Please welcome the very talented and very handsome Idris Elba.
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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Ah!
You just do it all, don't you?
I do a little bit of everything.
Yeah.
I'm a jack of all trades.
[CHEERING]
Oh, that's nice.
That's nice.
Thank you very much.
You want dancing?
OK.
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Uh-huh.
OK.
Uh-huh.
Wow.
Listen, you are so crazy talented.
And I didn't know you were on that song-- on that Macklemore
song.
That's--
Oh, yeah.
Yes.
That's you in that song?
I challenge you to a dart-- yeah, that's me.
And I didn't get to see you.
You're in Finding Dory.
And I did the press tour in London, and you weren't there.
I wasn't there.
I got a tiniest role than you, but--
But that was a hilarious role.
So you and Dominic were the seals that were, [BARKING]
[BARK] That's me.
It was--
That's me.
It was so hilarious.
And that you two worked together was a big deal, because you
worked together on The Wire.
On The Wire, so this is the first time
we had ever worked together again.
It was the first time working with you.
But you know, when you do voice overs, you don't get to see.
No.
I was really bummed about that.
I know.
I wanted to meet you and see you because I'm such a huge fan.
And you've got so many things going on this year.
I don't know how-- you must be exhausted.
A little bit, yeah.
Because really, A Mountain Between Us,
and then there's another one coming out, and then--
Thor.
Molly's Game and Thor.
And Thor, yeah.
And god--
Yeah, it's been really busy.
I mean, you know, it's interestingly enough.
Like, these films have been done over the last two years,
but they all came out in this year.
So it looks like I've been really, really busy.
Well, I have, but you know.
Yeah.
And you also have to be grateful because when you first
came to this country, you did not work for a long time.
Yeah.
So I moved to New York, young budding actor,
mid-'90s, sort of late-'90s.
I had some savings.
And then my savings ran out, and I couldn't get any work.
It was tough times.
And you lived in your car.
And you were a bouncer at a comedy club.
Yep, I was a bouncer at the very famous Caroline's, which
I think I saw one of your early sets.
Really?
Yeah.
I only worked there once.
So maybe you did.
It was that one.
Yeah, yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
And I was funny, right?
You were hilarious!
Yeah, that was a good one.
That was a great-- no, I met a lot
of really talented comedians.
And I think I saw you.
I think I saw you there one time.
Maybe so.
Yeah.
I don't remember you.
But see how it works out?
See?
Yes, absolutely.
Now I wish I would have known back then
that we both would end up seeing each other here.
What a weird thing.
I know.
So OK, Molly's Game, let's talk about this.
The movie is-- first of all I love poker.
Do you like poker?
No, I'm no good.
Really?
I have no clue.
Do you know-- so you know nothing about Texas Hold 'Em?
I mean, I had it on an app on my phone once or twice.
But no, I'm no good.
So I love poker, and I knew about this game
that Molly used to have.
Really?
In real life?
Yeah.
I didn't ever go to the games, because there
were $10,000 buy-ins, but I heard about these games.
Yeah.
So I already knew the story, but I didn't know
how fascinating the story is.
So explain to people who Molly is and what--
I mean, it is a modern day heroine movie.
She's a hero.
Mhm.
She's like, you know--
ultimately, she made some choices in her life.
She created one of the biggest poker games ever.
Very famous people-- very, very rich people--
came to her games, including some very bad people.
And at one point in her life, when the games
were going so good, the bad people were on the table,
she got indicted by indicted by the FBI.
And essentially, she wasn't breaking the law, but--
so the movie's about that journey.
And I think Aaron Sorkin, he's one of the greatest
screenwriters who ever done.
You know, Few Good Men, Steve Jobs.
He could have made--
this is the first film he's ever directed.
And he could have made any movie about any number of people,
but I think he chose someone--
a woman that had a lot of integrity.
The business of poker is--
it's decadent, there's a lot of money there's gambling,
there's risky men.
And she could have named a bunch of people when she got indicted
and made this book, and she didn't.
And that's what the story is about.
And I think Aaron Sorkin made--
just did an incredible job--
He did.
--of making this.
I didn't know he directed it until the end of it.
But it's Jessica Chastain and yourself.
And I want to have Molly on the show
because I think she's amazing.
Yeah.
I think-- I mean, she just--
I didn't know her story.
I didn't know she was an Olympian, that she was a skier.
Anyway, it's a great movie.
And Molly's Game opens in select theaters Christmas Day,
nationwide January 5th.
And we're going to take a break.
When we come back, we are going to play a game together.
Oh.
Yeah.
We'll be back.
I like it.
[CHEERING]
OK, we're back with a very handsome Idris Elba.
And I imagine you're pretty competitive, right?
Oh, yeah.
Absolutely.
I am, too.
So we thought we would play a game.
It's one of my favorite games.
It's called Danger Word.
All right.
We need some people to play with.
Where are Tanisha Jones and Megan Guester?
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All right!
[SHRIEKING]
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[SHRIEKING]
Ah!
[SHRIEK]
Woo!
All right!
Megan.
Yeah?
You're going to be my partner.
Oh, OK,
Tanisha, you're going to be Idris's partner.
You're gonna be on my side.
So you're going to--
[LAUGHTER]
Take a--
Come on in.
[CHEERING]
Tanisha, you sit--
Oh, over there?
On the stool over there.
You're going to sit on the red stool over there, Megan, OK?
And here's how the game works.
We are going to show the audience two words, a winning
word and a danger word.
Idris and I will have to get our partner
to say the winning word without saying the danger word.
And you can only use one word clues, just like Password.
If you say the danger word, I will
be forced to push this button.
And if you guess the winning word,
I'll fire the cannon at the losing team.
OK?
OK.
Please, Twitch, we will tell the viewers at home
our danger word.
The winning word is Cheerios.
The danger word is cereal.
[TENSE MUSIC]
OK, good.
Better.
Bowl.
Noodles?
Noodles.
OK, no.
Million.
Oh.
Powerball?
[LAUGHTER]
Cheerful.
I know you know what I'm saying.
Cheerios?
Oh, yeah!
[CHEERING]
Is it?
Oh, my gosh.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
It's Cheerios?
Woo!
Wow.
Cause I was trying--
Yes, cause I was trying to say--
Million acts of good.
That's right!
Oh!
That means that I have to, yeah.
Megan, I'm so sorry.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh!
[CHEERING]
All right.
[PANTING]
All right.
OK.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Flavors.
Tic-Tac?
OK, I see where you're going.
Frozen.
Ah, ooh, yeah.
Frozen.
Icy?
Long.
What?
You know.
I mean--
Popsicle?
Oh, my god!
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[SHRIEKING]
Megan.
[POP]
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
I'm feeling bad, now.
I'm feeling bad for Megan.
All right.
No, we're playing one more.
OK.
All right.
The winning word is champagne.
The danger word is wine.
I like them both.
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Megan is not walking away from here
with three things in her face.
All right.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Pour.
Oh, cork?
You know, congratulations.
Marriage?
Yes.
No.
Sparkly.
Oh.
Champagne?
Ahh!
[LAUGHS] Good job.
Oh!
[SHRIEK]
Congratulations, you're winning a 55-inch 4K TCL Roku TV.
[CHEERING]
--TV
[CLAPPING]
You're getting one, too!
What?
Yes, you get a TV, too.
That's how you play Danger Word.
Yay!
You're getting one, too.
All right.
We'll be back.
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