-Thank you for coming back to the show.
I have so much to talk to you about.
I'm freaking out about "The Meg".
I'm so into this, but first of all,
you have even crazier news that you just announced yesterday.
-[ Australian accent ] Yes I do.
I haven't even been able to speak about it yet.
So, I found out that I got cast as Batwoman.
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-That's it!
-Like -- -That's it, it's a game changer.
-It's a game changer and... -That is so cool.
-...I found out an hour before I did the premiere for "Meg".
And I Worcestershire sauce so nervous during the red carpet
that I basically skilled everybody because I was worried
that -- like I kept spontaneously crying.
-Aw. -And I feel like
I'm probably gonna do it now, so I'm just gonna --
'Cause I kept thinking, like, what if they say,
because everyone always says, "So what have you
got planned next?"
And I thought, Either I'm gonna put my foot in it
and accidentally say something, or I'm gonna just start crying
and they're gonna be like, "Ooh, she did --"
-She has issues, yeah. -"She doesn't look so good."
-Ruby Rose has issues, yeah. -Um, but yeah, I'm,
I'm so thrilled. It's, it's -- -But do you understand it's,
it's -- I was talking to you backstage, and I go,
"It's over now. This is fantastic.
This is a different -- it's a whole different chapter.
But I mean, it's the rest of your life, you're gonna be,
you're, you're Batwoman. -I get to be Batwoman.
I mean, like, what? -But --
-And, I-I feel like the reason I kept getting so emotional is,
you know, growing up watching TV I never saw somebody on TV
that I could identify with, let alone a superhero, you know.
And, um, [Groans] I said I wouldn't do that.
And, uh, I've always had this saying, well, not me,
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-Same dif, same dif. -Same thing.
-Same dif. Yeah. -Which is, you know,
"Be yourself because everyone else is taken."
And so I always lived by that motto.
And then the second motto... -That's great.
-...when I came into the industry was,
"Be the person that you needed when you were younger."
And I feel like sort of one motto led me to the other.
And I just, like, kept crying about it.
-Well, I almost got emotional backstage because I was
talking to you and I said, "Isn't it so fun,
kids are gonna be dressing up like you for Halloween."
And it's different than an orange jumpsuit.
-Yeah, they won't have to dress like they're in prison jumpsuits
anymore. -Yeah.
-That's good. -And then you said
this thing to me, stuck in my head because you said
that you, you, you've been going to hospitals...
-Yeah. -...and visiting children
just to visit kids in hospitals and now, you can visit them
dressed as Batwoman. -As Batwoman.
And they're gonna, they're gonna think that Batwoman
came and saw them. -That's just too.
I just love that that went through your brain.
I just think that's so cool. -That's like that third thing
that I thought about. I was just like, "Wow.
Not only can kids watch this growing up and relate to it
and feel empowered and think that they can be a superhero.
But also, I can go and, and do these things,
like visiting hospitals and kids and people in need
and it's a really -- it's an amazing opportunity.
Obviously, I'm very emotional. -I love that you're doing that.
And I love that you're you.
And I love that you're having fun an enjoying this.
Because some people, sometimes they go, like,
"Yeah, I'm doing this thing."
And I'm like, "No you have to enjoy this. It's happening now."
Enjoy it, have fun. -Absolutely.
-Uh, I saw you, last time I saw you was at the Met Gala,
which was this beautiful night, where everyone just looks,
I don't even know how I got invited to it, but anyways.
-It's a weir-- It's a weird thing though.
It's great but it's kind of weird, no?
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-I always drink in museums. -Wait, did I see you there?
-Yeah, I saw you quickly. But I waved and you ignored me.
But it's fine. it's no big deal. -I-I bla-- I get so nervous
and overwhelmed, I just, like, blackout.
And then, all I remember was, was meeting Kate Moss
and Rita Ora, who I hadn't met before.
-Oh, my gosh. -But then hearing the first bars
of Madonna performing and just was like, bye --
Didn't even say goodbye, just walked straight off.
And so they must've been like, "She's a very strange person."
-No, but how great was Madonna? -It's all I cared about.
-It was the best. -It was all -- I mean of course
I cared about being at Met Ball, and I would love to go next year
and all that stuff, but, like...
-But look, this is, this is your dress.
I mean, you just look stunning. -That's me just practicing
to be Batwoman. -Look at that.
-Yeah, exactly.
-You know, first, first Batwoman right there,
before you even knew, yeah. -Well, actually, my attempt
at Batwoman was when I was a kid.
I, I was telling my mom and she has a Bat tattoo.
She has like a little Batman tattoo, my mom,
when she was in her 20s because she had pet bats growing up.
Very normal. -Okay, this is.
-And uh...
-What?! -Yeah, she had, she nursed
these little pet bats back to life,
but then they couldn't go anywhere
because they were domesticated so they just lived in the house
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-This is the best interview I've ever had in my entire l--
I'm so intrigued.
You said this last time because of the giant teacup pig.
-That's right! Dude, your mom's very interesting.
I want to have your mom on the show.
-And that pig is, is still alive.
-And she was telling me
this story about, because we grew up with,
you know, not a lot of money and so I would make my toys.
And I made batwings out of, like recycled cardboard boxes.
And I would sleep in them and I would run around in them.
And I would jump off, high, high things.
-Yeah. -And she would have to catch me.
And she just said that we would have to keep, gaffer taping them
because they were like soggy and wet an smelly and gross.
And I just lived in them. -And now you are Batwoman.
-And now I'll get ones that aren't made of cardboard.
-Yeah. Dude, oh, my God! Is that a good story or not?
-It's a good story. -That's a great story.
You have to put, you have to put a little shout out to
the cardboard wings in the show somewhere.
-Oh, I do. I do! We so have to do that.
-Right? Just have it somewhere in the corner just so you know,
like, yeah I started from the bottom, now we're here. Yeah.
-Uh. -Oh!