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WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
YOU KNOW MY GUEST TONIGHT FROM FILMS LIKE "SWISS ARMY MAN,"
"KILL YOUR DARLINGS," AND A LITTLE INDIE FEATURE CALLED "THE
EIGHT HARRY POTTER MOVIES."
HE NOW STARS IN "MIRACLE WORKERS: OREGON TRAIL."
>> AS EACH NEW DAY PUMMELS US WITH A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS
ONSLAUGHT OF FRESH HORRORS WE MUST NOT LOSE FAITH.
AFTER ALL, THIS IS AMERICA!
WHERE OPPORTUNITY AWAITS AROUND EVERY CORNER.
CAN I GET AN "AMEN."
>> AMEN.
>> AAAH.
>> YEAH, JUST PUT HER IN THE COFFIN, TOO, THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY
SMALL.
WE WILL TAKE THIS FROM THE TOP.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," DANIEL
RADCLIFFE!
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>> Stephen: IT'S-- IT'S-- >> HEY, MAN.
>> Stephen: IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> GREAT.
THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: ISN'T IT STRANGE?
>> THIS IS, LIKE, THE FIRST BIT OF IN-FRONT OF-PEOPLE PRESS I
HAVE DONE, SO I'M SORRY IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS
ANYMORE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
IT'S VERY COOL TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AGAIN.
THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU, TOO.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN MET.
>> Stephen: AND IT IS ALREADY GOING MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST
TIME WE SPOKE.
>> I THINK YOU'RE BEING HARD ON YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: TECHNICALLY BETTER.
>> I WALKED OUT, AND WE'RE TALKING, AND IT HAPPENED VERY
QUICKLY.
>> Stephen: TO EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT.
IN MARCH OF 2020, WHEN WE HAD TO BUG OUT OF HERE AND I WENT TO
SOUTH CAROLINA TO DO THE SHOW FOR FIVE MONTHS.
YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON I INTERVIEWED.
YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO.
AND WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT WERE ACTUALLY
NOTICED BY THE WORLD.
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SEND DANIEL RADCLIFFE-STEPHEN COLBERT
INTERVIEW OFF THE RAILS.
STEPHEN COLBERT EMBRACES TECHNICAL ISSUES IN INTERVIEW
WITH DANIEL RADCLIFFE.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE FORCED TO MIME ON "LATE SHOW" AMID TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
AND I JUST EYE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU REMEMBER OF THAT MOMENT, BUT
I REMEMBER BEING KIND OF THRILLED THAT IT WAS GOING OFF
THE RAILS.
>> ME, TOO.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE BOTH DO A LOT OF INTERVIEWS, SO WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, WELL, THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS FUN.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING UNEXPECTED IS A HOLIDAY.
>> AND IT WAS WITH YOU, SO YOU KNEW IT WOULD STILL BE-- YOU'D
MAKE IT FUNNY.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO -- >> Stephen: LET'S SHOW THE
FOLKS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
JIM.
>> I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HEARING YOU THROUGH MY I.F.B., AND AS
SOON AS WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE WAY I'M SUPPOSED TO HEAR YOU,
WHETHER IT'S ON THIS OR THIS LITTLE LAPTOP HERE, WE'LL FIGURE
IT OUT.
WE'LL GET GOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS?
CAN'T HEAR A WORD.
LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF MIME TRAINING YOU'VE GOT THERE,
RADCLIFFE.
COME ON, YOU TRAINED ACTOR!
NOPE.
WHERE'S YOUR SUIT, DANIEL?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHAT, DO YOU NOT OWN A SUIT?
COME ON, WE HAVE STANDARDS.
THERE ARE STANDARDS!
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU BATHED?
HE CAN'T RESPOND.
NO, HE CAN'T RESPOND.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU ON SCREEN FOR YEARS AND YELLING AND
YOU HAVEN'T SAID A DAMN THING BACK.
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?
I'LL JUST CALL YOU.
I'LL CALL YOU.
( LAUGHTER )
YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> HI, STEPHEN.
I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> Stephen: I CAN, LOUD AND CLEAR.
THAT WAS--
IS.
