WELCOME BACK!
WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S BROADCAST NOT LIVE.
( LAUGHTER ) MY NEXT GUEST IS A GREAT ACTOR,
WHO'S BEEN IN SOME OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES.
PLEASE WELCOME ELIJAH WOOD!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
>> WHAT A BAND!
>> Stephen: AMAZING, AREN'T THEY?
>> YOU'RE FROM NEW ORLEANS, AREN'T YOU?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I WAS THERE TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS JUST CHAT.
FINE WITH ME.
LIKE A VACATION.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE IN "DIRK GENTLY'S
HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY," A GREAT BOOK BY DOUGLAS ADAMS WHO
DID HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY ON HBO AMERICA.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU CAME BACK FROM FANTASTIC FEST.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT?
A GENRE FILM FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
>> Stephen: MEANING.
ANYTHING FROM HORROR FILMS, SCI-FI, ACTION FILMS.
THIS YEAR I THINK THE SPOTLIGHT WAS ON INDIAN CINEMAS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF HOLLYWOOD FILMS THERE SO ANYTHING
ENCAPSULATED BY GENRE.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU WALK AROUND THAT OR DO YOU GET MOBBED
BY EVERYBODY BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUR PEOPLES.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU'RE NOT ONLY A FAN OF IT BUT
YOU'RE ALSO A DARLING.
YOU'RE IN THESE MOVIES.
>> THIS IS TRUE.
IT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THESE FAST VALSE THAT DOESN'T SEPARATE
THE FAN FROM THE FILMMAKERS AND THE ACTORS IN THEM AND THERE IS
A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THAT.
EVERYBODY INTERMENG ALSO AND THEY'RE ALL THERE FOR THE SAME
REASON, WHICH IS TO WATCH THE MOVIES AND CELEBRATE CINEMA.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE GIVE OUT FREE TATTOOS
THERE?
>> YES, FOUR YEARS AGO THEY STARTED GIVING OUT FREE TATTOOS
AT THE CLOSING NIGHT PARTY.
I MISSED THAT YEAR BUT EVERY YEAR, CONSEQUENTLY, I'VE GOTTEN
THE TATTOO.
>> Stephen: YOU GET THE FREETA TOO.
>> I HAVE A TATTOO BAND AROUND MY ARM.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?
>> Stephen: SURE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
>>> Stephen: WOW.
OH, THANK YOU.
SO THAT'S FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH GOT A FIRE CRACK, A RAY GUN, RUBBER CHICKEN, AND THAT'S A
KIJU.
CAN WE SEE THAT CLEARLY?
>> Stephen: CAN YOU MAKE THE KIJU DANCE?
>> A LITTLE FLEX TO HAV OF THE M >> Stephen: LOOK AT THE GUNS
ON ELIJAH WOOD, MAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE YOU GO, SIR.
>> THANK YOU SO, YEAH, I HAVE -- >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S VERY
BRAVE OF YOU TO GO FOR THE FREE TATTOO, BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR
"FREE TATTOO" I THINK "HEPATITIS."
( LAUGHTER ) YOU ALSO DEEJAY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU DO IT, LIKE, PROFESSIONALLY?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, SEMIPROFESSIONALLY.
IT'S A HOBBY.
I MEAN, I PLAY IN MUSIC VENUES.
IN NOVEMBER I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO EUROPE WITH MY FRIEND ZACH.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE WOODEN WISDOM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOUR DEEJAY -- DO YOU HAVE DEEJAY
MOVES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
ARE YOU ONE OF THESE GUYS?
OR YOU HIT THE iPod AND SIT BACK?
>> IT'S ALL FINAL, SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND GO WRONG.
>> Stephen: DANCE?
YEAH.
PUT ON A SONG AND CROSS IT OVER AND THEN WE'LL DANCE.
SINCE THERE IS TWO OF US, IT GIVES US MORE LICENSE.
IF I WAS JUST STANDING BEHIND THE THING BY MYSELF, IT WOULD
FEEL WEIRD TO DANCE.
