LOOK AT YOU!
HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
ARE YOU WELL?
>> YEAH, I'M GOOD, MAN.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
>> James: I'M INCREDIBLY HAPPY, AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD
BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THIS, THIS IS YOUR FIRST EVER TELEVISION
INTERVIEW.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
IT'S UNAVOIDABLE, JAMES, AND I'VE REALLY JUST BEEN WAITING
FOR YOU TO CALL.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIRST EVER TELEVISION INTERVIEW.
IT MIGHT BE MY LAST.
>> James: NO IT WON'T.
SO NO PRESSURE.
>> James: I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE YOUR LAST BECAUSE I'VE
JUST GOT TO SAY, JUST ON THIS ALONE, I LOVE TALK SHOW JEREMY
STRONG, DON'T YOU?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THE LOOK IS STRONG.
I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
WE MET AT THE EMMYS LAST YEAR, AND I BADGERED YOU AND TOLD YOU
WHAT A HUGE FAN OF "SUCCESSION" I WAS, AND I REMEMBER SAYING TO
YOU, YOU WAIT, NEXT YEAR, I'M TELLING YOU NOW -- AND YOU, OF
COURSE, WERE VERY HUMBLE AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW, AND THEN
LAST MONTH YOU WIN BEST ACTOR AT THE EMMYS FOR "SUCCESSION," AND
IT WAS RICHLY DESERVED, IT REALLY REALLY WAS.
LIKE, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GREAT THAT SHOW AND YOUR
PERFORMANCE IS.
BUT I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR YOU BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY THE NOMINEES WERE ZOOMING IN FROM ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD EVER BE ANOTHER EMMYS LIKE IT.
TELL US ABOUT THE MOMENT WHERE YOU HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED OUT
AND YOU REALIZED YOU WON.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> IT WAS -- I THINK -- YOU KNOW, I WAS A BIT AMAZED, TO BE
HONEST.
THERE'S SO MUCH, AS YOU KNOW, JUST INCREDIBLE WORK ON
TELEVISION RIGHT NOW, AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE CATEGORY THAT I WAS
IN, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE ON TELEVISION.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS -- IT WAS A SORT OF -- IT WAS AN AMAZING
MOMENT.
AND A BY CZAR WAY OF IT HAPPENING.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE I SORT OF FELT LIKE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT.
ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WON DIDN'T HAVE THE SORT OF 15 OR 20
SECONDS TO GATHER THEMSELVES AND WALK UP TO THE STAGE AND GIVE A
TROPHY.
IT'S LIKE YOU WON, SPEAK, NOW!
>> YEAH, AND, YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE REALLY USED THAT 30
SECONDS' WALK UP TO THE PODIUM TO SORT OF ASSEMBLE MYSELF A
BIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS KIND OF WONDERFUL ABOUT IT WAS HOW
INTIMATE THE WHOLE THING BECAME.
>> James: SURE.
MY WIFE AND MY FRIENDS WERE IN THE NEXT ROOM, AND, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS THE DUDE IN THE HAZMAT SUIT IN THE HALLWAY WITH THE
EMMY, AND HE HANDED IT TO MY WIFE, AND SHE BROUGHT IT IN AND,
YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> James: YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S AN AMAZING WAY TO LOOKT AT SUCH
AN EVENING.
THE LAST SEASON OF "SUCCESSION" WHICH WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW ON TV
LAST YEAR AND IT ENDED ON SUCH A CLIFFHANGER, PARTICULARLY FOR
YOUR CHARACTER.
AD I KNOW YOU WERE DUE TO GO BACK AND SHOOT EARLIER IN THE
YEAR AND IT OBVIOUS GOT SHUT DOWN.
HOW FRUSTRATING HAS THIS BREAK BEEN BETWEEN SEASONS AND DO YOU
EVEN KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE BACK SHOOTING THE SHOW?
>> YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE BACK IN A FEW WEEKS.
( JAMES GASPS ) >> AND IT'S LOOMING AND I'M
READY.
LISTEN, LAST YEAR WAS A HEAVY SEASON FOR ME, IT WAS A LOT OF
WEIGHT TO CARRY.
SO I WAS SORT OF INDESCRIBABLY RELIEVED TO PUT IT DOWN FOR A
WHILE.
I'VE GOT TWO SMALL GIRLS, AND IT WAS REALLY ENDED UP BEING A GIFT
TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SPEND WITH THEM, MORE TIME THAN, YOU
KNOW, THAN I WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE HAD.
AND, SO, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK -- YOU KNOW, EACH SEASON IT WAS A
BIT LIKE A VIDEO GAME WHERE, YOU KNOW, FIRST SEASON THERE'S A
CERTAIN LEVEL AND YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE BOSS AT THE END AND THE
NEXT SEASON YOU'RE AT LEVEL TWO AND THE MONSTER IS A DIFFERENT
MONSTER AND, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING INTO THE THIRD SEASON, AND
I THINK IT'S A BIT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SHACKLES ARE OFF OF ME
AND IT'S SORT OF KENDALL UNBROWNED.