>> I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WORLD AT THAT MOMENT WAS,
LIKE, THE WHOLE WORLD WAS FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO STUFF
AGAIN AND WE WERE THE REAL-- WE WERE THE SYMBOL OF THAT GOING ON
IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
WHY SHOULD OUR DAILY JOBBING LESS OF A DISASTER THAN THE REST
OF THE WORLD AT THAT MOMENT?
>> RIGHT.
IT'S A GOOD EQUALIZER.
AND EVERYTHING-- EVERYTHING AFTER THAT ON ZOOM BECAME VERY,
YOU KNOW, ROTE AND PREDICTABLE.
SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DID THAT NIGHT WAS YOU
SHOWED ME-- WHAT HAD YOU CREATED, THE MILLENNIUM FALCON?
>> WE HAD DONE THE JURASSIC PARK.
>> Stephen: IN LEGGOS.
THEN SUDDENLY YOU BECAME KNOWN AS THE LEGO GUY BECAUSE PEOPLE
LOVED SEEING YOUR LEGGOS.
DO YOU GET A LOT OF LEGO STUFF NOW?
>> I DID GET SENT A LOT OF LEGO.
I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT, BUT LEGGOS TAKES UP A LOT OF
SPACE, AND MY FRIENDS' YOUNG CHILDREN ARE LEGO RICH.
IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS A GREAT QUARANTINE TIME PASSER, BUT YOU MENTION ONE
THING YOU WANT TO DO AND IT BECOMES ENTIRE PRESS TOURS.
BUT I'D RATHER TALK ABOUT LEGGOS THAN MYSELF.
I'M LIKE, GREAT, ASK ME ABOUT MY LEGO T-REX.
>> Stephen: I HAVE SAID THE WRONG THING AND GOTTEN GIFTS OF
THINGS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.
HAS THIS HAPPENED TO YOU BEFORE?
>> I MENTIONED WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, MY FAVORITE ANIMAL
WAS WOLVES AND I STILL LOVE THEM, BUT WE GOT SENT SO MUCH
WOLF STUFF.
AND WOLFS ARE NOT MY PARENTS' FAVORITE BUT THEY HAVE SO MUCH
WOLF STUFF IN THE HOUSE NOW.
THEY ALL GOT USED AND APPRECIATED.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH --
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO MENTION
TONIGHT THAT YOU HOPE PEOPLE WILL SEND YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME.
IT'S JUST-- THIS IS DANGEROUS.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I LOVE HIGH-END BOURBON.
>> THERE YOU GO.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NOW-- NOW--
THE SHOW IS IN ITS THIRD SEASON, "MIRICLE WORKERS," AND THIS
TIME, EACH SEASON IT'S-- IT'S THE SAME ACTORS BUT DIFFERENT
CHARACTERS, DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS "THE OREGON TRAIL" THIS TIME,
HAZARDOUS, PIONEERS GOING ACROSS--
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IT'S ALSO A VIDEO GAME.
>> YES, IT IS.
>> Stephen: THAT AT LEAST A LOT OF AMERICAN KIDS PLAYED.
DID YOU PLAY IT IN THE U.K.
>> SEEMINGLY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I DISCOVERED IT IN THE MID-90s
COMPUTER CLASS, THE LAST 15 MINUTES.
>> Stephen: A LOT OF IT IS TEXT BASED.
>> I STILL RECOMMEND IT.
YOU CAN PLAY IT FOR ME ONLINE.
I THINK I PLAYED IT SOMEWHERE LEGAL.
IT WAS VERY EASY.
>> Stephen: WHY WOULD IT BE ILLEGAL?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
SOMEBODY MADE THAT GAME.
MAYBE I SHOULD BE PAYING TO PLAY "OREGON TRAILS."
I WAS TERRIBLE AT IT.
IT'S A GAME ABOUT LONG-TERM PLANNING THAT CHILDREN WERE
PLAYING, HOW GOOD DID THEY EXPECT US TO BE?
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTARY."
>> WE GET A FEW REFERENCES IN THE SHOW.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE A DYSENTARY REFERENCE.
