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WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
THERE YOU GO!
OH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM
"PITCH PERFECT," "THE HUNGER GAMES," AND "30 ROCK."
HER LATEST FILM IS "CHARLIE'S ANGELS"
>> I'M KIND OF GETTING THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE, LIKE, LADY
SPIES.
AND I JUST NEED YOU TO EXPLAIN WHO THIS GUY IS AND WHY WAS HE
SHOOTING AT YOU?
>> OH, YOU.
HE WAS SHOOTING AT YOU.
>> ME?
>> YOUR FILE SAYS YOU ARE A SYSTEMS ENGINEER ON THE CALISTO
PROJECT.
>> YOU KNOW ABOUT CALISTO?
>> WE KNOW ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
THAT YOU GRADUATED FROM THE TOP OF YOUR CLASS AT MITT.
YOU THINK YELLOW IS ONE OF YOUR COLORS WHEN IN FACT IT IS NO
ONE'S.
YOU COULD BE DATING A LOT MORE IF YOU PLAYED UP THOSE CHEEK
BONES ON YOUR ONLINE PROFILE PICTURES.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHY SOMEONE WANTS YOU DEAD.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME ELIZABETH BANKS!
♪ ♪ ♪
>> HI!
HI!
WOW!
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> WOOO!
>> Stephen: IT'S LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> IT'S NICE TO MEET PUUPON I HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE.
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, AND YOU'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL.
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>> Stephen: THAT IS ALL OF SHOW BUSINESS IN ONE SENTENCE.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: AND ARE YOU BEAUTIFUL AS WELL.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS YOU AS AN ACTRESS AND A VERY
TALENTED ONE AT THAT THAT.
BUT YOU DO IT ALL, BABY.
YOU PRODUCE, YOU DIRECT, YOU WRITE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO, LIKE, BE BEHIND THE
SCENES?
>> I CAME TO IT GRADUALLY.
YOU KNOW, I DIRECTED PLAYS IN COLLEGE.
IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I SORT OF DID.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING I'D KNOW?
>> I DIRECTED-- WHAT DIDIRECT?
I DIRECTED SOME STOPPARD PLAYS BACK IN THE DAY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> I EVEN MET TOM ONCE.
>> Stephen: GET OUT.
>> HE'S MY MICK JAGGER.
>> Stephen: ROSENSTERN?
>> YES, THEY'RE DEAD, BY THE WAY.
THIS IS THE DO,IEST CONVERSATION I HAVE EVER HAD ON A TALK SHOW
AND I LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: IT GETS DAMN DORKY, GIRL.
IT GETS DORKY-KONG.
>> I CAME TO IT GRADUALLY.
I REALLY FOUND THAT I WAS A LITTLE DISILLUSIONED AS AN
ACTRESS.
AND I GOT SOME GREAT ADVICE FROM FELLOW ACTRESSES WHO SORT OF
WARNED ME ABOUT THE INDUSTRY.
AND I REALLY JUST LOOKED AROUND AND FELT LIKE THE SYSTEM WAS
KIND OF RIGGED AGAINST ME A LITTLE BIT.
AND I WANTED TO GET IN THERE AND DIG AROUND IN THE SYSTEM.
>> Stephen: WAS THERE A PARTICULAR, LIKE, MOVIE YOU DID,
AND YOU WENT, "OKAY, THIS IS INSPIRING ME TO ACTUALLY GET
BEHIND THE CAMERA OR DIRECT?" >> WOULDN'T SAY-- IT WAS MORE
ABOUT THE MOVIES THAT WEREN'T HAPPENING, RIGHT, OR THE STHARS
WEREN'T GETTING TOLD.
AND I DO REMEMBER I WAS PLAYING AN ELF IN FRED CLAUSE.
>> Stephen: SANTA CLAUS' BROTHER.
>> IT'S A CLASSIC STORY.
>> VERY CLASSIC.
I WAS WORKING WITH JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS WHO BECAME MY COSTAR IN
"PITCH PERFECT."