BUT SINCE THERE ARE TWO OF US, WE HAVE THAT INTERPLAY.
SO IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> Stephen: NO DOUBT.
EEING AN AUDIENCE RESPONDING TO WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING.
I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
>> Stephen: VERY SIMILAR.
YOU GET A RESPONSE.
>> Stephen: I'M A JOKE DEEJAY.
SO THE SHOW IS CALLED "DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE
AGENCY."
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: AGAIN, WRITTEN BY DOUGLAS ADAMS WHO DID
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE.
AND YOU PLAY A ROCK GUY, RIGHT?
WHO'S YOUR CHARACTER?
>> HIS NAME IS TODD BRATSMAN.
HE USED TO HAVE A PUNK BAND CALLED MEXICAN FUNERAL.
HE PLAYS GUITAR.
>> Stephen: AND DIRK WANTS YOUR HELP TO SOLVE --
>> SO DIRK GENTLY, IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, DIRK IS A
DETECTIVE BUT HE'S NOT A DETECTIVE THAT USES ANYTHING
TRADITIONAL IN REGARDS TO HOW DETECTIVES SOLVE CASES.
SO HE DOESN'T LOOK FOR CLUES, NO FINGERPRINT EVIDENCE, NO
WITNESSES.
IT'S ALL INTUITION AND A FEELING THAT HE WILL BE LED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
HE COMES INTO TODD'S LIFE BY BREAKING INTO HIS APARTMENT AND
SAYING TODD IS HIS ASSISTANT, NEVER HAVING MET HIM.
HE ULTIMATELY GETS THRUST INTO THIS SERIOUSLY MAD CASE.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO BRING A CLIP.
JIM.
>> HI!
WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
LIVE HERE.
RIGHT, BUT WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU LOST YOUR JOB.
>> NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT ACTUALLY.
>> I'M ON A DETECTIVE.
A CASE.
YOU WORKED AT THE HOTEL WHERE THE MURDERS TOOK PLACE.
IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO STILL WATCH IT, OLD
PEOPLE MANED OCCASIONALLY.
>> WAS I ON TV?
OULD BIT BAD FOR YOU IF YOU WERE.
>> MAYBE IT ISN'T.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
MAYBE I'M A CAB DRIVER.
YOU SAID YOU WERE ON A CASE.
MAYBE I HAVE TWO JOBS.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT'S A PART OF A
MYSTERY.
HE'S NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT HE'S DOING.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: THE MODEL OF THE BOOK IS EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED?
DO YOU THINK THAT'S TRUE?
>> I DO.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT
BELIEVING THAT.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE NOTION OF FATE.
I THINK I BELIEVE IN FATE WITH WILL POWER, WITH THE ABILITY TO
CHANGE YOUR OWN LIFE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT FATE THEN.
BECAUSE WILL, LIKE WILL TO POWER, WILL IN THE WORLD IS
DIFFERENT THAN FATE.
>> IT ERADICATES FATE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I BELIEVE THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.
I BELIEVE WE MEET PEOPLE WE'RE MEANT TO MEET.
TO A CERTAIN DEGREE I FEEL A SENSE OF A PATH BUT ALSO AGREE
IN FREE WILL.
>> Stephen: I TOTALLY BELIEVE THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, TWO YEARS AGO, AT THE CLOSING PARTY FOR
THE COLBERT REPORT, I ACTUALLY SAID TO ONE OF MY PRODUCERS
WHO'S A BIG FAN OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS, I SAID TO HIM AT THE
PARTY, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH ME, MATT, HERE AT THE END OF ALL
THINGS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I TURNED AROUND AND YOU WERE RIGHT THERE!
( LAUGHTER ) THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON!
>> THEY DO INDEED!
>> Stephen: "DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY"
PREMIERES THIS SATURDAY 9:00 P.M. ON BBW AMERICA.
ELIJAH WOOD, EVERYBODY!
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