( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM
"FOXCATCHER," "SPOTLIGHT," AND AS THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
HIS NEW FILM IS "DARK WATERS."
>> THEY SHOULD TAKE DAGON.
AT'S RIGHT, THEY SHOULD AND IT KILLS ME THAT THEY WON'T, BUT
THAT WOULD MEAN GOING TO TRIAL AND PROVING THAT HE KILLED YOUR
COWS AND EVERY SCIENTIST WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THIS
ALREADY WORKS WITH THESE CHEMICAL COMPANIES.
THAT'S NOT AN ACCIDENT.
>> OH.
THESE COMPANIES, THEY HAVE ALL THE MONEY ALL THE TIME AND
THEY'LL USE IT, TRUST ME, I KNOW!
I WAS ONE OF THEM!
>> YOU ARE STILL ONE OF 'EM.
CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME MARK RUFFALO!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HAVE A SEAT.
WOW!
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE!
>> WOW, THANK YOU.
THEY DON'T REACT LIKE THAT AT HOME WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE
DOOR.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT TO GET YOURSELF A LIVE AUDIENCE AT
HOME.
>> WHAT'S UP?
>> Stephen: NOW, WE'RE USED TO SEEING YOU ON THE BIG SCREEN AS
A BIG, YOU KNOW, GREEN HULKING MAN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHO IS, AT THE SAME TIME, A HERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT IN THE NEW MOVIE, "DARK WATERS," YOU PLAY A
REAL-LIFE HERE O SOMEBODY YOU PERCEIVE AS A PERSON WHO IS A
HERO.
TELL ME WHO IS ROB BELOT, WHO IS HE AND WHY DID YOU WANT TO PLAY
HIM?
>> SO ROB BELOT IS A CORPORATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
>> Stephen: DEFENDING CORPORATIONS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NOT THE GAINED OF GUY YOU THINK AS A HERO.
>> NO, NOT THE KIND OF GUY YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK OF A HERE O.
BUT HE HAS A FARMER WHO CAME TO HIM WHO KNEW HIS GRANDMOTHER,
WITH A 12th GRADE EDUCATION, AND SAYS CAN YOU HELP ME OUT, MY
COWS ARE DYING, A GUY HAS A CHEMICAL COMPANY NEXT TO ME.
AND THIS GUY THINKS HE'S GOING TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO FRIENDS
IN HIGH PLACES AND WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM, AS IT TURNS OUT, HE
TAKES ALMOST 20 YEARS TO UNCOVER THE BIGGEST CORPORATE CRIME AND
COVERUP IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND HE IS THE MOST UNASSUMING, THE
MOST SELF-LESS, THE MOST MODEST GUY IN A TIME WHEN YOU TURN ON
THE TV, AND EVERYTHING IS TELLING YOU THAT PEOPLE ARE
CRAP, WE'RE ALL CRAP, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO GET
WHATEVER YOU CAN AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, NO MATTER WHO YOU HURT
OR HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO STEP ON TO GET THERE, AND THIS
GUY IS THE MOST SELF-LESS, BEAUTIFUL, COMMITTED PERSON TO
OTHER PEOPLE, AND HE TELLS THE STORY THAT WE NEED TO HEAR RIGHT
NOW, AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT, AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE HIM.
HIS NAME IS ROB BELOT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ROB!
>> Stephen: TRUE STORY.
TRUE STORY.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHERE DID THIS TAKE PLACE?
>> IT TOOK PLACE IN SINCE SEN -- CINCINNATI BUT MOST IN
PARKERSVILLE, VIRGINIA.
>> Stephen: WHO DID THE SPILL?
DUPONT.
IT'S IN TEFLON, IT BYO ACCUMULATES.
WE CAN'T GET RID OF IT.
IT'S PASSED TO THE MOTHER -- FROM THE MOTHER TO THE CHILD,
IT'S CONNECTED TO SIX MAJOR DISEASES, AND THEY HAVE BEEN
POISONING US FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS KNOWING IT AND COVERING IT UP
THE WHOLE TIME.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU RAN ACTOR, I KNOW YOU PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO POLITICS.
TO HAVE THE 2020 CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING RIGHT NOW, WHO DO
YOU LIKE?
WHO DO YOU THINK HAS THE RIGHT POSITION HERE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I'M VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE THE DEMOCRATIC BRAND ALTOGETHER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT, FOR ME, I STARTED WITH
BERNIE ON THIS TRIP.
>> Stephen: IN '16.
IN 2016.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT I SEE IS -- IS HE LED, AND HE
LED THEN, AND NOW HE'S LEADING NOW, AND HE'S THE ONE --
>> Stephen: HE'S BEEN CONSISTENT.
>> HIS WHOLE LIFE.
HE'S NEVER BEEN ANOTHER -- HE WAS NEVER ANOTHER PARTY, HE WAS
NEVER -- NEVER HAD DIFFERENT VIEWS ABOUT THESE THINGS.
THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES HAS JUST FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO
WHAT THIS CAT'S BEEN DOING ALREADY FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER,
AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN HE GETS IN THE OFFICE, HE IS GOING TO BE
FIGHTING FOR US.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OKAY.
