>> James: BLESS YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NICHOLAS I CANNOT TELL YOU I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT AN HONOR IT
IS. I KNOW YOU DON'T DO A LOT OF
TALK SHOWS. THIS IS HISTORICALLY WHAT YOU
DON'T LOVE DOING. I CAN'T THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO BE WITH US TONIGHT TRULY.
>> I'M A FAN. I MENTIONED BACKSTAGE WHAT YOU
DO WITH HARRY STYLES, AND WHAT YOU DID WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH.
>> James: THAT'S PULLING OUT DEEP CUTS.
THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL. >> I'M GLAD TO BE ON THE SHOW
WITH A FELLOW ACTOR. >> James: THIS IS TRUE,
AARON, I KNOW YOU'RE INCREDIBLY PUMPED TO BE HERE WITH WITH
NICHOLAS CAGE. WHAT IS HIS WORK MEAN TO YOU?
>> I MEAN HE'S JUST A LEGEND! SOMEONE ASKED ME BACKSTAGE,
TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NICHOLAS CAGE MOVIE,
IT'S LIKE SAYING, WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE CHILD?
IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE. >> James: ACTUALLY VERY EASY
FOR ME. >> JUST SO INCREDIBLE AND "PIG"
IS -- >> James: IT IS A M MASTERPIECE
IT REALLY IS. AND AARON YOU AND YOUR WIFE JUST
HAD YOUR SECOND CHILD, A BABY BOY.
ON A SCORE OF ONE TO UTTERLY EXHAUSTED WHERE ARE WE AT?
>> MORE THAN EXHAUSTED. >> James: REALLY?
>> MY BABY HE'S SLEEPING BUT HE GRUNTS AT NIGHT.
IT'S LIKE LOUD NOISES AND WE'RE TOLD BY A DOCTOR, IT'S DIGESTION
HE'S JUST HAVING TROUBLE PASSING GAS SO WE'RE GOOGLING, WHAT'S
THE BEST THING TO DID. AND WE FOUND THIS THING CALLED
THE WINDY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
>> NO. >> WE ORDERED THE WINDY AND IT'S
LITERALLY A PROBE THAT YOU HOLLOW OUT AND YOU STICK IN YOUR
BABY'S BUTT WHICH IS SO WEIRD, WE HAD TO TRY IT OUT --
>> HAVE YOU TRIED BURPING? >> WE TRIED IT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW THAT IT WORKS WHEN IT WHISTLES,
EXPLOSIVE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> I RECOMMEND A ROCKING CHAIR, SING "THREE BLIND MICE" AND THEN
THE BURRP COMES OUT. >> James: I'D ARE LOVE TO SEE
NICHOLAS CAGE IN A ROCKING CHAIR, SINGING AND A BURP COMES
OUT. >> IT WAS WHEN I WAS WITH MY
YOUNGEST SON, "THREE BLIND MICE, SEE HOW THEY RUN, THEY ALL RAN
AFTER THE FARMER'S KNIFE WHO CUT OFF THEIR TAILS WITH A KITCHEN
KNIFE! >> James: YOU'RE GOING TO GET
TO DO THIS AGAIN, YOU ARE EXPECTING YOUR SECOND CHILD WITH
YOUR WIFE. HOW DO YOU FEEL IT?
>> I MITTS THE WAY THEY DISCOVER SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
CONSTANT WAIT FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR BABY OUT TO HAVE LOBSTER.
WHAT IS DADDY EATING, THAT IS A BUG, INSECT,IST CRAZY.
I LOVE THE WAY THEY LOOK AT THE SUN THROUGH A LEAF, AND A SNOW
FLAKE. IT'S SO MAGICAL.
