HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUESTS TONIGHT ARE TALENTED
ACTORS.
YOU KNOW HER FROM "DAMAGES," "BRIDESMAIDS," AND "LIKE A
BOSS."
YOU KNOW HIM FROM "BOARDWALK EMPIRE," "WILL & GRACE," AND
"THE IRISHMAN."
THEY NOW STAR IN "MEDEA" AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
PLEASE WELCOME ROSE BYRNE AND BOBBY CANNAVALE!
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>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
NOW, WE'VE HAD BOTH OF YOU ON THE SHOW AND HAD A LOVELY TIME
TALKING TO YOU BUT WE'VE NEVER TALKED TO YOU AT THE SAME TIME.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN INTERVIEWED TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME ON A
TALK SHOW.
>> NO.
CAN'T WAIT.
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME ISSUES TONIGHT, OKAY.
IF AT ANY TIME BOBBY SAYS ANYTHING YOU DON'T LIKE, I WANT
YOU TO EXPRESS TO BOBBY.
HE NEEDS TO HEAR.
>> I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO DO THAT.
>> WHAT IS THE FEE?
>> Stephen: THE FEE?
>> FOR THE THERAPY?
>> Stephen: $400 AN HOUR.
I DON'T KNOW, IS COUPLES DOUBLE?
IS COUPLES THERAPY DOUBLE?
I WOULDN'T KNOW.
HOW HAS YOUR NEW YEAR'S BEEN SO FAR?
DO YOU HAVE ANY RESOLUTIONS OF YOUR OWN?
>> WE HAD A PRETTY SICK HOUSE.
>> EVERYBODY WENT DOWN.
>> SO EVERYBODY WENT DOWN PRETTY HARD.
>> Stephen: AND YOU HAVE TWO KIDS, RIGHT?
>> TWO KIDS.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE AGE ON THESE KIDS?
>> 2 AND 4.
>> Stephen: THEY ARE DISEASE VECTORS.
HOW ARE YOU EVER-- HOW ARE YOU EVER NOT SICK WITH TWO KIDS.
>> I HAD A 104 FEVER ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
>> Stephen: WHO NEEDS ALCOHOL?
YOU'RE JUST HALLUCINATING AT THAT POINT.
>> THAT WAS FUN.
WE WATCHED "ROADHOUSE."
>> Stephen: YOU WATCHED "ROADHOUSE" THE PATRICK SWAZEY'S
1980s FILM.
>> "WESLEY!" GREAT FILM.
>> Stephen: WE WILL CUT THIS OUT OUT EVENTUALLY.
BUT I I AUDITIONED.
I WAS A YOUNG ACTOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PART OF "ROADHOUSE" I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
IN.
BUT I GOT CALLED IN.
YEAH.
>> WOW.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE LEAST LIKELY THING YOU HAVE EVER BEEN
CALLED IN TO AUDITION FOR?
SOME ANYTHING THAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU, LIKE "I DON'T KNOW WHY
THEY'RE CALL ME FOR THIS, BUT I'LL GO"?
LIKE "FAST AND FURIOUS," ROSE.
YOU FIGHTING VIN DIESEL.
>> "STARSHIP TROOPERS."
REMEMBER THAT MOVIE.
>> Stephen: YES, GREAT MOVIE.
>> AND THE WHOLE AUDITION WAS JUST SCREAMING, "BUG!"
>> Stephen: AND YOU DIDN'T-- >> AND I DIDN'T GET TYEAH.
AND IT WAS A PREREAD.
IT WASN'T EVEN FOR THE DIRECTOR.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT LIKE NOW, YOU'RE ON STAGE TOGETHER AT
BAM DOING "MEDEA."
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT PARTICULAR MODERN GREEK TRAGEDY, WHAT IS IT
LIKE TO BE WORKING TOGETHER AND TO BE HOME TOGETHER?
ARE THERE TENSIONS AT HOME THAT SHOW UP ON STAGE?
LIKE, WHO'S-- >> I MEAN, MAYBE, BUT WE DON'T
REALLY THINK ABOUT IT SO MUCH.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS, THEY JUST DON'T CARE THAT WE'RE DOING
A PLAY.
SO YOU COME HOME, YOU CAN'T BRING ANYTHING HOME WITH YOU,
BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST-- THEY WANT TO EAT, YOU KNOW, OR THEY
WANT TO -- >> Stephen: SURE.
