WELCOME BACK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "HOUSE OF CARDS" AND "THE
KILLING."
PLEASE WELCOME JOEL KINNAMAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING ON.
>> I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU ARE A STEALTH FERNER.
>> FERNER.
WHAT IS THAT.
>> Stephen: AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BUT YOU GREW UP IN
SWEDEN IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU AND SKARSGARD, I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA YOU GUYS
ARE SWEDISH.
>> WE ARE.
>> Stephen: I BELIEVE YOU.
WE WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: NO!
REALLY?
>> YES.
AND DO YOU KNOW NUMERAPAS?
>> Stephen: YES.
WE WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SEXY HIGH SCHOOL.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AREN'T ALL HIGH SCHOOLS IN SWEDEN SEXY?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE WE AMERICANS HAVE AN IDEA ALL
SWEDISH PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTIVE.
>> NO.
IT'S THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: IN STOCKHOLM.
YES.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP SAY WE
WANT MORE PEOPLE FROM NORWAY, DO YOU THINK WHAT'S WRONG WITH
SWEDEN?
I CAN'T TELL US APART.
>> WELL, AGAIN, OUR PRESIDENT IS MISINFORMED BECAUSE, LIKE, WE
HATE HIM OVER THERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO IF HE GOT ANY NORWEGIANS OR
SWEDES OR SCAN NAVYIANS THEY WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM.
>> Stephen: YOU SEEM SO NICE.
ARE YOU NICE PEOPLE?
>> YEAH, WE'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T LIKE HIM.
>> THAT'S WHY WE HATE HIM.
( LAUGHTER ) WE HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
TRUTH, THAT WE APPRECIATE IT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE VALUE IT.
JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
TRUTH IS A GATEWAY DRUG TO SCIENCE.
>> OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER AND THEN YOU'RE
MAINLINING DATA.
COME ON!
GIVE ME STATS, BABY!
FIRST ONE'S FREE.
>> IT'S A ONE-WAY TRAIN.
CAN'T DO IT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU HAVE ALL THE NOBEL PRIZE
EXCEPT THE PEACE PRIZE.
ANSWER FOR ALL SCANDINAVIA IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
>> WE'RE JUST REALLY BAD AT WAR SO I GUESS THEY THINK WE
CAN'T -- >> Stephen: TELL THAT TO THE
ENGLISH VILLAGES RAIDED BY THE VIKINGS.
>> THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY.
THERE ARE REALLY HANDSOME, BLONDE GUYS IN NORTHERN
SCOTLAND.
>> Stephen: THE FUTURE, A NEW SHOW CALLED "ALTERED CARBON."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THE SHOW HAS AN INTERESTING PREMISE.
EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE.
>> "ALTERED CARBON" TAKES PLACE 300 YEARS IN THE FUTURE WHERE
THIS TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS, EVERYTHING THAT
IS YOU, IS STORED IN A CHIP THAT YOU PUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR
NECK, AND YOU CAN CHANGE THIS.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE BODIES.
BUT IF YOU CHANGE TO RANDOM BODIES TOO MANY TIMES, YOU GO
CRAZY.
SO THE ULTRA RICH, THEY'RE ABLE TO CLONE THEMSELVES AND HAVE,
YOU KNOW, STORAGES OF CLONES WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW,
TRANSFER OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEY BASICALLY BECOME
IMMORTAL.
SO IT'S A WORLD WHERE THE ULTRA RICH HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
THAT WE SEE NOW IN TERMS OF INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE
DIFFERENCES OF POWER IS VASTLY EXAGGERATED AND THESE RICH,
THEY'RE CALLED METHS, AND ONE OF THESE METHS, SOMEONE TRIES TO
KILL HIM.
AND TO SOLVE THIS MURDER, HE BRINGS BACK AN ENJOY TH -- AN EN
I PLAY IS SORT OF A SPECIAL FORCES REBEL UNIT, AND I'M THE
LAST SURVIVING ENVOY.
HE BRINGS ME BACK, I HAVE BEEN IN DIGITAL PRISON FOR 150 YEARS,
AND I COME BACK INTO A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING I'VE FOUGHT FOR
IS LOST AND EVERYONE I LOVED IS DEAD AND THE ONLY AVENUE I HAVE
IS TO WORK FOR THIS PERSON WHO STANDS FOR EVERYTHING I FOUGHT
TO WIN.
>> Stephen: BEING IMMORTAL, I'M INTRIGUED BY IDEA OF LIVING
FOREVER.
DOES THAT INTRIGUE YOU?
>> IF YOU GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY, HERE, YOU CAN LIVE
ANOTHER 300 YEARS, IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY NO TO THAT.
I'M CURIOUS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE
WHERE TECHNOLOGY GOES.
I LOVE LIFE.
I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE, BUT I DO THINK THAT, LIKE,
FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, I THINK IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING AND I DO
BELIEVE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE THESIS OF THE SHOW IS THAT IF WE
GIVE UP OUR MORTALITY, WE ALSO LOSE OUR HUMANITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S -- >> Stephen: I THINK YOU'RE
PROBABLY RIGHT.
>> AND ALSO -- >> Stephen: I WOULD STILL DO
IT.
>> YEAH, ME, TOO.
AND DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE'S GOT MONEY, HE WOULD LIVE
FOREVER.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> Stephen: ONLY THE NEXT
THREE YEARS I CARE ABOUT.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: "ALTERED CARBON" PREMIERS FRIDAY ON NETFLIX.
JOEL KINNAMAN, EVERYBODY!