>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST
TONIGHT FROM "ATONEMENT," "BROOKLYN," AND
"LADYBIRD."
SHE NOW PLAYS JO MARCH IN "LITTLE WOMEN."
>> LOOK AT ME!
I'M HOMELY AND AWKWARD AND -- >> I LOVE YOU, JO.
AND YOU WOULD BE ASHAMED.
I LOVE YOU, JO.
AND WE WOULD QUARREL.
WE CAN'T HELP IT EVEN NOW.
I'D HATE ELEGANT SOCIETY, YOU'D HATE MY SCRIBBLING, AND WE WOULD
BE UNHAPPY AND WE WOULD WISH WE HADN'T DONE IT AND EVERYTHING
WOULD BE HORRID.
>> ANYTHING MORE?
NO, NOTHING MORE.
ALL RIGHT.
EXCEPT THAT -- TEDDY, I DON'T BELIEVE I WILL EVER MARRY.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SAOIRSE
RONAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
STAY AWAKE.
I KNOW IT'S LATE BUT STAY AWAKE.
>> I ALWAYS FORGET HOW BIG IT IS IN HERE AND HOW COLD IT IS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
DO YOU WANT A BLANKET OR SOMETHING?
>> WELL, I SAW HELENA'S INTERVIEW AND SHE BROUGHT A
BLANKET OUT.
>> Stephen: SHE BROUGHT HER COAT.
SHE BROUGHT HER COAT TO LAY OVER HER KNEES.
>> YES.
I'D ALSO LIKE A CUP OF TEA.
>> Stephen: A CUP OF TEA?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: CAN WE GET A CUP OF TEA FOR HER, PLEASE?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS MORNING YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE FOR YOUR
PORTRAYAL OF JO MARCH.
WELL DESERVED.
REALLY BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT.
THIS WAS YOUR FOURTH NOMINATION FOR THE GOLDEN GLOBES.
>> 'TIS, INDEED.
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE LIKE AWARD SHOWS AND SOME FIND THEM
MERELY STRESSFUL.
DO YOU ENJOY THEM SINCE YOU'RE AN OLD HAND AT THEM AT THIS
POINT?
>> I HAVE SOME OF THEM.
I THINK WHAT I HAVE FIGURED OUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IS IT'S
ALWAYS MORE FUN IF YOU BRING A PAL WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU BRING SOMEBODY AND IT'S NOT LIKE -- IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT YOU LOSING, BECAUSE YOU GO AND YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO WIN
OR YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE AND YOU FEEL LIKET THAT.
>> Stephen: YES.
O WHEN I BRING MY PAL WITH ME, IT'S ABOUT HAVING A PROSECCO
AND ANYTHING ELSE IS, LIKE, AN ADDED BONUS.
>> Stephen: IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN AT AN AWARDS SHOW BRING
YOUR 10-YEAR-OLD SON.
>> OH, MY GOSH, DID YOU DO THAT?
>> Stephen: I BROUGHT MY 10-YEAR-OLD AND WE WENT THROUGH
THE RED CARPET AND WHOLE RIG MA ROLL, AND MY SON TURNED AND
SAID, YOU DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS FUN!
( LAUGHTER ) >> WHO WAS HE EXCITED TO MEET?
KIDS DON'T LIE.
>> Stephen: WHO WAS HE EXCITED TO MEET?
>> YEAH, WAS HE EXCITED TO MEET ANYONE?
>> Stephen: JOHN OLIVER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> HE'S A MINI YOU.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE ME.
OKAY.
SO "LITTLE WOMEN" ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY THE FANTASTIC GRETA
GERWIG, WHO, ALSO, OF COURSE, DIRECTED YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IN "LADYBIRD" IN 2017.
UM, JO IS A BELOVED CHARACTER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SHE'S AN ICONIC CHARACTER.
SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM "LADYBIRD" ARE IN.
THIS DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO PLAY JO?
>> NO, I DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW I WAS GOING TO BE JO, BUT I KNEW
WHEN GRETA WAS MAKING "LITTLE WOMEN" THAT I HAD TO BE JO, AND
I WAS VERY FORWARD WITH HER, AND I HAD, LIKE, MY IRISH VOICE IN
MY HEAD GOING, DON'T DO IT!
DON'T PURSUE!
JUST APOLOGIZE!
THEN, OH, NO, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TO ME, GRAND.
BUT WITH THIS, I THINK BECAUSE I KNOW HER, AND I'VE GROWN UP WITH
THE BOOK LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE READ IT IN IRELAND?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: EVERY GIRL IN EIGHTH GRADE OR SEVENTH GRADE,
SUMMER READING LIST, IT'S "LITTLE WOMEN."
>> IT'S "LITTLE WOMEN."
I DON'T THINK IT'S SORT OF AS WIDESPREAD IN IRELAND, BUT, I
MEAN, I THINK EVERYONE REALLY KNOWS ABOUT IT FROM OTHER FILM
ADOPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE LOVE IT, AND, SO, WE'VE
ALL SORT OF GROWN UP WITH IT, AND THEN, THROUGH, YOU KNOW,
OTHER FILM VERSIONS, WE GO, OH, I'M GOING TO READ THE BOOK, AND
THAT'S HOW I WAS INTRODUCED TO IT.