>> PLAY.
>> Stephen: AND 2 AND 4.
>> 2 AND 4.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY BOTH BOYS?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD MUST RULE.
ARE YOU EXHAUSTED, A LITTLE TIRED?
>> I'M OUTNUMBERED.
YEAH, THE ENERGY IS A LOT.
>> Stephen: DOES THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD RULE THE
TWO-YEAR-OLD.
>> WE CALL THE TWO-YEAR-OLD "SEAL TEAM 6" BECAUSE HE'S CRAZY
AND HE'S A KILLER.
THE FIRST ONE, YOU KNOW, ROCCO, IS VERY SENSITIVE, AND HE'S
ALWAYS SINGING AND DANCING.
THE LITTLE ONE IS JUST TOUGH.
HE'S JUST--
>> Stephen: SO WHAT DOES HE DO TO HIM?
THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD HAS TO TOWER OVER HIM.
>> RECENTLY WE WERE IN TORONTO, AND WE'RE MOVING BACK, COMING
BACK TO NEW YORK, AND WE HAVE A BIG MOVING BOX, AND ROCCO GOT
INTO IT.
HE WANTED TO PLAY IN THE BOX SO BAD, AND HE WOULDN'T LET THE
LITTLE GUY IN.
AND HE WAS LIKE, I WANT TO GO IN."
AND HE SAID, "NO."
SO HE GRABBED HIM BY THE HAIR, PULLED HIM DOWN WITH THE BOX,
PULLED HIM OUT BY THE HAIR, CRAWLED IN, AND DID THIS UNTIL
THE BOX STOOD UP AGAIN.
AND THEN YOU COULDN'T SEE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS IN THERE.
BUT HE WAS JUST LAUGHING.
AND THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD WAS CRYING.
AND IT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: WOW.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.
PARENTHOOD IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
>> WE HEAR THEM TALKING ABOUT US IN THE ROOM.
>> Stephen: OH, REALLY.
>> IN THE MORNING, BEFORE WE COME IN.
WE JUST HEAR THEM.
>> Stephen: LIKE WHAT?
>> YOU KNOW, THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD HUMANS THE TWO-YEAR-OLD OUT OF
THE SLEEP SACK SO HE CAN CLIMB OUT OF THE CRIB.
HE PULLS HIM OUT.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S A SLEEP SACK?
>> IT'S LIKE A STRAITJACKET FOR BABIES SO THEY DON'T GET OUT --
>> Stephen: LIKE A SLEEPING BAG.
>> IT COVERS THEIR LEGS SO THEY CAN'T PUT THE LEG OVER THE
THING.
>> Stephen: NEW TECHNOLOGY FROM WHEN MY KIDS WERE SMALL.
>> JUST, "DADA, MAMA."
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS SCARY.
>> I'M LIKE, THIS IS MY HOUSE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING, LIKE THEY'RE
CONSPIRING.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT IN CONTROL OF
THE SITUATION.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: BRING-- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BOTH TV AND MOVIE STARS,
AND YOU'RE BOTH PROFESSIONALLY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
I CAN SAY THAT.
BRING YOUR-- BRING YOURSELVES DOWN TO EARTH FOR ME.
WHAT'S DORKIEST THING YOU GUYS DO?
>> WELL, WE GO TO BED PRETTY EARLY.
>> VERY EARLY.
>> THAT'S PRETTY DORKY.
WHAT ELSE DO WE DO.
>> Stephen: HOW EARLY IS EARLY?
>> 9:45.
>> Stephen: LIKE, YOU WISH YOU WERE ASLEEP RIGHT NOW.
>> LIKE,IP DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO DO A PLAY.
>> I GOT UP AT 4:45 THIS MORNING WITH THE GUYS, WHICH WAS
UNUSUAL, AND I GOT ENOUGH SLEEP.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> LIKE, THAT EARLY.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WENT TO BED AT 8:00.
>> LIKE, 9:30 LAST NIGHT.
WOOO!
>> Stephen: HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR.
>> IT'S NOT A CRIME, THOUGH, IS IT?
IT'S NOT A CRIME.
>> Stephen: NO, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH
THAT.
PROBABLY VERY GOOD FOR YOU.
>> NO, NOT A CRIME.
>> Stephen: I'M SORRY I ASKED.
I STRUCK A NERVE, OBVIOUSLY.
