>> Stephen: HEY!
WOKUM BACK, EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A
TALENTED ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM
"SUCCESSION," "LOVE LIFE," AND "SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME."
HE NOW STARS IN THE NETFLIX SERIES, "INVENTING ANNA."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ARIAN MOAYED!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HELLO!
THANK YOU ALL!
WOW!
LOOK AT THIS!
THAT IS VERY WARM AND LOVELY.
>> Stephen: THEY ARE LOVELY PEOPLE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
I AM, FIRST OF ALL, GRATEFUL YOU WORE A SUIT AND A TIE.
>> I SAW WHAT KYLE WAS DOING AND I THOUGHT --
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT RESPECTFUL.
>> WHAT'S THAT ABILITY?
HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
BESIDES YOUR OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS, PEOPLE KNOW YOU AS STEWY IN
"SUCCESSION" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THAT'S STEWY.
STEWY WHO IS KIND OF THIS FRIENDLY MENACE AT THE SAME
TIME, HE'S LIKE A BUDDY AND ALSO I WILL CUT YOUR THROAT WHEN YOU
TURN AROUND.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: IS IT FUN TO MAKE?
BECAUSE IT'S FUN TO WATCH ALL THESE PEOPLE BEING AWFUL TO EACH
OTHER.
>> IT'S EXCITING TO MAKE.
EVERYBODY ON THE SHOW IS FROM THE THEATER.
THE WAY WE SHOOT IT, WE HAVE THESE, LIKE, LONG SCENES WE DO,
LIKE LITTLE ONE ACTS, AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE AND YOU'RE JUST KIND OF BEING ON STAGE AND
GOING THESE CHARACTERS.
ACTUALLY, IN THE SCENE YOU'RE MENTIONING, RIGHT BEFORE, YOU
KNOW, THE FIRST TAKE -- AND WE DIDN'T REHEARSE BEFORE IT --
RIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST TAKE, I SAW THAT THE FIRST A.D. WAS
SNIFFING SOME LAVENDER AND THE PROPS PERSON WAS ALSO SNIFFING
LAVENDER.
AND I WAS, LIKE, LET ME SMELL THAT.
AND THEY SAID, WE'RE READY TO GO.
I TOOK A SNIFF, IT WAS AMAZING.
I PUT IT DOWN, THE SCENE STARTS AND BRIAN COX IS RIGHT IN FRONT
OF ME AND, RIGHT AS IT'S HAPPENING, HE'S TELLING ME THE
PITCH OF THE DEAL AND I LOOK DOWN AND I JUST GRAB THE
LAVENDER AND I SMELL IT WHILE HE'S DOING THE SCENE!
AND THEN I WAS, LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO TELL
ME NOT TO DO THAT AND THEN TAKE AFTER TAKE AFTER TAKE AND NOW
IT'S LIKE A MEME AND I KEEP ON SAYING, IF I KNEW SNIFFING
LAVENDER WAS GOING TO BE A BIG HIT, I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS 15
YEARS AGO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I'VE INTERVIEWED
BRIAN COX A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HE'S A VERY INTERESTING GUY, BUT
I IMAGINE ACROSS A TABLE FROM HIM, ESPECIALLY HIM PLAYING THAT
CHARACTER MIGHT BE A BIT OF AN INTIMIDATING FIGURE.
>> VERY INTIMIDATING AND, ALSO, YOU KNOW, HE'S A THEATER AND
FILM AND TV LEGEND.
AND ONE TIME I HAD THIS SCENE IN SEASON ONE WHERE I HAVE TO TELL
HIM IN FRONT OF ALL THESE AMAZING ACTORS LIKE EVERYONE
FIN' HATES YOU AND THE FIRST TAKE HAPPENS AND I'M A LITTLE
NERVOUS AND HE COMES UP TO ME AND SAYS, STOP IT, YOU'RE GREAT,
JUST BE GREAT.
AND THAT COMPLETELY PUT ME AT EASE.
>> Stephen: HOW GENEROUS.
HE WAS, LIKE, ANGRY BUT GENEROUS.
HE'S, LIKE, STOP IT, YOU'RE GREAT!
IT WAS FUN.
>> Stephen: YOU -- AND THIS IS A COMPLIMENT -- BUT YOU LOOK
LIKE STEWY.
PEOPLE EVER JUST SEE YOU AS STEWY?
DO THEY TREAT YOU LIKE STEWY WHEN THEY SEE YOU IN THE WORLD?
>> ALL THE TIME.
