>> Stephen: HEY!
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM THE WALKING
DEAD, "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON," AND "IN THE HEIGHTS."
HE NOW STARS IN THE LATEST FILM ADAPTATION OF THE SCOTTISH PLAY.
>> MY CHILDREN, TOO?
WIFE, CHILDREN, SERVANTS, ALLAN THAT COULD BE FOUND.
>> MY WIFE, KILLED, TOO.
BE COMFORTED.
LET'S MAKE OUR GREAT REVENGE -- >> HE HAS NO CHILDREN!
ALL, NOT PRETTY ONES.
>> DID YOU SAY ALL?
ALL.
BULL AWE MY PRETTY CHICKENS AND THEY FELL IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
I MUST FEEL IT AS A MAN.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," COREY
HAWKINS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
BEFORE WE GELT STARTED I CALLED IT THE SCOTTISH PLAY.
THERE'S A TRADITION NOT TO SAY THE NAME OF THAT PARTICULAR
PLAY, IT'S BAD LUCK.
ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT THAT?
>> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.
I'M ON THE FENCE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE TRADITION, THE CURSES AND ALL THAT, BUT I'M
ALSO A VERY SPIRITUAL GUY AND I UNDERSTAND GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN, TO THERE'S THAT.
I WAS WORKING ON A PLAY WITH LA TONYA RICHARDSON JACKSON, AND WE
WERE ON A BREAK, AND I SAID IT IN THE THEATER, AND I JUMPED UP,
AND SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY, AND I RAN OUT OF THE
THEATER AND STARTED SPINNING AROUND AND SPITTING OVER MY
SHOULDER -- >> Stephen: IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO?
>> I GUESS SO, PEOPLE LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M CRAZY BUT IT'S
NEW YORK.
I WENT BACK IN AND LA TONYA WAS SHAKING HER HEAD AND I SAID,
WHAT?
SHE SAID, I DON'T PLAY THAT.
CURSES LIKE THAT AND ALL THAT, SHE SAID, I'M COVERED.
SHE SAID, GOD.
I SAID, YES, MA'AM, YES, MA'AM.
( APPLAUSE ) I DON'T MIND SAYING IT.
>> Stephen: MACBETH MACBETH MACBETH MACBETH.
>> MACBETH.
>> Stephen: HE'S UPSET, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE GOING TO GET US CANCELED!
I INTERVIEWED YOUR CO-STAR DENZEL WASHINGTON A FEW WEEKS
AGO ABOUT THIS FILM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND AIM LONG-TIME FAN.
VERY FEW PEOPLE STAR STRIKE ME, AND HE IS ONE OF THE FEW I GO
THAT'S DENZEL ( BLEEP ) WASHINGTON RIGHT THERE.
( APPLAUSE ) WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SHARE THE
STAGE OR THE SCREEN WITH HIM FOR THIS?
>> IT'S AN HONOR.
EVERY TIME I SEE HIM I'M LIKE THAT'S DENZEL WASHINGTON.
BUT TO BE AS GRACIOUS AS HE IS NOT ONLY AS A MAN BUT IN HIS
WORK AND, LIKE, TO LITERALLY SIT IN REHEARSAL WITH HIM FOR WEEKS
AND WITH FRAN AND JOE COHEN, I MEAN, TO SIT WITH THEM AND WATCH
THESE MASTERS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES AND RISE TO
THE OCCASION.
I MEAN, AS AN ARTIST, THAT'S THE DREAM, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, YOU
KNOW, TO CONTINUE -- BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
YOU KNOW, BUT THE FACT I GOT TO WATCH THEM DO THIS AND PLAY.
>> Stephen: FOR THEM TO BE GENEROUS WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE
WITH YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: MIGHT GET A CONTACT GREATNESS.
>> LISTEN, LET IT RUB OFF ON ME, PLEASE, I'LL TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: NOT TO SPOIL A 400-YEAR-OLD PLAY, BUT YOUR
CHARACTER McDUFF KILLS HIS CHARACTER.
>> WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AND IT'S A GREAT
SWORD FIGHT AND WE HAVE A STILL RIGHT HERE.
THERE YOU ARE, McDUFF, THERE YOU ARE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE SWORD FIGHTING WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON?
ARE YOU NERVOUS?