SO I'M EXCITED.
>> James: DO YOU HAVE TO GET BACK INTO A KENDALL FRAME OF
MIND?
DO YOU START JUST SITTING IN THE BACK OF UBERS LISTENING TO RAP
MUSIC AND PUNCHING SEATS AND THINGS?
>> FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT, JAMES, BUT TODAY I WAS ACTUALLY
WALKING AROUND WILLIAMSBURG LISTENING TO MAGNA CAR TAHOELY
GRAIL, LISTENING TO THE JAY-Z ALBUM AND I PUT MY TOES BACK IN
IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I FELT IT.
>> James: YOU FELT KENDALL COMING BACK THROUGH THE HOLY
GRAIL.
>> YES.
>> James: YOU SPENT THE FIRST HALF TO HAVE THE YEAR IN A SMALL
VILLAGE IN DENMARK WHEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?
WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE THERE?
>> MY WIFE IS HALF DANISH, AND HER FAMILY IS OVER THERE.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE.
WE WERE MARRIED THERE, MY FIRST DAUGHTER WAS BORN THERE AND, YOU
KNOW, I LOVE IT THERE.
I TRY AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS I CAN.
I FIND IT TO BE A VERY GENTLE, PEACEFUL, CALM PLACE, AND, SO,
WE WERE THERE LIVING IN COPENHAGEN, AND THEN WHEN THE
PANDEMIC CAME, WE MOVED OUT TO THIS LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE ON
THE COAST ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF COPENHAGEN AND WE JUST KIND OF
KICKED IT THERE.
>> James: SO WHAT GOES ON IN THIS SMALL VILLAGE?
WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN WE WERE LOCKED DOWN EATING PINTS OF ICE
CREAM?
WHAT DO YOU DO OVER THERE?
>> IT WAS P THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN, WILD SAND DUNES AND A WOODS.
SO WE WALKED IN THE WOODS.
IT'S LIKE LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE A LITTLE BIT THERE.
>> James: IT'S LITERALLY LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE.
DON'T THEY DO SNAIL RACING IN THE SMALL VILLAGE THAT YOU'RE
IN?
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A THING.
>> James: DID YOU COMPETE?
YEAH, I DID.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY COMPETITIVE.
SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU'RE USING COLORED CHALK AND YOU MAKE
LANES.
THERE ARE USUALLY TWO, THREE, SOMETIMES FOUR, DEPENDING ON HOW
MANY KIDS YOU GET TOGETHER TO RACE THE SNAILS, YOU'VE GOT TO
GO AFTER IT RAINS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE SNAILS COME OUT IN THE
WOODS, AND THEN YOU GET A SNAIL AND YOU LINE THEM UP AND, YOU
KNOW, AND THE GROWNUPS JUST HONESTLY STAND AROUND AND DRINK.
YOU DRINK SCHNAPPS IN DENMARK.
I FOUND IF YOU POUR SCHNAPPS AT THE FAR END OF THE TRACK, IT
ACTUALLY WAS KIND OF A CATALYST FOR THE SNAIL.
>> James: BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CONSIDERED DOPING.
WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT.
REG?
>> Reggie: YEAH.
>> James: LOOK INTO THAT AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
NOW, JEREMY, LET'S TALK ABOUT "THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7",
WHICH IS YOUR NEW FILM ON NETFLIX, BASED ON A TRUE STORY,
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT IT YET, TELL THEM WHATTETH ABOUT
AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> "THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7" IS ABOUT THESE PROTESTS THAT
HAPPEN IN CHICAGO IN THE SUMMER OF 1968, PROTESTERS CONVERGED ON
CHICAGO TO PROTEST THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION, SO THE FILM IS ABOUT THESE PROTESTS, AND THE
SUBSEQUENT POLICE RIOTS THAT HAPPENED, AND THE TRIAL THAT
FOLLOWED IN 1969.
WE FILMED THE MOVIE -- I PLAY JERRY RUBEN WHO WAS A KIND OF
FIERY RADICAL, AND A BIT OF A MERRY PRANKSTER AND A
PROVOCATEUR AND A TRICKSTER.
WE WERE FILMING IN CHICAGO LAST OCTOBER, RIGHT AROUND NOW, AND
WE WERE MARCHING DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE CHANTING NO JUSTICE, NO
PEACE, CHANTING THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN THAT OVER THE PAST
FEW MONTHS WE WOULD BE OUT ON THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY
CHANTING THOSE SAME THINGS.
IT'S UPSETTING BECAUSE IT KIND OF SHOWS HOW FAR WE HAVEN'T
COME, BUT I THINK INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
>> James: IT REALLY IS.
IT'S WORTH ANYBODY'S TIME WATCHING IT.
AS ALL YOUR PERFORMANCES ARE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.