FAVORITE PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH, HE IS A GRAMMY, EMMY AND TONY
AWARD WINNER AND THE GREATEST SHOW, THE WONDRFUL MR. HUGH
JACK PLN IS HERE ON THE SHOW, HOW ARE YOU, HUGH.
>> I'M DOING OKAY.
WE'RE HANGING IN THERE.
DEBORRA.
>> James: DEB MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE TOP OF THE
SEGMENT, HOW ARE YOU, DEB.
>> THERE SHE IS.
ALLEGRA, OUR LITTLE DOG, OUR LITTLE DOGGY.
WE ARE DOING ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HANGING IN THERE, MAN, HOW ABOUT
YOU.
>> James: I'M GOOD, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING, MY HUNCH IS YOU
GET THIS A LOT.
JUST SEEING YOUR FACE HAS LIFTED MY SPIRITS.
>> HAS IT REALLY?
>> James: YEAH, DO YOU FIND PEOPLE SAY THAT TO YOU A LOT.
I THINK YOUR NATURAL SORT OF SENSE OF SELF LIFTS PEOPLE
AROUND YOU.
DO PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT?
>> NO, BUT THANK YOU.
>> James: WELL, THEY SHOULD.
>> THEY SAY THAT.
THAT IS THE TRUTH.
>> James: MAYBE-- .
>> SCHOOL DROPOFF, THAT KIND OF THING WHERE EVERYONE TURNS
SCHOOL DROPOFF INTO A COCKTAIL PARTY, EVERYONE IS HANGING
AROUND.
I DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT.
>> James: HOW ARE YOU-- HOW ARE YOU DOING, IN THIS ISOLATION
PERIOD OF OUR LIVES.
WHAT IS GETTING YOU THROUGH THE DAY.
WHAT SORT OF STUFF ARE YOU UP TO?
>> I'M DANCING QUITE A LOT IN MY LIVING ROOM WHICH APPALLS MY 14
YEAR OLD.
I'M PLAYING A LOT OF BACK DISZ GAMON, COOKING, LAST YEAR I WAS
DOING THE TOUR, AND I WAS AWAY FOR PROBABLY MORE TIME THAN I
HAVE EVER BEEN AWAY FROM THE FAMILY.
SO IN SOME WAYS FOR ME IT IS GREAT.
FOR THE KIDS IT SAY NIGHTMARE HAVING ME AROUND BUT SORT OF I
DON'T KNOW, I'M FINDING THE SIMPLE DISUF IS REALLY
CATHARTIC, TRYING TO NOT PLAN TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE
YOU CAN'T PLAN TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE.
ON JUNE 29,-- WHEN YOU CAN'T PLAN, YOU END UP SIMPLIFYING
THINGS AND I'M SUPER LUCKY THAT I CAN STAY AT HOME.
I AM JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST
CHILL OUT A LITTLE BIT, TO LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC AND JUST
HANG OUT AND WITHIN THE DOG, BE WITH THE KIDS, COOK FOR THEM,
PLAY MONOPOLY, DO JIGSAW PUZZLES, ALL THAT STUFF.
>> James: YOU ARE RIGHT, I KNOW HOW BEFORE YOU WERE, I
IMAGINE STILL ARE, WHEN THAT DAY WILL COME, YOU WERE SO EXCITED
ABOUT DOING EASY MAN ON BROADWAY BUT THEN SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
MEANS YOU KIND OF, YOU COULD ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET ANXIOUS
ABOUT IT, STRESS ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS
REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO IT AND GO YOU KNOW,
WELL, I WILL BE-- I TELL YOU WHAT, HERE IS THE THING I THINK
AS A THEATRE LOVER, BROADWAY IS GOING TO NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU
COMING BACK DOING MUSICALS LIKE THAT WHEN IT'S SAFE AND PROPER
TO DO SO, YOU KNOW?
>> AND ARE YOU STILL OKAY TO BE MY UNDERSTUDY, THAT IS SO GREAT.
THANK YOU, MAN.
NO, I DO AGREE.