AND IT'S LIKE SO MANY PERIODS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, IT IS FULL OF
BOTH JUST KIND OF AWE-INSPIRING STORIES OF TOUGHNESS AND SORT OF
PERSEVERANCE.
AND, ALSO, JUST THE WORST THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.
AND IT'S GOT A GOOD MIX ABOUT.
SO COMEDY-- COMEDY GOLD, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S A WESTERN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I'M JUST CURIOUS-- I MEAN, ESSENTIAL, I'M
OLDER THAN YOU ARE, BUT WHEN I WAS A KID, WESTERNERS WERE ON
ALL THE TIME.
DID YOU GROW UP WITH WESTERNERS IN THE U.K.?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
CHANNEL 4 EVERY LUNCHTIME WOULD PLAY EITHER A WORLD WAR II MOVIE
OR A WESTERN.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF OLD AMERICANA.
YEAH, WE WATCHED A TON OF THEM, ESPECIALLY AT LUNCHTIME, ME AND
MY FRIEND SPENT EVERY LUNCHTIME TOGETHER WOULD WATCH "60 MINUTE
MAKEOVER" A HOME INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW --
>> Stephen: LIKE 11-YEAR-OLDS DO.
>> NO, BUT IT WAS LIKE-- WE CALLED IT "60-MINUTE SCRUB YOUR
HOUSE."
IT WAS 60 MINUTES.
HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO IN 60 MINUTES IN FOUR ROOMS?
SORPRY, THIS WAS NOT THE POINT OF THE QUESTION.
I DID WATCH WESTERNS.
I ALSO FEEL LIKE I GAVE, LIKE, WHEN I WAS PLAYING WITH ACTION
FIGURES, I WOULD GIVE THEM AMERICAN ACCENT, AND A LOT OF
YOUR EARLY EXPOSURE TO AMERICAN ACCENT I THINK IS PROBABLY
WESTERNS.
>> Stephen: DID YOU COME UP WITH A COWBOY ACCENT?
DO YOU HAVE A-- >> NO, NOT HAPPENING.
NOT HAPPENING.
>> Stephen: TOO LATE, MAN.
TOO LATE.
HOWDIE, PARTNER.
JUST SAY-- SAY HOYDY PARTNER.
>> SOME DAY I MIGHT WANT TO DO A WESTERNER AND THE DIRECTOR WILL
SAY CAN HE DO AN ACCENT.
I REALIZED THAT ACTION FIGURES SOUNDED RIDICULOUS WITH MY
ACCENT SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM COOLER IN AMERICAN.
>> Stephen: YOUR GIRLFRIEND, ERIN DARK, YOU GUYS MET ON SET,
AND SHE'S IN THIS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN ON SET TOGETHER IN 10 YEARS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE PERFORMING TOGETHER AGAIN?
>> IT'S LOVELY.
IT'S LIKE WE MET ON SET, AND TO WORK WITH HER AGAIN WAS KIND OF
FLASH YOU BACK TO MEETING AND TO THE WAY WE MET.
AND, LIKE, SEEING EACH OTHER IN THAT WAY AGAIN WAS-- IT WAS JUST
REALLY COOL.
IT FELT LIKE A COUPLE RECREATING THEIR FIRST DATE OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS REALLY-- YEAH, IT WAS LOVELY.
AND SHE'S LOVELY IN THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE THIS SEASON.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHERE YOU ARE DANCING.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: IN A WAY THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY EXPECTED ON THE
OREGON TRAIL.
>> YES, THAT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: AND IT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION.
JIM, CAN YOU GIVE THEM A TASTE OF HIS DANCING?
♪ SHE'LL BE DRIVING SIX WHITE HORSES HAD WHETHER SHE COMES
♪ SHE'LL BY DRIVING SIX WHITE HORSES WHEN SHE COMES
♪ SHE'LL BE DRIVING SIX WHITE HORSES
♪ SHE'LL BE DRIVING SIX WHITE HORSES WHEN SHE COMES ♪
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>> Stephen: NICELY DONE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: NICELY GONE DONE.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY-- I-- THE LESS CONTEXT PEOPLE HAVE ON THAT CLIP
THE BETTER I FEEL LIKE.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO LEARN THAT DANCE?
