>>> WELCOME BACK, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT TOPHER GRACE LIKES TO MIX
IT UP.
IT UP. WE FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM
AS ERIC FOREMAN ON THE HIT
COMEDY "THAT 70s SHOW" BUT
RECENTLY HE’S TAKEN ON SOME VERY
DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, INCLUDING
MY FAVORITE TOPHER GRACE ROLE,
HE STARRED AS DAVID DUKE IN
"BLACKKKLANSMAN."
"BLACKKKLANSMAN." >> IN THE NEW SEASON OF "BLACK
MIRROR" HE PLAYS BILLY BOWER WHO
JUST FOUND OUT ONE OF HIS
INTERNS IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE.
HE TRIES TO TALK TO THE
KIDNAPPER DIRECTLY.
KIDNAPPER DIRECTLY. >> PUT ME THROUGH TO THIS GUY.
>> SIR, YOU CAN’T DO THAT.
>> PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND
CAN’T DO, OKAY.
>> MR. BOWER, THIS IS AN
EXTORTION ATTEMPT.
EXTORTION ATTEMPT. >> BEN, CUT HIM OFF.
>> BILLY, POSSIBLE TERMS, I
SUGGEST YOU DO NOT ENGAGE IN A
DIALOGUE.
DIALOGUE. >> CUT HIM OFF NOW.
>> BEN, GIVE ME HIS NUMBER.
>> BILL --
>> YOU GOT HIS NUMBER.
>> WHAT’S THE NAME?
CHRISTOPHER -- GIVE ME THE
NUMBER.
NUMBER. >> BILL, I’M NOT GOING TO GIVE
YOU THAT.
YOU THAT. >> DID EVERYONE CATCH THE SAME
DISEASE TODAY?
DISEASE TODAY? >> TOPHER, GOOD MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THIS SHOW REALLY MESSES WITH
US AS A VIEWER BUT ALSO YOU AS
WELL.
WELL. YOU THOUGHT YOUR CHARACTER WAS
ONE PERSON.
ONE PERSON. AND THEN YOU -- WITHOUT GIVING
ANYTHING AWAY YOU FIND OUT A
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
LITTLE DIFFERENT. >> WHEN I GOT OFFERED THE ROLE
BEFORE I READ IT I THOUGHT IT
WAS MAYBE GOING TO BE -- BECAUSE
THEY SAW ME IN "BLACKKKLANSMAN,"
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO
THAT.
THAT. IT TAKES ANOTHER TURN.
IT SHOWS WHAT A GREAT WRITER HE
IS.
IS. >> YOU SPEND MOST OF THE TIME OF
THE EPISODE ON THE PHONE,
NORMALLY IT WOULD BE A CREW
MEMBER SAYING LINES TO YOU.
>> THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENS.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU’RE ON
THE PHONE IN A MOVIE, YOU’RE NOT
TALKING TO THE OTHER ACTOR.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> WHEN I DID THE SPIKE LEE
MOVIE HE ACTUALLY BUILT THE SETS
BACK TO BACK.
SO WE WERE BOTH ON THE PHONE.
BUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WHERE WE SHOT MY PART IN SPAIN,
THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH.
THERE’S ALSO ANIMAL JOINS THE
PRODUCER OF THAT SHOW, SHE --
THEY’RE AMAZING.
THEY’RE AMAZING. THEY HIRED AN ACTOR TO COME WITH
US TO SPAIN, SOMETHING THEY
DIDN’T HAVE TO DO.
IT’S AN EXPENSE.
>> THE EMOTION TOO.
>> BUT THEN YOU CAN CAPTURE THE
EMOTION RIGHT THERE.
>> INSTEAD OF -- NOT THAT THE
CREW MEMBERS AREN’T GREAT AT
READING SOMEONE’S LINES BUT IT
WAS SO HEIGHTENED AND SO
EMOTIONAL AT THE END OF IT.
IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A REAL
ACTOR THERE WITH ME.
>> IS IT TRUE THAT YOU ACTUALLY
EDIT FILMS TO DESTRESS?
THAT’S YOUR WAY TO WIND DOWN?
IS THAT TRUE?
>> THE NERDIEST HOBBY EVER.
>> SO YOU REEDIT A MOVIE --
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE
DIRECTORS, I HAVE YET TO WORK
WITH, I DON’T WANT TO EDIT ANY
OF THE THINGS I’M IN.
