FIRST GUEST FROM SUCH FILMS AS "THE HURT LOCKER," "DETROIT,"
AND AS FALCON IN "THE AVENGERS."
HIS NEW FILM IS "THE BANKER."
PLOOZ PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANTHONY MACKIE.
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>> OH, BOY!
>> Stephen: NOW, I GOT A QUESTION--
>> I LOVE YOU, BUT I DON'T TRUST YOU.
>> Stephen: DITTO, MY FRIEND.
>> I DON'T WANT THE SARS-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED.
I DON'T EVEN DRINK BUDWEISER NO MORE.
WHATEVER IT IS, I DON'T WANT IT.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT: YOU AND JON ARE
WEARING THE SAME SUIT TONIGHT.
>> HEY, HEY!
I AIN'T TRYING TO SAY NOTHING.
WE BOTH FROM THE SAME CITY.
WE GOT THAT SWAG.
I AIN'T TRYING TO SAY NOTHING.
WE SHOWED UP IN DIFFERENT CARS.
HE DIDN'T EVEN CALL ME.
IT'S CRAZY.
WE JUST KNEW WHAT TIME IT WAS.
>> Stephen: LAST NIGHT WAS THE PREMIERE OF THE NEW FILM "THE
BANKER", WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ALSO A PRODUCER OF.
>> YEAH, YEAH YEAH, I PRODUCED IT WITH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE
AND WAS ABLE TO GET A GREAT CAST INVOLVED.
>> Stephen: THE PREMIERE WAS HELD AT THE NATIONAL CIVIL
RIGHTS MUSEUM IN MEMPHIS?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT THAT NIGHT.
>> IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY, MAN.
IT WAS MIND BLOWING.
I HAD NEVER HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF GOTH LORRAINE HOTEL WHERE
DR. KING WAS ASSASSINATED.
AND WE HAD THE PREMIERE THERE.
AND THEY BROUGHT US THROUGH THIS-- IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE BN,
THEY BROUGHT US THROUGH THIS AMAZING MUSEUM, JUST GOING
THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND THEN AT THE END WE GOT TO GO TO THE ROOM WHERE DR. KING WAS,
WHERE HE STEPPED OUT ON TO THE BALCONY AND WAS ASSASSINATED.
I WAS JUST MOVED TO TEARS.
I LITERALLY WAS-- I WASN'T ABLE TO FATHOM THE IDEA OF STANDING
ON THE STEPS WHERE THIS MAN WAS KILLED.
>> Stephen: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING.
>> IT WAS, IT WAS.
AND THIS MOVIE KIND OF-- IT PLAYS ALONG THE SAME TIMES THAT
THAT HAPPENED.
I MEAN, THE 60s-- I FEEL LIKE THE 60s WAS THE DECADE WHERE
AMERICA WENT FROM BEING A TEENAGER TO AN ADULT.
YOU KNOW,, WE LOST SOME MONUMENTAL FIGURES IN THE 60s,
DR. KING BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND TO BE AT THAT HOTEL WAS AMAZING.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT ON EARTH.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE WITH YOUR COSTAR LAST NIGHT RIGHT HERE.
SAMUEL JACKSON RIGHT THERE.
>> I LOOK FLOSSIE THERE, TOO.
SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD.
>> HEY, YOU SEE THAT?
THAT'S CALLED WORK, BABY.
THAT'S CALLED WORK RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S CALLED WORK.
>> Stephen: BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT IN EVERY PHOTO TAKEN
OF HIM, SAMUEL JACKSON LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAVING A BETTER TIME
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
PEOPLE KNOW YOU OF COURSE FROM "THE AVENGERS" TOGETHER.
BUT GUWAY BACK.
TELL ME WHO IS GOING ON-- WHAT IS THIS RIGHT HERE?
>> THAT WAS A MOVIE DIWITH SAM BACK IN THE DAY CALLED "THE
MAN."
THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME WORKING WITH HIM.
>> Stephen: THIS IS 15 YEARS AGO.
>> 15.
MY ROLE WAS SO SMALL.
MY CHARACTER'S NAME WAS BOOTY.
AND THE DIRECTOR WAS LIKE-- MY CHARACTER DIDN'T HAVE A NAME.
HE WAS LIKE, WHAT, DO YOU WANT TO CALL HIM?"
