MY NEXT GUEST IS THE ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED FILMMAKER OF
"SUPERSIZE ME."
PLEASE WELCOME MORGAN SPURLOCK.
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>> Stephen: WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU FROM "SUPERSIZE ME" AND YOUR SHOWS ON
CNN AND ELSEWHERE.
YOU STARTED IN FEATURE FILMS, THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> I DID.
MY VERY FIRST MOVIE OUT OF COLLEGE I WALKED ON "THE
PROFESSIONAL."
>> Stephen: THE ONE WITH NATALIE PORTMAN.
>> SO VERY GLAMOROUS AS A P.A.
I WAS UP ON 96th STREET AND A POLICE HORSE GOES RIDING
THROUGH THE HORSE, AND THEY GO, "MORGAN, WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF
WHAT THE POLICE HORSE LEFT OUT IN THE ROAD."
AND I'M OUT THERE SHOVELING THE LEFTED OVERS FROM THE POLICE
HORSE AND I'M LIKE, "MAN, THIS FILM MAKING IS GLAMOROUS."
>> Stephen: ANY FILM YOU MAKE IS A STEP UP FROM THAT.
YOU HAVE TACKLED TOUGH SUBJECTS -- FAST FOOD, PRISON, MIGRANT
FARMING.
BUT ALSO A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ONE DIRECTION.
>> YES.
THAT -- >> THIS ONE DIRECTION BE
INSULTED THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THAT LIST?
>> I FEEL LIKE THOSE BOYS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, A REAL EXPOAS
A ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THEM.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU THINK THEY'D DO IN PRISON?
>> THEY WOULD BE VERY POPULAR.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: POPULAR, POPULAR.
YOU'VE PUT YOURSELF THROUGH SOME HELL DOING WHAT YOU CALL
PARTICIPATORY JOURNALISM.
>> THE LORD'S WORK I LIKE TO CALL IT.
>> Stephen: THE LORD'S WORK.
YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO SPEND A WHOLE DAY AT THE SPA.
>> THAT'S THE NEXT ONE.
I SHOULD DO THAT NEXT.
>> Stephen: YOU NEED IT BECAUSE YOUR MOVIE RIGHT NOW IS
CALLED.
>> "RATS."
>> Stephen: AND IT'S BEEN CALLED BY YOU OR SOMEBODY ELSE,
A HORROR DOCUMENTARY.
>> YES.
I LOVE HORROR FILMS.
I GREW UP LOVING HORROR FILMS.
I GREW UP IN WEST VIRGINIA, AND MY PARENT IN THE 70s TOOK ME
TO SEE MOVIES YOU SHOULD NEVER TAKE CHILDREN TO.
I HAD TERRIBLE PARENTS.
THE "EXORCIST" "JAWS," "SCANNERS."
WHEN MICHAEL IRONS MADE THAT GUY'S HEAD EXPLODE IN "SCANNERS"
CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU?
>> NINE.
COME ON, STOP JUDGING!
>> Stephen: THEY'RE JUDGING YOUR PARENTS.
THEY'RE NOT JUDGING YOU.
>> WELL, THEY'RE TERRIBLE PEOPLE.
BUT THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT MADE MEANTIME IT TO MAKE MOVIES
FOREVER.
>> Stephen: WHY A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT RATS?
WHY COWE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT RAT?
>> BECAUSE THEY'RE EVIL AND SCARY.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY EVIL AND SCARY?
>> I THINK WE ARE SO SCARED OF THEM AS HUMANS --
>> Stephen: MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE RAT.
>> MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE RATS.
AND I THINK DOING A FILM ABOUT THEM, BUT SHOT LIKE A HORROR
FILM, SCORED LIKE A HORROR FILM, PLAYS INTO OUR FEARS.
>> Stephen: IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
AND IN THIS CLIP, IT'S NEW YORK CITY?
>> IT IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN, PROBABLY 40 BLOCKS FROM HERE.
>> Stephen: AND THESE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR RATS?
RAT CATCHERS.
>> THERE IS A GUY NAMED BOBBY CORRIGAN, THE GURU OF RAT ON
EARTH.
IF YOU HAVE A RAT QUESTION, CALL HIM.