OKAY, SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE REIMAGINING-- A MODERN
REIMAGINING OF "MEDEA", BY EURIPIDES.
IT'S A DARK TRAGEDY.
MEDEA IS A WITCH IN THE ORIGINAL ONE, AND SHE'S A FOREIGNER WHO
JASON GOES AND MEETS ON ONE OF THE ADVENTURURE--
>> SHE'S A GODDESS.
JASON WAS A MORTAL, AND SHE WAS A GODDESS WITH GODLY POWERS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: SHE HELPED HIM GET THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
>> Stephen: SO ARE YOU A GOD SNES ARE YOU?
HOW IS IT UPDATED?
>> WELL, IN THIS VERSION, IT'S-- WE PLAY A COUPLE, AND WE'RE BOTH
SCIENTISTS, AND I'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE-- MY CHARACTER HAS
BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF HIS SUCCESS, ALL OF HIS SUCCESS,
REALLY.
AND--
RIGHT.
BUT AS IN THE ORIGINAL, YOU KNOW, SHE DOESN'T GET ANY CREDIT
FOR IT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
IN THE ORIGINAL JASON LEAVES HER.
>> JASON LEAVES HER, HAS AN AFFAIR WITH THE YOUNGER WOMAN,
AND TAKES THE CHILDREN AWAY FROM HER.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND SHE'S NOT HAPPY.
>> IT DOESN'T END WELL.
>> Stephen: WILL NO, NO.
>> IT'S A LOT LIKE "BRIDESMAIDS."
IT'S SUPER FUNNY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW MOVIE "LIKE A BOSS," WITH
TIFFANY HADDISH.
HADDISH.
>> TIF, I LOVE TIFF.
>> Stephen: I KNOW TIFFANY HADDISH IS A LITTLE SWEET ON ME.
SHE'S TOLD ME ON HERE.
I DON'T TALK TO SELMA VERY MUCH.
DOES SHE EVER ASK ABOUT ME?
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> UH, NO.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE MOVIE ABOUT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH TIFFANY HADDISH?
>> TIFFANY AND I PLAY BEST FRIENDS FOR YEARS WHO HAVE A
LITTLE BUSINESS TOGETHER THAT IS FAILING AND WE GET A DUPLICITOUS
WOMAN WITH MONEY WHO IS SUCCESSFUL TO SAVE US BUT SHE
HAS OTHER PLANS.
>> Stephen: AND THAT'S SELMA HAYEK.
>> SHE PLAYS THE BAD GUY.
IT'S A FEMALE RELATIONSHIP, ALL THE LOVE STORIES AND WHATNOT
THAT YOU USUALLY SEE ARE ON THE PERIPHERY.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
AND TIFFANY IS HYSTERICAL.
SHE'S UNPREDICTABLE AND UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Stephen: TO QUOTE HER, SHE IS READY AT ALL TIMES.
>> SHE'S DEFINITELY READY.
SHE IS READY.
>> Stephen: SHE'D BE A GOOD MEDEA AS WELL.
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT HER A FEW TIMES DURING THIS, BECAUSE OF
HER POWER.
SHE'S AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL PERSON IN PRESENCE, YEAH.
SHE'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> Stephen: WHEN DOES THE SHOW OPEN AT BAM?
>> WE START PREVIEWS THIS SUNDAY, AND THE OFFICIAL OPENING
NIGHT IS JANUARY 30, THURSDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 30.
>> Stephen: I LOOK FORWARD TO THE TRAGEDY AND THE TERROR AND
THE MADNESS.
>> IT'S VERY FUNNY ALONG THE WAY.
>> Stephen: VERY FUNNY ALONG THE WAY?
>> YEAH, YEAH, IT TAKES A TURN, BUT IT'S FUN UP UNTIL THAT
MOMENT WHEN SHE KILLS...
>> Stephen: SPOILER ALERT.
IT DOESN'T END WELL FOR THE KIDS.
ANOTHER THE ORIGINAL.
THIS ONE, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS.
>> WHO KNOWS?
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> TYLER PERRY COMES OUT.
( LAUGHTER )
NOT MAKING THAT JOKE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN SEE "MEDEA" AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
STARTING JANUARY 12, AND "LIKE A BOSS" HITS THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
ROSE BYRNE AND BOBBY CANNAVALE, EVERYBODY!
COMING UP I'LL BE COOKING WITH MR. JAMIE OLIVER.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE VEG.
STICK AROUND.