>> AM I NERVOUS?
OH, MAN, THE WHOLE TIME, I WAS THINKING DO NOT KILL DENZEL
WASHINGTON, PLEASE, PLEASE!
>> Stephen: HOW CLOSE DO YOU COME?
I'VE NEVER REALLY DONE ANY REALLY PROPER STAGE COMBAT LIKE
THAT WAN ACTUAL -- ARE THESE HEAVY SWORDS?
>> THESE ARE REAL SWORDS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH AN INCREDIBLE
STUNT TEAM THAT WORKED WITH JOE COHEN FOR YEARS, SO I TRUST
MYSELF IN THEIR HANDS.
I JUST DON'T TRUST THE SWORD IN MY HANDS.
DENZEL AND I, HE'S WORKING ON -- HE'S SHOOTING OTHER SCENES AND
STUFF, AND WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WORK ON THAT FIGHT
UNTIL THE DAY OF.
SO WE HACKETTED IT SEPARATELY BUT BECAUSE HE'S A MASTER, WE
BEAT THROUGH THE FIGHT, AND IT'S ON THIS TINY PARAPET THAT'S THIS
WIDE AND WE'RE TALKING THE SWORDS AND I'M, LIKE, LORD,
PLEASE DON'T LET THIS BE THE DAY AND DON'T LET ME BE THE ONE.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAD TO DO WAS ACT ON A HORSE
AND I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER YOU HAD RIDDEN A HORSE BEFORE.
( SIGHS ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING.
TWO THINGS YOU SAY ACTORS DON'T FILM WITH, CHILDREN AND ANIMALS,
SO THEY PUT ME ON A HORSE TO DO SHAKESPEARE ON THE FIRST DAY.
WHICH WAS ALL GOOD.
ME AND THIS HORSE HAD BEEN PRACTICING FOR A MONTH PRIOR TO
THIS.
WE HAD BEEN READY, WE BECAME CLOSE, I WAS TELEPATHICALLY
TALKING TO THE DUDE.
I NAMED HIM BUDDY, WE WERE IN LOCK STEP.
ON THE DAY OF, DENZEL GRACIOUSLY CAME ON MY FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING
AND FRANCES AND JOEL WAS THERE, EVERYBODY WAS READY, WE
REHEARSED IT A THOUSAND TIMES.
ACTION AND WE GET DOWN, HIT THE MARK, CAMERAS RIGHT THERE, AND
AS SOON AS I START SPEAKING, THE HORSE JUST -- OFF CAMERA.
AND I'M SITTING THERE, LIKE, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, HE'S NERVOUS,
YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: THE HORSE IS NERVOUS.
>> CLEARLY, EVEN THOUGH THE HORSE HAD PROBABLY DONE MORE
FILMS THAN ALL OF US COMBINED.
SO WE DO IT AGAIN, GET DOWN THERE, SAME THING.
AS SOON AS I START SPEAKING -- ( CLICKING TONGUE )
>> I'M STARTING TO FREAK OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT TRYING TO HOLD IT
TOGETHER, JOEL, DENZEL, FRAN, COME ON, DON'T MAKE ME LOOK BAD.
LAST TIME WE DO IT, HE DOES IT AGAIN.
>> Announcer: LOOK OVER TO THE HORSE WRANGLER, OLD GRUFF GUY
HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR YEARS.
HE SAID, ARE YOU NERVOUS?
I SAID, I'M NERVOUS, YOU KNOW.
BUT THERE HERE UP, EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE BECAUSE THE CAMERA'S
UP THERE.
BT FROM HERE DOWN, I'M SO NERVOUS, HE SAID, YOUR FEET ARE
LITERALLY KICKING THE HORSE EVERY TIME YOU --
>> Stephen: AND THE HORSE IS DOING WHAT YOU'RE TELLING HIM TO
DO?
>> HE'S DOING WHAT I'M TELLING HIM TO DO.
I SAID, OH, MY GOSH.
I FEEL LIKE THE HORSE IS, LIKE, ARE YOU NERVOUS?
LITERALLY, IT WAS -- BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LAUGHED ABOUT IT,
IT WAS FUN AND WE GOT IT DONE.
>> Stephen: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
"THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH" IS IN THEATERS NOW AND ON APPLE TV+,
JANUARY 14.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY!