-When you started out,
I know from having you on the show before,
you did standup. -Yeah.
-For a long time. You did impressions and --
Did you ever get the bug... -Sketch comedy --
-...to do comedy again? -I mean, sometimes.
But if I even, like, vaguely mention it in my household,
my kids just grab the straitjacket and the handcuffs
and just want to, like... -Why?
-...lock me down. I know, they just --
They can't understand that, you know, it's okay
to go and do something where you suck
for a really long period of time
before you become good at something, you know?
So they're terrified. They're terrified of the thought
that I'm just -- So if I ever do it,
I just have to not tell them and just go out and do it,
I think. -But it'll probably --
Yeah, you don't want to end up on YouTube or something.
But that's the fun of it though. Do you remember those gigs?
-I do. It's really addictive.
And that's why I haven't gone back, because I'm worried
it'll be like crack and I won't be able
to extricate myself from it. [ Laughter ]
-Standup will be like that? Yeah.
-Yeah. -I think maybe next time
you come on, maybe we drag you to a comedy club.
-Oh, no chance. No chance. -Come on.
-Jimmy, no chance. -You can --
-I couldn't possibly be persuaded.
-Wow! [ Cheers and applause ]
We got to talk for next time.
-My kids are freaking out right now.
-I know, they're like, "Dude, we just told you, Dad."
-It was Jimmy Fallon's idea, dude.
-Yeah, it's my idea, kids.
I -- because I see you and I know you from the show, funny.
And then I watched "Dirty John," and oh, man.
Dude, you're frightening.
It's -- whew. -Really? Okay.
-I mean, I don't want to -- well, or maybe you're not.
I only saw the first episode.
-I've been getting a lot of feedback that, um,
I'm really, really, really, really, really
creepy on the show.
And I've got to tell you, I wasn't going for creepy.
[ Laughter ]
So it's a little bit disconcerting.
-No, I wouldn't say -- well, no,
I wouldn't say creepy, but I would say --
-I know what you're saying. It's -- that's deliberate.
The rest of it's deliberate. But, thank you, no.
It was an amazing character. [ Laughter ]
Amazing. -Wait, no, no, no, wait, no.
You -- what I was saying was that you're charming.
-Hmm. Okay. Okay.
-And that's what creeps me out. [ Laughter ]
Because something's -- because something's gonna happen.
-Something's off. -Something's off and I go,
"What's the deal with this dude?"
-Eric Bana is not charming, and he's trying to be charming
and it's just creepy. -No, you actually just --
You are a charming human being. You know that, and you just --
But that charm comes through on the screen.
I'm watching you with Connie Britton.
-It's part of it -- it's part of that, you know --
people that can manipulate and do that kind of mental abuse
are very, very adept at that.
And that's part of their arsenal.
-But this is based on the podcast, right?
And I don't know the podcast. -True story.
-But I know it's a giant podcast, people love it.
-Yeah, "Dirty John" was a podcast by Chris Goffard
and it was incredibly popular.
And I play John, who seems to be a pretty normal guy.
And he meets Debra online
and they begin a relationship,
and things start to emerge, cracks start to appear.
Her daughters are the first ones to --
-She has two kids. And they're like,
"There's something wrong with this dude."
-Something wrong. Creepy. -"Don't date this guy." Yeah.
-Cargo shorts.
-Dude, you roll up in cargo shorts where she's not --
She's dressed up to go on a date.
You just showed up in cargo shorts.
-Would you be suspicious of a man in cargo shorts
or do you rock them in summer? [ Laughter ]
-I've been known to wear cargo shorts.
-Me, too. I was like -- I don't know if I --
-I don't use the pockets, the bottom pockets.
-You can't -- You can only --
-I use the top pockets, and that's enough.
And if I have more than that,
I shouldn't be outside walking around.
I mean, I feel like that's -- [ Laughter ]
I feel like -- I don't know what I would use
those other pockets for. -They're really handy, Jimmy.
-Really? -They're really handy, yeah.
-And what would you put in -- -Small things.
You can't put keys in if the keys are too heavy and jangly,
because that kind of, like, drags them down...
-I don't have keys at all. -...further, but small items.
-I use eye recognition and fingerprinting.
to get in and out of my -- anything locked.
-Fair enough. -Yeah.
So I don't have keys at all.
But what else would I be carrying?
[ Laughter ]
-A packet of Tic Tacs.
You know, Tic Tacs or something. -Oh, I love Tic Tacs!
-You know, maybe something small.
-Favorite flavor at the same time. One, two, three.
-Peppermint. -Orange. Wow. Whatever.
[ Laughs ] It doesn't matter at this point.
It's in your cargo shorts. That's your little secret,
you know. [ Laughter ]
The fun of it is, you've got one jingling here.
You got your keys over here. Peppermint's in this side,
orange in the other side.
-Why can't we put those pockets on these pants?
That seems like -- -Like cargo suit?
-...such a waste of leg, you know?
There's so much room here. -Dude, we got to get --
A designer is out there right now going, "I'll try it."
-Why not? -Why not?
I think it would be rad. -Next red carpet,
I'll do it, man. Just give me some pockets there.
-This is what I'm talking about. This is the charm that you get
when he's playing this character.
And then he gets in there, and I just know something's up.
I just know something's -- and honestly,
I'm frightened a little bit that you could even
pull this off now that you're -- because I feel like
you've probably been affected by this character.
-Oh, I got to tell you, it did affect me.
-It did, right? -It did.
And the end of each day, it got to the point where
I just couldn't look women in the eye,
like, when I was out and about.
I literally -- if I was in a lift,
I would just be like this.
I just -- I can't -- I can't look at you.
-Wow. -I was, like, overcompensating.
And I felt -- I felt really bad the whole time I was filming.
-Ooh, it's on Bravo. I want to show -- here's a clip
of Eric Bana and Connie Britton
in the new Bravo limited series "Dirty John."
Check this out.
-Hey, what's going on? You all right?
-She's fine. Can you just -- can you just go?
We are having a private conversation!
-Were you looking through that or was she?
-She was. I'm so sorry. -Can you just let us
have a private conversation?
-Who told you you could do that?
-I was just looking into his stupid box, okay?
-I know, but you weren't supposed to be in here.
Why were you in here though, hon?
You didn't belong in here. -Because I was trying
to figure out if you were lying to me, which you were.
-Stop talking to your mom like that
and lower your voice a little.
-Don't tell me how to talk to my mom.
-My mom and dad used to smack us and I used to hate it.
-Shut up! -But it taught me
to not raise my voice to my parents --
-I'm your daughter. -...never to touch something
that didn't belong to me, you understand?
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Eric Bana, everybody.