>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
YOU MAY KNOW MY GUESTS AS BILL S. PRESTON ESQUIRE AND TED
"THEODORE" LOGAN.
THEY'RE TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE NEW FILM, "BILL AND TED FACE THE
MUSIC."
>> GREETINGS, MY EXCELLENT FRIENDS.
>> DO WE KNOW YOU?
>> I'M KELLY.
>> WAIT, YOU'RE RUFUS' DAUGHTER.
>> I AM.
AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO MEET YOU MY WHOLE LIFE.
>> IT MUST BE VERY DISAPPOINTING.
>> NOT AT ALL!
WE HAVE A PROBLEM, GENTLEMEN.
POTENTIALLY A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.
>> ABOUT THE MUSIC?
>> ABOUT THE MUSIC-- THEY JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
>> DUDE, I'VE GOT A VERY BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS.
>> IT WILL BE FINE, TED.
THEY TOTALLY LOVE US IN THE FUTURE, DUDE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME KEANU REEVES AND ALEX WINTER.
HEY, FELL AS.
>> HEY, THERE.
>> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> Stephen: IN THE WORLD OF COVID I CAN NEVER REALLY TELL
WHERE ANYBODY IS.
WHERE ON THIS PLANET ARE WE TALKING TO YOU?
>> I AM IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
>> Stephen: OKAY, SURE.
>> AND I AM IN BERLIN, GERMANY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WAIT A SECOND.
HOW CAN YOU-- AMERICANS AREN'T ALLOWED TO GO TO EUROPE RIGHT
NOW.
YOU HAVE TO HAIL-- YOU'D HAVE TO HALO JUMP IN FROM LOW ORBIT.
HOW DID THEY LET YOU ON TO THE CONTINENT?
>> WELL, IT WAS DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN I GOT HERE,
SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER SIX WEEKS NOW.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, THEY GRANDFATHERED YOU IN.
>> LOCKED IN.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU-- YOU GUYS SEEM LIKE REALLY GOOD
FRIENDS.
DO YOU ACTUALLY HANG OUT?
>> WE DO, SIR.
>> WE DO.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT LIKE FOR PEOPLE IN THE WILD, IF YOU
ARE EVER IN THE WILD, TO SEE BILL AND TED HANGING OUT
TOGETHER?
DO THEY FREAK OUT?
>> YES.
>> YES, THEY DO.
>> I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN AT RESTAURANTS, CAFES, AND PEOPLE
HAVE WALKED BY, THEN WALK BY AGAIN.
OR WILL STARE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BILL AND TED BRING SMILES.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL GOOD.
>> Stephen: YEAH, THEY'RE FORCES OF GOOD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GUYS FIRST MEET?
>> AT THE AUDITION FOR THE FIRST FILM WE MET.
YEAH, WE WERE VERY YOUNG, AND KEANU HAD A MOTORCYCLE HELMET
WITH HIM, AND I HAD A MOTORCYCLE HELMET WITH ME.
AND WE KIND OF WENT, "OH, YOU RIDE IN?
AND, "OH, YOU PLAY BASS.
AND YOU HAVE THE SAME TASTE IN FILM AND LIT LITERATURE?
THAT'S COOL?" IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET THE
PARTS SO WE BECAME FRIENDS ALONG THE TERMS OF AUDITIONING FOR
"BILL & TED 1."
>> Stephen: SOMETIMES AUDITIONING LEADS TO ENEMIES.
IT'S NICE YOU GOT CLOSER.
COMPETITION.
OKAY, SO HERE'S A MOVIE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
WHEN DOES IT OCCUR TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE A HIT?
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IT'S LIKE-- IT'S A CULTURAL
MILESTONE.
IT'S AN ARTIFACT OF MODERN-- AT LEAST ENGLISH-SPEAKING CULTURE.
WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL?
>> KEANU.
>> KEANU, WHEN DID YOU KNOW?
>> I THINK OUR FIRST BLUSH WITH IT WAS PEOPLE YELLING, "BE
EXCELLENT," OR "EXCELLENT," OR "PARTY ON!
WILD STALLIONS!" >> Stephen: ARE YOU TELLING ME
PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST YELL THAT AT YOU ALREADY?
>> NO, NOT LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, I THINK-- AND THEN, AND THEN WHEN IT BECAME
GENERATIONAL.
LIKE, WHEN PEOPLE'S-- WHEN PEOPLE STARTED SAYING, "OH, I
JUST SHOWED MY KID "BILL & TED."
>> Stephen: IT'S BEEN NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL
"BILL & TED SM OF THE OR-- THE LAST "BILL AND TED" WAS '91.
WHEN YOU FINISHED "BILL AND TED 2" DID YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT,
LET'S JUST LET THE THIRD ONE MARINATE FOR 30 YEARS, AND I'LL
MEET YOU RIGHT BACK HERE IN?
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL.
>> WE HAD NO-- I MEAN, KEANU, WE HAD NO THOUGHTS OF DOING
ANOTHER.
WE JUST WENT ON OUR MERRY WAY.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS-- I MEAN, IT WAS-- WE'RE HERE
BECAUSE THE WRITERS REALLY, EDSOLOMAN AND CHRIS MATHYSON
CAME TO US-- NOW IT'S BEEN ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO, SAYING WE
HAD AN IDEA FOR BILL & TED.
HEAR US OUT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IF YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN IT, KEEP GOING.
AND ALEX AND I RESPONDED, "YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA."
AND THEN THEY JUST KEPT GOING.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY, WITH FAN SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST-- I
KNOW, ALEX, YOU HAD THAT ALL THE TIME, RIGHT?
IT STARTED TO KIND OF, LIKE, "IS THERE ANOTHER BILL & TED?
