HOW ARE YOU, FRIEND?
>> I AM GOOD, HOW ARE YOU, SIR.
>> James: I'M GOOD, I'M LOVING THIS, HAVE YOU DONE THIS
ESPECIALLY FOR US OR IS THIS JUST FOR YOUR DAILY ZOOM CALLS
THIS PARTY ATMOSPHERE?
>> A LITTLE OF BOTH.
I THINK IT IS A LITTLE OF BOTH.
I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY, I SPENT THE LAST HOUR PUTTING THIS
UP FOR YOU.
THESE ARE PART OF MY SON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY YESTERDAY AND
THEN WE THREW THEM AWAY.
AND THEN I HAD THE IDEA TO GET THEM, SO I GOT THEM OUT OF THE
TRASH AND I HAVE TAPED THEM UP.
THEY MIGHT COME DOWN AT SOME POINT DURING THE SHOW, BY THE
WAY.
>> James: WELL LOOK AT THAT, VIEWERS, THAT IS SOMETHING TO
LOOK FORWARD TO.
DON'T-- DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL CUZ YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> James: YOU NEVER, EVER KNOW.
HOW ARE YOU?
YOU LOOK VERY, VERY WELL.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW IS YOUR LIFE?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M DOING-- YOU KNOW, THE BEST I CAN, ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED.
I HOPE THAT YOU ARE DOING WELL TOO.
AND YOU ARE, YOU KNOW SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR KIDS THESE
DAYS.
>> James: YES.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, WHILE I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAY
IT, THAT YOU ARE A BIG PART OF THAT.
IN FACT, I HEAR YOUR VOICE DAILY BECAUSE MY MIDDLE DAUGHTER TINA
WHO SHARES A BIRTHDAY WITH REGGIE, I FOUND OUT, SHE IS
OBSESSED WITH TROLLS, OBSESSED.
BEYOND OBSESSED AND TROLLS, IS ON ALL THE TIME IN OUR HOME.
AND YOUR CHARACTER IS THE CHARACTER THAT I SHOW HAVE BEEN
DESIGNATED TO PLAY.
>> James: OH, YOU'RE BIGGIE.
>> SORT OF.
>> James: YEAH.
>> I DON'T DO A LOT OF LINES BUT SHE LIKES TO RUN AWAY AND I'M
CONSTANTLY CHASING HER AROUND.
SHE REALLY RESPONDS TO THAT.
>> James: THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE JOY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO MY LIFE
AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT MOVIE.
>> James: THAT HAS REALLY MADE MY DAY, IT HAS.
AND I'M PLEASED THAT YOU ARE ALL WELL AND HEALTHY AND SAFE IN
YOUR GLORIOUS FAMILY.
I MEAN HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING NOW FOR I THINK 23 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT AND THEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENS.
HOW HAVE YOU FOUND BEING AT HOME FOR ALL OF THESE MONTHS, HAVE
YOU FOUND IT A DIFFICULT ADJUSTMENT?
>> YEAH, MY TYPE OF WORK DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A CHECK LIST TYPE
THING.
>> James: SURE.
>> THINKING ABOUT THINGS OR YOU KNOW, AND THE ODDEST THING HAS
BEEN HAVING TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AROUND MY CHILDREN.
LIKE HOW DO I NOT LOOK LIKE-- THEY'RE USUALLY IN DISOOL
WHEN I'M SITTING THERE GOING LIKE THIS.
THAT IS WHY-- WHY I PRETEND THAT I'M WORKING HARD, I AM WORKING
HARD AND WHEN GI TO WORK I GO TO WORK HARD, BUT WHEN I AM HOME
TRK IS JUST A DIFFERENT THING.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY WHAT DOES HE DO ALL DAY, MY FATHER.
WHAT IS HE DOING.
>> James: THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT.
>> AND IT IS ODD.
LIKE THE OTHER MORNING I WAS READING AN ARTICLE, LIKE ON MY
iPAD AND MY DAUGHTER CAME OVER AND SAID DAD I'M SO SORRY TO BUG
YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING.
I WAS READING AN ARTICLE LIKE ABOUT CLONING OR SOMETHING.
AND SHE GOES, DADDY, I'M SO SORRY TO BUG YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE
WORKING.
AND I JUST KIND OF WENT WITH IT, I WAS LIKE-- YEAH.
I AM.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
LIKE I NEED HELP WITH THE HOMEWORK.
LET ME FINISH THIS, I'M ALMOST DONE WITH THIS.
WHEN I AM DONE I WILL COME HELP YOU, OKAY.
YEAH.
JUST DON'T BE WORRY-- SORRY, THIS IS HOW IT IS.
pWE ARE BOTH DOING THIS.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE THIS KIND OF CHARADE, I'M KEEPING UP A
CHARADE OF LOOKING LIKE I'M WORKING ALL THE TIME, LISTENING
TO LIKE-- I AM GOING TO LISTEN THIS AUDIO BOOK BECAUSE I GOT TO
GO WORK ON IT.
AND IT'S NOTHING, TO DO WITH WORK.
>> James: NOW LET'S TALK, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEW SEASON OF FARGO.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS ON TV.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, IT IS AN ANALOGY, THERE IS A NEW
STORY, NEW CAST, TELL ANYONE WHAT THIS ONE IS ABOUT AND WHO
YOU PLAY.