AND I WAS STUFFING, LIKE, FAKE BOOBS ON EVERY MORNING AT 5:00
A.M. AND GOING TO SET WAY BUNCH OF RUSSIAN LITTLE PEOPLE THAT
THEY HAD HIRED TO PLAY THE ELVES.
AND I JUST LOOKED AROUND AND THOUGHT, MAYBE I HAVE MORE TO
OFFER?
I DON'T KNOW.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: WELL, A LOT-- >> I COULDN'T-- IT FELT LIKE IT
COULD GET BETTER THAN THAT, MAYBE.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW.
SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
>> I MEAN, IT WAS VERY FUN.
BY THE WAY, THE NORTH POLE SETS WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST SET I
EVER WORKED ON.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> YEAH...
>> Stephen: AND EVERY YEAR FAMILIES GATHER AROUND
TOGETHER-- >> THEY GATHER AROUND, IT'S A
REAL CLASSIC, YEAH, HOLIDAY FILM.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A REBOOT OF A CLASSIC IN AND OF
ITSELF.
>> A CONTINUATION.
>> Stephen: OKAY, A CONTINUATION, OKAY, OF THE
"CHARLIE'S ANGELS" UNIVERSE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: THE COSMOLOGY AND TIME CONTINUUM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO "CHARLIE'S ANGELS"?
WHY WAS THAT THE THING-- WHY DO THAT IN 2019?
>> 2019, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TRYING TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICE GLD YEAH, SURE.
I READ THE PAPERS.
>> I-- I WANTED TO MAKE A MOVIE THAT CELEBRATED WOMEN AT WORK.
WHEN I WATCHED THE ORIGINAL OF ORIGINAL SHOW, I THOUGHT THOSE
ARE PROFESSIONAL WOMEN.
THAT'S A JOB THAT LADIES GET TO DO!
YOU KNOW.
AND THEY, LIKE, LOOKED INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS-- THAT WAS-- THAT WAS YOUR VERSION OF
"BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO WORK?" "WE COULD BE LIKE SUPER-SEXY
SPIES."
>> YES!
TRULY!
I WAS LIKE WHY AREN'T WE ALL SUPER-SEXY SPIES ALL THE TIME.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> I WAS VERY INSPIRED.
>> Stephen: SO WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE.
I'LL TELL YOU MINE.
I'LL SAY MINE.
ONE, TWO, THREE-- >> KATE JACKSON.
>> Stephen: KATE JACKSON.
HONEST TO GOD.
KATE JACKSON.
>> SHE WAS INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
>> AND ACTUALLY KIRSTEN STEWART'S CHARACTER IS SORT OF
NAMED PARTLY FOR HER CHARACTER FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE NEW
"CHARLIE'S ANGELS."
I FELT LIKE THE D.N.A. OF "CHARLIE'S ANGELS" IS ABOUT
SISTERHOOD, CAMARADERIE, WORKING TOGETHER, BELIEVING WOMEN,
SUPPORTING WOMEN.
BUT, ALSO, IT'S SUPER ENTERTAINING FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
I WANTED TO WORK ON AN ACTION MOVIE AND I WANTED PEOPLE TO GET
REALLY EXPIETD WANTED TO CELEBRATE LADIES TEAMING UP.
>> Stephen: HERE ARE YOUR NEW ANGELS.
KIRSTEN STEWART, ELLA BALINSKA, AND NAOMI SCOTT.
I ASSUMED YOU WERE AN ANGEL WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE EXPRCT
FOUND OUT YOU ARE IN IT.
YOU ARE NOT BOSLEY, YOU ARE A BOSLEY.
>> I AM A FORMER ANGEL, AND BOSLEY --
>> Stephen: IN THE REALITY OF IT YOU GO FROM AN ANGEL AND MOVE
ON TO BEING A BOSLEY.
>> I GOT PROMOTED.
I FELT ONE OF THE MESSAGES IN MERCHANT SHOULD BE WHEN YOU TURN
40 WE DON'T KICK YOU OUT.
>> Stephen: THEY MAKE YOU THE BOSS.