>> IT WAS A LONG TIME.
LIKE, I'M NOT SOMEBODY THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GREW UP DANCING.
BUT IF YOU GIVE ME CHOREOGRAPHY AND TIME, I CAN, LIKE, LEARN IT.
AND WE HAD AN AMAZING CHOREOGRAPHER, AND VOGUEING HAD
SPECIFICALLY BEEN ASKED FOR BY THE WRITERS.
YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM WHY.
AND THEN THEY BROUGHT IN A VOGUEING SPECIALIST CALLED
THOMAS MATOS, I THINK IS HIS SURNAME.
AND HE SENT ME ALL THESE VIDOZE.
HE TAUGHT ME THE BABY VERSION OF IT, BECAUSE I CAN'T DO 1% OF 1%
OF WHAT HE DOES.
BUT, YEAH, IT WAS AN INSANE, INCREDIBLY FUN DAY.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU TEMPTED TO BREAK THAT OUT AT A WEDDING SOME
TIME SOON?
>> I DON'T THINK I'LL BE DOING THAT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT WILL LIVE IN MY MEMORY OF SET
AND ON SCREEN.
BUT I DON'T THINK-- I DON'T THINK I CAN PULL THOSE MOVES OFF
NOT WEARING THAT OUTFIT, YEAH.
>> Stephen: MAKE IT WORK.
MAKE IT WORK.
THIS IS, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, OF COURSE, BUT THIS IS THE 20th--
THIS YEAR IS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HARRY POTTER
FILMS BEING RELEASED.
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AND YOU WERE-- AND YOU WERE 11 WHEN IT STARTED.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING NOW AS YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST 20
YEARS, DO YOU MARVEL AT THE EXTRAORDINARY CAST YOU WERE PART
OF?
YOU KNOW, MAGGIE SMITH AND RICHARD HARRIS ALAN RICKMAN AND
THOSE PEOPLE.
WHAT DID YOU THINK THEN AND WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW?
>> NOW I'M AWARE OF WHO THEY ARE IN A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY
THAN I WAS WHEN I WAS NINE OR 10.
YOU KNOW, I MET MAGGIE SMITH WHEN I WAS NINE FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
SHE WAS-- I DID DAVID COPPERFIELD -- DAVID
COPPERFIELD, ONE PERSON, TWO PEOPLE.
DON'T ALL JOIN IN NOW, BUT THANK YOU.
BUT MAGGIE WAS THE PERSON THAT, LIKE, RECOMMENDED ME FOR POTTER,
SO SHE'S THE REASON I ENDED UP DOING THAT.
I MET HER WHEN I WAS NINE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO SHE WAS.
MY PARENTS WERE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE WORKING WITH MAGGIE
SMITH, THAT'S HUGE."
I WASN'T A "MISS JEAN BRAUDE" FAN AT NINE AND DIDN'T KNOW WHO
SHE WAS.
I MET HER WITHOUT ANY EMBARRASSMENT.
I KNEW SHE WAS A DAME.
"DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL YOU DAME" WERE THE FIRST WORDS OUT
OF MY MOUTH.
AND SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY CHARMED AND SAID, "DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
JUST CALL ME MAGGIE."
IT'S HARD TO BE-- AT THE TIME I WASN'T STAR STRUCK BY ANY OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
THE FIRST PERSON I REMEMBER BEING STAR TRUCK BY WAS GARY
OLDMAN, BAWLINGS IT WAS THE AGE I KNEW WHO HE WAS AND GETTING
MORE SERIOUS ABOUT ACTING MYSELF.
BEFORE THAT, WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE AS A NINE-YEAR-OLD IT'S
SORT OF HARD TO GAIN STAR STRUCKNESS OF THEM LATER ON.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS GREAT.
>> WHICH IS NICE.
>> Stephen: WELL, I'M TRYING NOT TO BE STAR STRUCK BY YOU
RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT DANCING DIDN'T HELP.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: DANIEL SUFFICIENCY LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: PLEASE COME BACK OFTEN SO WE CAN TAKE FACE TO
FACE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NEW EPISODES OF "MIRACLE WORKERS" AIR TUESDAYS
ON TBS.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.