WHEN IT IS SAFE, WHEN PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE, THERE IS
NOTHING LIKE THAT FEELING OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, HEARING
A GREAT STORY, AND THE MUSIC MAN, MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT,
BUT ST REALLY A STORY ABOUT BELIEF.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEARING THE BAND EVEN WHEN IN IS
NOT ONE PHYSICALLY THERE.
REALLY BELIEVING EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY.
IT IS A GREAT STORY, HOPEFULLY A GREAT CELEBRATION.
BUT RIGHT NOW I AM A LUCKY MAN.
I AM A WORKER.
LIKE I HAVE WORKED AND HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK.
BUT ST A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE ST LIKE,
WE HAVE DONE A WORK SHOP FOR THE MUSIC MAN.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.
IT IS KIND OF TAKING A BREAK, IT'S CHALLENGING.
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN BASICALLY NONSTOP FOR, I MEAN
WHAT, 20 YEARS NOW?
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN CONSTANTLY EITHER DOING MOVIES, LIVE SHOWS,
MUSICALS, WHO IS THAT IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> OSCAR.
>> HI OSCAR.
>> I MEAN YOU HAVE BEEN JUST SO FULL OF-- HOW ARE YOU FINDING
CREATIVELY YOUR MIND KEEPING CREATIVELY SORT OF ENGAGED IN
THINGS.
>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
BECAUSE AS I SAID YOU TAKE AWAY YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO DO THIS OR
WORK ON THAT SONG FOR THIS THING OR WE HAVE THIS OR I'M DOING
THIS FILM AND I NEED TO LEARN THAT SKILL FOR THAT FILM.
RIGHT NOW IT'S SORT OF OPEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT.
SO FOR ME, MUSIC, I'M LISS EGG ENING TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF
MUSIC, DIFFERENT PARTS OF MOVIES.
I'M SORT OF DAY DAY DREAMING A LITTLE MORE.
AND I THINK CREATIVELY THAT IS THE THING THAT WE REALLY DON'T
HAVE THAT MUCH TIME FOR.
IT WILL NOW BE SAFE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DAY DREAMING.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THEEKS ZOOM CLASSES AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY, WHAT IS IT, YOU HAVE BEEN ZOOMING IN THE CLASS.
>> A FILM PROFESSOR THERE WHO I KNOW, DONE SOME INTERVIEWS,
BACKSTAGE BEFORE WE WERE DOING AN INTERVIEW I SAID I'M REALLY
EMBARRASSED WHEN I WALK ON MOVIES, I AM LIKE YOU, I COME
FROM THE THEATER SO MY FILM KNOWLEDGE, I'M WAY MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN MY KNOWLEDGE SHOULD ALLOW ME TO TO BE.
>> I AM LIKE HMMMM, HMMMM, SO I REALLY WANT TO LEARN, SO I DROP
IN, AND THE OTHER 50NFA STUDENTS VERY KINDLY ALLOW ME TO DO THAT
MFA STUDENTS ALSO A CLASS FOR ANYONE, SUNDAY NIGHTS, 8 P.M.
YOU CAN TUNE IN, WATCH A GREAT MOVIE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH
COLOMBIA PROFESSOR.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE THING TO DO ON A
WEEKEND.
IF WE CAN.
>> NOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
YOU HAVE HAD QUITE A SIGNIFICANT-- YOU AN DEB, YOUR
WIFE, YOU CELEBRATED YOUR 24th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, I
THINK WAS LAST WEEK.
>> THE 11th AV APRIL.
>> LIKE TEN DAYS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE, HOW DID YOU MAKE THE DAY SPECIAL?
>> WE WERE TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 24 YEARS AND I CAN
COUNT ON ONE HAND THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW US, WE ARE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME BUT FOR ONE REASON OR
ANOTHER, THE PLANET HAVE NOT LINED UP FOR US TO BE TOGETHER,
DEB COOKED A MEAL, THE KIDS WERE THERE AND WE WERE MAKING
SPEECHES AND THE KIDS WERE ROLLING THEIR EYES.
AND WE WERE JUST-- .
>> James: WHAT WAS DEB DOING BEHIND, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO
DO THERE.
>> ALL CAN I SEE IS-- .
>> YOU SILENTLY CALL THE DOG OVER.
