-Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm so happy that you're here.
-Me too. Very exciting. -I'm a fan.
It's your first time on our show.
-Yes. -I want to get to know you.
I want to ask you -- you're from Cuba, is that correct?
-Yeah. -And did you start acting there?
-I did.
I went to drama school when I was 14.
That was like, four years of theater school.
-Yeah.
-And when I was on my second year, I did my first movie.
I auditioned for it and I got it,
and the teachers were not very happy
and they told me if I did the movie,
I was going to -- [ Clicks tongue ]
get kicked out of school. -Of acting school?
-Yeah, because, you know... -Wait.
This is kind of the goal, right?
-Well, if you do a movie, you're not going to school.
So... -I understand, yeah.
-I still did it, though. -That's right.
Look at you now. Come on. Yeah, exactly right.
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-So they made me repeat the year.
-Oh, really? They did?
-It was worth it.
-Yeah. Oh, good. Yeah.
I also heard something that you used to hitchhike to school.
-Yeah. Didn't you?
-No. No. That's very dangerous.
I don't hitchhike.
-No, it's not in Cuba.
I mean, you just get there faster than just --
-I understand, yeah, but...
-I will get there faster than you, maybe.
-Yes, you will. Yeah.
Because no one would pick me up.
If we're both on the street with our thumb out,
they're gonna pick you up and not me.
-Well, I didn't do the thumb thing.
I'd just go to the stoplight, so the cars have to stop.
-You would just jump into strangers' cars,
like, "Take me to school"?
-Pretty much. -Yeah?
-You just go to the window.
I'm like, "Hey, can you go to the next stoplight?"
-No, this is too dangerous. Oh no, no.
-No, it's not. I mean, everyone's very used to it.
It's like free carpool.
-Any children watching, don't do this.
But is that how you ended up in the Bond movie?
Because you're from -- No, no, no! Not hitchhiking.
Not hitchhiking.
Being from Cuba, sorry. -"Hey."
"Hi, do you guys mind if I'm in this movie?"
-"Do you go to London?"
-"Can I be in the new 007 movie?"
"Sure. Come on."
No, but is it because you're from Cuba?
Is that how?
-I mean, something to do with that.
I think...
-You're so good in this, by the way.
I told you backstage, but I really mean it.
-Thank you. -You get a giant laugh.
I'm not going to spoil anything for anyone.
I won't ever do that. but dude.
This one scene, it's just beautiful to look at.
I go, it's it's iconic,
It's iconic. -Thank you.
-You did, you crushed it. You're fantastic.
-Thank you. Thank you.
-Do you want to describe who you play? Your 00 agent?
-Yeah, I play Paloma. She's a CIA agent in Cuba.
-She's there to assist Bond in his mission.
And she very excited about the job.
-Yeah, yeah. You really are. -She's very, very happy,
and like, you know, also nervous
because it's her first job, big, big job.
-Yeah, you're like -- I could say the line.
You're like,
"Oh, I'm only three weeks in training on the job."
-Yeah, yeah, exactly. -Yeah.
-The funny thing is that I also had only
three weeks training, so I think I just kept saying it
so much that Cary was like, "Just say it. It's fine."
-Oh, because that's real life. -"Just keep it."
-You just came from doing a Marilyn Monroe movie
right to this.
-Yeah.
-Was that difficult to go from that extreme to this?
-Yeah. Well...yeah. -Yeah.
-I mean, Marilyn did not train at all.
-No. Yeah, no. -Like Paloma.
I mean, it was, it's like opposite things, you know?
I did Marilyn, it was a very intense,
and then I finished shooting on a Friday.
I got on a plane on a Saturday
and I started shooting Bond on Monday.
So I just remember being on set like,
my first scene and I kind of like started whispering
and Cary was like, "Mmm.
No, we're here now."
"You're in this movie now." -This movie now.
-[ As Marilyn Monroe ] "Happy birthday."
"No, we're not doing that now. We're doing this."
-Kind of. -We're doing this movie now.
Daniel Craig. you guys are great together.
Is it odd that you were in "Knives Out"
and then you're with Bond?
You guys are a traveling team now.
-[ Laughing ] -You go together.
-Yeah, that was awesome.
I mean, "Knives Out," it was such a special movie.
We had so much fun,
and Daniel and I were together all the time.
We were this team.
But back then,
only Daniel was talking about Bond and his training.
I had no idea what was going to happen.
-That you were gonna be in it? -No, no.
That happened, like, four months later.
-He's phenomenal, man.
-It was a very happy coincidence.
-I loved the movie top to bottom.
I'm a big fan of all the movies,
but this one has everything you could even think about.
Action, you know,
suspense, spy thriller thing, love story.
-Humor. -Humor.
It's emotional, but also it's real stunts.
It's not just like a CGI thing, which, you know, is fine.
This is like, real human beings doing crazy stunts.
You're like, "What?"
I've never seen anything like that one motorcycle thing.
-It is spectacular, really.
-It's a movie.
It's just like, wow, they made an unbelievable movie.
-You really like it. -I loved it.
I loved it. It was so good.
I want to show everyone a clip from the movie.
Here's Ana de Armas in "No Time to Die." Take a look.
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-Yeah! [ Cheers and applause ]
That's what I'm talking about!
That is what I'm talking about! That exact scene!
You're amazing. Ana de Armas!