( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: HELLO.
FINE, HOW ARE YOU?
>> VERY WELL.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR
SHOW "YOUNG POPE," NOW YOU'RE PLAYING YOUNG DUMBELDORE.
>> YES.
I GOT TO MIDDLE AGE AND I INSISTED ON EVERY PART HAVING
THE WORD "YOUNG" AND IT'S WORKING OUT GREAT FOR ME.
>> YEAH.
JUST TO BOOST MY EGO.
>> Stephen: I'M GOING TO BOOST YOUR EGO MORE IN A MOMENT IN
CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THAT YOU
HAVE QUITE A FEW FANS WHO HAVE APPROVED OF THE CASTING OF YOU
AS YOUNG DUMBELDORE AND YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME NICKNAMES.
TELL ME WHICH ONES YOU LIKE THE MOST.
>> OKAY.
DUMBLE DADDY.
ID MY KIDS COME UP WITH THAT ONE?
>> Stephen: DUMBLE DAM, OR MY PERSONAL FAVORITE YUMBLEDORE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> IT HAS A CULINARY FEEL TO IT.
>> Stephen: IT DOES.
I'M GOING TO STICK TO DUMBLEDAMN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO TALK TO J.K. ROWLING, HAVEN'T YOU?
>> WHEN I GOT THE PART I THOUGHT I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE
FANS OF THE WIZARDING WORLD.
ALSO I WANTED TO MEET J.K. ROWLING.
IT SEEMED TO BE AN INROAD.
SHE TOLD ME EVERYTHING AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR
AN ACTOR.
I HAD THE DIRECT ROUTE TO THE DETAILED WORKINGS OF MY
CHARACTER.
SHE'S A FORMIDABLE SMART WOMAN.
GREAT COMPANY.
>> Stephen: DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH US?
>> OF COURSE NOT.
( LAUGHTER ) THEY'RE VERY POLITE.
IT'S ALWAYS LIKE WE ASSUME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SHARE THIS
WITH ANYBODY.
WHAT CAN I TELL YOU -- I REALIZE IT'S BEEN FUN.
NYMI'M IN A RARE POSITION THAT PLAYED A CHARACTER THAT I GET TO
LAYER UP THE COMPLEXITIES AND INNER DRAMA AND TURMOILS AND
PERSONAL TRAGEDIES, EVEN, ABOUT HIM.
IT'S ALL IN THE BOOKS.
WE GET TO UNPICK ALL OF THAT IN DETAIL NOW THAT WE'RE BACK IN
THE 1920s.
SO IT'S A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN.
>> Stephen: AND WE KNOW FROM THE BOOKS THAT HE WAS A
CHILDHOOD OR AS A YOUNG MAN HE WAS A FRIEND OF GRINDELWALD.
>> HE HAD AN INTIMATE AND EXTRAORDINARY RELATIONSHIP THAT
PROPELLED THE TWO OF THEM IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND THESE
SAGAS ARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IT PROPELLED THEM IN
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
>> Stephen: HAVING TO PLAY A YOUNGER VERSION OF MENTOR
CHARACTER, HAVE YOU PLAYED TO YOUNG GREGOR.
>> HE'S THE ONLY ACTOR THAT I KNOW THAT HAS PHONE THROUGH.
THIS HE'S AN OLD FRIEND, BUT WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER MUCH
ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I'LL CALL HIM.
I DON'T I DID ANYTHING WRONG.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THE NAME
GRINDELWALD, THEY SAY GRINDEL-VALD IN THE MOVIE.
>> I CALL HIM THAT ASSUMING I HAD A GOOD FRIENDSHIP WITH HIM.
EDDIE SAID I CALL HIM GRINDELWALD.
HE SAID WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME GRINDEL-VALD?
I'M STICKING WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU ASSUMING THEY WON'T MAKE A LEAK?
>> I ALSO JUST COMPLETED A FILM FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL.
>> Stephen: I DO KNOW THIS IS YOU RIGHT THERE.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE MARVEL.
YOU'RE NOT MARVEL.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO AI I AM.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE NOT OR ARE MARVEL.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHO I AM.
NICE TRY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WHEN YOU'RE DOING "FANTASTIC BEASTS," I THINK IT MIGHT BE
THIS BRITISH AMERICAN DIFFERENCE, WITH "FANTASTIC
BEASTS," THEY'RE, LIKE, YOU KNOW WE ASSUME YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
GIVE ANY OF THESE SECRETS AWAY AND IF YOU DO WE'RE GOING TO
TELL YOU NOT TO AGAIN AND WE MAY QUIETLY KILL YOU.
IN MARVEL, IT'S LIKE DON'T YOU ( BLEEP ) EVER TILL ANYBODY
ABOUT THIS!
( LAUGHTER ) AND THERE WAS A GUY HIRED, I
PROMISE YOU, ON SET, THEY WOULD SAY, WE'RE READY FOR YOU, AND
YOU WOULD STEP OUT IN YOUR SUIT AND THEY WOULD SAY PUT THE CLOAK
ON!
PUT THE HOOD ON!
HIDE!
MY CHILDREN WERE HAVE ITING THE SET AND THEY WERE SAYING, SIGN
THE N.D.A.s!
WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
IT WAS TIGHT AND SCARY.
>> Stephen: SO ARE YOU MARVEL?
( LAUGHTER ) I CAN'T WAIT FOR BOTH MOVIES.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
"FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD" OPENS IN THEATERS
NEXT FRIDAY.
JUDE LAW, EVERYBODY!