SO I JUST SORT OF WENT TO ONE OF THE AWARD SHOWS AND TAPPED HER
ON THE SHOULDER PRETTY AGGRESSIVELY AND I WAS, LIKE,
TURN AROUND, YOU, AND SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING "LITTLE
WOMEN," WHICH SHE KNEW -- ( LAUGHTER )
-- SHE KNEW THAT, BECAUSE IT'S HER LIFE, AND I JUST SAID, I
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE JO MARCH, SO IF
YOU WANT TO TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, FINE, BUT I'LL BE
THERE FIRST IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND SHE TOOK, LIKE, A WEEK, AND I WAS WAITING EVERY DAY TO HEAR,
AND SHE FINALLY E-MAILED ME AND SAID, OKAY, YOU CAN BE JO.
SO A VERY ROMANTIC STORY.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT GRETA WAS PREGNANT THROUGH THE
ENTIRE SHOOT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
>> NONE OF US NEWEL HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW?
>> SO WE DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST, LIKE, AMAZING, HAD
THIS INCREDIBLE COMMAND OVER THE SET, AND IT DIDN'T EVEN COME
INTO OUR HEAD.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE WAYS TO TELL A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, BY THE
WAY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD THE TALK.
( LAUGHTER ) >> HOW BABIES WERE MADE.
>> Stephen: A FIRM HANDSHAKE ( LAUGHTER )
>> YEAH, AND SHE MUST HAVE DONE THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) AND SHE --
( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW.
ANYWAY, SEVEN MONTHS LATER -- >> Stephen: WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
COULD HAVE BEEN IMMACULATE.
>> THERE'S A BABY COOKING IN THERE AND IT'S SEVEN MONTHS AND
NONE OF US KNEW.
ONE DAY WE WERE DOING ONE OF THE ATTIC SCENES.
IT'S VERY HOT AND WE WERE IN AND OUT AND THERE WERE LOADS OF
PROPS AND THERE'S NO AIR AND IT WAS VERY, VERY HOT.
I LOOKED AT HER AND SHE HAD A VERY THICK WOOLEN SORT OF
FULL-LENGTH DRESS WITH A JUMP OVER THE TOP AND A JACKET OVER
THE TOP OF THAT AND BIG BOOTS AND TIGHTS ON AND I WAS, LIKE,
ARE YOU NOT, LIKE, ABSOLUTELY MELTING?
AND SHE'S, LIKE, NO, I'M FINE!
AND SHE WAS IN AG IN AGONY, AND BECAUSE SHE WAS TRYING TO HIDE
HER BEFORE.
SHE HAD THIS UNIFORM SHE WOULD WEAR.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE YOUR TEA RIGHT HERE.
>> YOU ACTUALLY GOT ME A CUP OF TEA.
>> Stephen: YES.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE'S NO MILK IN IT.
SORRY.
( LAUGHTER ) HELENA --
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR TEA?
>> A BIT OF MILK.
>> Stephen: A BIT OF MILK.
I HAVE PURELLE.
( LAUGHTER ) I HAVE ADVIL.
I HAVE BAND AIDS AND I HAVE COUGH LOZENGES.
LOZENGES.
>> I'LL HAVE ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE MY THROAT IS QUITE
TICKLY.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ANNOYING WHAT I'M DOING IN THE INTERVIEW?
>> Stephen: WE'LL FIND OUT.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE ARE CHOKING -- THEY'RE A
CHOKING HAZARD.
( LAUGHTER ) IN THE MOVIE AS WE SAW IN THE
CLIP, YOU ARE REUNITED WITH TIMOTHY CHALOMAY.
THERE YOU ARE BEING VERY LOVING.
>> IT WAS VERY SAD.
>> Stephen: WAS IT GOOD TO HAVE THE EMOTIONAL UPPER HAND IN
THIS ONE?
>> YEAH, HE WAS DUE A LITTLE HEART BREAK.
HE GETS A LOT OF LOVE, TIMOTHY.
I NEEDED TO BRING HIM BACK DOWN TO EARTH.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO DID A SCENE WITH MERYL STREEP.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: IS THAT INTIMIDATING OR A JOY BECAUSE
SHE'S A LOVELY PERSON.
>> SHE'S SO NICE.
OBVIOUSLY, SHE'S SO SMARNTD SHE BROUGHT -- SHE'S SO SMART AND
SHE BROUGHT SO MUCH TO THIS FILM IN SCENES SHE WASN'T EVEN IN.
THERE'S SO MUCH INSIGHT SHE HAD, A WOMAN'S INTUITION DURING THAT
TIME AND GREATA WOULD WRITE THE NUGGETS OF KNOWLEDGE DOWN SHE
HAD.
I WAS GROUND IN THE SCENE.
I COULDN'T HAVE KEPT IT TOGETHER.
SHE HAS A POODLE CALLED MIKE THE WHOLE TIME ON THE SCENE AND THAT
GOT RID OF THE ATTENTION.
THERE WAS A LITTLE FLUFFY DOG ALWAYS LOOKING.
BUT AS SOON AS THE SCENE FINISHED AND THEY WERE CHECKING
THE GATE AND WE WERE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER THING, I
REMEMBER I WAS LIKE, YES, GREAT SCENE, MERYL.
AND I WAS WANDERING OFF AND THOUGHT, MY GOD, I GOT TO DO A
SCENE WITH MERYL STREEP.
I WAS, LIKE, TRYING TO HOLD HER AND HE SPOND TO HER.
>> Stephen: HOW DID SHE RESPOND.
>> I WAS SAYING THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND LETTING ME
DO THIS TO YOU.
SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN SO LOVELY TO ME.
I MET HER THE FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15 AND SHE GAVE ME
THIS HUG LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR THE LOVELY PERFORMANCE AS JO MARCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE LOZENGE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Stephen: "LITTLE WOMEN" OPENS ON CHRISTMAS
SAOIRSE RONAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TOM BROKAW.