LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "BILLY
ELLIOT," "FANTASTIC FOUR," AND "FILM STARS DON'T DIE IN
LIVERPOOL."
HIS LATEST FILM IS "SKIN."
>> I'M NOT LEAVING YOU ALONE >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
YOU NEED TO GET THE KID AND GET OUT OF HERE.
IT'S UNSAFE FOR THEM HERE.
LET'S GO.
I'LL BE FIEWN.
FINE.>> YOU ( BLEEP ) BETTER BE.
YOU COME BACK TO ME, OKAY?
>> I PROMISE I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JAMIE BELL!
♪ AUNT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH ♪ AIN'T NO RIVER WIDE ENOUGH
♪ TO KEEP ME FROM GETTING TO YOU BABE ♪
>> Stephen: PLEASE.
DEFINITELY.
GOTTA HYDRATE.
>> IS THAT YOURS?
>> NO, THAT'S YOURS.
YOU HAVE TO STAY HYDRATED FOR THESE.
THE MOVIE IS CALLED "SKIN."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER TRYING TO DO?
WHAT ARE THEY RUNNING AWAY FROM?
>> THE STORY IS TRUE.
I PLAYED W PLAY BRYON WIDNER.
COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN TATTOOS.
MEETS THIS WOMAN, AS YOU SATHERE, AND HER THREE CHILDREN.
THE STORY WITH HIM, IT'S A COMING TO CONSCIOUSNESS, I
THINK.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN AWAKENING OF A MAN.
AND HE GOES THROUGH TWO YEARS OF VERY PAINFUL SURGERY TO REMOVE
THESE TATTOOS, AND ULTIMATELY ATTEMPT TO REFORM HIMSELF.
AND THE FILM ISUND COO OF ASKING QUESTIONS OF HOW FAR DO WE
EXTEND OUR SENSE OF COMPASSION?
HOW FAR CAN WE EXTEND OUR SENSE OF KINDNESS FOR THESE KINDS OF
PEOPLE?
AND ALSO THE COMPASSION AND KINDNESS OF STRANGERS, PEOPLE
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS AN AMERICAN STORY.
YOU'RE PLAYING AN AMERICAN NEO-NAZI.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THERE'S BEEN AN ALARMING RISE OF WHITE
SUPREMACISTS, SORT OF OPEN WHITE SUPREMACY AND WHITE SUPREMACIST
CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE LAST OH... TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
( LAUGHTER )
AND NOW, IS THE SAME THING HAPPENING IN ENGLAND?
>> WELL, WE HAVE -- >> Stephen: SOMETHING SIMILAR.
>> WE HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER WHO ENCOURAGES THAT SIDE OF
THINGS, I THINK.
>> Stephen: BORIS JOHNSON.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST.
>> HE'S DEFINITELY NOT A WHITE SUPREMACIST.
BUT I JUST THINK, YOU HAVE A CLOWN AS A PRESIDENT.
AND NOW WE HAVE A CLOWN AS A PRIME MINISTER.
( APPLAUSE )
SUPREMACIST.
LET MOO TAKE THAT BACK.
IS HE A WHITE ENTHUSIAST?
>> I WOULD SAY SO, BREXIT.
I'M JUST SAYING, ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO, WE CAN DO JUST AS
STUPIDLY.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: ON A LIGHTER NOTE >> TRUE, KEEP IT LIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO, IN "ROCKET MAN" YOU PLAYED BERNIE
TOPIN.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: ELTON'S LONGTIME LYRICIST.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE, LIKE, A LONG-- YOU HAVE A
LONG-TERM-- YOU HAVE A LONG-RUNNING RELATIONSHIP WITH
ELTON JOHN YOURSELF.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET HIM?
>> I WAS IN A FILM CALLED "BILLY ELLIOT" ABOUT 150 YEARS AGO.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: HERE WE GO.
>> ANYWAY, SO, THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WHEN THE FILM
PREMIERED, AND HE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON I'D EVER MET.
WHEN I MET HIM, HE WAS JUST A WEEPING, SHAKING MESS.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT IN DOING THE FILM AND
IN LEARNING ABOUT HIM AND RESEARCHING HIM, AND IF YOU GUYS
HAVE SEEN THE FILM, IT DEALS A LOT WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS
FATHER NOT REALLY ACCEPTING HIS SEXUALITY.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HIS FATHER NEVER CAME TO A SINGLE ONE OF
HIS SHOWS, NOT ONE, THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE CAREER.
AND OBVIOUSLY IN THE FILM "BILLY ELLIOT" AT THE END THE GAD SHOWS
UP TO SEE THE GROWN-UP BILLY ELLIOT PERFORMING.
THAT FOR HIM, IT CRUSHED HIM.
BUT AFTER, THAT HE WROTE THE MUSIC FOR "BILLY ELLIOT THE
MUSICAL."
I FELT WEIRDLY COSMICALLY TETHERED TO HIM BECAUSE OF THAT
EXPERIENCE.
AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO PLAY BERNIE IN THAT MOVIE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY, THAT'S LOVELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "SKIN" IS IN SELECT THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
JAMIE BELL, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.