How are you, you look fantastic.
Oh, thank you very much.
You look very nice.
Oh, it's so good to see you again.
Nice to see you again. (Conan mumbles)
We did the "Single Guy." Yeah, he did.
Little Shawn "The Single Guy," a while ago.
And that's how we knew each other.
Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah.
(Conan breath heavily)
Yeah, we're old friend, blah, blah, blah.
Yeah, we go way back.
And you know what?
What I didn't realize,
is of course I mentioned in the intro,
"Joy Luck Club," and "ER," and all those things.
But I didn't know you also are in a video game,
is that right?
Based on a pretty popular movie, called "Street Fighter."
Street Fighter with Jeaaa...
Oh, Jean-Claude Van Damme.
No, but the way to really say it is,
Jean-Claude Van Damme.
(Ming-Na laughs) (audience laughs)
That's, you know, it's like a legal thing.
Right. And, so you're in-
But don't call him Jean-Claude,
he likes to be called, JC.
Really? Yes, you know,
for those who wanna know that.
I'm not afraid of him, I'll call him whatever I want.
(Ming-Na laughs) (audience laughs)
And if he's here, I'd say that to his face.
I'm so glad he's not.
Now, yeah, so this was a movie you did with him.
Right. First of all,
what was he like?
What's Jean-Claude Van Damme, like?
Well when we did the movie, I mean,
all of us had to get really fit,
so I was in the best shape of my life.
I mean, I was buffed, I was training,
and really feeling good about my body.
But it didn't matter because as soon as you got on the set,
all that mattered was his butt.
I mean, every shot involved Jean-Claude's butt.
His butt, he likes to, he's proud of his butt.
Yeah. Can we say that?
And I was quite jealous of the fact,
because I thought my butt was looking pretty rock hard
and you know...
Right. But it didn't matter.
So he actually has cameras positioned at butt level,
right? Yes. (Ming-Na laughing)
They're actually called butt cameras, and they're there-
Yeah, it was a new experience for me.
Incredible.
I had worked in front of cameras before,
but yes that's very true.
And now you're in a video game where...
This is actually you and you're beating people up
using a karate or kickboxing or something?
Yes.
Okay, can we have, we actually have a clip of this,
which is very exciting.
This is the actual video game starring Ming-Na Wen.
Can we take a look at this thing, Liz?
Oh no.
(upbeat music)
(Chun-Li punching) (Chun-Li kicking)
Yah. (Guile grunts)
(upbeat music)
[Voice Over} Chun-Li Wins.
(upbeat music)
(audience cheering) (audience applauding)
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
What the hell is that thing you were doing after you won?
What is that?
It's part of the character.
I had no involvement. (Conan laughing)
It was contractual.
Can you do that? I had to do that.
What is that? Is that a victory dance?
It's a little Chun-Li victory dance, yes.
Okay, so you can actually
probably get out your regressions this way, right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm so proud of this conversation, you know,
from "Joy Luck Club," "ER," to this.
All right.
That's what this show does,
it brings out the best in people.
(Ming-Na laughs) (audience laughing)
Now let's talk about "ER," you're on "ER" for awhile.
And I was curious about that
'cause it was such a juggernaut,
and it still is such a juggernaut,
but it's such an explosion. What a word.
Yeah, I get paid $50 extra,
if I can work the word juggernaut into the show.
(Ming-Na laughs) (audience laughing)
But anyway, so on this show, I was curious,
what's the audition like for a show like that?
I mean, at the time,
was the show already going at the time
or where you went at the ground floor?
Oh yeah, I mean,
it was incredible to be able to audition for this part.
Mm-hmm.
But what was really weird was that
the scene that they wanted me to audition with
was sort of interesting.
Mm-hmm.
It was Deb having to perform a rectal exam.
There is a theme to this whole night, I swear.
(audience laughing)
Do you need some volunteer?
What the hell? (Ming-Na laughing)
Fabio. Oh my God.
So Sorry. Sorry.
So we're going from-
Fabio, if you can't behave, I'm stopping this show,
we're turning around,
We're going back home to your grandmother's, all right.
Yeah, I have notice from butt to rectal to-
Wait, so your big audition is you gonna do a rectal exam?
Yes, I had to do a rectal exam
and I really, really wanted to get this job so...
Right.
Being an actor, I'm being very serious, I'm like,
"What can I do to make them want to cast me in this role?"
Mm-hmm.
So I said, "I'll bring latex gloves."
Oh, that'll like, really make it authentic.
Yeah, make it feel like I'm really that intern students.
So I surprised them with my latex gloves
and I asked a casting director
if he was willing to participate and help me really-
Great not.
You know, work out the scene and he politely declined.
So basically- Smart guy, yeah.
Once again, as a serious actress,
I had to mime the rectal exam in front of total stranger.
I'm used to seeing mimes walk against the wind,
(Ming-Na laughing)
be in a box,
that's a level of mine I don't care to participate in.
I think.