A BOTTLE OF FRANK SINATRA, JACK
DANIELS, DOING SHOTS AT A JOHNNY CRASH'S GRAMMY.
>> WOW.
>> AND WE COULD GO BACK TO THE LIGHTING.
>> THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE BEST SHOW STORIES THAT I HAVE EVER
HEARD.
BLESS YOU AND FOR THE LIGHTING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME,
SO LOVELY AS ALWAYS TO SEE YOU, STAY SAFE OUT THERE, WHEN WE
COME BACK, CHARLIE PUTH IS GOING TO BE HERE WITH A PERFORMANCE.