>> BASICALLY I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY BUT IT IS
ABOUT THESE TWO CRIME FAMILIES THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR POWER IN
KANSAS CITY IN THE '50S.
AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS TO IT IS THAT THEY EACH HAVE TO TRADE
THEIR YOUNGEST SON TO THE OTHER CRIME FAMILY BOSS TO LOOK AFTER
THEM.
AND SO WE'RE WATCHING CHRIS ROCK'S CHILD AND HE'S WATCHING
MY LITTLE BROTHER.
AND IT IS BASICALLY JUST, TO ME I THINK IT'S THE BEST JOB I HAVE
HAD.
>> James: REALLY, WOW.
>> I THINK SHALL-- I MEAN I REALLY WAS HONORED.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE ST ANALOGY.
EVERY SEASON IT IS A DIFFERENT CAST.
BUT YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN-- YOU ARE RARELY ASKED TO
JOIN SOMETHING YOU LOVE.
LIKE THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ARE ALREADY DONE WITH.
>> James: YEAH.
>> SO TO BECOME PART OF SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE, EVEN
WITH ALL NEW PEOPLE, YOU FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO MARTIN FREEMAN
WHOS WITH IN THE FIRST SEASON AND KIRSTEN DUNST AND EWING
McGREGER, ALL THESE PEOPLE IT IS LIKE A BATON, YOU KNOW, AND I
YUS DON'T WANT TO RUIN ALL OF THEIR WORK EITHER.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE WORST SEASON.
LIKE I DON'T WANT-- YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO NEGLECT ATE THEIR
WORK OR-- THEY GATE THEIR WORK OR WHATEVER, AS A HUGE FAN, I
WANT IT TO BE A GREAT SEASON.
I REALLY THINK IT IS.
IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
>> James: IT IS A REAL DEPARTURE OF CHARACTER.
WHEN YOU PAY A CHARACTER LIKE, THIS THE HEAD OF A MAFIA CRIME
FAMILY, IS IT, IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT EASY TO
SWITCH OFF FROM AT THE END OF A WORKING DAY?
>> IT'S NOT THAT IT IS HARD TO SWITCH OFF BUT IT IS HARD TO
REMIND YOURSELF THAT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS.
SO FOR INSTANCE SALVATOREEE ESPOSITO, A FULL BLENDED ITALIAN
PIECE OF MAN WHO MAYS MY LITTLE BROTHER, BUT HE'S MY
FALLER-- TALLER BROTHER, ANYWAY, HE'S FROM ITALY.
AND HE WAS IN CHICAGO.
AND WE-- COULD TO GO TO THE MOVIES TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A ROUTINE WHERE A CAR WOULD COME, AN UBER OR WHATEVER,
WOULD PICK ME UP AND PICK HIM UP ALONG THE WAY TO THE MOVIE
THEATER AND GO SEE THE MOVIE.
WELL, IT HAD BEEN LIKE A FEW-- LIKE RIGHT AFTER COUNTRIES
MACE-- CHRISTMAS, I HADN'T SEEN HIM SO WE WERE GOING TO GO SEE A
MOVIE.
I GET THE CAR AND THEN I SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS DRIVING,
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MAKE A QUICK STOP OVER HERE, PICK UP MY
BUDDY, HE'S FROM ITALY ON BUSINESS, A GOOD MAN, YOU'LL
SEE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> GOOD, THIS IS MY LAST DRIVE OF THE DAY.
TIRED, WANT TO GO HOME.
WE'LL BE OUT OF HERE SOON.
WE PULL UP, GET N HELLO MY FRIEND, WHAT'S HAPPENING, GIVES
ME A BIG HUG.
AND WE'RE CATCH UP, HE SAYS HOW ARE YOU, I'M GOOD, GOOD, HOW ARE
YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO THERE WEEK?
>> THIS WEEK WE SHOOT THE THREE GUYS IN THE PARKING LOT, WE
ASSASSINATE THEM.
>> YOU DID.
YOU DID THAT?
HOW WAS IT?
WAS IT SHALL.
>> IT WAS FUN, IT WAS FAST.
>> WAS THERE A LOT OF BLOOD.
>> NO, NO, NO.
VERY FAST. HOW ABOUT YOU.
>> WHAT DID I DO?
I DID THE THING WHERE WE PRETEND-- PRETENDED TO KILL THAT
GUY, WE LIT HIM ON FIRE AND WE SHOVED HIM DOWN THE HILL, HE WAS
ROLLING THEN WE BLEW HIS BODY APART DOWN THERE, IT HAS BEEN A
GREAT WEEK.
I LOOK UP, AT SOME POINT I LOOK UP AT THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND
THE DRIVER OF THIS CAR IS LIKE-- AND I DON'T THINK
ERECTED, SALVATORE DID NOT, AND I SAID IMMEDIATELY, SIR, I'M SO
SORRY, WE ARE ACTORS, THIS IS NOT, WE AREN'T TALKING, THESE
AREN'T REAL DEATHS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE NOT, LOOK,
AND HE SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.
BUT-- OKAY, I'M GLAD EVERYONE IS OKAY.
BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.
LITERALLY, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID.
JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YEAH, THIS IS ODD.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR JOB IN
PUBLIC, IF YOUR JOB IS KILLING PEOPLE THIS TIME AROUND.
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.
>> James: WELL, I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE SHOW.