-Last time I think you were here
was the "Star Wars: The Last Jedi".
-That's right. -That went on to make --
-Thank you for having me. -Oh, please.
That went on to make like a billion dollars or more.
-Yeah. -Yeah, and then,
a few months later,
you're in "Avengers: Infinity War",
and that went on -- [ Cheers and applause ]
That went on to make $2 billion.
-Yeah. I mean, I guess I'm spoiled.
-Yeah, I just -- I just -- -Wow. That's crazy.
-That's giant. -Yeah.
-And then I just saw that at Disney,
you're part of the "Guardians" ride.
So, you can ride you.
[ Laughter ]
-Every night. -You guys can ride
Benicio Del Toro tonight.
[ Cheers and applause ]
If you want to. If you want to.
Just head out to Orlando, and just ride Benicio.
-Yeah, actually Disneyland. Disneyland in L.A.
Disneyland in L.A., in Los Angeles.
Yeah, sorry about that. -And it's kind of bizarre.
You know, I never thought I'd have a statue of me anywhere,
let alone in Disneyland.
-So there's statue outside of --
You're the opening -- -The collector, yeah.
-But you're the opening of the whole ride.
-Yeah, yeah. -Do people come up to you,
like, "Hey --" -Yeah.
-"I enjoyed the ride". -"I ride you".
[ Laughter ]
-"I enjoy riding you". Yeah. Of course.
-"I enjoy riding you", yeah.
-"You're always letting me down".
[ Laughter ]
-And I've done it -- I've done it seven times now".
Yeah. Exactly.
Oh, man. -Yeah.
-Congrats. That's got to be a thrill.
I mean, I know you do -- you know, you do these dramas,
you do action movies,
then you do these giant, giant, big things.
Do you have a preference?
-No. I mean, you know, acting is acting.
-Yeah, I guess you're right. -I just -- I'm lucky.
I'm lucky that I can... -Yeah.
-...be part of those big movies and then do --
explore characters like the one in "Escape at Dannemora"
that are so serious.
-We're lucky to have you as an actor
'cause we get to watch you perform.
We love it. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you. -You're great.
"Escape at Dannemora" -- I'm fascinated by this story,
and I remember watching it on the "Today" show.
I was looking at it, and --
I go, "You got to be kidding me. These guys planned this?"
Did you follow it when it was on the news?
-I did follow it. I think a lot of people did.
It was extraordinary.
You know, I thought there was --
that they must have gotten some really professional help.
-Yeah. -And that's not really the case.
-But how did they know -- Wait.
So, they -- I forget what the real story was,
but they were digging a tunnel
through their prison cell or something?
-They basically carved a hole in their cells.
-[ Laughs ] This is fake. -And then the rest,
you have to see the show. -No, but I mean --
-Yeah. -That's, like, fake.
That's, like, the fake thing where there's a calendar,
a poster, like a cartoon, and then --
-Right. Right. -They carve out little spoonful.
-Totally, totally. -Then the security guards comes.
"How are you doing?" -"How are you doing", yeah.
-So, they really did that?
-They really did that. -They dug a tunnel
out of their cell. -Little by little by little...
They carved a hole, and they went down to the tunnels,
and then they worked their way through,
and they found a pipe that took them out.
-But how did they know that there was a sewer pipe?
Was it a sewer pipe? -They had a lot of time in jail.
[ Laughter ]
-But is it the Internet? I don't know how you would --
-No, they don't have access to the Internet.
-And then -- but then -- -Trial and error.
-But then you're watching that,
and you go, "Oh, that's amazing. Prison escape.
That's -- I'm already interested".
But then you go, no -- it just kept getting layer upon layer.
They had an inside -- Who's the girl?
-Well, the girl in the show is Patricia Arquette.
-Oh, she's fantastic. -But oh. my God -- yeah.
Wait till you see her, dude.
You got to see her on this. -I saw the trailer. I saw the --
-God, she's amazing. -She's killer.
But the -- in real life, she plays --
Was it a security guard?
-Tilly, who was a -- she was a citizen
that used to work in a tailor shop.
-Yeah. -And she was a seamstress
and really good at it,
and then she had an affair with one of the guys
and with the other guy. -Like, both guys.
-Yeah. -But she kind of helped them
with the plan. -She helped them.
-And she met them at the manhole where they popped out.
[ Light laughter ]
Well, we don't -- -We don't know.
-No, we don't know. -We don't know.
-But I just can't believe it.
It's the most exciting thing.
I can't even believe that thing really happened.
Everyone at the prison must have been like,
"Wait, what happened again?
Like, I can't believe they went through all this".
-Yeah. No, they did. -And almost
got away with it, right?
Kind of? -Pretty close.
My guy -- My -- The guy I play, Richard Matt,
he didn't get away with it. Nothing.
Nothing, yeah. -Yeah.
Why was he in prison for the first --
-He was -- Murder.
-It was murder. That's usually a bad dude.
-Convicted, yeah.
-Yeah. -Yeah, bad dude.
-And then how did you come across doing this?
Doing the series?
-Ben Stiller, the director, he directed all the episodes.
-Ben? -Yeah. Great job.
-I love that. -He's done a great job,
and he made a lot of people happy,
people that worked on the show.
We're all very happy with the outcome, yeah.
And so he approached me,
and then he sent me the first episode,
and I read the first episode, and I was --
it was really interesting how the characters are --
were developed and how they, you know,
behaved with each other.
So, I thought it was going to be an interesting show.
-Did you -- Have you ever thought about
doing such a long-form deal?
'Cause it's like, what, eight-hour series?
-Yeah, seven.
But the last episode, it's a long one.
It's about an hour and 40 minutes.
But, you know, I'm --
I've been making movies for a long time.
-Absolutely. -So, I think of myself as --
as a sprinter,
and this was a marathon. -Yeah.
It's a different beast.
-Yeah, I had to pace myself,
and I was calling for air and water at every stop.
-Did you find that you got into the character more
because you got more to -- longer to get into it?
-Well, you get to explore different sides
of the character, yeah.
That is kind of cool. -Yeah.
-That's an amazing story. I can't wait to see it.