EARLY THIS YEAR, YOU WERE, AS I SAID BEFORE, ONE OF -- YOU WERE
A CAST MEMBER OF THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILM OF 2019 "END
GAME," AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT GIVE ME A SATISFYING ANSWER,
BUT I AM LEGALLY REQUIRED BY TALK SHOW RULES TO ASK YOU IF WE
WILL SEE THE HULK AGAIN.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REALLY NOT KNOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DO KNOW THAT I DID GIVE KEVIN THE BLOCKBUSTER AWARD AT THE
HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS THE OTHER DAY, TO A SMATTERING OF
APPLAUSE, AND HE DID SAY, HEY, DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANYMORE
STORY LEFT HERE?
AND I SAID I COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH A FEW STORY LINES.
( LAUGHTER ) AND HE SAID, WELL, MAYBE YOU
SHOULD COME IN AND WE'LL HAVE A TALK.
>> Stephen: WELL...
YOU HEARD IT HERE.
STEPHEN COLBERT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GOING TO TALK.
YOU'RE GOING TO TALK.
( APPLAUSE ) DID YOU GO SEIZE THESE FILMS --
DID YOU GO SEE THESE FILMS?
YES, YOU CAN RENT THEM AT HOME BUT THESE ARE FILMS YOU WANT TO
SEE ON THE BIG SCREEN.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GO TO SEE IT?
>> I WENT UP TO CONNECTICUT, MY SON IS IN BOARDING SCHOOL, I
WENT UP THERE, I GOT ALL HIS FRIENDS WE COULD FIT INTO THE
CAR AND THAT'S LIKE FIVE KIDS STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
>> Stephen: LIKE CORD WOOD, YEAH.
>> I PUT A HOODIE ON LIKE THEM, SO IT WAS ME IN MY HOODIE AND
TEN KIDS IN THEIR HOODIES.
>> Stephen: THAT DOESN'T LOOK SUSPICIOUS.
>> NO.
( LAUGHTER ) I SNUCK, I SAT DOWN, THE PLACE
WAS PACKED, AND IT WAS ALL PEOPLE --
>> Stephen: WHICH ONE WAS THIS?
WAS THIS END GAME OR INFINITY WAR?
>> INFINITY WAR.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WE WATCH THE MOVIE, IT ENDS, EVERYONE DISAPPEARS.
SOME KID JUMPS UP ON THE BACK OF HIS CHAIR A FEW ROWS BACK, TEARS
HIS SHIRT OFF, HE'S, LIKE, WHAT IS THIS?
THILET'S TEAR THIS PLACE APART!
THESE KIDS, THEY'RE ALL CRYING.
>> Stephen: OH...
AND I JUST -- MY HOODIE JUST GOT LITTLER AND LITTLER.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE EMOTION THAT THAT PEOPLE
WERE SO AFFECTED BY THIS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF
TRULY GREAT DIRECTORS WHO SAID THESE MOVIES ARE NOT CINEMA AND
YET SEEM TO BE DISCOUNTING THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION THESE
PEOPLE ARE MAKING TO THE CHARACTERS, FOR THOSE PEOPLE, I
WOULD SAY THIS, I HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF MOVIES, I MIGHT EVEN HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THOSE MOVIES, I HAVE WATCHED THOSE
MOVIES, I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE IN A
MOVIE THAT I DID IN THOSE TWO PREMIERES OR THOSE TWO
SCREENINGS.
>> Stephen: I TOOK A BUNCH OF GETS TO "END GAME" AND THE
CURTAIN CALL AT THE END, THEY'RE ALL CRYING.
THEY'RE BAWLING AUGHT WAY HOME.
>> THE KIDS ARE BAWLING, CRYING, FREAKING OUT, SCREAMING IN THE
CAR, AND THAT'S REAL I MOTION, I THINK.
>> Stephen: THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
I'M GOING TO HIT ONE OF THESE.
I'LL ASK YOU THE OTHERS THE REST OF THE TIME.
IT WON'T BE TWO YEARS.
PROMISE.
>> YOU PROMISE ME.
>> Stephen: PROMISE.
I PROMISE.
>> Stephen: YOU PUT THIS ON INSTAGRAM?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OKAY, THIS IS A PICTURE YOU PUT ON INSTAGRAM
RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I WISH I COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH THIS
22-YEAR-OLD.
WOULD HAVE LAID A LITTLE EXPERIENCE, HOPE AND WISDOM ON
HIM.
#THROWBACK THURSDAY, EATING A MANGO IN PUERTO ESCODITO,
SURFING ON BIG WAVES, LOVING LIFE, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR
22-YEAR-OLD SELF?
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS HE WORRIED ABOUT?
>> THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS SCARY AT THAT AGE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I
WAS DOING, AND I WASN'T GREAT AT SCHOOL.
I WAS DYSLEXIC BUT I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I HAD MY
OWN KIDS, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE.
I WAS JUST STARTING OUT IN ACTING, AND IT WAS A LONG, HARD
ROAD, KIND OF, ALONG THE WAY, AND I WOULD -- AND I WORRIED A
LOT, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, DUDE, CALM DOWN.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WISH THAT SOMEBODY FROM 30 YEARS IN YOUR
FUTURE, YOU 30 YEARS FROM NOW WOULD COME BACK AND TELL YOU NOT
TO WORRY?
>> OH, GOD, DO I EVER!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: MARK, DON'T WORRY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: "DARK WATERS" IS IN
THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
MARK RUFFALO, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANDY COHEN.