I WAS LIKE, BOOTY."
THAT'S ME AS BOOTY AS A LOCAL LITTLE STREET HUSTLER, AND SAM
PICKED ME UP TO GET SOME INFORMATION.
>> Stephen: AND GETTING FREAKED OUT.
>> YES, I WAS A SNITCH.
YES.
I WAS A STREET SNITCH.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM THE MOVIE.
YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
>> WELL, THIS IS THE CLIP WHERE THE GUY I PLAY, BERNARD GATOR,
IS A YOUNG MAN TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY IN L.A. AND WANTS TO
BECOME A REAL ESTATE TITOON.
SO HE BUYS THIS BUILDING AND HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING IT
UP, AND THE POLICE COME AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE A BLACK MAN IN
LOS ANGELES COULD BUY AND OWN PROPERTY SO THEY GIVE HIM THE
HUFT BELL WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> YES, OFFICERS, IS THERE A PROBLEM.
>>> WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT YOU.
MR. COOPER IN PART 2ADOESN'T LIKE YOU WORKING IN A BUILDING?
>> WHY NOT.
>> SHE SAID YOU'RE IMPERSONATING THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING.
>> NO, HE OWNS THE BUILDING.
>> I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU.
>> I DO OWN THE BUILDING, OFFICER.
ALL THE PAPERWORK IS FILED DOWNTOWN, BUT I KEEP A COPY WITH
ME JUST TO BE SAFE.
>> THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS REAL.
>> YEAH, I GUESS SO.
TRY TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL TO YOUR TENANTS.
>> YES, SIR, OFFICER.
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
>> Stephen: NOW, THIS IS BASED--
( APPLAUSE )
THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
>> IT IS.
BERNARD GARRETT, HE AND JOE AT ONE POINT OWNED THE LARGEST
COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
IT WAS THE BANK BUILDING, THE BANKER BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN L.A.
THEY BOUGHT IT.
AND THERE'S PICTURES WITH THEM WITH LYNDON B. JOHNSON, WITH
EVERYONE, BECAUSE THEY AT ONE TIME WERE SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST
PEOPLE IN L.A. IN THE 60s.
>> Stephen: NOW, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR'S "AVENGERS: END
GAME," CAPTAIN AMERICA-- SPOILER ALERT-- CAPTAIN AMERICA HANDED
HIS SHIELD OVER TO YOUR CHARACTER.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, FALCON, SAM WILSON.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY-- AND THIS IS VERY
EXCITING TO PEOPLE OUT THERE-- YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON
"FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER."
WHAT YOU CAN TELL BUS THIS PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT HERE?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> WE STARTED SHOOTING A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
AND THE SHIELD IS IN GOOD HANDS.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I HOPE SO.
BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.
JIM, CAN WE HAVE A SHOT OF THAT?
IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.
THE SHIELD IS RIGHT UP UP THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: ON DECK.
>> Stephen: "QT AND SO IT BEGINS, WELCOME BACK, GUYS.
HOOIVE THE FALCON OF WINTER SOLDIER.
LEG DAY SAVES LIVES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO THE GYM AND DON'T WORK LEGS.
YOU SEE DUDES JACKED UP HERE AND THEY WEAR SWEAT SWEATPANTS.
THIS SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO DO "HOT BOYS SUMMER" HOT SHORTS
SUMMER BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE THE LEGS AND LET THEM
KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
IF YOU GO BACK, DUDES USED TO WEAR LITTLE SHORTS BECAUSE THEY
WANT YOU TO SEE THE LEGS.
TO ALL MY GUYS OUT THERE, LET'S BRING THE SHORT-SHORTS BACK.
LET THE LADIES SEE THE LEGS.
( APPLAUSE )
>> >> Stephen: I'M WEARING THEM
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU-- I'M A FAN OF CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE
PREVIOUS DEPICTION.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE THE SHIELD?
>> IT'S MONUMENTAL, MAN, WITH THIS MOVIE WITH "THE BANKER" AND
THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS TO HAVE--
FOR MARVEL TO SELECT A YOUNG BLACK MAN INY AMERICA TO
REPRESENT THE MONIKER OF CAPTAIN AMERICA IS-- IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN COMPARE TO THAT.