>> James: YOU HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, YOU BOTH WORKED IN MOVIE
THEATER, AND NICK YOU SOLD POPCORN THAT IS BASICALLY RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE. WAS THAT A GOOD JOB FOR A YOUNG
NICHOLAS CAGE? >> IT WAS GOOD BUT AFTER I SOLD
THE TICKETS AND THE POPCORN I COULD SNEAK INTO THE MOVIE AND I
WOULD MEDITATE, HOW AM I GOING TO GO FROM HERE TO THE SCREEN,
THAT WAS THE MANTRA. BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN THE GUY
IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND SMOKING A
CIGARETTE, AND THE MANAGER WOULD SAY, YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM, SIR
YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT YOUR CIGARETTE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE EXPERIENCES?
>> MINE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I TORE TICKETS AT THE UNIVERSAL
CITY MOVIE THEATER, THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER I MOVED TO L.A. AND
WE WOULD THROW PREMIERS ALL THE TIME AND I WOULD CLEAN UP THE
THEATER AFTER THE PREMIER WAS DONE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
JUST FORGET THEIR PARTY PASSES. I'M AN 18-YEAR-OLD KID NOW
INVITED TO A REALLY NICE PREMIER PARTY, I WOULD HAVE THE PASSES,
I WOULD PUT QUARTERS IN THE PAY PHONE, AND CALL MY FRIENDS, I
HAVE TICKETS. >> James: THAT IS
EXCEPTIONAL, WHAT A GREAT TOUCH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIP MOVIES
IN MOVIE THEATERS, WE HAVE GOT TO CONGRATULATE YOU NICK ON YOUR
INCREDIBLE FILM, "THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT."
I CAN TELL YOU I WAS IN ON THIS FILM AT THE TRAILER.
WHEN THE TRAILER CAME OUT I WAS IN ON MY FILM AND I HAVE TO SAY
IT DOUBLED MY -- ANYTHING I EXPECTED FROM IT, ABSOLUTELY
BRILLIANT FILM GETTING PRAISED ALL OVER.
>> THANK YOU. >> James: IN THE FILM YOU
PLAY A HEIGHTENED VERSION OF YOURSELF.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> I TURNED IT DOWN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
I WAS TERRIFIED. THERE WAS NO MUSCLE IN MY BODY
THAT TOLD ME TO PLAY A CHARACTER WITH THE NAME NICK CAGE.
I WAS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS UP TO WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
IF HE'S STILL ALIVE WHY DON'T YOU CAST GENE WILDER?
IS IT AN ANDY SANDBERG S AND L MOCKERY?
THEN HE WROTE ME A LETTER, A GENUINE LETTER, HE DOESN'T MAKE
A MOVIE ABOUT CARICATURES OR ABSURD PEOPLE, BUT I THOUGHT
LET'S TASE THE LEAP AND I DID. I'M STILL RECOVERING THERE THAT.
IT'S LIKE A HIGH-WIRE ACT. >> James: MOST OF TIMES YOU
GOOD TO SET, GO TO MAKEUP AND WARD ROW AND YOU START TO BECOME
A CHARACTER. DID YOU FIND YOU WERE STILL
MANIFESTING A CHARACTER, HE HAPPENED TO LOOK LIKE YOU AND
SOUND LIKE YOU AND HAVE YOUR NAME?
>> DID I FIND THAT BECAUSE THIS CHARACTER HAS A DAUGHTER, I
DON'T HAVE A DAUGHTER, I HAVE TWO OLDER BOYS.
HE'S ALSO EXTREMELY CAREER MINDED AND I WAS LIKE I DON'T
HAVE A CAREER, I ONLY WORK, I GO GET A JOB, I WORK, THAT IS MY
MANTRA AS WELL. THOSE WERE THE TWO DIFFERENCES
BUT THE SIMILARITIES WERE, I LIKE TO MAKE MY WIFE LAUGH, MY
BOYS LAUGH, IN THAT WAY THAT WAS SIMILAR.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE DIRECTOR WOULD WANT ME TO SAY
THINGS, THIS GUY LIVES IN NEVADA HE WEARS GOLD RINGS, AND -- HE
SAYS NICK THIS IS THE CHARACTER, JUST SAY THE LINE!
>> James: I'M SO APPRECIATIVE BECAUSE I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS
FILM ENOUGH. IT IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.