FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR THAT "GQ" RECENTLY
NAMED THE WORLD'S HANDSOMEST MAN.
HE APPEARED IN "X-MEN," "THE BUTLER" AND NOW HBO'S
"WESTWORLD."
>> DO YOU REMEMBER NOW?
YEAH, OF COURSE I REMEMBER WHY.
YOU LOOK UPON THE FACE OF TRUE EVIL, YOU WON'T FORGET.
YOU CLAIMED YOU COULD THEY ARE VOICE OF GOD.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME JAMES MARSDEN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
>> THANK YOU.
VERY KIND OF EVERYONE FOR THAT APPLAUSE.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> DO THEY DO THAT FOR EVERYONE?
>> Stephen: ONLY IF YOU SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT THEM.
>> OKAY.
I LOVE ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE SHOW BUT I'M A COUPLE OF
EPISODES BEHIND SO NO SPOILERS, PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: BUT I IMAGINE THAT PEOPLE MUST COME UP TO YOU ALL
THE TIME, LIKE THE "WESTWORLD" FANS, ARE A LITTLE OBSESSIVE,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WHAT DO THEY YELL AT YOU WHEN THEY SEE YOU?
>> ACTUALLY, I WAS ON THE PLANE THE OTHER DAY AND I GOT UP OUT
OF MY SEAT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE OVERHEAD BIN AND A VOICE
WENT LIKE THIS -- ARE YOU REAL?
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE PERSON.
THEY SEEMED REALLY PUT OUT THAT I WAS THERE ON THE PLANE.
ARE YOU REAL?
>> Stephen: ARE YOU REAL?
IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN.
>> IT CHASES DELORES AND FINDS WHY AND GETS THE HOSE AGAIN.
MY SHOW RUNNER WILL LOVE THAT.
NO, I SAID, EXCUSE ME.
HE SAID, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOU
GETTING SHOT UP ON MY FLIGHT.
SO I SAID, ARE YOU REAL?
I SAID, THOSE BLOODY MARYS ARE REAL, AREN'T THEY?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE ALREADY A
MOVIE STAR FROM BIG MOVIES, BUT HAS THIS CHANGED THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZED YOU ON THE STREET?
EVERY WEEK THEY SEE A NEW JAMES MARSDEN MOVIE, ESSENTIALLY.
>> WELL, THAT'S KIND OF YOU.
IT'S USUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZE ME AND THE
PEOPLE WHO THINK I'M SOMEONE ELSE.
I GET MISTAKEN QUITE OFTEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SET OF "WESTWORLD" AND ONE OF THE KEY
GRIPS OR SOMEONE ON THE CREW CAME UP AND SAY, CAN I SPEAK TO
YOU FOR A MINUTE?
I WAS, LIKE, OH, BOY.
EHE SAID, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOUR FILMS, I WATCHED THEM WITH
MY SON.
WHEN I GREW UP, I WAS A BOY AND I READ THE COMICS AND WATCHED
THE TV SHOW WITH MY FATHER AND IT WAS A TRADITION THAT WE HAD,
AND I NOW HAVE A SON AND I DO THE SAME THING WITH YOUR FILMS,
AND IT'S A PART OF MY HOUSEHOLD, IT'S A PART OF OUR TRADITION IN
MY FAMILY THAT I CHERISH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF
THAT AND GOD BLESS CAPTAIN KIRK.
( LAUGHTER ) I WAS, LIKE, I JUST DIDN'T HAVE
THE HEART TO TELL HIM I WASN'T CHRIS PINE.
>> Stephen: OR HE THOUGHT YOU WERE WILLIAM SHATNER.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE ARE PHILOSOPHICAL
UNDERPINNINGS TO "WESTWORLD."
THERE IS LOTS OF WHIFFS OF PHILOSOPHY COMING OFF THE SHOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK "WESTWORLD" IS ABOUT?
>> I THINK IT'S THE EXEN TEAR THAT IT'S PRESENTING IS SORT OF
WHEN DO WE BECOME HUMAN AND WHAT IT IS TO BE HUMAN AND IS THERE A
BEGINNING OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND HOW DO YOU BEHAVE WHEN NO ONE'S
LOOKING AND THERE ARE NO RULES.
FROM A HUMAN'S PERSPECTIVE VISITING, BUT BEYOND THAT WE
LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IT'S JUST TECHNOLOGY CRAZY AND WITH WE ARE
FULLY IMMERSED IN VIRTUAL REALITY AND VIDEO GAMES AN
THAT'S ALL ON THE HORIZON AND THERE ARE PEOPLE MUCH SMARTER
THAN I AM THAT KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING.
