>>> ASK WELCOME BACK. JASON ISAAC, SO GOOD AT BEING
BAD.
BAD. >> >> WE ALL FEARED HIM AS KOL
NER PATTERSON IN THE PATRIOT.
>> AND LUCIUS MAYFOY.
HE PLAYS HAP, A SCIENTIST SO
OBSESSED WITH NEAR DEATH
EXPERIENCES THAT HE’S WILLING TO
DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PROVE
THEY’RE REAL.
THEY’RE REAL. >> PRAL SITARALYSIS SETS IN AFTE
MINUTES, THE HEART STOPS AFTER
13 TO 15.
13 TO 15. >> YOU’VE KILLED US.
>> IT’S OVER FOR ALL OF US.
>> EITHER WE DO THE MOVEMENTS,
TRAVEL TO ANOTHER DIMENSION
TOGETHER OR WE DIE HERE IN THIS
FIELD TOGETHER.
FIELD TOGETHER. IT’S UP TO YOU.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> JASON JOINS US NOW.
>> A WEEKEND AT MY HOUSE.
>> WATCHING THIS SHOW, I’M
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS
IDEA WAS EVER PITCHED BECAUSE
IT’S VERY CONFUSING AND HARD TO
EXPLAIN.
EXPLAIN. >> THE STAR AND COWRITER WHO
DIRECTS AND COWROTE IT, THEY
SPENT TWO YEARS WRITING, MAPPING
OUT FIVE SEASONS OF THIS
INCREDIBLE MYSTERY, SPIRITUAL
THRILLER, WHATEVER IT IS, AND
THEY WROTE THE PART ONE, ALL
EIGHT EPISODES.
EIGHT EPISODES. THEY BROUGHT IT ITN, AND IT WAS
BIDDING WAR.
BIDDING WAR. NETFLIX SMARTLY WON THAT.
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE CALLED
SECURITY.
SECURITY. IT’S COMPLETELY INSANE.
THEY HAD A WHOLE ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN WORKED OUT.
THEY WENT LET’S JUST PUT IT ON
THE SERVER AND LET PEOPLE FIND
IT.
IT. IT’S A HUGE CULT SHOW.
I’M STOPPED IN THE STREET ALL
THE TIME.
THE TIME. PEOPLE CONSTANTLY ASK ME ANSWERS
TO THE QUESTIONS THAT THE SHOW
THROWS UP.
THROWS UP. AND THE TRUTH IS THEY DON’T WANT
THE ANSWERS.
THE ANSWERS. THEY WANT TO WATCH SEASON TWO.
LUCKY FOR THEM THAT’S WHAT’S
HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY.
IT’S BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL,
INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DO ON TV, WELL, IT’S VERY
POPULAR.
POPULAR. THEY HAVE TAKEN ITS SUCCESS AS A
CUE TO GO RIGHT OFF INTO THE
HEAVENS.
HEAVENS. THEY ARE SO FEARLESSLY
IMAGINATIVE.
IMAGINATIVE. THEY COME FROM INDY MOVIES AND
THEY’RE NOT POISONED BY 30 YEARS
LIKE I AM.
>> IS IT TRUE YOU WEREN’T
ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE HAP?
>> DID YOU SAY THAT ON TV?
THAT’S ALL RIGHT, NO ONE’S
WATCHING.
WATCHING. >> WE HOPE THAT’S NOT TRUE.
>> DOG GONE IT, MAN.
>> THEY STARTED FILMING WITH
SOMEBODY ELSE.
SOMEBODY ELSE. THANKS THANK GOD IT DIDN’T WORK
OUT FOR ME, NOT FOR HIM
OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY. AND THEY SAID LISTEN, CAN WE
CHANGE HAP.
CHANGE HAP. YOU FOUGHT TO GET THIS GUY.
THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL CHOICE, AND
THEY SAID WE JUST THINK IT’S NOT
WORKING OUT, AND TOMORROW WE
HAVE GRAND CENTRAL STATION,
WHICH IS A HUGE EXPENSIVE SCENE,
AND ONCE WE SHOOT THAT, WE CAN’T
CHANGE.
CHANGE. I WAS CLEARLY THE ONLY ACTOR
AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT, AND I HAD
A MIDNIGHT SKYPE.
I READ EIGHT EPISODES.
MY HEAD WAS SPINNING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT, AND
I LIKED HIM.
HE LIKED ME.
MY KIDS CAME DOWN FOR BREAKFAST,
WHY IS YOUR BAG PICTURED DADDY,
I’M SO SORRY, I’M GOING TO NEW
YORK.
YORK. >> WHO’D YOU STEAL THE JOB FROM,
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY?
>> THAT’S NOT AN APPROPRIATE
THING TO SAY.
TO A MAGNIFICENT ACTOR WHO HAS
DONE VERY WELL SINCE, WHO IS
WATCHING THIS AND IS SPITTING
OUT HIS BREAKFAST.
I APOLOGIZE, I’M SO GRATEFUL.
>> BUT DON’T WORRY, NOBODY’S
WATCHING.
WATCHING. >> HERE’S MY QUESTION.
THE SHOW EXPLORES MULTIPLE
DIMENSIONS, DO YOU GET PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT’S REAL?
>> SOMEBODY RECENTLY CAME UP TO
ME AND SAID CAN YOU PLEASE TELL
BRIT MARLING SHE’S A GODDESS?
NO, I MEAN, SHE IS A GODDESS,
AND I WENT, OH, I SEE.
I’M SO SORRY, I HAVE TO LEAVE.
CAN I JUST TAKE ISSUE WITH
SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT ME
EARLY ON?
EARLY ON? HAP IS TRYING TO CURE DEATH.
I’VE SEEN HIM DESCRIBED AS A MAD
SCIENTIST, NOT ON THIS SHOW BUT
ELSEWHERE, AS A MAD SCIENTIST.
HE’S ACTUALLY ON TO SOMETHING.
IF SOMEBODY CAME AND SAID I
CURED CANCER, NO ONE WILL EVER
BE SICK AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WERE
MESSING WITH DNA, WE MIGHT NOT
WANT TO KNOW TOO MUCH.
THIS GUY MAY BE ON THE EDGE OF
CURING DEATH.
CURING DEATH. HE KNOWS HE HAS TO DO A FEW
UNSAVORY THINGS TO A FEW PEOPLE.
HE RECOGNIZES THE COST OF THAT,
AND HE BEARS THAT.
HE’S NOT A SOCIOPATHIC.
TO MY MIND, HE’S A HERO.
>> ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CURE DEATH
THOUGH?
THOUGH? >> THAT’S A BIGGER QUESTION.
WATCH SEASON THREE, I DON’T
KNOW.
KNOW. >> NOW THERE’S A TEASE.
>> GENUINELY HE’S ON A MISSION
TO DO SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT AND
HE KNOWS THE THINGS HE’S DOING
TO GET THERE ARE PRETTY
UNETHICAL, AND IT WEIGHS ON HIM.
WHAT’S BRILLIANT ABOUT THEIR
WRITING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS,
I MEET THIS WOMAN, THE OA PLAYED
BY BRIT, AND I KIND OF FALL FOR
HER AND INSANELY HOPE SHE FALLS
FOR ME AND SEES BEYOND THE FACT
THAT I’M DOING THESE AWFUL
THINGS AND APPRECIATES ME FOR
WHO I AM, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL
HUMAN MALE CONDITION.
YOU SHOULD THINK I’M FABULOUS
FOR THESE THINGS I’M DOING.