IT-- IT MOVES ME NOT ONLY THAT MY KIDS GET TO SEE A BLACK MAN
AS CAPTAIN AMERICA, BUT ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS-- WHITE, BLACK,
LATINO, AND ASIAN-- GET TO SEE A BLACK MAN AS CAPTAIN AMERICA.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
MOMENT, THIS MOMENT OF COURSE WAS PREDATED BY THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT BEING MADE IN THE COMIC BOOKS THEMSELVES.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: IS THAT SAM WILSON BECAME CAPTAIN AMERICA IN THE
COMIC BOOKS.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND THEN DO YOU KNOW WHO THEY ORIGINALLY MADE
NEWT FALCON?
( LAUGHTER )
FALCON'S GOING TO BECOME CAPTAIN AMERICA, JOE CASADA, THE EDITOR
OF MARVEL COMICS, CAME ON TO ANNOUNCE THAT I, STEPHEN
COLBERT, WOULD BE THE NEW FALCON.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPY GLER YES.
AND IT JUST MEANS A LOT TO ME TON THERE ARE WHITE KIDS OUT
THERE WHO WILL SEE FINALLY A WHITE MAN ALLOWED TO BE A SUPER
HERO.
IT'S MOMENTOUS.
>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF THIS HAPPENS!
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAD TO WORK OUT JUST TO
GET READY FOR THIS DRAWING?
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, HOW MUCH DID YOU SHAVE TO PUT THOSE WINGS
ON?
>> Stephen: OH, I WAX FROM THE NEX DOWN, BABY.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
NEVER KNOW.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE LOVE THESE CHARACTERS.
WERE YOU OBSESSED WITH THIS AS A KID?
WHAT DID YOU NERD OUT ON AS A KID?
>> NO, I NEVER-- MY BROTHER, MY OLDEST BROTHER WAS A BIG COMIC
BOOK GEEK AND HE WOULD ALWAYS BEAT THE ME UP BECAUSE I WOULD
STEAL HIS COMIC BOOKS FOR PAPER FIGHTS.
I WAS A WEIRD KID.
I USED TO HANG OUT OUTSIDE.
I NEW UP IN NEW ORLEANS.
FOR CHRISTMAS WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GOT THIS STUFF, I GOT
FISHING RODS.
I USED TO BIG IN PEOPLE'S YARDS AND GO FISHING.
I STILL DO THAT.
IF I'M IN YOUR YARD DIGGING WORMS DON'T GET MAD.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FISH?
RED FISH?
>> I LOVE A GOOD RED FISH FIGHT.
BUT I'M A BASS MAN.
MY GOAL IS TO RETIRE AT 50 AND BECOME A FISHERMAN ON "BASS
MASTERS."
>> Stephen: I'D WATCH THAT.
>> YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE ME WITH MY UGLY STICK.
I YANK HARD,UN WHAT I'M SAYING?
IF I'M GOING FOR A 15-20-POUND PITCH.
>> USE FIVE-POUND TEST LINE.
I SET MY DRAG LOOSE AND LET THEM GO.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUMP IN AND GET THEM AND BRING THEM IN
THE BOAT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU USE BRAIDED LINE, A MONO?
>> I DON'T LIKE BRAIDED.
BRAIDED IS TOO STRONG.
I LIKE REGULAR EASY LINE.
YOU WANT THEM TO WEAR THEMSELVES OFF.
>> Stephen: YOUR FAVORITE KNOT, A UNI?
>> SLIPKNOT, ROUND AND ROUND THROUGH THE HOLE.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THE REAL?
>> I'M A ZIP CODE DUDE.
BOOM LIKE AN 808, BABY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
THAT 808 AIN'T GOING TO LET YOU GO.
THAT WAS FISHING TALK!
THAT WAS FISHING TALK.
>> Stephen: CIRCLE HOOK?
>> ALWAYS.
>> Stephen: OR "J."
>> ALWAYS.
AND I TAKE MY BAR OFF SO IF IT COMES OUT, THEY GO.
>> Stephen: I'M GLAD WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THAT
CONVERSATION.
THAT'S MY RETIREMENT PLAN, TOO, BY THE WAY.
"THE BANKER" OPENS IN SELECT THEATERS THIS FRIDAY AND IS
AVAILABLE ON APPLE TV+ ON MARCH 20.
ANTHONY MACKIE, EVERYBODY!" BASS MASTER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )