>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW,
ALREADY IN PROGRESS, JON.
ALALREADY IN PROGRESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR YOU
KNOW FROM "THE FAULT IN OUR STARS," "DIVERGENT," AND "BABY
DRIVER."
HE NOW STARS IN "THE GOLDFINCH."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANSEL ELGORT!
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: OH!
COME ON!
LOOK AT THAT!
( CHEERS )
THAT'S A GOOD ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CROSSED THE FLOOR RIGHT THERE LIKE A DANCER.
AND I'M NOT SURPRISED.
BECAUSE I JUST HEARD THIS-- MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE KNOW-- I DID
NOT KNOW THIS.
YOU HAVE BEEN CAST AS TONY IN STEVEN SPIELBERG'S "WEST SIDE
STORY."
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY-- WHAT AN
EXTRAORDINARY THING.
>> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I AM PINCHING MYSELF CONSTANTLY WHENEVER I'M TALKING TO HIM AND
HE'S DIRECTING ME.
>> Stephen: HOW-- HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?
WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE?
>> I GOT A PHONE CALL, AND I GET A LOT OF UNKNOWN PHONE CALLS.
I'VE HAD THE SAME NUMBER SINCE SIXTH GRADE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO CHANGE IT.
CHANGING YOUR PHONE NUMBER IS REALLY ANNOYING.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH SURE.
>> I GET THIS UNKNOWN NUMBER.
FOR SOME REASON I ANSWER IT, AND THEY SAID, "I HAD, ANSEL, STEVEN
SPIELBERG WANTS TO TALK TO YOU."
I HAD BEEN AUDITIONING AND FIGHTING FOR THIS ROLE AND IT
WAS STEPHEN.
AND HIS TONE SORT OF IMPLIED I WOULDN'T GET THE ROLE BUT I WAS
SO HAPPY HE CALLED ME ME AND TELL ME I DIDN'T GET IT.
>> Stephen: NICE OF HIM TO CALL YOU PERSONALLY TO PUT YOU
DOWN.
>> AND TURNED INTO I DID GET IT.
HE PLAYED ME, TOO.
HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
AND I WAS SO HAPPY, AND I COULDN'T TELL ANYONE.
BUT I CALLED MY MOM AND DAD, AND CRIED A LITTLE BIT AND...
( LAUGHTER )
DID YOU GROW UP LOVING THIS MUSICAL?
>> YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS-- MUSICAL THEATER HAS BEEN MY FIRST LOVE.
SEE "OKLAHOMA" AND DECIDED THEETHAT'S ME.
THAT'S ME ON STAGE, THE GUY WITH THE LASSO.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO WERE IN "WEST SIDE STORY."
>> WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, I WAS IN "WEST SIDE STORY" AT
THEATER CAMP.
I WENT TO THEATER CAMP FOR SEVEN YEARS.
AND -- >> Stephen: THAT-- IS THAT YOU
RIGHT THERE?
>> THAT'S ME!
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: IS THIS-- IS THIS-- AND THERE YOU ARE RIGHT
THERE.
WHAT-- WHO-- IS THIS THE OFFICER CRUMP KEY SCENE?
>> I'M PROBABLY SAYING ♪ OFFICER KRUMPKEY, I'M DOWN ON
MY KNEES ♪
>> Stephen: I IMAGINE THAT SPIELBERG GOT WIND OF THIS AND
WENT, "THERE'S MY TONY RIGHT THERE."
>> EXACTLY, YES.
>> Stephen: NO-- OH, WOW.
IS IT STILL-- WERE YOU ALREADY A TRAINED DANCER BEFORE THIS?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT BALLET.
BUT I LOVE TO DANCE, ALWAYS.
BUT I TOOK BALLET WHEN I WAS A KID.
NOW WE'RE DOING BALLET AGAIN, BECAUSE THE CHOREOGRAPHER IS
JUSTIN PECK, A NEW YORK CITY CHOREOGRAPHER SO WE'VE BEEN IN
BALLET EVERY DAY.
IT'S GREAT.
IT CHANGES YOUR BODY.
IT FIXES YOUR POSTURE.
I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT I STAND BEHIND A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
WHO IS DOING IT AND SORT OF WATCH WHAT SHE'S DOING AND...
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO LEARN YOUR-- YOUR GRANDE AND REL HAVE
AS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> I'VE-- MY GIRLFRIEND ALSO A BALLET DANCER.
SHE SAID YOU'RE ROLLED TOO FAR BACK ON YOUR FEET.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE BALLET SERIOUSLY.
TONY IS NOT A BALLET DANCER.
HE'S A TOUGH GUY.
>> Stephen: BUT VUITTON IT, RIGHT.
THEY BALLET FIGHT.
THEY DANCE FIGHT.
