>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
GIVE IT UP FOR ISAIAH SHARKIE, MAN.
( APPLAUSE )
BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM
"MALEFICENT" AND, "THE GREAT."
SHE NOW STARS IN "THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE."
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>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING, AND YOUR FATHER AND I THINK YOU SHOULD
SEE THE DOCTOR AGAIN.
>> WHY?
>> IT'S JUST-- IT FEELS A LITTLE TOO SIMILAR TO LAST TIME.
>> IT'S NOT TRUE.
THE SULKY, THE YELLING, I'M GRIEVING, MOM.
>> REMEMBER HOW MUCH BETTER YOU FELT AFTER?
IT COULD HELP.
HE COULD PRESCRIBE YOU SOME NEW MEDS.
>> I'M TAKING THE PILLS.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
>> YOU COULD TALK TO ME.
YOU COULD TALK TO YOUR DAD.
>> YOU WOULDN'T GET IT.
OF >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO
"THE LATE SHOW," ELLE FANNING!
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>> Stephn: NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
>> SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
I'M SO EXCITED.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, DOUBLE-DECKER SITUATION.
>> Stephen: I KNOW.
HAS IT BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF A BIG CROWD?
>> IT HAS, REALLY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO NEW YORK IN, LIKE, THREE YEARS.
MY SISTER LIVED HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, ALMOST EIGHT.
BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK IN A LONG TIME.
>> Stephen: IT'S A LOVELY PLACE.
YOU SHOULD VISIT MORE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
AND BY "WE" I MEAN NEW YORK.
I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH, HERE YOU ARE HAVING
A GREAT TIME WITH AN ABSOLUTE GIANT, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.
HE'S RECEIVING HIS HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME STAR.
YOU WERE THERE.
YOU GAVE ONE OF THE SPEECHES TO HONOR HIM.
>> DI.
>> Stephen: IS THAT NERVE-RACKING TO SPEAK IN FRONT
OF FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.
THE GUY CHANGED CINEMA.
>> I WAS THERE, AND HIS SISTER PRESENTED IT TO HIM AS WELL.
AND IT WAS-- I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S LIKE WHAT DO YOU SAY FOR, YOU
KNOW, THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME?
LIKE, HE IS THE GODFATHER IN CINEMA, YOU KNOW.
SO, YES, IT WAS VERY NERVE WRACK, BUT I-- I AM FORTUNATE TO
KIND OF BE VERY CLOSE WITH THE FAMILY AND I DO --
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN IN ONE OF HIS FILM'S.
>> I HAVE.
I WAS IN SOPHIA'S FILM, HIS DAUGHTER'S FILM, "SOMEWHERE" AND
HE ASKED ME TO BE IN ONE OF HIS FILMS CALLED TWIXT.
AND I GOT TO STAY ON NAPA VALLEY.
>> Stephen: CAN THE GIRL IS ON HULU.
YOU PLAY MICHELLE CARTER WHO IS CONVICTED OF INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER IN, WAS IT 2017, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE SHE BASICALLY HELPED COERCE HER
BOYFRIEND INTO TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A ROLE LIKE THAT SNOOTS NOT
EXACTLY-- YOU CAN'T DO A RIDE-ALONG FOR THAT.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT-- DID YOU MEET HER?
>> NO, I DID NOT MEET HER.
BUT I-- YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS CASE WAS A VERY RIPPED FROM
THE HEADLINES CASE.
>> Stephen: CREDIBLE DARK STORY.
>> INCREDIBLY DARK, AND ENDED IN THE MOST TRAGIC WAY THAT IT
COULD.
I THINK COMING INTO IT I WANTED TO-- YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO BE-- I
HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS REALLY TELLING THE
STORY IN A SENSITIVE WAY, BECAUSE I THINK IT COULD BE VERY
EASY TO EXPLOIT OR SENSATIONALIZE A STORY LIKE
THIS.
BUT I THINK THE WAY THAT THE MEDIA KIND OF-- THEY REALLY
PAINT AID VERY ONE-DIMERCIAL WAY OF THIS STORY.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MICHELLE WAS KIND OF THIS BLACK WIDOW
MANIPULATOR, AND CONRAD WAS HER VICTIM, AND HE VERY MUCH WAS A
VICTIM IN THIS SITUATION.
BUT, ALSO, HE WAS PAINTED VERY ONE DIMENSIONALLY.
WE DIDN'T GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN HE WAS.
SO WE WANTED TO REALLY, HOPEFULLY WITH THIS, KIND OF
SHINE A LIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW TECHNOLOGY
IS AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE THESE DAYS.
I MEAN, I -- >> Stephen: SUPPOSEDLY
CONNECTING PEOPLE BUT IT ACTUALLY CAN MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
HOPELESSLY ALONE.
>> COMPLETELY.
THAT KIND OF FALSE INTIMACY.
IT'S LIKE-- I'M AN ACTOR SO I LIVE IN FANTASY ALL THE TIME.
BUT OUR SHOW REALLY PLAYS WITH THAT BLURRED REALITY BETWEEN--
THAT KIND OF BLURRED IN-BETWEEN OF REALITY AND FANTASY.
AND IT'S SO EASY TO GET LOST IN THE FANTASY WHEN IT'S ALL OVER
TEXTS.
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
THEY ONLY MET A HAND FULL OF TIMES, FOUR TIMES SOAP
EVERYTHING WAS OVER THE TEXT.
>> Stephen: SO HERE-- HERE YOU ARE-- HAVE YOU PLAYED A REAL
PERSON BEFORE?
>> NOT LIKE THIS.
NOT SOMEONE WHO IS ALIVE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU ON THIS SIDE.
I HAD TO ASK.
>> THAT'S GOOD.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS MICHELLE ON THIS SIDE.
>> OH.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT
TRANSFORMATION?
AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THAT LOOK?
>> THAT WAS REALLY SPECIFIC.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THE PAPARAZZI PHOTOS OF
HER COMING IN AND OUT THE COURT, AND I HAD SEEN THOSE, AND SO
SPECIFIC-- THE EYEBROW AND THE HAIR.
AND THE HAIR AND MAKEUP TEAM HELPED TRANSFORM ME.
IT WAS TWO AND A HALF HOURS EVERY DAY, AND THAT WAS JUST A
SMALL PORTION, THAT LOOK.
SHE KIND OF CHANGES HER LOOK THROUGHOUT BECAUSE IT SPANS
SEVEN YEARS.
SO THAT WAS-- IT WAS EERIE TO LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR.
AND MIRIAM, OUR COSTUME DESIGNER, SHE ACTUALLY
BACK-SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND THE EXACT COURTROOM CLOSE
SHE WORE FROM CHICO'S, AND ANNE TAYLOR, AND EVERYTHING WAS
LITERALLY THE CLOTHES SHE HAD WORN.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK, I WILL ASK ELLE IF THERE IS A REAL PERSON SHE WOULD LIKE
TO PLAY.
STICK AROUND.