IT’S A REALLY BAD IDEA.
BUT LIKE SOME PEOPLE GO IN THE
GARAGE AND DO WOOD WORKING.
I LIKE -- BASICALLY I DID A
MOVIE AND I WAS A PRODUCER ON IT
SO THE FIRST MOVIE I WENT INTO
THE EDITING ROOM.
AS AN ACTOR YOU THINK -- WHAT’S
GOING ON IN THE EDITING ROOM.
WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG.
>> I CAN DO THAT.
>> IT’S NOT LIVE LIKE THIS, PUMP
IT OUT.
IT OUT. >> WHAT HAVE YOU EDITED?
>> WELL, I EDIT THINGS I’M NOT
IN.
IN. >> LIKE "THE HOBBIT?
>> YEAH, I TOOK.
>> YOU EDITED "THE HOBBIT,".
>> THINGS I’M NOT IN WITH A LOT
OF FOOTAGE.
OF FOOTAGE. WHOEVER I KNEW IN HIGH SCHOOL,
THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT HE’D BE,
KIND OF NERDY.
>> I THINK IT’S COOL.
>> WE DID A THING I TWEETED OUT
A THING WHERE WE DID ALL THE
"STAR WARS" MOVIES IN FIVE
MINUTES, LIKE A MILLION PEOPLE
WATCHED IT.
WATCHED IT. >> I DID SEE THAT.
>> A FRIEND OF MINE JEFF YORKS
AND I, THESE ARE TWO DADS WHO
HAD A WEEKEND WHERE THEIR WIVES
WERE OUT OF TOWN, THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENS, GUYS.
HAPPENS, GUYS. >> STRIP CLUB, REEDIT A MOVIE.
>> I DIDN’T SAY YOU WERE.
>> WE HAD ONE OPTION.
>> DID DISNEY ASK YOU TO EDIT
FOR "TOY STORY 4".
>> WE THOUGHT THEY WERE CALLING
US TO SUE US AND THEY CALLED AND
SAID DO THE SAME THING WITH "TOY
STORY," WE HAVE A SIDE HUSTLE.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO, YEAH.
>> I’M SO JEALOUS.
>> WHEN YOU’RE DOING STUFF LIKE
"BLACKKKLANSMAN," AND I DID A TV
SHOW ABOUT EBOLA, AND THEN DOING
SOMETHING LIKE "BLACK MIRROR,"
IT’S SO HEAVY, IT’S GREAT TO
HAVE SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN
RELAX WITH A FRIEND AND --
>> SOME PEOPLE KIND OF GO FOR
RUNS OR DRINKS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE NOT
AS NERDY AS I AM.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU BROUGHT UP BLACK"BLACKKKLANS
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS AMAZED
AT WAS HOW MUCH HUMOR THERE WAS
IN THAT MOVIE.
EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE A
HEINOUS CHARACTER, THERE WAS
STILL -- YOU WERE ABLE TO MINE
SOME HUMOR, IRONIC HUMOR.
>> THAT’S WHAT’S AMAZING ABOUT
SPIKE LEE.
SPIKE LEE. HE’S A GENIUS.
HE WAS ABLE TO -- IT WASN’T LIKE
WE WERE HAPPY TO FOLLOW THE LEAD
OF THE SCRIPT THAT HE WROTE,
THAT HE WON AN ACADEMY AWARD
FOR.
FOR. BUT HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE
SOMETHING THAT’S A REALLY,
REALLY HEAVY SUBJECT MATTER AND
I THINK IT’S SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, CAN BE -- HE DIDN’T PULL
ANY PUNCHES.
ANY PUNCHES. BUT IF IT CAN BE FUNNY OR AT
LEAST HUMOROUS IT’S MORE
SEDUCTIVE.
SEDUCTIVE. MORE PEOPLE ENJOY IT AND HEAR
THAT MESSAGE.
THAT MESSAGE. SO I WAS SO -- WHEN I GOT THE
CALL TO DO THAT MOVIE I WAS SO
EXCITED.
EXCITED. >> TERRIFIC.
>> TERRIFIC. >> I GOT A CALL FROM SPIKE ON MY
CELL PHONE.
CELL PHONE. I KNEW THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO
BE GOOD.
BE GOOD. >> HE WAS ASKING YOU TO EDIT HIS
NEXT MOVIE.
NEXT MOVIE. >> TOPHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> THE FIFTH SEASON OF "BLACK