>> BECAUSE IT'S "CHARLIE'S ANGELS."
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>> Stephen: YOU'RE AN ARCHANGEL NOW.
>> YEAH.
THE HISTORY OF IT, THROUGHOUT THE TV SHOWS AND THE FILMS,
EVERY ANGEL HAD THEIR OWN CHARACTER, THEIR OWN IDENTITY.
BUT BOSLEY WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE.
IT WAS PLAYED IN THE TWO FILMS BY TWO DIFFERENT ACTORS, PLAYED
ON THE TV SHOW BY TWO DIFFERENT ACTORS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I FELT WE SHOULD MAKE THAT SPECIAL.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE BOSLEY S.
>> Stephen: AND THEY'RE DAMN FINE BOSLEYS, TOO.
PATRICK STEWART, ELIZABETH BANKS.
OF COURSE, THIS GUY FROM "GARDENS OF THE GALAXY" IF
NOWHERE ELSE.
AND OF COURSE THE LEGENDARY, THE MAN HIMSELF, SIR PATRICK
STEWART.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO DIRECT PATRICK STEWART?
>> OH IT WAS A DELIGHT.
UN, HE-- I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER HIS FAMOUS ROLE AS
POOP EMOJI IN THE EMOJI MOVIE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
>> THAT TO ME IS REALLY, LIKE, THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER.
AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE DOES NOT TAKE ANYTHING
TOO SERIOUSLY, RIGHT?
LIKE, HE IS GAME FOR ANYTHING.
AND THIS IS A MOVIE WHERE ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE REALLY GAME,
AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN, AND I JUST KNEW HE WOULD COME
AND BRING THAT ENERGY TO THE SET.
THE POOP EMOJI ENERGY THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR AT A CERTAIN
LEVEL.
>> HE'S FROM THE THEATER.
I STARTED IN THEATER.
WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND I COULDN'T BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
>> Stephen: HIS UBRA.
>> HIS UBRA.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT.
>> Stephen: THIS IS A SAFE UBRASPACE.
>> I GET IT NOW.
I'M LEARNING AS WE GO.
>> Stephen: I'M A LITTLE OBSESSED WITH THE MUSICAL "JESUS
CHRIST SUPERSTAR."
I'M TOTALLY NOT RIGHT FOR THE PART BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY
JUDAS.
>> SURE, SURE.
>> ♪ MY MIND IS CLEARER NOW ♪
WHO DID YOU PLAY?
WHEN WAS?
>> I PLAYED PONTIUS PILOT IF "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR."
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALSO OFF CHOICE.
>> MARY MAGDELIN, IS PROBABLY WHERE YOUR MIND WENT.
I BROKE MY LEG SLIDING INTO BASE-- I WAS SPORTY.
>> Stephen: IN COLLEGE.
>> NO HIGH SCHOOL, EIGHTH GRADE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL.
I SANG IN THE CHOIR FOR A WHILE.
AND I GOT PLUCKED OUT OF MY SOFTBALL TEAM AND THROWN INTO
THE MUSICAL "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" BECAUSE I WOULD WEAR
A ROBE OVER MY WALKING CAST AT THE TIME.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO PLAY PONTIUS PILOT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU STILL HAVE A SONG THAT COMES BACK.
>> "PILOT'S DREAM."
♪ I DREAMED I MET A GAL LAILIAN.
THE HUNTED, HUNTED KIND ♪ I ASKED HIM TO SAY WHAT HAD
HAPPENED ♪ HOW IT ALL BEGAN ♪
SEE WE HAVE TO HARMONIZE ♪ HE BARELY SAID A WORD.
AS IF HE HADN'T HEARD ♪ YES!
>> Stephen: ♪ AND THEN THE ROOM ♪
>> ONLY YOU.
>> Stephen: SO FUN.
>> YOU GOT ME TO SING.
>> Stephen: WE CAN DORK OUT, BABY.
"CHARLIE'S ANGELS" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
ELIZABETH BANKS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE