WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS THE FRONT MAN OF "30 SECONDS TO
MARS" AND AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR FROM "DALLAS
BUYERS CLUB" AND "SUICIDE SQUAD."
HE RECEIVED A GOLDEN GLOBE AND SAG NOMINATION FOR HIS
PERFORMANCE IN HIS NEW FILM, "THE LITTLE THINGS."
>> CAN I HELP YOU.
>> I SAW THE FOR SALE SIGN.
>> THAT WAS FOR ANOTHER CAR.
>> GOT A LOT OF MILES ON IT.
YOU A SALESMAN.
HOW IS THE TRUNK SPACE?
>> STANDARD.
>> MIND IF I TAKE A LOOK?
I'M IN THE MARKET.
>> IT'S NOT FOR SALE.
>> ALL I NEED TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK.
>> YOU MUST REALLY LIKE MY CAR.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW JARED LETO.
HI, JARED?
>> HEY, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
>> YOU PLAYED THAT CLIP, I WAS THINKING IT MUST BE SUCH A
STRANGE THING TO WATCH ON THE SHOW BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH
SILENCE.
AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE OKAY, WHAT IS GO COMING NEXT.
>> Stephen: AFTER A YEAR OF COVID, I'M USED TO SILENCE.
I GOT SILENCE FOR DAYS AROUND HERE.
THE-- WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THAT CLIP AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR
PERFORMANCE IS THAT YOU HAVE A QUIET CALM IN SOME OF YOUR
PERFORMANCE THAT HAS THIS MENACING QUALITY BY ITS
CALMNESS.
YOU KNOW, LIKE EVEN THOUGH YOU LOOK LIKE A BEDRAG ELED GIFTER
THERE, THERE IS AN EDUCATED CALM TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING THIS IS AN
ODD JUXTAPOSITION BY HOW YOU LOOK THAT MAKES YOU EVEN MORE
MENACING.
>> YEAH, HE IS-- IT WAS A REALLY INTENSE EXPERIENCE.
I MEAN I WAS IN HEAVEN BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO BE JUST A MASSIVE
DENZEL WASHINGTON FAN.
>> Stephen: GET IN LINE, MAN, I'M A HUGE DENZEL WASHINGTON
FAN.
>> SO FOR ME IT WAS A MASTER CLASS IN ACTING.
AND HE IS JUST ONE OF MY HEROES, SO TO GO HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH HIM
WAS JUST ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE PART WAS REALLY, I ORIGINALLY SAID NO TO
IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT, I HAD BEEN ON THE DARKER SIDE OF THE
UNIVERSAL QUITE A FEW TIMES.
BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE IS
SOMETHING HERE, MAYBE THERE IS A TRANSFORMATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
SOMETHING I HADN'T DONE BEFORE.
SO GLAD I DID IT.
>> Stephen: THIS TIME IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER
INTERVIEWED YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW WITH YOUR BAND.
AND I TALKED ABOUT YOU ON THE SHOW.
IN FACT, ALMOST EXACTLY, EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY MARCH
18th, 2020, I TALKED ABOUT YOU IN MY MONOLOGUE AND, JIM,
LET'S PLAY THIS CLIP.
>> CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN THE ONLY THING ON ANYONE'S MIND FOR
WEEKS.
BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT IT NOW.
LIKE JARED LETO, THIS IS TRUE, WHO ONLY YESTERDAY BECAME AWARE
OF CORONAVIRUS AFTER RETURNING FROM A 12 DAY ISOLATED
MEDITATION TRIP.
MAN, IT MUST SUCK TO RETURN FROM ISOLATION ONLY TO HAVE TO FIND
OUT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK INTO ISOLATION.
DID YOU REALLY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PANDEMIC AT ALL.
>> NO, IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING BECAUSE, AND IT IS TRUE.
I WENT FROM ISOLATION TO ISOLATION, I WENT FROM LOCKDOWN
TO LOCKDOWN.
BUT IT WAS JUST BIZARRE TIME WHERE YOU KNOW, WE FORGET HOW
QUICKLY THIS HAPPENED.
BUT WHEN I WENT IN THERE, THERE WAS 150 CASES IN AMERICA.
AND ONE DEATH, I THINK THE FIRST DEATH IN SEATTLE IN A NURSING
HOME, SADLY.
AND THEN JUST IN THOSE 12 DAYS, BY THE LAST DAY WE WERE THERE,
THERE WAS THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY AND A SHUTDOWN IN
L.A., PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.
SO IT REALLY JUST IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE PHONES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE NEWS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT.
SO BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A WILD WAY TO GET THRUST INTO THE
PANDEMIC.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY MESSAGES DID YOU HAVE ON YOUR PHONE WHEN
YOU CAME OUT.
BECAUSE I IMAGINE PEOPLE MUST HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT NOT
BEING ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU DURING A CRISIS?
>> YEAH, IT WAS STRANGE.
I HAD A COUPLE THOUSAND MESSAGES FOR SURE.
AND I REMEMBER I WENT TO THE MEDITATION TEACHER AFTER.
THEY TOLD US ON THE 11th DAY, AND THEY KNEW IT WAS
HAPPENING THE WHOLE TIME BUT THEY MADE A DECISION TO LIKE LET
US BE IN, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER WE ARE DOING.
AND I WENT TO THE GUY AND I SAID DON'T YOU THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD
JUST CALL IT, THROW IN THE TOWEL NOW AND GO HOME.
LIKE CHECK ON THEM, THINGS, YOU KNOW, HE IS LIKE WELL, IF YOU
WANT TO DO THAT, YOU COULD.
OR YOU COULD JUST SIT.
>> Stephen: WELL, BEING ENCOURAGED TO JUST SIT WASN'T
SUCH A BAD THING BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO WERE NOT IN THE
MEDITATION CENTER WERE JUST SITTING.
WELL, NOW I-- YOU ARE ZOOMING IN FROM FAR AWAY TONIGHT, AREN'T
SNU WHERE ARE YOU ARE, JARED.
>> I'M A LAKE COMO IN ITALY.
>> Stephen: OVER IN ITALY LOOKING LIKE THIS.
HERE YOU ARE, YOU ARE PORTRAYING PAOLO GUCCI WHILE YOU ARE
FILMING HOUSE OF GUCCI.
MY GOOD LORD, I DON'T THINK JABA THE HUT WENT THROUGH THAT MUCH
MAKEUP EVERY DAY, GO BACK, PUT THAT BACK UP AGAIN, JIM, AT
LEAST THE SUIT IS FLATTERING.
SO THE MAN I'M INTERVIEWING RIGHT NOW, THAT MAN RIGHT THERE
WITH THE BANDANA LOOKS LIKE THAT AT THE END OF HIS MAKEUP DAY?
HOW LONG, JARED LETO?
>> PURPLE IS VERY SLIMMING, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: CORD ROY IS VERY FLATTERING.
>> YEAH, IT MAKES YOU VERY SVELT.
YEAH, A TOTAL TRANSFORMATION.
I SI IN THE MAKEUP CHAIR, WE'RE DOING, START ABOUT 4:00 IN THE
MORNING AND TAKES ABOUT FIVE HOURS, THAT IS WHY I AM A LITTLE
LOOPY RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO ASK YOU TODAY, MARCH 18th IS ALSO
THE DAY THAT SNYDER CUT WAS RELEASED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND ONE OF THE FIRST HEADLINES THAT LEAPT OUT
TO ME IS HOW THIS IS, NOT MY WORDS BUT THE HEADLINES WORDS,
THIS IS REDEMPTION FOR JARED LETO'S JOKER, LIKE THIS EXPANDS
THAT CHARACTER IN REALLY INTERESTING WAYS.
HOW IS IT, HAVE YOU SEEN THE CUT AND IF SO, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS
JOKER IS DIFFERENT FROM THE JOKER THAT WE SAW BEFORE IN
SUICIDE SQUAD?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOVE ZACK SNYDER AND I THINK THAT THE
STORY BEHIND THIS SNYDER CUT IS REALLY KIND OF ONE FOR THE AGES.
OF WHAT HAPPENED AROUND HIM, KIND OF NOT FINISHING THE FIRST
FILM AND YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WEARING THIS SHIRT.
WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHICH WAS AN AD-LIB THAT I THREW OUT ON
THE DAY SHOOTING IT, IT ENDED UP IN THE TRAILER AND KIND OF WENT
VIRAL.
AND WE ARE SELLING THESE ON MY BAND'S WEBSITE 30 SECONDS TO
MARS.COM AND THE PROFITS ARE TBG TO THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR
SUICIDE PREVENTION.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS STORY ABOUT ZACK AND HOW
DEEP IT RUNS.
BUT I WAS JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF HIS DREAM AND TO GET
ASKED TO PLAY THE JOKER FOR A SECOND TIME WAS JUST A TREAT.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE ROLES THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: WE'VE GOT THIS, HERE, TWO ITERATIONS, SUICIDE
SQUAD AND HERE IS ONE OF THE RELEASED IMAGES FROM THE SNYDER
CUT.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO PEOPLE OR IS IT JUST A
CONTINUUM OF THE SAME CHARACTER?
>> WELL, I THINK IT IS AN EVOLUTION.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME YEARS APART AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY
DIFFERENT DIRECTORS.
WHEN YOU COLLABORATE WITH SOMEBODY AS WELL, THEY BRING OUT
DIMP, JUST LIKE EVERY GUEST YOU HAVE BRINGS OUT A DIFFERENT SIDE
OR A DIFFERENT JOKE OR A DIFFERENT ENERGY.
AND WHEN YOU WORK WITH A DIFFERENT DIRECTOR YOU BRING OUT
DIFFERENT THINGS.
OR THEY BRING OUT DIFFERENT THINGS IN YOU.
SO I LOVED WORKING WITH HIM.
I LOVED HIS PASSION.
HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS WORLD THAN ALMOST ANYBODY
"THE LITTLE THINGS" IS PLAYING IN THEATERS NOW AND AVAILABLE ON
DEMAND TOMORROW.
JARED LETO, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LANCO.