LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM
"THE VIRGIN SUICIDES," "SPIDER-MAN," AND "THE
BEGUILED."
PLEASE WELCOME, KIRSTEN DUNST!
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>> Stephen: HELLO!
HI!
>> Stephen: HELLO.ñr HELLO.
>> Stephen: WE JUST MET BRIEFLY BACKSTAGE FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
>> WE DID.
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> I'M SUCH A FAN OF YOURS.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: WAITERS WERE NAUSEATED BY FOOD.
NOT EVERYONE WILL STAND ON THAT.
STEVE CARELL DID I A SKIT WHERE WE WERE BOTH WAITERS WHO SAID
FOODS AND THEY GOT NAUSEOUS.
TONIGHT WE HAD A CHICKEN COB SAL -- OOOOGH!
SO GLAD WHEN YOU THINK OF ME YOU THINK OF VOMIT.
( LAUGHTER ) FIRST TIME ON THE SHOW BUT NOT
IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER.
I HAVE EVIDENCE HERE.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW OLD YOU ARE HERE?
>> TWELVE, 13?
>> Steph KIRSTEN DUNST ON WITH DAVE.
LOOK AT THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WE USED TO WALK OUT THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER YOU USED TO GO OUT THAT WAY.
>> IT WAS MUCH COLDER THAN THIS.
THIS IS A NICE TEMPERATURE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
THE GOVERNMENT GOTxåY=1Y ShP C >> THAT'S RIGHT, I REMEMBER
THAT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LICENSED AS A MEAT LOCKER BEFORE.
( LAUGHTER ) WERE YOU ON TO PROMOTE THIS?
>> I MIGHT HAVE BEEN OR "LITTLE WOMEN," I'M NOT SURE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE 25t 25th ANNIVERSARY OF "INTERVIEW
WITH A VAMPIRE" RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS YEAR.
>> Stephen: THIS YEAR IS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY ALONGSIDE
BRAD PITT.
DID YOU REALIZE WHAT A BIG DEAL THEY WERE OR WHAT SORT OFr
CULTURAL LITTLE SPLASH THIS MOVIE MADE?
>> I DID BUT I WAS ALSO VERY INNOCENT.
I WATCHED TOM AND I FEEL LIKE I WATCHED BRAD IN A RIVER RUNSNB■E
THROUGH, TOM WAS IN FAR AND AWAY, WHICH I LOVED, SO I WAS
MORE LIKE ROMANTIC FANS.
>> Stephen: SURE.
THEY TREATED ME LIKE A LITTLE SISTER.
IT WAS VERY SWEET.
I WAS A VERY INNOCENT 12-YEAR-OLD.
I WAS DOING MY JOB AND THEY WERE VERY SWEET TO ME.
>> Stephen: SURE, I IMAGINE SO.
I WASN'T ACCUSING YOU OF ANYTHING.
( LAUGHTER ) SO YOU THINK "A RIVER RUNS
THROUGH" WHEN YOU -- YOU THINK OF "FAR AND AWAY" WHEN YOU THINK
OF TOM CRUISE.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: NOT "TOP GUN"?
I'M "FAR AND AWAY."
I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN.
I REMEMBER BRAD IN A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT AND HIS NAME WAS
TRYSTAN AND I SAID I'M GOING TO NAME MY CHILD TRYSTAN.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A SON?
>> Y E.
>> Stephen: NAME HIM TRYSTEN?
ENNIS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE AN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF A SHOW WITH AN INTERESTING NAME, "ON
BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA."
THAT'S A HECK OF A TITLE.
>> YOU COULD CALL IT "ON BECOMING A GOD" AS WELL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALSO ODD.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?
IT'S, LIKE, THE AMERICAN DREAM, LIKE, WHAT YOU -- YOU KNOW --
>> Stephen: BUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT TO BECOME A GOD,
THOUGH, IS IT?e1 >> MONEY AND TO RISE TO POWER
AND IT'S ABOUT THE FALSEHEAD OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THIS
PONZI SCHEME IN THE '90s WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE AN AMWAY OR AN
HERBAL LIFE KIND OF THING.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT A TRUE STORY?
>> IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE BUT YES.
>> Stephen: SO IT IS A TRUE STORY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> OH, GOD --
>> Stephen: DO YOU WANT A LAWYER PRESENT BEFORE YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
( APPLAUSE ) I LIKELY FEEL LIKE I SHOULD
SWEAR YOU IN BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE REST OF THESE.
I'M SO SORRY.
AND WHO WERE YOU IN THIS?
>> I PLAY CRYSTAL STUBS.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU THE GOD?
I BECOME A -- WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
( LAUGHTER ) I SLOWLY BECOME WHAT I HATE,
BASICALLY.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
O AND I SLOWLY TAKE DOWN THE MAN.
>> Stephen: DARE I ASK WHO "THE MAN" IS?
>> TED LAVINE THE ACTOR AND HE'S THE HEAD OF THE MULTI-LEVEL
MARKETING SCHEME.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE WHERE YOU ARE DOING SOME
SORT OF DANCE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A SEXY SNAKE DANCE AND I'M
PETRIFIED OF SNAKES SO IT BECAME A PUPPET DANCE.
SO HERE WE GO.
>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GO -- OKAY.
>> Stephen: LET'S SLOW IT AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
SNAKES.
>> OKAY.
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( SIGHS ) >> OKAY!
THE PUPPETS DO MOST OF THE WORK, AND THE DANCE IS SIMPLE ENOUGH.
IT'S A CONFIDENCE THING.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> BETTER THAN A SEXY SNAKE DANCE.
>> Stephen: I DON'T SEE HOW THE SNAKE COULD HAVE BEEN
SEXIER.
WAS THE ORIGINAL LINE THE SNAKE DOES MOST OF THE WORK?
( LAUGHTER ) >> GOD!
>> Stephen: SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD WORK, TOO.
THEY COULD HAVE USED A FAKE SNAKE.
>> I ASKED.
>> Stephen: HOW SCARED OF SNAKES ARE WE TALKING HERE?
>> I MEAN, LISTEN, IF IT WAS IN A CAGE OVER THERE, I WOULD BE,
LIKE, GREAT, IT'S IN A CAGE.
I DON'T WANT TO HOLD A SNAKE, DANCE.
I TOLD THEM WEEKS AHEAD, I TOLD THEM I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD A
SNAKE AND DANCE, GET A FAKE ONE, A BODY DOUBLE.
OUR DIRECTOR WAS, I CAN'T SHOOT THAT.
SO BASICALLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY CAME UP WITH THIS PUPPET
DANCE.
>> Stephen: I LOVE IT.
I DO, TOO.
SOMETHING SAD ABOUT IT, DANCING WITH PUPPETS.
JUST MAKES ME FEEL FOR CRYSTAL, SHE TRIES TO HARD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU
STARTED SHOOTING THIS RIGHT AFTER YOU GAVE BIRTH TO YOUR
SON, ENNIS.
>> ENNIS, YEAH.
IT WAS, LIKE, FIVE MONTHS.
E-NIS, YOU GOT THE SOUTHERN -- >> Stephen: YEAH.
SO FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DID HE COME TO SET?
>> HE VISITED SET.
YEAH, HE STAYED AT HOME MOSTLY BECAUSE HE'S AT THAT STAGE WHERE
THEY'RE JUST LIFTING THEIR NECK, JUST LAYING THERE.
>> Stephen: HE LIFTED HIS NECK AT FOUR MONTHS?
THAT'S A VERY ADVANCED CHILD.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST CHILD?
>> YES, HE'S A GENIUS.
>> Stephen: ISN'T IT GREAT?
IT'S A MIRACLE EVERY TIME THEY DO SOMETHING.
>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE BEEN AWAY.
>> Stephen: RIGHT NOW?
YES, DOING PRESS ON THIS.
>> Stephen: OH, I'M SO SORRY, LET'S GET IT OUT OF HERE.
>> I'M ON AN EARLY FLIGHT.
>> Stephen: WAS IT HARD TO BE AWAY FROM YOUR CHILD TO SHOOT
BECAUSE THERE WERE LONG DAYS AND SEPARATION ANXIETY ON BOTH
SIDES.
>> I HAD MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD VISIT
SO I HAD PEOPLE AROUND ME.
IT WASN'T SO BAD.
IT ACTUALLY WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM CLEANING BOTTLES
AND THINGS LEAK THAT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT THE WORST THING YOU HAVE TO CLEAN.
>> I ACTUALLY WOULD RATHER CLEAN POOP.
>> Stephen: THAN BOTTLES?
THOSE LITTLE PIECES WITH THE THINGS AND THERE ARE SO MANY
IT'S NEVER ENDING AND YOU CLEAN ONE AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TO
CLEAN, NEVER ENDING, AND YOU HAVE TO USE HOT WATER AND YOUR
HANDS -- >> Stephen: YOUR HUSBAND,
GIFTED ACTOR JESSE PLEMMINS IS AROUND, DOES HE CLEAN THE
BOTTLES?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: GOOD FOR HIM.
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO THROW HIM UNDER BUS, IT WOULD BE VERY
ENTERTAINING.
>> NO, HE'S A VERY GOOD DAD.
I ALSO HAD A SPRAY TAN EVERY SUNDAY.
I HAD THIS WHOLE LOOK.
EVERY MONDAY MORNING, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS TEXTING ME, I
BELIEVE ENNIS HAS BROWN-REDDISH HAIR COMING IN.
I SAID, THAT'S MY SPRAY TAN.
I WOULD POSTPONE IT TILL THE LATEST POSSIBLE MINUTE SO I
COULD HOLD HIM BEFORE I PUT HIM TO BED.
IjO, COULDN'T HOLD HIM SUNDAY NI BECAUSE I GOT SPRAY TAN ON HIM.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STEPHEN: "ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA" PREMIERES
NEXT SUNDAY ON SHOWTIME.
KIRSTEN DUNST, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK