>>> AS YOU ALL KNOW, AL WAS SENT ON A SUPERSTRESSFUL ASSIGNMENT
THIS WEEK LIVING THE LIFE OF LUXURY IN VENICE AND PARIS.
>> IT WAS AWFUL WITHOUT ME. HOW WAS IT?
>> IT WAS AMAZING. IN FACT, IT WAS REALLY THE TRIP
OF A LIFETIME. IT IS TRULY ONE OF MY BUCKET
LIST TRIPS. GOT TO BOARD ONE OF THE MOST
ICONIC TRAINS IN THE WORLD, THE VENICE SIMPLON ORIENT EXPRESS,
THE TRAIN SERVING AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE AGATHA CHRISTIE
MOVIE "MURDER ON THE ORIENT
EXPRESS" WHICH IS GETTING A REBOOT.
JOINING JOSH GAD. MY JOURNEY BEGINS IN VENICE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF ST. MARK'S SQUARE THE HEART OF VENICE WITH
ST. MARK'S BASILICA. IT IS GORGEOUS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A DAN BROWN NOVEL.
ANYONE SAY INFERNO? A LITTLE DANCING IN THE STREETS
PF AFTER A QUICK BIT OF SIGHT-SEEING, IT WAS TIME TO
BOARD. >> WELCOME TO THE VENICE SIMPLON
ORIENT EXPRESS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL ABOARD. HERE'S A FIRST.
WE ARE IN THE CAB OF THE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE VENICE SIMPLON
ORIENT EXPRESS. YEAH.
THE WORLD'S BIGGEST TOY TRAIN SET.
THE 20-HOUR JOURNEY TAKES US FROM VENICE TO PARIS IN
OLD-SCHOOL STYLE. WE ARE IN ONE OF THREE DINING
CARS. THESETHESE ARE REFURBISHED CARS.
1929 THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY BUILT.
AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE GREAT MOVIES OF ALL TIME
"MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS." RELEASED IN 1974, THE AGATHA
CHRISTIE MURDER MYSTERY PUT ON DISPLAY THE EXTRAVAGANT FEATURES
OF THE TRAIN. >> THE MURDER IS AFOOT.
>> THIS WAS MY COMPARTMENT. I SPENT MY LEISURE TIME HERE.
IN COUCH WILL TURN INTO A BED AND THE PORTER WILL TAKE CARE OF
THAT. HERE'S MY WRITING DESK WHERE I
CAN KEEP AND WRITE ALL MY NOTES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN THE
1930s. AND, OF COURSE, HERE IS MY SINK
SO THAT I MAY TAKE CARE OF MY TOILETTE IN THE MORNING.
JOSH GAD AND I POPPED OFF FOR A CHAT.
THE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
>> YES. >> WHEN YOU WERE ASKED TO DO
THIS, WAS THERE EVEN A MOMENT'S HESITATION?
>> THERE WAS LITERALLY, THEY COULDN'T GET THE WORDS OUT.
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER -- I'M IN.
YOU HAVE KENNETH BRANAGH DIRECTING WHO IN MY OPINION IS
ONE OF THE ULTIMATE DIRECTORS. YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY CASTS I'VE WORKED WITH, JOHNNY DEPP, JAMES JUDI
DENCH, PENELOPE CRUZ. >> WHY DOES IT HOLD UP?
HERE IS A STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 1930s, AND HERE WE
ARE ALL THIS TIME LATER AND PEOPLE STILL ARE FASCINATED BY
IT. >> THERE'S A REASON THAT AGATHA
CHRISTIE IS THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AFTER THE BIBLE.
AND AFTER SHAKESPEARE. >> WHO ARE YOU IN THE FILM?
[ TRAIN HORN ] >> HELLO!
>> I THINK I JUST HAD A MINOR HEART ATTACK.
>> THERE YOU GO. WHILE JOSH RECOVERED, I THOUGHT
I'D GRABB A QUICK BITE, BUT LIK EVERYTHING ELSE ON THIS TRAIN,
DINNER IS AN EXPERIENCE. ♪♪
PIANO BAR AND ALL. I LOVE YOU, JOHN LEGEND!
BEFORE I KNEW IT, WE ARRIVED IN PARIS AND MY JOURNEY, SADLY,
COMPLETE. HELLO, PARIS.
I'M LIKE THE RAIL GOING CHER. CHANGING OUTFIT AFTER OUTFIT.
>> A LOT