SHE'S GOING, HEY, DEB, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
>> THANKS.
THANK YOU.
>> James: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK I'M COMPLETELY UP TO SPEED ON HOW THIS HAPPENS OR HOW IT
CAME AROUND BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR FEUD WITH RYAN
REYNOLDS.
>> YEAH GOOD.
>> James: HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, WHO STARTED IT.
WHAT IS IT, AND WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW?
>> RYAN HAS AN INSATIABLE NEED FOR ATTENTION.
AND IT STARTED WITH HIM CALLING ME OUT AND STARTING AN ONLINE
PETITION TO GET ME TO COME BACK TO WOLVERINE.
I KNOW HIM, I AM LIKE COME ON, BACK IT OFF.
JUST BACK THIS OFF.
AND HE JUST WON'T LET IT GO, LIKE EYE DOG WITH A BONE.
SO WE JUST KEEP GOING AND GOING.
AND ANY ADVICE FROM YOU OR ANYONE WATCHING OF HOW I CAN
ACTUALLY SORT OF-- HE'S GUM ON MY SHOE.
I MEAN LIKE I SAY THAT IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY.
>> James: REALLY?
BUT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE CALLED A TRUCE.
YOU HAVE CALLED A TRUCE.
>> NO, WE HAVEN'T.
SO THE ALL IN CHALLENGE WHICH IS AMAZING AND BENEFITS FIVE
DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITIES LIKE NO KID HUNGLY,
WHICH I LOVE, WHICH IS FEEDING PEOPLE, WITH FOOD INSECURITY, I
LOVE THAT.
AND THE IDEA CAME TO DO SOMETHING WITH RYAN FOR THAT AND
IT IS LITERALLY SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THAT.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GET HIM TO COME
TOGETHER.
>> WE TRIED TO DO A TRUCE AND IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK OUT.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.
WE ARE GOING TO DO A LEMON AID STAND TOGETHER WITH RYAN.
>> James: ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.
>> RIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LEMONADE STAND.
OF COURSE HI THE IDEA THAT OF COURSE WE SHOULD BE OPPOSING
LIKE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET.
SOI DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO HIM THE WHOLE TIME BUT WE'RE GOING
TO DO IT TOSMGHT WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER.
I WILL BRING MY MATURE ASSAULT AND BE A GROWN UP.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE A PERMANENT
THING AFTER THAT, OR IT MIGHT OPEN UP AGAIN.
>> HERE IS WHAT MI PREPARED TO PUT ON THE TABLE.
AND YOU CAN TELL HIM, I AM PREPARED FOR THIS TO BE A TRUTH.
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, TRUTH IS NOT FRIENDSHIP, TRUTH IS
NOT-- TRUTH IS NOT GETTING TOGETHER.
BLAKE IS WELCOME TO COME OVER ANY TIME, BLAKE, COME OVER ANY
TIME, BRING THE KIDS OR BABYSIT THE KIDS, LOVE THE KIDS BUT JUST
A TRUCE, THAT'S IT.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN, THAT KIND OF-- THAT SEEMS GROWN
UP.
>> James: I THINK THAT SOUNDS PRETTY REASONABLE.
THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
YOU MENTIONED WOLVERINE, IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS, 20 YEARS SINCE
WOLVERINE CAME OUT.
BECAUSE CAN I REMEMBER SEEING YOU IN OKLAHOMA IN THE WEST END.
AND THEN I THINK IT WAS-- IS IT THE NATIONAL, YOU MOVED TO THE
WEST ENDS.
>> TO THE LYCEUM.
>> AND THEN THE NEXT THING I KNEW THIS GUY WAS LIKE WOLVERINE
AND THE X-MEN AND I COULDN'T PUT THE TWO TOGETHER FOR A MOMENT.
HOW DID YOUR LIFE CHANGE WHEN X-MEN CAME OUT.
>> BY THE WAY, WHEN I AUDITIONED FOR WOLVERINE I HAD THE PERM,
BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING CURLY, SO I WORE A BASEBALL CAP TO THE
AUDITION.
AND CASTING AGENTS, I WAS IN LONDON.