NUMEROUS TIMES I'M WITH MY GIRLS AT A RESTAURANT.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY YOUNG?
13 AND 11, THEY HAVE NOT SEEN "SUCCESSION."
HOPEFULLY THEY NEVER DO.
AND THEN SOMEONE -- YOU COULD TELL, LIKE, FINANCE PERSON WALKS
RIGHT BY AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE -- AND ONE PERSON ONE TIME
WAS, LIKE, YOU WANT TO HIT THE BATHROOM AFTER THIS?
AND I'M KIND OF LIKE MY KIDS ARE HERE AND I'VE CO-FOUNDED A
NONPROFIT THEATER COMPANY.
I DON'T THINK I'M THE GUY YOU THINK I AM.
>> Stephen: LET'S DO A LITTLE BUMP.
>> LET'S JUST DO A LITTLE BUMP RIGHT HERE!
>> Stephen: SO WAS IT GOOD STUFF?
>> YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU ARE STARRING IN "INVENTING ANNA,"
WHCH IS ABOUT THIS WOMAN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY ANNA DELVEY'S LAWYER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THIS IS A FASCINATING STORY.
TELL THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW IT YET WHO SHE WAS.
>> SHE WAS, IS OFTEN KNOWN AS THE SOHO GRIFTER, AND SHE WAS
THIS FAKE GERMAN HEIRESS WHO SWINDLED A BUNCH OF ELITE
NEW YORKERS AND I REPRESENT HER IN A COURT OF LAW.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL CRIMES SHE WAS ACCUSED
OF?
>> THE CRIMES, THERE WERE TWELVE CRIMES SHE WAS ACCUSED OF.
THAT'S A NICE NUMBER.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
BUT MY CHARACTER PLAYED BY ME -D SPODUK, THE ACTUAL HUMAN BEING,
GOT HER OFF ON FOUR OF THOSE TWELVE CHARGES, SO HE DID A
REALLY GOOD JOB.
BUT THE CHARGES WERE, YOU KNOW, STEALING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLE AND PLACES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
>> Stephen: AND DID SHE CHANGE HER IDENTITY AS SHE WENT ALONG
OR JUST ALWAYS THIS ONE GERMAN FAKE HEIRESS?
>> SHE WAS A COMPLETELYIAN THAT CAN GO INTO A ROOM AND SHE'S --
CHAMELEON WHO CAN GO INTO A ROOM AND BE A DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOUR 11 AND 13-YEAR-OLD SEEN "INVENTING
ANNA."
>> THEY'VE SEEN IT AD NAUSEAM, BIG TEAM ANNA FANS.
THEY'RE USUALLY NOT IMPRESSED BY IT, BUT I WAS IN "SPIDER-MAN"
AND FOR A DAY I WAS THE COOLEST GUY.
>> Stephen: IT MUST BE THE COOLEST THING FOR THEIR DAD TO
BE IN THE BIGGEST MOVIE EVER.
>> YEAH, THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE, LIKE, YOUR PART WAS KIND OF
SMALL.
I WAS, LIKE, JUST GO TO YOUR ROOM!
>> Stephen: SOMETHING ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOUR FAMILY WAS FROM IRAN AND THEY LEFT THE
IRANIAN REVOLUTION IN 189 # 79.
COMING FROM A FAMILY THAT HAD TO MAKE A NEW LIFE AFTER BEING
DISPLACED BY A CRISIS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY, WHETHER THAT GIVES
YOU A PARTICULAR VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TRAGEDY IN
UKRAINE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, IT'S THE BRAVERY THAT WE ARE ALL WATCHING
OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORKED IN I.T. AND MARKETING
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOW DEFENDING THEIR HOMELAND IS KIND
OF SO INCREDIBLE TO WATCH, AND WE APPLAUD THEM.
AND I OFTENTIMES THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED TO MY
FAMILY.
MY FAMILY LEFT IRAN, AND WE WERE THEN INVADED BY IRAQ, AND MY
BROTHER FOUGHT IN THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, AND THOSE STORIES, AND THEN
WE'RE ALSO JUST PEOPLE.
AS MUCH AS I AM PRAYING FOR THE UKRAINIANS, I'M PRAYING FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET TO EMPATHIZE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE
GOING THROUGH THESE WAR-TORN SITUATIONS.
>> Stephen: ARIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STEPHEN: "INVENTING ANNA" IS ON NETFLIX NOW.
ARIAN MOYED, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.