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HEY, FOLKS.
WELCOME BACK!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU
KNOW FROM "LEAVE NO TRACE" AND "JOJO RABBIT."
SHE NOW STARS IN THE FILM "LAST NIGHT IN SOHO.
>> MS. COLLINS.
YES.
IT'S ELLIE, WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE.
>> OH, YES.
ROOM IS ON THE TOP FLOOR.
I HAVE A FEW RULES.
DON'T TAKE SMOKERS.
>> I DON'T SMOKE.
NO MALE VISITORS AFTER 8:00.
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
I KNOW USING THE -- NO USING THE LAUNDRY ROOM AT NIGHT.
IT RATTLES RIGHT THROUGH TO MINE.
>> I DON'T DO LAUNDRY.
HUH?
I DON'T DO NIGHTTIME LAUNDRY.
I DO DO LAUNDRY.
I'M VERY CLEAN.
>> GOOD.
IT'S A BIT OLD FASHIONED FOR SOME BUT I WON'T DO NOTHING TO
IT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU CAN FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> IT'S PERFECT.
I LOVE IT.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
THOMASIN MCKENZIE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
>> Stephen: HEY!
HI.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTANDTHIS IS YOUR FIRST AMERICAN TALK
SHOW.
>> IT IS.
I THINK FIRST TALK SHOW.
>> Stephen: I'M HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I LOVE THE OUTFIT YOU CHOSE.
I LOVE HOUNDS TOOTH.
THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> I'M NOT NATURALLY A VERY STYLESH PERSON, SO THIS IS ALL
UP TO MY STYLIST, THOMAS.
>> Stephen: WELL DONE, THOMAS.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAIL FROM WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS A TOWN I LOVE AND A COUNTRY I ADORE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I HEARD YOU'D COME TO WELLINGTON,
NEW ZEALAND, THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN, AND I'M UNBELIEVABLY
OFFENDED THAT YOU DIDN'T COME SAY HI TO ME.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW BRETT
MCKENZIE AND LUCY LOLIS.
>> NOT PERSONALLY BUT MY PARENTS DIRECTED A FRIEND WITH LUCY.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I HUNG OUT WITH THEM.
WHEN I WAS THERE, THEY TRIED TO HELP ME GET INTO THE REAL SPIRIT
OF NEW ZEALAND SINCE I ADMIRED YOUR COUNTRY SO MUCH AND HELPED
ME PICK OUT THIS OUTFIT.
DO YOU THINK I NAILED THE NEW ZEALAND LOOK, IN YOUR
PROFESSIONAL OPINION?
( LAUGHTER ) SAM NEIL BUT ALSO VERY OLD?
( LAUGHTER ) >> UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
WE'VE MET, SO I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF ON A ROCKY START.
>> Stephen: THEN I MIGHT STOP RIGHT THERE.
>> BUT I WILL BE HONEST, I THINK EVERYTHING UP UNTILL THERE
WORKS, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TIE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
HAT.
THAT'S MORE AUSTRALIAN THAN NEW ZEALAND.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: I BOUGHT EVERYTHING IN WELLINGTON, I
BOUGHT EVERYTHING IN ONE STORE.
>> I THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE BEEN MESSING WITH YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M SURPRISED BECAUSE WHEN YOU LEAVE
NEW ZEALAND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPENT OUTSIDE
OF YOUR HOME COUNTRY, I KNOW NEW ZEALANDERS ARE THE MOST
TRAVELED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
A THIRD OF Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS TRAVELING AT SOME POINT.
YOU USE YOUR PASSPORTS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
>> WHY?
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHY BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
NEW ZEALAND.
>> I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE NEW ZEALAND EITHER TILL I GET
OVERSEES AND SEE PEOPLE I LOVE.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU GO BACK, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A SPECIAL
PLACE YOU'RE FROM?
>> YEAH, I REALLY DO.
ACTUALLY, THAT INTERVIEW YOU DID OR THAT DAY YOU HAD WITH LUCY
AND BRITT AND I REMEMBER YOU WERE ON THE CROCODILE BIKE AND
THERE WAS A LADY YOU GUYS CAME ACROSS WHO WAS NOT INTERESTED AT
ALL, DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE HAD SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLY
FAMOUS PEOPLE ALONGSIDE HER, SHE JUST DID NOT CARE.
>> Stephen: NO.
THAT'S VERY NEW ZEALAND.