I HAD TO RACE BETWEEN THE MATINEE ON A WEDNESDAY AND THE
EVENING SHOW, I RAN INTO SOHO AND DID THE AUDITION AND I DID
THE FIRST TAKE, CUT, MR. JACKMAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD
PROBABLY LOSE THE BASEBALL CAP, ST REALLY NOT WOLVERINE.
I SAID OKAY.
I PUT IT BACK ON-- I TOOK IT OFF-- PUT IT BACK ON.
SO EVERYTHING CHANGED.
IN MANY, MANY WAYS IT ALL CHANGED.
BUT NOT, EVEN WHEN I WAS FILMING IT, OF COURSE THINGS CHANGED IN
A WAY, LIKE THINGS HAD BEGUN FOR ME BUT THERE WAS NO SENSE THAT
MOVIE WAS GOING TO BE A HIT, HI FRIENDS OF MINE IN HOLLYWOOD WHO
ARE LIKE MAKE SURE YOU BOOK ANOTHER FILM BEFORE THIS COMES
OUT, BECAUSE THE WORD ON THE STREET IS IT IS NOT GOOD, SO AT
LEAST YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO HAVE ANOTHER SHOT.
SO I WENT AUDITIONING AFTER WE FINISHED THE FIM AND I WAS IN A
ROOM WITH 30 PEOPLE, AND I REMEMBER DEB AND I WERE NO NEW
YORK, I WAS SHOOTING SOMEONE LIKE YOU FOR GOLDWYN AND WE WERE
ON-- WE WERE ON THE STOOP AND ALL THE PHONE CALLS STARTED
COMING IN.
ABOUT THE BOX OFFICE AND HOW MUCH OF A HIT, LIKE ONE AFTER
THE OTHER AFTER ANOTHER.
WE WERE SITTING ON THE STEP AND SHE GOES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO
BE DIFFERENT.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE FROM HERE.
AND I WAS LIKE NO, NO, SHE GOES TRUST ME, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO
BE DIFFERENT.
AND SHOCK HORROR, SHE WAS RIGHT.
>> James: WELL, AND FROM THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT I
THINK ST MAYBE MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE OF YOURS I HAVE SEEN
ON SCREEN, WHICH IS SAYING A LOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I FAN I
AM.
BUT YOUR PERFORMANCE IN BAD EDUCATION IS COMPLETELY
BRILLIANT.
AND CAN I NOT-- WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MOVIE THE OTHER DAY.
I ENJOYED IT SO MUCH.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND
WHO YOU PLAY.
>> I PLAY FRANK-- STAY REAL LIFE STORY, FRANK IS STILL ALIVE AND
THIS IS THE TRUE AND QUITE SHOCKING STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
AT ROSSLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN 2004.
IN THE END 26 PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND PEOPLE RELATED TO
THE STAFF END UP GOING TO PRISON FOR STEALING UP TO 12 MILLION.
IF WAS THE BIGGEST THEFT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL HISTORY.
AND IT ALL HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS BUT WHAT WAS
MORE SHOCKING WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD GOT THE
SCHOOL'S NUMBER FOUR IN THE COUNTRY THEM WERE SO HIGHLY
REGARDED. FRANK HAD BEEN NAMED ROTARY MAN OF THE YEAR, ROSSLAND
REAL ESTATE PROJECTS WAS AVERAGE OF A MILLION DOLLARS PER HOME
SINCE THEY WERE THERE.
SO THEY WERE JUST REALLY HIGH STATED, HIGHLY PRIZED, HIGHLY
THOUGHT OF PEOPLE WHO, IT SOUNDED LIKE A LUNCH OR JUST A
PERSONAL CHECK, DON'T WORRY, YOU WORK TOO HARD, TO ALL OF A
SUDDEN TAKING UP TO 12 MILLION.
AND THAT SORT OF, I THINK WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO THE STORY.
AND I LOVE IT.
>> THE PERFORMANCE.
>> THE WHOLE CAST, RAY ROMANO.
>> THE CAST IS BRILLIANT, ITS FILM IS FANTASTIC.
YOU ARE AS GOOD AS YOU HAVE EVER BEEN.