>> James: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> James: I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE
HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> James: LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW, YOU WERE ON ZOOM.
YOU'RE A GOOD ZOOM GUEST. YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE IN PERSON, THOUGH.
>> James: I'M THRILLED YOU'RE HERE.
>> I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M DOING THIS IN PERSON ON
A SHOW LIKE THIS IN A LONG TIME. >> James: I'M HONORED TO HAVE
YOU HERE. LAST TIME WE HAD YOU ON THE
SHOW, WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT YOUR LOVE OF CLIMBING.
HOW OFTEN ARE YOU CLIMBING? ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT CLIMBING
ALL THE TIME? HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO IT?
>> >> I'M THINKING ABOUT IT RIGHT
NOW. I'M OBSESSED.
>> James: YOU WALK UP HERE SAYING I COULD PUT A RUNNER UP
HERE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
I STARTED CLIMBING ON STAGE WITH MY BAND 30 SECONDS TO MARS.
I WOULD BE ON STAGE AND OFTENTIMES JUST START CLIMBING
THE RAFTERS. THAT WAS MY FIRST KIND OF
EXPERIENCE WITH CLIMBING, BUT NOW I'M OBSESSED.
I LIVE NEAR A PARK, AND I CLIMB MANY TIMES A WEEK.
>> James: SO WHAT? FOUR TIMES A WEEK?
>> JAMES, SOMETIMES EVEN FIVE. >> James: STOP!
>> I SWEAR TO GOD. >> James: BUT YOUR LIFE IS ALL
DANGER. LOOK AT YOU HERE.
THIS IS JARED LETO ON VACATION JUST CASUALLY SWIMMING WITH
SHARKS. >> YEAH.
>> James: BE HONEST. WHY AREN'T THOSE SHARKS EATING
YOU? ARE THEY LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT'S
JARED LETO? >> I'M TOO SKINNY.
NOT ENOUGH MEAT ON THE BONES. THOSE ARE NURSE SHARKS AND SO
THE PICTURE IS A LITTLE DECEIVING.
THEY'RE LIKE TADPOLES BASICALLY. THEY WILL TAKE A BITE OUT OF
YOU, I THINK, IF MAYBE -- >> James: IF THEY'RE PECKISH.
YES. LOOK, YOU SAY THERE'S NO MEAT.
LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT JARED LETO HERE ON
VACATION. STOP!
STOP! THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM THIS
IS A FEATHERY CUFF. WHERE WERE YOU HERE?
WHERE DO YOU GO ON VACATION? WHERE WERE YOU?
>> THERE, I WAS IN THE BAHAMAS. I ACTUALLY DON'T TAKE A LOT OF
VACATIONS. IT'S A NEW THING FOR ME.
I GENERALLY LIKE TO WORK THROUGH -- I LOVE MY WORK, SO I LIKE TO
WORK THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, BUT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING TAKING
LITTLE TIME AND HAVING A LITTLE MORE BALANCE AND THIS IS ONE OF
THE FIRST TIMES I'VE HAD THIS -- I TOOK TWO WEEKS, MAYBE -- EVER
SINCE -- I'VE NOT TWO WEEKS SINCE I WAS A KID WHEN I WENT ON
A VACATION BUT IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
>> James: ARE YOU ABLE TO UNWIND?
>> UM, YEAH, TAKES A LITTLE WHILE, BUT I AM.
WE WERE DOING A LOT OF DIVING. WE WERE DOING FREE DIVING AND
FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF CLIMBING DOWN THERE, WHICH WAS NICE.
>> James: OF COURSE YOU DID! >> YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: SO YOU NEVER LIKE, OH, THAT'S JUST LIE ON A BEACH.
YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE, TODAY, HOW CAN WE CHEAT DEATH?
[LAUGHTER] >> YES.
>> James: BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT -- BECAUSE I REALLY WANT
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN "HOUSE
OF GUCCI." [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.
YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR TWO SAG AWARDS, CRITICS CHOICE AWARD
AND I'M CERTAIN YOU'LL BE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD.