HE HAS A RAT ACADEMY IN NEW YORK-- IT'S TRUE-- AND HE'S
TAKING THE MEMBERS OF THE RAT ACADEMY ON A RAT SAFARI.
>> Stephen: JIMMY, LET'S GO TO THE RAT SAFARI.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> THOUSANDS OF RATS RUNNING AROUND, THOUSANDS OF THEM.
>> KICK THAT BAG RIGHT THERE.
HE WERE THEY COME.
>> IF YOU COME LATE AT NIGHT, THEY'RE RUNNING ACROSS THE
STREET AND EVERYTHING.
>> THEY SAY WE DON'T HAVE A RAT PROBLEM.
>> OH, MY GOSH!
>> WHOA!
>> THERE'S ALWAYS MORE.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
>> LOOK AT ALL THE YOUNG ONES.
>> THERE ARE MORE RATS IN NEW YORK CITY THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE.
>> THEY'RE MONSTERS.
>> Stephen: IS THAT TRUE?
ARE THERE MORE RATS IN NEW YORK CITY THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE?
>> I THINK THERE ARE MORE RATS IN THIS THEATER THAN THERE ARE
PEOPLE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: LET'S FIND OUT.
>> OH!
>> Stephen: HERE'S A LITTLE GUY.
WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF THIS FELLA?
COME HERE, LITTLE BUDDY.
>> THE LITTLE LEPTSPOROSEIS.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT?
>> A DISEASE THAT COULD CAUSE INTERNLDZ BLEEDING OR SOME, YOU
KNOW, ORGAN FAILURE.
>> Stephen: HE WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ME.
>> FUN THINGS LIKE THAT.
HE COULD HAVE A LITTLE ZIKA.
A LITTLE EBOLA.
>> Stephen: REALLY!
>> WHO'S GOT A LITTLE EBOLA.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE EBOLA.
>> WHO'S GOT A LITTLE TREAT FOR STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
NOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS-- WHERE IN THE WORLD DID ANY TO STUDY
THE RATS?
>> WE WENT ALL OVER.
WE TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD, NEW YORK, NEW ORLEANS, INDIA,
CAMBODIA, VIETNAM.
>> Stephen: DO PEOPLE EAT RATS?
>> IN VIETNAM-- WE COA SCENE IN VIETNAM WHERE THEY TRANSPORT
THEM OVER-- IN VIETNAM THEY WON'T EAT THE RATS FROM VIETNAM.
THEY IMPORT THEM FROM CAMBODIA.
SO THEY GET, LIKE, FREE-RANGE RATS FROM CAMBODIA.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> TRUE STORY.
AND SO -- >> DID YOU EAT ANY RAT?
>> I DID NOT EAT RAT.
I DID NOT.
I'M A HILL BILL FREWEST VIRGINIA SO I GREW UP EATING SQUIRREL --
>> TREE RAT.
IT'S LIKE A SEXY RAT.
IT'S LIKE A MUCH PRETTIER RAT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HUNT THE SQUIRRELS?
>> I HUNTED THE SQUIRRELS.
I KILLED THE SQUIRRELSES WITH MY GRANDMOTHER-- MY GRANDMOTHER
TAUGHT ME HOW TO HUNT SQUIRREL.
THE VERY FIRST TIME I KILLED A SQUIRREL, I SHOT IT OUT OF THE
TREE WITH MY .22, AND I SAID SHOULD I SHOOT IT AGAIN?
AND HE SAID, "DON'T WASTE THAT AMMUNITION."
AND SHE PICKED IT UP BY THE TAIL AND WENT WHAM!
WHAM!
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
SHE WAS A CLASSY LADY.
>> Stephen: ARE RATS GETTING TOUGHER?
>> THEY'RE SO TOUGH.
RATS EVOLVE 10 TIMES FASTER THAN HUMAN BEINGS.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
THOSE ARE LIKE MARVEL SUPERHEROES.
>> THEY'RE LIKE SUPER RATS, LIKE THE "X-MEN" OF RATS.
YOU CAN CREATE A POISON FOR RATS AND WITHIN A FEW GENERATIONS
THEY WILL START TO DEVELOP AN IMMUNITY TO THAT POISON.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SO UPSET.
"RATS" AIRS ON OCTOBER 22 ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL.
MORGAN SPURLOCK, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.