-We're hanging out with an incredible actor.
Jonah Hill right here. I --
[ Cheers and applause ]
The new movie is called "Don't Look Up."
It's in theaters on Friday.
And on -- on Netflix December 24th.
Can you talk about what this movie is about?
It's very funny, by the way, but it's -- it's --
It's very, like, smart funny, I think, to me, like --
-Yeah. It's -- It -- So, Adam McKay made this movie,
and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
play scientists who see a comet coming to destroy Earth.
And the world's gonna end in like six months.
So they take it all the way up to the president,
who is played by Meryl Streep,
and I'm her son and chief of staff, Jason.
And -- And we deny the comet's existence.
So, Adam is a brilliant guy.
And he's kind of very satirically
dealing with some of these issues that have been massive,
where it's kind of denial of science, let's say.
Um, and so I play, like, this kind of spoiled rich kid
who is the son of the president who is a chief of staff.
And one of the things I found fun --
You wanna show the picture? -I do wanna show the picture
'cause I wanna show your character.
Here's your character right here holding a purse.
-Yeah, he's a little bitchy prince. That's how I would --
-That's your mother. -Meryl Streep.
And those are the nerd, like, astronomers behind us.
That's what Jason would say, not me.
But -- So one of the things was they're like, "Okay, well..."
Let's just say there was a dynamic, at the time,
where there was a high-up political figure who perhaps
inappropriately sexualized his daughter.
I'm not gonna name names. -Okay. Yeah.
-So my thought was, "Well, oh, I'm the son.
And most rich kids look up to their father.
I'm gonna be someone who worships, like, the mother."
So I thought it'd be interesting to play on that
as to inappropriately sexualize my mother in the role.
And then also since he admires the feminine,
my first thought was he's gotta have a Birkin bag.
[ Laughter ]
And the other thing was
I wanted to make if Fyre Festival was a person.
That was sort of my ideology of it, yeah.
-[ Laughs ]
If Fyre Festival was a person. -Yeah.
-That's who you're playing in "Don't Look Up."
But how cool was it to act opposite Meryl Streep?
-It's so cool. And she's so cool.
And everyone goes on talk shows and you're like,
"This person's cool. That person's cool."
Meryl Streep's actually cool.
And she's the best actor.
In fact, I've been -- So, we've been doing press for this movie,
and in the interviews the past couple days, I keep saying,
"Oh, and, you know, getting to work with Meryl, she's the GOAT.
She's the GOAT, right?"
Which, if you know, stands for Greatest Of All Time, right?
That's, like, an acronym that you use for, like,
Michael Jordan or Jay-Z or whoever,
or, you know, whoever your GOAT is for whatever you're into.
-Yeah. -And Meryl to me is the GOAT.
She's the greatest of all time. So the whole week, I'm saying,
"You know, working with Meryl is the best.
She's the GOAT. She's the GOAT."
And then today, we're doing a press conference and she's like,
"You know, and Jonah is so comfortable with me,
he's been calling me a goat all week."
And -- And she's like --
And I'm like, "What the [bleep]?"
And I'm like -- I'm like --
And Jennifer Lawrence explained to her.
'Cause she was telling Jennifer about this.
How she -- And she's so cool, she wasn't even offended by it.
She was just like, "I guess he, like, loves me
and is calling me a goat."
And -- And Jennifer's like, "No, Meryl.
It stands for Greatest Of All Time."
So she was like, "Hey, thanks for calling me the GOAT.
I thought you were calling me a goat this whole time."
And I was like, "Meryl, you're, like,
the greatest of all time." -And she's still cool about it.
Yeah, she really is. Meryl Streep.
-Shout-out to the GOAT! Meryl Streep.
Yeah. -The greatest of all time.
It's very good. It's very well-written,
very well-acted, very well-directed.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's our pal Jonah Hill in "Don't Look Up."
Take a look at this.
-Dr. Randall, you are now
the chief science adviser to the White House.
-What? -And as such,
we need you to attend an emergency cabinet meeting
where you will be fully debriefed.
-What about us?
-You do not have clearance for this, sweetheart.
Don't trip. Got you some crackers, some waters.
-You don't need to throw it on the floor.
-It's going to be three, four hours, tops.
-Here, Kate. I don't know why he's doing that.
-What if we have to go to the bathroom?
-We'll lay out some newspaper for you,
grab you a can of Febreze.
-Hey. Short, sweet, and simple science.
-I'll be back.
-Science tells the truth, Randall.
-You want to come? -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-What a jerk! -Yo, real quick.
Before we end, I'm not a political man.
But I do believe in climate change,
and my girlfriend will kill me if I don't read this.
I just will say I don't know how to deal with this stuff.
It feels like Mt. Everest.
You can call or e-mail your congressperson
and ask them to support H.R. 794,
the National Climate Change Emergency.
That's it. Very easy. If you're into it.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-You're welcome any time, buddy. I love you.
-Thank you, bro. Thank you. -Jonah Hill, everybody.