>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY SAID, IT'S LUCY LOLIS AND BRETT
MCKENZIE!
AND SHE GOES, I KNOW.
BUT IT WASN'T RUDE.
THE NEW ZEALANDERS, THE KIWIS ARE SOME OF THE NICEST PEOPLE
I'VE EVER MET IN THE WORLD.
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SO DAMN NICE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST VERY GROUNDED IN
NEW ZEALAND, AND YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GET TOO BIG FOR YOUR
BOOTS.
THERE'S A TALL POPPY SYNDROME WHERE PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND
DON'T TOLERATE PEOPLE BEING A ( BLEEP ), I DON'T THINK.
CAN I SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: WE'LL HAVE TO BLEEP IT, BUT AN EXCELLENT RULE.
( APPLAUSE ) THE NEW MOVIE, "LAST NIGHT IN
SoHo," IT'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR.
DO YOU LIKE HORROR FILMS?
>> I USUALLY DON'T GRAVITATE TOWARD HORROR FILMS.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE TO MAKE ONE?
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO BEING ON A NORMAL SET.
IT DEFINITELY HELPS THAT I DON'T GET SCARED WATCHING BECAUSE I
KNOW EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPENS, I WAS THERE THROUGHOUT
THE WHOLE SHOOT AND NEARLY EVERY SINGLE SHOT, SO THERE WAS NO WAY
THAT I WAS GOING TO BE GETTING ANY JUMP SCARES.
BUT, YEAH, I THINK JUST, FOR ME, IT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO BEING ON
ANY SET, A COMEDY OR A DRAMA.
I THINK ON HORRORS PEOPLE TEND TO WANT TO BALANCE THE HORROR
WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER.
SO IT'S FUN.
>> Stephen: THE DIRECTOR GAVE YOU A LIST OF 50 FILMS HE WANTED
YOU TO WATCH BUT YOU DID HIS MOVIE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DID YOU WATCH ALL 50 FILMS?
>> I WATCHED 49 OUT OF 50.
SUSPERIA WAS ONE OF THEM AND I WAS NOT ABOUT TO GO THERE.
>> Stephen: THE ONE FROM THE '70s.
>> I THINK SO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: GROWING UP IN NEW ZEALAND, WERE YOU EXPOSEDO A
LOT OF AMERICAN CULTURE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS BIG OVER THERE?
I IMAGINE IT CAN'T BE EVERYTHING WE HAVE OVER HERE.
>> I THINK WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THERE WAS KIND OF A STAT
LIKE WHEN YouTube WAS BECOMING REALLY POPULAR, SO MAKEUP
TUTORIALS AND DAYS IN MY LIFE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND
I WOULD SEE EVERYONE GOING TO BATH AND BODY WORKS AND THAT
KIND OF THING, AND TARGET.
>> Stephen: SO TARGET WAS VERY EXOTIC FOR YOU.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE WITH TIKTOK AND EVERYTHING, THAT STUFF IS
BECOMING, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE MY LITTLE SISTER, SHE'S 14 AND
SHE'S TIKTOK OBSESSED SO SHE HAS A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU
KNOW, THE KIND OF TARGET AND BATH AND BODY WORKS AND STUFF,
AND WHEN SHE FOUND OUT I WOULD BE COMING TO AMERICA, SHE DIDN'T
SAY, OH, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SHE SAID, OKAY, CAN YOU GO TO TARGET FOR ME AND GET
DA-DA-DA-DA.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN TO TARGET YET?
>> NO, IT'S NOT MY PLACE.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT YOUR PLACE TO GO?
YOU DON'T THINK IT'S THE PLACE FOR YOU, TARGET?
>> IT'S JUST NOT AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH I WOULD FEEL
COMFORTABLE, I DON'T THINK.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY OPTIONS OR --
>> I GET OVERWHELMED VERY EASILY, EVEN GOING TO THE
SUPERMARKET, IT'S TOO MUCH.
SO I THINK TARGET WOULD BE JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WHAT CAN YOU GET THERE THAT YOU CAN'T GET HERE THAT YOU MISS
WHEN YOU'RE HERE?
>> MMM...
MY FAMILY.
>> Stephen: THAT IS AN EXCELLENT ANSWER.
( APPLAUSE ) AND MY DOG.
>> Stephen: THOMASIN, SO LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: "LAST NIGHT IN SoHo" IN THEATERS TOMORROW.
THOMASIN McKENZIE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!