>> Stephen: DOES THAT APPEAR TO YOU?
HAVE YOU DONE THE GOGGLES AND EXPLORATION OF VIRTUAL WORLD AND
ALL THAT SORT OF THING?
>> NO, I WAS PLAYING NINTENDO 64 LAST NIGHT, ACTUALLY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE HOST ON
"WESTWORLD," THE LATEST GENERATION OF THE HOSTS ARE SO
HUMAN AS TO BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM HUMAN.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU AS AN ACTOR PLAY A PROBOT THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM A HUMAN?
>> JONAH NO LAND THE SHOW RUNNER AND LISA JOY DID AN AMAZING JOB
WITH US AND SAID WE'RE PLAYING HUMAN BEINGS, WE'RE BRINGING
HUMANITY TO THESE A.I.
AND EVAN RACHEL WOOD PLAYS DELORES AND WE HAD A MOMENT
HALFWAY THROUGH THE SHOOT WHERE WE AS ACTORS ARE ROBOTS.
AND WE WENT, WAIT A SECOND, WE COME IN, SOMEONE GIVES US LINES
TO READ, WE HAVE A NARRATIVE, WE DO THE SCENE, WE MAKE OUT WITH
SOMEONE WHO'S NOT OUR REAL GIRLFRIEND, WE DIE SOMETIMES,
AND THEY YELL CUT!
LET'S DO IT ONE MORE TIME.
LET'S RESET AND START OVER AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING AS ACTORS!
( APPLAUSE ) IS THIS TRUE THE HANDSOMEST MAN
THING?
CONGRATULATIONS, "GQ" NAMED YOU "THE WORLD'S HANDSOMEST MAN."
DOES THAT COME WITH ANYTHING?
IS THERE A MEDAL OR CASH PRIZE OR YOU JUST GET TO KEEP YOUR
FACE?
>> NO, IT'S JUST AN ALBA TROUGHS AROUND MY NECK.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU A STUD GROWING UP?
>> I WAS NOT.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE NOT A STUD AS A THEATER?
>> NO, I WAS SORT OF A THEATER GEEK.
( CHEERING ) >> Stephen: YOU THINK THIS GUY
DID NOT GET ANY ATTENTION?
>> LOOK, YOU PICKED THE BEST PHOTO OF ME.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE BEST PHOTO OF ME FROM
HIGH SCHOOL?
>> I WOULD.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE BEST PHOTO OF ME FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WE'RE SAFE TO SAY THAT THAT
IS PRE-PHOTOSHOP.
>> Stephen: EVIDENTLY IT WAS PRE-COLOR FILM.
( LAUGHTER ) SO IF YOU COULDN'T GET THE
GIRLS' ATTENTION, WHAT WAS YOUR GAMUT TO GET THEIR ATTENTION?
>> I WAS GOOFY.
I WAS IN THEATER.
I WAS A GUY WHO WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO ENTHUSIASTIC TO BE
PLAYING, YOU KNOW, HUGO PEABODY IN BYE-BYE BIRDIE, AND I
PROBABLY MAY HAVE CONFUSED SOME OF THE GIRLS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THE GIRLS WOULD BE, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE PREFERS JUST
YET.
BUT I WAS KIND OF GOOFY.
I WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I WOULD COME TO SCHOOL AND DO RICHARD
PRYOR AND EDD ED -- EDDIE MURPHY BITS.
I WOULD MEMORIZE THEIR STANDUPS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU DO IMPRESSIONS?
>> WELL, NOT, LIKE, ON THE SPOT.
( CHEERING ) >> Stephen: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
I JUST FINISHED A MOVIE WITH WOODY HARRELSON.
THE HARDEST ARE YOUR WALK-INS OR McConaughey.
ONE THING ABOUT McConaughey is you can't just do the all right,
all right thing anymore, but what you've got to do is throw
in a little Texas whistle in there with those Ss SO WHEN
YOU START TO HEAR THOSE Ss START TO CREEP ON IN, AND WHY
DON'T YOU STEP OUTSIDE TO MY AIR STREAM, I'LL MAKE YOU A
MARGARITA TO BLOW YOUR HORNS OFF ( IMITATING MCCONAUGHEY )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >
>> STEPHEN: "WESTWORLD" AIRS SUNDAY NIGHTS ON HBO.
JAMES MARSDEN, EVERYBODY!