>> IN THIS ONE WE FIGHT FOR REAL.
>> Stephen: FIGHT FOR REAL?
>> SWITCH BLADES.
>> I DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD,
ANYTHING?
>> I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO.
>> Stephen: TELL ME.
>> I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT--
>> STEPHEN IS A FRIEND.
GO AHEAD, TELL ME.
>> I HAD A NIGHTMARE THE OTHER NIGHT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ROLE.
THEY TOLD ME, THE AUDITION HAS BEEN GREAT" IT'S WHOLE
THIFNTION'S SCREEN TEST UP TO THIS POINT.
WE HAD TWO WEEKS LEFT OF FILMING AND IT WAS TERRIBLE.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE WANT ROLE.
I STILL FEEL LIKE I COULD -- >> Stephen: IT WOULD BE
EXPENSIVE TO RECAST YOU AT THIS POINT SO I THINK YOU'RE SAFE.
>> BUT I FEEL LIKE STEVEN SPIELBERG CAN DO WHATEVER HE
WANTS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE IN THE NEW FILM "THE GOLDFINCH" BASED ON A
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL.
WE HAVE A CLIP.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS IN THE CLIP?
IT'S YOU AND JEFFREY WRIGHT.
>> IT'S ME AND JEFFREY WRIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN CEECHING THIS GOLDFINCH PAINTING.
WE STOLE IT FROM THE MUSEUM WHEN THERE WAS AN ATTACK, THE SAME
ATTACK WHERE I LOST MY MOTHER, AND THE PAINTING MEANS MY MOTHER
TO ME.
I HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY I HAD IT.
SOMEHOW OR OTHER, I MAY HAVE LOST IT, AND IT MAY BE GONE
FOREVER.
>> Stephen: AND HE KNOWS.
>> AND NOW THE NEWS IS OUT.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> IT WAS HIS LAST PAINTING, BECAUSE HE DIED IN AN EXPLOSION.
STUPID ACCIDENT.
AND SOMEHOW, MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE, IT SURVIVES THROUGH
CENTURIES.
UNTIL YOU.
>> I NEVER MEANT-- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AT FIRST.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I KEPT IT.
I WAS JUST TRYING-- I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT SAFE.
>> IT WASN'T YOURS TO KEEP!
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS )
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE THE BAD GUY.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT-- I REALLY LIKE YOUR NAME,
ANSEL ELGORT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET THE NAME...
>> STEPHEN COAL-BERT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT IF YOU'RE A RUSSIAN SPY.
ELGORT FAMILY NAME, I ASSUME.
>> YES.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE ELGORTAVICH, AND THEY CHOPPED IT UP AT ELLIS
ISLAND.
>> Stephen: ANSEL?
>> I'M NAMED AFTER ANSEL ADAMS, THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
MY FATHER IS A PHOTOGRAPHER, TOO.
>> Stephen: I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOUR NAME SOUNDED LIKE AN
ANAGRAM OF SOMETHING ELSE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH TODAY.
YOUR NAME IS NOT ONLY LOVELY AS ANSEL ELGORT, BUT YOU CAN USE
ALL THE LETTERS OF YOUR NAME TO ALSO SPELL: TELL ME IF YOU LIKE
ANY OF THESE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> I LIKE THAT ONE, TOO YOU.
>> Stephen: LIKE THAT ONE, TOO?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU CAN HAVE THESE ONCE THE INTERVIEW IS OVER.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HANG OUT WITH SPIELBERG AT ALL?
IS HE A FUN GUY TO BE WITH?
>> I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH
SPIELBERG.
>> Stephen: JUST HANGING OUT!
I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT THE MOVIE.
IS HE A NICE PERSON?
>> HE'S SO NICE YOU.
>> Stephen: TOLD ME SOMETHING ABOUT SPIELBERG UPON YOU ARE SO
OUT OF THE MOVIE RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG?
WE KNOW WHAT THE SONGS ARE IN THE MUSICAL.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG IN THE MUSICAL.
>> "SOMETHING'S COMING."
I LOVE THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: SING IT.
>> THE MOVIE IS NOT COMING OUT UNTIL DECEMBER 2020.
I'M NOT GIVING ALL MY TRICKS AWAY.
I'LLOB YOUR SHOW IN A YEAR.
>> Stephen: >> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR
FAVORITE SONG YOU'RE SINGING IN "THE GOLDFINCH."
♪ I'VE LOST THE PAINTING.
WHAT DO I DO?
BOOO-HOOO♪ >> Stephen: DON'T GIVE IT
AWAY.
DON'T GIVE IT AWAY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NICELY DONE.
ANSEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: "THE GOLDFINCH" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
ANSEL ELGORT, EVERYBODY!
LEGAL STUNNER.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JODI KANTOR AND MEGAN TWOHEY.