IS THERE ANOTHER BILL & TED?" AND THAT ROSE UP AND CONVINCED
SOME OF THE BUSINESSPEOPLE IN SHOW BUSINESS THAT THEY WOULD
KIND OF GET BEHIND BEHIND THE PROJECT.
AND ALEX AND I WERE BEHIND IT, AND THE WRITERS, OF COURSE.
AND THEN WE HAD THE WONDERFUL DIRECTOR COME ON BOARD.
WE HAD THE ORIGINAL PRODUCER ON IT.
SO THERE WAS THIS KIND OF BAN TOGETHER, AND WITH THE SUPPORT,
WE GOT TO TELL THIS INCREDIBLE TALE.
>> Stephen: WELL, I'M SURE YOU CAN'T GIVE AWAY EVERYTHING, BUT
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS MOVIE?
>> AL, YOU WANT TO DO IT?
>> I'LL TAKE THIS ONE, YEAH.
WE'VE BEEN-- WE'VE BEEN PINCH HITTING WHO DOES THIS.
WELL, ESSENTIALLY-- AND THIS IS THE IDEA THAT WAS PITCHED TO US.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IF YOU MET BACK UP WITH BILL AND TED ALL THESE
YEARS LATER, AND THEY HAD THEIR DAUGHTERS AND THEY HAD THEIR
WIVES, THEY HAD THEIR LIVES, BUT THEY HAD NOT, IN FACT, MANAGED
TO WRITE THE SONG THAT WAS GOING TO SAVE HUMANITY, AS HAS BEEN
PREDICTED TO THEM BY GEORGE CARLIN'S CHARACTER, RUFUS, BACK
IN THE DAY.
SO IN A SENSE WE HAD NOT FULFILLED OUR DESTINY.
SO WHEN YOU MEET US, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH OUR LIVES.
WE'RE BILL AND TED.
WE HAVE A VERY SORT OF UNFLAPPABLE OUTLOOK ON LIFE IN
GENERAL.
BUT THERE'S-- THERE'S TENSION.
THERE'S TROUBLE IN PARADISE.
AND WE'RE KIND OF LIKE THE GARAGE BAND THAT PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE-- WE'RE LIKE ANVILS, BASICALLY.
WE SHOULD HAVE BROKEN UP YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVEN'T.
AND EVERYONE AROUND US IS BEING VERY NICE, BUT THEY PROBABLY
WISH WE WOULD STOP.
AND, OF COURSE, IN MOVIE FASHION, WE ARE VISITED FROM
SOMEONE FROM THE FUTURE WHO TELLS US THAT NOW THE FUND'S
OVER.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A SONG.
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, ALL OF SPACE TIME IS GOING TO
END.
AND, THU IT SETS US OFF ON A JOURNEY, A SOMEWHAT KIND OF
DIKEYNESIAN JOURNEY IN ITERATIONS OF OUR OWN LIVES TO
FIND OF WHICH ITERATIONS WE WERE GREAT.
AND WE DON'T SUCCEED SO WELL WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: I THINK I HAVE AN EXAMPLE.
AS YOU SAY, YOU RUN INTO VARIOUS ITERATIONS OF YOUR OWN SELVES BY
VARIOUS SPACE TIME CONTINUUMS.
WHO ARE THESE RIPPED GUYS IN THE PRISON ORANGES WITH THE TATS AND
THE STEROIDS?
>> WELL, BILL AND TED ARE GOING INTO-- THEY HAVE TO FIND THIS
ONE SONG THAT HAS TO BE PLAYED BY A PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME SO
WE'RE GOING TO OUR FUTURE SELFS TO TRY TO GET THE SONG.
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT, SO MAYBE OUR FUTURE SELFS HAVE
WRITTEN IT.
AND WE COME ACROSS THOSE GUYS WHO ARE IN PRISON, BECAUSE THERE
ARE SOME SHENANIGANS AND HIJINX THAT TAKE PLACE AND BILL AND TED
END UP BEING IN JAIL.
NOW WE'RE KIND OF, LIKE, THE LORDS OF THE YARD.
>> YEAH.
>> AND WE KIND OF GO TO BILL AND TED, MEET THEM, AND THEY DON'T
HAVE THE SONG.
>> Stephen: WELL, GUYS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: ANNIVERSARY EXCITED TO SEE THE NEW BILL AND
TED.
KEANU, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, YOU'RE IN BERLIN RIGHT NOW
SHOOTING "MATRIX 4."
I THINK THAT'S NOT A SPOILER.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE SHOOTING "MATRIX 4"
I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT HAPPENS IN "MATRIX 4"
I'M GOING TO ASK WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT, JOHN WICK OR NEO?
>> OH, MAN!
WELL, NUMBER ONE, THEY WOULDN'T FIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT!
WHAT IF NEO ACCIDENTALLY KILLED JOHN WICK'S DOG.
>> OH, NO!
YEAH, I'M DRIVING AND THE DOG RUNS OUT IN THE STREET AND I
KILL HIM, AND -- >> Stephen: EXACTLY, BUT IT'S
ONLY IN THE "MATRIX" AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT A REAL DOG, BUT
JOHN WICK DOESN'T KNOW THAT.
>> AND I CAN BRING THE DOG BACK.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> AND JOHN IS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> Stephen: GOT IT.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
COME ON, A WORLD IS WAITING.
>> NO, THEY WOULDN'T FIGHT!
BUT MAYBE JOHN WICK WOULD TRY AND HELP THOMAS ANDERSON OUT IN
THE REAL WORLD.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: DONE, THAT IS CANON IN BOTH WORLDS NOW.
"FAY-- WHAT DID YOU SAY?
>> I SAID MULTIDIFENGZ.
>> Stephen: WELL "BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC" WILL BE IN
THEATERS.
IT KEANU REEVES AND ALEX WINTER, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.