IT'S AN OUTAGES -- OUTRAGEOUS FILM.
EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> FILM IS CALLED "HOUSE OF GUCCI" AND IT'S ABOUT GUCCI.
ACTUALLY WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT -- I WORK WITH GUCCI, AS YOU DO,
TOO, SOMETIMES. >> James: THEY HAVE THE MOST
LOVELY GUCCI MODELS. NEITHER OF US WANT TO MAKE A BIG
DEAL OUT OF IT BUT, YES, THE TWO OF US ARE GUCCI MODELS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S TRUE.
>> James: AND THAT'S A FACT. CARRY ON.
>> BUT WHEN I READ THE SCRIPT, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THE
BRAND, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE TRUE STORY OF THE FAMILY, SO I
WAS PRETTY SHOCKED. IT'S PRETTY -- IT'S A WILD ONE.
BUT I READ THE SCRIPT ABOUT THIS FAMILY THAT STARTED GR GUCCI AND
FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS CHARACTER AND THE REST IS HISTORY BUT THE
EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME. >> James: WE HAVE A PHOTO OF
YOU HERE. LOTS OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE --
OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE IN PHYSICALITY IS THE THING PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT A LOT, BUT I ACTUALLY -- WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE FILM,
MY ONE FEELING IS, OH MY GOD, HE'S HAVING A BLAST PLAYING THIS
CHARACTER. HAS YOUR APPROACH TO WORK
CHANGED IN THE LAST SAY 10 OR 15 YEARS THE WAY YOU'LL TAKE ON A
CHARACTER? >> NO NOT REALLY.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THAT I LIKE TRANSFORMATION.
I LIKE TO SEE OTHER ACTORS DO THAT.
AND I LIKE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES, NOT JUST WITH
ACTING BUT WITH MUSIC AND WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, SO FOR
ME, IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S -- YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN SEE I WAS HAVING A GREAT
TIME. >> James: YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> James: YOU REALLY DO.
YOU LOOK SO ALIVE IN ALL OF IT. >> AND THE CHARACTER I JUST FELL
IN LOVE WITH HIS HEART AND HIS HUMOR AND HE WAS A GUY WHO JUST
WANTS TO MAKE HIS DREAMS HAPPEN, WANTS TO BE LOVED, WANTS TO BE
HEARD AND HE'S DENIED BY THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO HIM, HIS
FAMILY. BUT I HAD A BLAST.
>> James: IS THERE ANY BIT OF YOU THAT FEELS LIKE, OH, YOU
KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO DO JUST A ROMCOM?
JUST TO DO A STRAIGHT-UP ROMCOM? BECAUSE I THINK YOU'D BE AMAZING
IN IT. I DO.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YOU COULDN'T DO.
DO YOU EVER THINK MAYBE I'LL DO SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY
STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE TO A MASS?
>> HONEST ANSWER IS NO. >> James: BUT WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO DO THAT?
>> JUST THE SAME REASON I DON'T WANT TO EAT A BAG OF SOUR PATCH
KIDS AND A PIZZA AT THE SAME TIME BUT --
[LAUGHTER] >> James: AGAIN --
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT WILL TASTE GOOD GOING DOWN.
>> James: WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
>> MAYBE SOME OF US SOONER THAN LATER.
>> James: WHAT ARE YOU STICKING AROUND FOR?
THE FUTURE LOOKS BLEAK. >> I'M THE ONE CLIMBING WALLS
BUT -- I'M JOKING. >> James: I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S TRASHY. I'M SAYING JUST -- IS THERE ANY
BIT OF YOU THAT GOES MAYBE THAT'S THE MOST INTERESTING
THING -- >> I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING
ROMANTIC AND FUNNY AND -- WE'LL SEE.
MAYBE WE COULD -- YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING AROUND
THE CORNER? WHO KNOWS?
>> James: OOH, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS
PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM. YOU DESERVE EVERY PIECE OF
PRAISE YOU'RE GETTING FOR IT.